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Open Challenges Harness Local Knowledge for Local Change

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Since the first NetSquared challenge in 2006, TechSoup has continued to offer people and organizations opportunities to connect, share ideas, and collaborate; they work on solutions online and offline through events, meetups, and hackathons. For example, they profiled a father who was fighting to get speed bumps put in his neighborhood.

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Around the TechSoup Global Blogosphere, January 1-12

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Cynthia Adams, President and CEO of GrantStation, reports on the results of GrantStation's survey about grantseeking challenges facing nonprofit organizations. Get great content curation tips in Susan's recap of the TechSoup and TechSoup Romania's tweet chat. Aletha profiles what TechSoup Asia is up to.

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Social Media Tips from the TechSoup Global Network

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So what's the secret to maintaining a popular Facebook profile or Twitter account? TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki is designed to be a starting place for organizations just getting started on social media. What is content curation and why should your organization try it? Connecting Up Australia.

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Social Media Tips from the TechSoup Global Network

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So what's the secret to maintaining a popular Facebook profile or Twitter account? TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki is designed to be a starting place for organizations just getting started on social media. What is content curation and why should your organization try it? Connecting Up. TechSoup for Libraries.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

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It's mind boggling how something like this could be harnessed for digital inclusion and social sector organizations. You can also link a Pinterest account to a Facebook or Twitter profile. It's apparently a real WiFi router that will connect as many as five devices. Accessibility. This is technology for good news from India.

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Birthday Campaign Reflection: Will Your Nonprofit Embrace Free Agent Fundraisers?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm An Embedded Free Agent Fundraiser My most recent social media fundraising experiment was a birthday campaign that raised $6225 from 161 donors using Facebook Causes Birthday application to benefit the non profit organization, The Sharing Foundation. Make It Personal : I've said this before and so has Katya Andresen. "The

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

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Fundacja TechSoup in Poland, in a close partnership with Dokukino and other local organizations from the Western Balkans, has launched open challenges for the best technology-based social projects that address transparency and accountability issues in the the Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia. NPTech Innovation in Eastern Europe.

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