Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2017

A recent NetSquared London Meetup investigated the IT tools that can be used to get nonprofit operations done cheaply and effectively. It also delved into how nonprofits can tackle the process of finding the tech that helps the most when you don't necessarily have the time to research.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 3, 2011

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. I say "us" because people with disabilities are part of the general population as readers, writers, consumers, lovers of food, blogs, wacky products, music, audio, etc. question or topic to the NetSquared community and participants submit.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. Make sure that your time is reflective of the expected finished product. A longer hackathon may expect a more polished finished product whereas a code sprint or hackathon anticipates more of a prototype. Make It Tight.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

If there isn't a group nearby, we'll help you start your own NetSquared group. Check out our newest groups: * [NetSquared Abuja]([link] in Abuja, Nigeria --> --> What have NetSquared groups been up to recently? Austin, Texas: GivBee | Product Spotlight. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Monthly Meetup.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

NetSquared’s Global Community Builder , Amy Sample Ward, will be at the NTC this year to connect and collaborate with friends, colleagues and new faces in the sector. Here’s how to find Amy and connect with NetSquared. NetSquared Office Hours. Have questions about NetSquared, Net Tuesdays or innovation Challenges?

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Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2017

TechSoup is justifiably famous for our product donations, but we also have great digital and in-person training resources for your charity, foundation, or library. Find out about our trove of how-to articles, weekly webinars, discussion forums, Netsquared in-person training events, and new step-by-step online courses. TechSoup Blog.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared community is hosting free monthly technology meetups in 74 cities globally, but with more than 39,000 members, it can be hard to get a sense of the community's needs. Why Are You a NetSquared Member? We asked NetSquared members why they attend our meetup events. Find your closest NetSquared group.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

NetSquared is here to help you along the way with everything from slide templates to planning checklists. Not sure if hosting a NetSquared group is for you? There's probably a NetSquared group near you , but if there isn't, we'll help you start your own. New Orleans, Louisiana: Putting NOLA on the Product Hunt Map.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

" That's why TechSoup invests in developing the best practices of our NetSquared network. Find your closest NetSquared group. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Or, you can apply today to start your own NetSquared group.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. When developing your online presence, remember that you’re developing a community first, and generating site traffic is a by-product of that community. NTEN’s 09NTC just wrapped up in San Francisco and many conversations at the conference focused on social media use by nonprofits.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 21, 2014

In-person Events 10/20 PDXTech4Good (Portland, OR): Being Mindful on the Web: Protecting Yourself and Your Organization 10/21 NTEN Lab (Austin, TX): Impact Evaluation and Measurement for Nonprofits 10/21 501 Tech Club LA (Los Angeles, CA): Making it Matter: The impact of pro bono tech on nonprofit organizations 10/23 501 Tech Club DC (Washington, DC): (..)

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared community of Tech4Good meetups is growing! Find your closest NetSquared group. As a NetSquared organizer, you will become known as someone who's a leader in the Tech4Good community. Start a NetSquared group. --> Upcoming Tech4Good Events. and have a reason to hang out with other cool people!

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

Check out our newest groups: * [NetSquared Abuja]([link] in Abuja, Nigeria. * [GroundWork group]([link] in Columbus, Ohio. * [NetSquared Daytona Beach ]([link] in Daytona Beach, Florida. * [Tech4good Las Vegas]([link] in Las Vegas, Nevada. --> --> What have NetSquared groups been up to recently? Thursday, May 12, 2016.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

We can’t only invest in a product. For many developers, including many of the projects we funded through NetSquared Challenges, the ultimate tool or application that was created was vastly different than the one they originally thought of or thought would work. Instead, we should put the problems first and invest in a project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The second network, Netsquared , in contrast was more loosely controlled with a lower risk in failure. The Netsquared Network which has grown to over 27,000 people world wide through its self-replicated face-to-face events has grown quite differently. Here’s some points that Marnie mentioned: -Allowed the people to be the starts.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2015

NetSquared gathers together nonprofits and activists, tech leaders and funders, and everyone who's interested in using technology for social change. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , HandsOn Tech , DataKind , and more. Tuesday, September 15, 2015.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The first project, Good Gym , makes exercise doubly productive by using it to help the community. Participants were invited to continue developing their project by posting them on NetSquared and Hacker Helper. Then join our Hackathon 4 Good participants by joining NetSquared and Hacker Helper.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

NetSquared groups are holding free events all month. Kenya: NetSquared Camp — Storytelling 2016. This series of four free webinars will follow the path of our Storymakers short course for video preproduction, production, and postproduction, and you can also join for the final webinar on photo storytelling. Friday, April 8.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

We'll have lounge areas in our booth where you can sit; meet TechSoup staff; and learn about upcoming events, webinars, and new TechSoup catalog products. NetSquared Organizers, Ambassadors, and Birds of a Feather. Our organizers and ambassadors will wear orange NetSquared buttons. NetSquared Birds of a Feather.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

We’re good at developing technology products, but we lack the deep expertise of non-profit staff. These themes are then used to drive product development in the right direction. Non-profits must collaborate to create change, and we are no different. Because that, we come up with hypotheses on how technology should work.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

For example, if ideablob or Causes were a product offline, and you were a funder, an investor, or a consumer/user of ideablob or Causes as offline products providing no integral communication, you would probably not have ever considered participating/consuming. How can this work?

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

TechSoup has new product donations! From NetSquared. NetSquared is organizing technology-for-social-good events all over the world. See how technology is enabling Indian NGOs , a U.S. arts organization , and a Canadian wildlife organization to better fulfill their missions. Afraid to try something new at your organization?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 11, 2011

Receive ideas, products, services, or support for free/cheap (keeping in mind that your time is still a cost). Much like the NetSquared Challenges platform , it offers users the option of entering contests and searching through submissions across contests to find ideas. to people in the crowd (as in, expand beyond your community).

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

You already know what you want (be honest – some times organizations know what they want to do or what the product is they want to build, engaging in a crowdsourced process will only frustrate possible supporters when that truth becomes clear). NetSquared Challenges (slide 27) – [link]. Community & the Crowd.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 17, 2009

" Twitter Search in Plain English - Common Craft - Our Product is Explanation - You may have seen some of my recent blog posts about Twitter-based chats, like #4Change and #NPCons and you might have also been really lost/confused about the # or how Twitter search was involved in the conversation.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 16, 2015

Eli van der Giessen — Netsquared Community Manager. Remote employees have always held the NetSquared community manager role. Email, Skype , and Google+ Hangouts keep me in touch with my Netsquared organizers. Don't miss part one ! I'm the lone Canadian staffer at TechSoup. Telework Tools Eli Relies On.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

This post originally appeared on TechSoup's NetSquared Blog and was authored by Amy Sample Ward. read more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

In response to this post by Seth Godin on nonprofits and social media, I repeat what I said three years ago over at the Netsquared Community. If Seth wants nonprofits to change, and if he wants them to use his product, he should start with a thorough, transparent report on the uses and results of Squidoo.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

This post was written by Trenton DuVal, contributing editor at NetSquared, and originally appeared on their blog. Manymoon was bought by Salesforce recently, but will supposedly continue, in both free and paid versions, as a separate product. enterprise-grade product. It’s what the NetSquared team uses to stay on task.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2009

FT.com / Weekend columnists / Tim Harford – Perhaps microfinance isn’t such a big deal after all – "Last December, I showed some unwitting prescience by worrying about a backlash against microfinance, the practice of providing small loans – or perhaps savings products or insurance – to poor people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2007

They include: Rachel Weidinger , Strategy for Social Entrepreneurs and on Netsquared here. Michaela Hackner , Girl Next Door Productions and World Learning. Erin Denny , Senior Product Manager, YouthNoise Initiatives. I have met Rachel, Ed, and Erin through Netsquared face-to-face.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Speaker: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. The idea of collaboration in this sense can manifest in many ways: adapting strategies to work collaboratively, leveraging platforms that allow for collaboration across organizational lines, creating new and larger demand for open products and services.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

This week, TechSoup Global and Microsoft Community Affairs hosted the TechSoup Global Contributors' Summit, a gathering of TechSoup Global Network partners , TechSoup product donors, foundational partners, NetSquared Local organizers , GuideStar International partners , and other members of TechSoup Global's extended family.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2015

Product Spotlight: Giving Gone Viral: How to Optimize Your Fundraising Campaigns for Social Media NTEN / Webinar / Fee: Free. Sites NetSquared Monitors for Nonprofit/Technology Events. If you are looking for face-to-face meetings in your area, check out the list of 501Tech Clubs on NTEN and on Netsquared Local. CharityHowto.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. NetSquared Community. for the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) beginning on May 29th. Like last year, conference participants are introducing themselves on their NetSquared Blog.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

From NetSquared. Use our newly launched Local Impact Map to learn how organizations are using technology products and knowledge to further their missions. TSDigs Digital Storytelling event kicks off in the Nonprofit Commons. Alicja rounds up upcoming 2012 European conferences. A New Year's call to volunteer action from Catchafire.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Kevin Lo, TechSoup's senior program manager for NetSquared, who has been TechSoup's resident security expert for many years. office productivity suites, Java, Adobe Reader, and Flash. TechSoup Security Product Donations. He authored our recently released 12 Tips to Being Safer Online Guide for nonprofits and libraries.

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