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Learn Nonprofit Tech Skills at a NetSquared Meetup

Tech Soup

Every month NetSquared volunteers hold free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to use technology for social good. With 50 groups in 20 countries, there's probably a NetSquared group near you (but if there isn't, we'd love to help you start a new meetup ). :-). Newest Groups.

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Great reads from around the web on April 8th

Amy Sample Ward

org on Climate Change and Building a Movement – "Social Media Coordinator, Joe Solomon took some time to explain what 350 really means, talk about transforming community inspiration into political power, and share a story about how his work with 350.org org inspired him in ways he never imagined."

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Social Media September!

Tech Soup

TechSoup and NetSquared have joined forces to bring you a September full of social media learning! Attend one of more than 30 NetSquared Local events happening around the world, including social media surgeries in Vancouver and Peterborough, Canada; Guatemala City; and Cambridge and Manchester, United Kingdom.

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Crowdsourcing vs Community-sourcing: What’s the difference and the opportunity?

Amy Sample Ward

This time around, my topic was Crowdsourcing vs Community-Sourcing, answering questions about the difference is and what the opportunities are for organizations looking to get connected outside their organization. NetSquared Challenges (slide 27) – [link]. Answers: hybrid all around (sorry, it’s the trick question!).

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Joe Solomon, Guest Post: What's the Right Offline Event for Your Organization's Online Community?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This month's Net2 Think Tank question is: How do real-world (offline) events fit into social media conversations and campaigns ? So - a major question is: How can your online community also support events in the real world? org Actions are a great example of coordinated events with a shared agenda. Courtesy of Joe Solomon.

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Community-Driven Social Impact: Presentation, Case Studies, and Workshop

Amy Sample Ward

Events: NetSquared Camps. Community Driven Social Impact strategies for events – let’s look at the NetSquared Camps pilot. NetSquared had for a few years held a global conference in donated space in Silicon Valley and invited members of the community from around the world to come together offline to learn and share and build.

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Wiring the Green Movement for Earth Day

Amy Sample Ward

I wanted to use today to focus in on a question recently posed by my good friend Joe Solomon on Twitter : What are the nonprofit/orgs that are working 2 wire the green movement, like what @ netsquared does 4 nonprofits, @ sunfoundation for politics; which orgs are working to expose data, leverage soc media, connect the orgs together?

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