Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

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 by you , but if there isn’t, we’ll help you start your own. NetSquared Cambridge: A social in Chester.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

TechSoup and the NetSquared meetups are here to help. 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: Storymakers 2017! Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston. Upcoming Tech4Good Events.

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Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2017

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. Top Tech Training Tips for Nonprofits — How to Teach Your Staff to Use New Technology Painlessly. Find your closest NetSquared group. TechSoup Courses. TechSoup Blog.

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APRIL 20, 2007

Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2005

Today, Mark is the manager of TechSoup's NetSquared initiative, a project designed to make sure the non-for-profit sector gets involved early and actively with the newest tools and trends in internet technology. And once we got through catching up, I admitted to him that I was just a bit perplexed about the NetSquared project.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "The 3rd Digital Media and Learning Competition, from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications. Digital Media and Learning Competition: Applications now open! " My favorite lesson? Design for People To Self Organize!

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MAY 30, 2008

Hanging with Britt Bravo at NetSquared Conference Photo by Schipulites. For the past three years, I've had the pleasure of working closely with Britt Bravo at BlogHer and Netsquared. Britt will be teaching a "Nonprofit Blogging 101," and a "Nonprofit Podcasting 101" session. We rarely get any face time.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Created by local NYC students, this game is designed to be played in and around city libraries and teaches players how to use library resources. You might be able to find help from NetSquared , an initiative from TechSoup Global. NetSquared brings nonprofits together with programmers, designers and other business professionals.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Claire Sale, NetSquared. So, I turned that question to my friends and the NetSquared community, and got some really great responses that I'd like to share with you. Her day job is with NetSquared, an organization working at the intersection of technology and social change. Getting Started.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2010

Volunteers teach free classes in rooms donated by other local organizations. Jessica is also a Nonprofit Commons member and NetSquared Local organizer.) Working with a tiny staff and budget brings a litany of challenges, but it brings some amazing opportunities too. SFS doesn't accept donations and doesn't apply for grants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

We’ll also be referring folks to resources for more formal learning and peer connections, like NTEN , the Nonprofit Technology Network and host of the annual Nonprofit Technology Conference and Netsquared and TechSoup Global – and of course sharing resources from our colleagues in the nonprofit/social media field.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 28, 2008

For the past two days I've gotten to spend time at the NetSquared Conference with my Co-Editor of BlogHer's Social Change, Nonprofit and NGO section, and fellow NetSquared blogger , Beth Kanter of Beth's Blog. I'll be teaching a "Nonprofit Blogging 101," and a "Nonprofit Podcasting 101" session.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

That's why TechSoup Global, NetSquared and Microsoft teamed up to launch the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest last November. Find out what else NetSquared was up to this spring in this roundup. Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest. Read about the winners and how they plan to change the world through apps.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. Two such organizations are Apps for Good and Youth Radio's Mobile Action Lab , which are teaching youth to learn, create, and improve their communities through the development of apps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2007

I ran into him again at the NetSquared Conference this week and learned about Rising s: Rising s, the outreach arm of Global s , is now accepting project proposals for the first round of microgrant funding of up to $5,000 for new media outreach projects.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 12, 2008

Beth Kanter Although I've known Beth Kanter for a long time, and we write for BlogHer and NetSquared together, I've never heard her present until today when she gave the keynote at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference. Learn what they teach you. "Tools come and go, but a strategy based on experimentation sustains."--Beth

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

NetSquared DC organized a panel discussion on Engagement Strategy: Empowering Champions* and Influencers* on November 3, 2015, to delve into this question. NetSquared DC Engagement Strategies Panelists — Maddie Grant, Andrew Nachison, and Dale Pfeifer (left to right). The panelists included. Dale Pfeifer, CEO of GoodWorld.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2009

I don't understand by @ntenhross (Holly Ross, Director of NTEN) and @amyrsward (Netsquared community builder) aren't in my cloud. For example, I can clearly see the Aussies I met or connected with as part of my trip to teach there last year. Beth Dunn is a consultant and MBA candidate.

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 23, 2008

I'm teaching my first webinar for a client in a couple weeks. What To Cover When You Teach A Webinar? uploaded by Beth Kanter Cross-posted from NetSquared. I've been doing some research on how to present a successful webinar, and thought I'd share what I've learned.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

We suggest also finding your nearest NetSquared group , where nonprofits and technologists come together for social impact! or public library that is teaching tech and employment skills to underserved youth. Volunteer as a mentor, instructor, or support for a nonprofit (such as Year Up!)

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Pie Ranch is a Bay Area nonprofit that teaches urban youth about food and farming: "We have planted wheat for pie crusts and berries for filling, and are raising bees for honey, goats for milk and chickens for eggs on a 14-acre parcel above the historic Steele Ranch at Green Oaks Creek.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2015

This year Netsquared's own Eli van der Giessen, Birgit Pauli-Haack, and Regina Walton won NTENny awards, as well as Lauren Girardin and our beloved colleague, Michael DeLong, who passed away this past year. " Eli van der Giessen, NetSquared Global Community Manager. Regina manages the largest NetSquared group in the network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2007

and I have learned so much about that from just browsing other people's slide shows if the content is totally unrelated to what I'm teaching. Oh, one other benefit of slideshare for me - I am trainer and have taught people presentation techniques -- good powerpoint. it has definitely improved my slide shows.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2006

Marshall Kirkpatrick interviewed me as part of his gig at Netsquared. " I decided to try it one more time and the third time he greeted me, "I guess you won't go away until I teach you. Great work Marshall! He also interviewed the East Coast Michael Stein , who I see also plays an instrument (violin).

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 7, 2007

Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. Going Within is a 10-minute web short about Donnelle Malnik who teaches yoga and meditation in the San Francisco County Jail No.7 7 through the Resolve to Stop the Violence Program (RVSP).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Netsquared featured project WiserEarth In Ode Magazine Social Media Resources. In Technology Support as Teaching , Michelle Murrain raises the question "Is providing technology support simply just an end in itself, or is it also a means to empower clients in appropriate technology use to further mission? What's next?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

Truly embrace social networking by encouraging your staff, your volunteers, your donors and your Board to join Facebook or Myspace and teach(!) Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Or use nonprofit.alltop.com ( Sue Waters ) ( Allan Benamer ) 5. For many in the boomer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

Britt Bravo at NetSquared summarized a community discussion about the "Best of the Nonprofit Social Web." If you are in a position of teaching this skill to nonprofits, what do you show them? Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. bubble would burst.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

This summer I've been interviewing the innovators behind the 21 Projects that went to the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) this year (I'm the Community Builder for NetSquared). You can listen to the original interview and a live recording of Freecycle's 5-minute pitch at the NetSquared Conference on the NetSquared Podcast.

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MARCH 9, 2007

Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference. Phil Agre's How To Help Someone Use A Computer, circa 1996, is still relevant to anyone who is teaching someone how to master a new piece of software or Internet service. Follow the links from here. Who has time for Video?

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 31, 2006

In early July, I posted about a Basic Blogging for Women Workshop I'd be teaching this fall, but after talking to some prospective students, I decided that it was important to find a space where everyone could be on a computer, so I changed the date and the venue so that we can be in a computer lab.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Next week I'll be teaching a session about blogging during a nonprofit social media webinar, We Are Media, presented by NTEN. Example: Anyone can publish a blog post on the NetSquared Community Blog and Social Actions' social network, my.socialactions.com. There are two ways this can happen: 1. allow comments.

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AUGUST 4, 2008

The story is used to teach the virtues of hard work and preparation. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. It is a story about a grasshopper who has spent the warm months singing away while the ant worked hard to store up food for winter. And if you???re

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

NetSquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data. Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. The NetSquared team will be working the room to activate and facilitate conversations so everyone can enjoy the ride. Who : NetSquared and other Community Organizers. When : 9:00 a.m.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 Here's an interview about How NOT to teach in Second Life with the founder of the Second Life ICT Library Ross Perkins from Kevin Lim. More information here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

NetSquared, a project of TechSoup, is awarding a share of $100,000 in prize money, and a trip to the NetSquared Conference, to the top 20 winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge. So, if you were teaching a workshop called "So You Wanna Build A Mashup?,"

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