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Find an Awesome Nonprofit Tech Training Near You

Tech Soup

Check out our newest groups: * [NetSquared Abuja]([link] in Abuja, Nigeria --> --> What have NetSquared groups been up to recently? Kitchener, Ontario: Promoting Open Source. Abuja, Nigeria: TechSoup Online Programs. Birmingham, United Kingdom: November Meetup: Open-Source Tools. Friday, October 14, 2016.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Plus, we recently spotted this article on the Open Source Africa site. And all this is on top of Martus work we're actively engaged with in Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt.

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NetSquared Volunteers Help Nonprofits Like You Master Technology

Tech Soup

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels & Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Security. Morrisville, North Carolina: 17NCT4G Annual Conference, June 6 – 7, 2017. Fort Collins, Colorado: Tech4Good in Fort Collins: Topic TBD.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

shows us how to screencast with Linux and other open source tools! Election observers across Nigeria will be using mobile phones to text officials if they spot irregularities during Saturday's election. Check out Greenlight Nigeria and Mobile Monitors. Freecharity.org.uk Can cell phones ensure a free vote?

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

News from Nigeria via the Netsquared blog. And if you're looking for some fabulous manuals for open source software, check out the Floss Manuals. Wanna check out more tech tools? See 1,010 Favorite Tools on the TechSoup Blog. Global NpTech. What's Hiafux ? It's a list of Israeli Linux Clubs!

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Why Tech Nonprofits Are Building Digital Tools for Racial Equity and Justice

Non Profit Quarterly

Take, for instance, Unlocked Labs , a nonprofit that employs a team of incarcerated software developers who are building nonprofit, open-source technology to make high-quality education more accessible to incarcerated individuals. Moreover, the global nature of Black SiS’ operations meant time zones became an issue.

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Data Digest: Global Open Data Initiative, OpenData Latinoamérica, Big Data for Disaster Response

Tech Soup

She says that although using technology and open data tools can be “dangerous” in some countries, they can still be used in other spheres of government as for example BudgIT in Nigeria. Open Source disaster recovery data big data' Big Data for Disaster Response: A List of Wrong Assumptions. Image: NetSquared.