Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston. Bunda, Tanzania: Microsoft Cloud Computing.

Netsquared 54

Netsquared United Kingdom San Francisco Tanzania 54

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds. People donate to a shared cause in honor of that for which they are most grateful. Where do the funds go?

Interview 108

Interview Tanzania Change Africa 108

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds. People donate to a shared cause in honor of that for which they are most grateful. Where do the funds go?

Interview 108

Interview Tanzania Change Africa 108

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Their Tweetsgiving campaigns were fundraisers benefiting Mama Lucy’s school in Tanzania and connected the students to their supporters through Twitter. Philanthropy has been able to move into the real time web, too. Another great example is Epic Change. Impacts to Society. What does all this really mean for us now?

Philanthropy 244

Philanthropy Social Media Media Social 244

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Yaw Anokwa (2010), who, along with others from the University of Washington, created the Open Data Kit, enabling Android-powered smartphones to easily collect data in the field, like text, photos, video, audio, barcodes, and location. Past Winners.

Open Source 40

Open Source Tanzania Rwanda Open 40

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 1, 2006

For the past year, I have been writing for NetSquared about nonprofits and NGOs that are using the social web to cultivate donors, advocates and activists for their organization and their cause. Photo credit: Eastern Kentucky Mountains by Colin Mutchler. What makes us want to act for social change? Emotional connection.

Internet 40

Internet Causes Marketing Kiva 40