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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. The NetSquared website was itself designed to be a model Web 2.0 " The year was 2005.

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Got Social Media Policy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Altimeter Group has a good collection (although mostly corporate) on its wiki. Netsquared is running a thinktank on this topic and you contribute your ideas here. Charlene Li's Wiki of social Media Policies. The social media policy tool helps you with part of the of step 1. . Have some thoughts? Social Media Policies.

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Crowdsourcing: Community vs Crowd

Amy Sample Ward

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery. Crowdsourcing for Social Change.

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Social Media Tips from the TechSoup Global Network

Tech Soup

We've compiled a list of resources including articles, blog posts, webinars, and case studies on best social media practices from our global network. TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki is designed to be a starting place for organizations just getting started on social media. NetSquared. TechSoup.org.

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Social Media Tips from the TechSoup Global Network

Tech Soup

We've compiled a list of resources including articles, blog posts, webinars, and case studies on best social media practices from our global network. TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki is designed to be a starting place for organizations just getting started on social media. NetSquared. TechSoup.org.

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The TechSoup Content Survey Results are In!

Tech Soup

For each topic respondents were interested in, we also asked about how they would like to receive that information: short blog posts, moderated forums, short or long articles, case studies, multimedia, or webinars. Community Wiki. NetSquared. About 40% of respondents said longer, in-depth articles and webinars were also useful.

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Next Year's NTC in New Orleans is Here! I'm a session designer!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While there has been some excellent conversations in the past fews months, particularly the Netsquared ThinkTank , I haven't seen a lot of nonprofit case studies that share real life experience with measuring results from social media strategies. So for my panel, I thought why not a case study slam, a play on the poetry slam format.

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