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Net2Local: What Does 2014 Look Like?

Tech Soup

Net2Local groups will be invited to fundraise at their events in support of our Ugandan lead’s project to provide solar-powered computer education in rural schools. The NetSquared Regional Ambassadors come together in Washington, DC before the NTC conference to learn how to better support Net2Local organizers in their region.

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Crowdsourcing: Community vs Crowd

Amy Sample Ward

There are lots of examples of projects that use crowdsourcing, even this one! Their hesitancy may come from not knowing what crowdsourcing means or how it works: so show them examples, but also show how the project you are working on could benefit from crowdsourcing and how the elements of crowdsourcing align with your project goals.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

Tech Soup

The project is soft launching this month, and going public in March 2014. The project was originally funded by Microsoft for the Transforming Communities of Practice grant. Hackathons are most often fast projects that last one to three days. Hackathons are most often fast projects that last one to three days.

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Data Digest: Moneyball Giving, Data and Philanthropy, Data for Africa

Tech Soup

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. It originally appeared on NetSquared. Pundits: Stop Sounding Ignorant About Data. Why Markets for Good may go wrong.

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Campus Party H4SB — Hacking for Something Better Coming to US in 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How does 11K gb connection speed sound to you? The TechSoup Global Network , NetSquared, GuideStar International, and NGOsource projects facilitate philanthropic support, data transparency and shared innovation around the world. Every Campusero gets to hook up to the mother of all servers for a week. billion to date.

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Basic Blogging for Women-REVISED

Have Fun - Do Good

I started thinking, sounds like there are a lot of women out there who would like to start a blog, but don't know how. Britt Bravo, MA, write for three blogs: her personal blog, Have Fun * Do Good , the NetSquared blog , where she is the Community Builder, and for BlogHer , where she is a Nonprofit and NGO Contributing Editor.

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Tagging on Twitter? #nptech

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

His point 5 is something that sounds like a dream come true to me to monitor Twitter for NpTech related items I know I'm not alone in finding it much easier to share information over Twitter than by blogging or tagging in a social bookmarking app. .

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