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Nonprofits Must Fight Stereotypes When Using New Technologies to Save Lives

NTEN

Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines in November 2013, killing more than 6,000 people. Advocacy Change Management disaster response tech management unmanned aerial vehicles Program' Innovation and adoption of new technologies is not without controversy. For example: How does your nonprofit leadership feel about unmanned aerial vehicles?

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Socialbrite: Social Tools for Social Change

Amy Sample Ward

Nonprofit tech experts team up to help others master ‘social tools for social change’. Beth Kanter, Amy Sample Ward, Katrin Verclas and John Haydon are among the familiar names in the nonprofit tech sector who are part of the effort. Katrin Verclas, co-founder and editor of MobileActive.org and past executive director of NTEN.

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What Does a NetSquared Event Look Like?

Tech Soup

If you're a regular reader of this blog, you've probably encountered one of my twice-monthly roundups of nonprofit tech meetups. Check out our newest groups: * [NetSquared Tanzania]([link] in Tanga, Tanzania * [501 Tech Club Austin]([link] in Austin, TX * [Nonprofit Neighbors Tech Club]([link] in Kansas City, MO --> Upcoming Events.

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NetSquared Goes to 15NTC. And Your Hometown Too

Tech Soup

501 Tech Club Austin in Austin, Texas. Nonprofit Neighbors Tech Club in Kansas City, Missouri. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Austin, Texas: NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference #15NTC. Upcoming Events.

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Guest Post by JD Lasica -- Socialbrite: A new sharing & learning hub

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Katrin Verclas, founder and editor-in-chief of MobileActive.org and past executive director of NTEN. Sloane Berrent, a Kiva fellow, social philanthropy activist and a former executive at Causecast who’s currently serving a three-month tour in the Philippines.

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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

VTVigils VT Vigils VTvigils.org is a project of a diverse group of national campaigns and organizations not affiliated with Virginia Tech. Laura Quinn in her introductory post on the Open Content for Nonprofits NTEN Affinity group points to an article. Trish Perkins offers up a list "cool free tech tools."

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112 Nonprofit Blog Posts, Articles, and Stories from 2013 You Can’t Miss.

Connection Cafe

In Farra Trompeter’s recent Big Duck blog post, Facebook for nonprofits: Moving your marketing beyond the likes , she recaps insight shared by Kaiya Waddell and Amy Bryant at a recent 501 Tech NYC event. Support in the Philippines is needed and this post has compiled a list of nonprofit organizations providing aid.

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