What's happened with NetSquared over the last three months? Let's our quarterly report in .gif form wash over you.
Highlights include:
Launch of a new knowledgebase in Zendesk.
Piloting tools for local fundraising and a virtual bank account.
Record number of active groups in a quarter.
NetSquared Quarterly Report: January 1 – March 31 2019NetSquared
Quarterly Report FY19 Q3 report
Hi! It's time for your favourite quarterly report! I'll be covering what happened in NetSquared from January 1 to. March 31, 2019
The highlights this quarterly include:
1. New NetSquared Community Values for events
2. New event templates
3. Educational webinar series for organizers
NetSquared is a very diverse global network, but we're now asking all organizerd to open their events with our Community Values, which set the expectations for attendee engagement.
We add a few new event recipes each month to our growing library of suggested event topics. This month additions include
Instagram: What You Can Learn from the Top 10 Nonprofit Accounts AND
an Introduction to TechSoup (and 50+ Free/Cheap Tools for Nonprofits)
January brought a new series of monthly educational webinars for organizers. Each is co-led by a senior member of the community and addresses a pain point. So far we've covered:
Marketing your events
Team structure and working with co-organizers
Recording your events
The network continues to grow. We added seven new groups over the last quarter – and most of the group leaders are coming from referrals from other members of the network. Our organizers are our biggest champions and marketers.
That growth takes NetSquared to a new high of 128 active groups in 41 countries.
Over the last 12 months those 128 groups have hosted 1,283 training workshops and networking events for nonprofit leaders. That's over 11 thousand nonprofit leaders introduced to TechSoup.
Our community-driven events allow TechSoup listen to the needs of civil society. The most popular events this quarter focused on fundraising, technology trends, digital marketing, and the intersection of youth and technology.
So, what's next for NetSquared? In the next quarter we will:
1. Give organizrs a tool for Expense + sponsorship management with Open Collective.
2. Revise our Code of Conduct and ask organizer to sign a new TechSoup agreement.
3. Continue preparation for a potential rebranding and new platform.
Questions? You can always reach out to the NetSquared Community Manager by email or schedule a call.
This presentation shares the key points from the Culture theme in The New Reality online report about digital transformation for non-profit organisations.
NetSquared Quarterly Report: January 1 – March 31 2019NetSquared
Quarterly Report FY19 Q3 report
Hi! It's time for your favourite quarterly report! I'll be covering what happened in NetSquared from January 1 to. March 31, 2019
The highlights this quarterly include:
1. New NetSquared Community Values for events
2. New event templates
3. Educational webinar series for organizers
NetSquared is a very diverse global network, but we're now asking all organizerd to open their events with our Community Values, which set the expectations for attendee engagement.
We add a few new event recipes each month to our growing library of suggested event topics. This month additions include
Instagram: What You Can Learn from the Top 10 Nonprofit Accounts AND
an Introduction to TechSoup (and 50+ Free/Cheap Tools for Nonprofits)
January brought a new series of monthly educational webinars for organizers. Each is co-led by a senior member of the community and addresses a pain point. So far we've covered:
Marketing your events
Team structure and working with co-organizers
Recording your events
The network continues to grow. We added seven new groups over the last quarter – and most of the group leaders are coming from referrals from other members of the network. Our organizers are our biggest champions and marketers.
That growth takes NetSquared to a new high of 128 active groups in 41 countries.
Over the last 12 months those 128 groups have hosted 1,283 training workshops and networking events for nonprofit leaders. That's over 11 thousand nonprofit leaders introduced to TechSoup.
Our community-driven events allow TechSoup listen to the needs of civil society. The most popular events this quarter focused on fundraising, technology trends, digital marketing, and the intersection of youth and technology.
So, what's next for NetSquared? In the next quarter we will:
1. Give organizrs a tool for Expense + sponsorship management with Open Collective.
2. Revise our Code of Conduct and ask organizer to sign a new TechSoup agreement.
3. Continue preparation for a potential rebranding and new platform.
Questions? You can always reach out to the NetSquared Community Manager by email or schedule a call.
This presentation shares the key points from the Culture theme in The New Reality online report about digital transformation for non-profit organisations.
START-UP MANUFACTURING: 3D Printing, Fab Labs, Hackerspaces and CrowdfundingJim Allen MBA, BSEE, PMT
Presentation made as part of a panel discussion on the role of start-up manufacturing, 3D printing, fab labs, hackerspaces, and crowdsourcing as a means to create jobs and economic wealth. International Economic Development Council Leadership Summit. January 27, 2013, Orlando, FL
"The Change Agent CIO" Book Introduction Pearl Zhu
Traditional CIOs are often perceived as tactical managers, controllers, or order takers. But digital CIOs need to be the “constructive disruptors” to break down silos and break through conventional wisdom. The purpose of this book “The Change Agent CIO: The CIO’s Dynamic Role of Leading Digitalization“ is to share insight into the multifaceted CO leadership disciplines and multidimensional change agenda of IT. The digital CIOs are in demand to “disrupt,” inspire changes and accelerate digital transformation. They are change agents to reinvent IT as the business growth engine, optimize business processes and structures, rejuvenate the corporate
culture and communication, and raise their intellectual voice to lead change interactively, innovatively, and relentlessly.
learn more about the benefits of working with an economic development organization to better serve your commercial and industrial clients! We make you job easy and more profitable!
Effective input management: managing stakeholder input effectively using mind...Jeroen Grit
This presentation will present the method of translating ideas to tangible requirements within a mindmap, zooming in on the approach used, pointing out benefits and specifics and mentioning drawbacks to take into account. This approach is a great way to collaboratively work on ideas and requirements, and a proof point of the fact that to make complex information effective, visual ways of handling are the right way to go.
On December 14, 2017, Tom Haak, director of the HR Trend Institute (https://hrtrendinstitute.com) gave a presentation for the global talent team of Ferrovial in Madrid. These are the slides he used.
Optimize Finance Workflows With KPI Data Insights & Team CollaborationJessicaRickard3
A new financial data management and company growth platform has been launched, called Path by Simplex Financials. It unifies teams to drive productivity and achievement. Find out more at: https://pathbysimplex.com
The significance of Digital Literacy & Citizen Developers in the Office 365 D...Tracy Van der Schyff
#SPSOslo 24/11/2018
With Microsoft and Office 365, your end users now have the tools to create wonderful solutions. Are they truly ready to help transform your business? In this session Tracy will share the following to ensure that you are equipped for the change ahead:
· Literacy statistics and ROI on training
· Psychology behind learning New Skills
· The Evolution of Finding Stuff
· Impact on Job descriptions
· Staying up to date and creating a culture of self / lifelong learners
These are truly amazing times to be alive, ensure that your most valuable assets (your users) are not left behind in your journey to developing a digital first buiness mindset.
NetSquared Quarterly Highlight Report for Q1 FY18NetSquared
Highlights from the last three months:
1. TechSoup marketing campaigns for NetSquared groups
2. Meetup.com recruitment drive
3. #storymakers2017 drives NetSquared to record levels to activity
4. NetSquared business cards and postcards distributed to group leaders and @NetSquared.org email addresses issued for each city
Webinar: Communications Made Beautiful With Adobe - 2018-09-11TechSoup
When running a campaign for your nonprofit, it’s important to have consistency when it comes to branding and design. In this presentation, we’ll cover how you can use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to brighten up your collateral. You'll learn how to create consistency across brochures, social media posts, web banners, and any other relevant collateral. This is appropriate for those who are new to design and need a few tips and tricks to get started!
KindX.org platform has been developed by CFOsquared.com a technology consulting company for KindCause.org, a 501(c)(3) public charity that has mission to empower non-profits by providing them with cloud technology tools to simplify the management of their nonprofit so they can do more social good with less resources.
KindX Platform’s goal is to keep nonprofits lean by making better use of technology annual cloud credits worth U.S.$270,000 donated to the nonprofits, so the nonprofits can do more with less.
KindX Platform is open source solution for other nonprofits to adopt it to become a more digitally connected nonprofit and increase donor engagement.
START-UP MANUFACTURING: 3D Printing, Fab Labs, Hackerspaces and CrowdfundingJim Allen MBA, BSEE, PMT
Presentation made as part of a panel discussion on the role of start-up manufacturing, 3D printing, fab labs, hackerspaces, and crowdsourcing as a means to create jobs and economic wealth. International Economic Development Council Leadership Summit. January 27, 2013, Orlando, FL
"The Change Agent CIO" Book Introduction Pearl Zhu
Traditional CIOs are often perceived as tactical managers, controllers, or order takers. But digital CIOs need to be the “constructive disruptors” to break down silos and break through conventional wisdom. The purpose of this book “The Change Agent CIO: The CIO’s Dynamic Role of Leading Digitalization“ is to share insight into the multifaceted CO leadership disciplines and multidimensional change agenda of IT. The digital CIOs are in demand to “disrupt,” inspire changes and accelerate digital transformation. They are change agents to reinvent IT as the business growth engine, optimize business processes and structures, rejuvenate the corporate
culture and communication, and raise their intellectual voice to lead change interactively, innovatively, and relentlessly.
learn more about the benefits of working with an economic development organization to better serve your commercial and industrial clients! We make you job easy and more profitable!
Effective input management: managing stakeholder input effectively using mind...Jeroen Grit
This presentation will present the method of translating ideas to tangible requirements within a mindmap, zooming in on the approach used, pointing out benefits and specifics and mentioning drawbacks to take into account. This approach is a great way to collaboratively work on ideas and requirements, and a proof point of the fact that to make complex information effective, visual ways of handling are the right way to go.
On December 14, 2017, Tom Haak, director of the HR Trend Institute (https://hrtrendinstitute.com) gave a presentation for the global talent team of Ferrovial in Madrid. These are the slides he used.
Optimize Finance Workflows With KPI Data Insights & Team CollaborationJessicaRickard3
A new financial data management and company growth platform has been launched, called Path by Simplex Financials. It unifies teams to drive productivity and achievement. Find out more at: https://pathbysimplex.com
The significance of Digital Literacy & Citizen Developers in the Office 365 D...Tracy Van der Schyff
#SPSOslo 24/11/2018
With Microsoft and Office 365, your end users now have the tools to create wonderful solutions. Are they truly ready to help transform your business? In this session Tracy will share the following to ensure that you are equipped for the change ahead:
· Literacy statistics and ROI on training
· Psychology behind learning New Skills
· The Evolution of Finding Stuff
· Impact on Job descriptions
· Staying up to date and creating a culture of self / lifelong learners
These are truly amazing times to be alive, ensure that your most valuable assets (your users) are not left behind in your journey to developing a digital first buiness mindset.
NetSquared Quarterly Highlight Report for Q1 FY18NetSquared
Highlights from the last three months:
1. TechSoup marketing campaigns for NetSquared groups
2. Meetup.com recruitment drive
3. #storymakers2017 drives NetSquared to record levels to activity
4. NetSquared business cards and postcards distributed to group leaders and @NetSquared.org email addresses issued for each city
Webinar: Communications Made Beautiful With Adobe - 2018-09-11TechSoup
When running a campaign for your nonprofit, it’s important to have consistency when it comes to branding and design. In this presentation, we’ll cover how you can use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to brighten up your collateral. You'll learn how to create consistency across brochures, social media posts, web banners, and any other relevant collateral. This is appropriate for those who are new to design and need a few tips and tricks to get started!
KindX.org platform has been developed by CFOsquared.com a technology consulting company for KindCause.org, a 501(c)(3) public charity that has mission to empower non-profits by providing them with cloud technology tools to simplify the management of their nonprofit so they can do more social good with less resources.
KindX Platform’s goal is to keep nonprofits lean by making better use of technology annual cloud credits worth U.S.$270,000 donated to the nonprofits, so the nonprofits can do more with less.
KindX Platform is open source solution for other nonprofits to adopt it to become a more digitally connected nonprofit and increase donor engagement.
The Connected Nonprofit: Fundraising with NGO ConnectHeller Consulting
Alliance to Save Energy (ASE) is one of the earliest organizations to be up and running on NGO Connect on the Salesforce1 for Nonprofits platform. Join Joseph Jagassar from ASE, Keith Heller and roundCorner founder Nick Ward to discuss why they chose NGO Connect and how they are using it to develop and execute strategic fundraising campaigns.
Assess Your Organization's Digital CapabilityTechSoup
A demonstration of this free online assessment tool. You can use it to evaluate multiple parts of your operation — from communication to fundraising and development — and invite others in your organization to take the assessment as well. You can also save your results and reassess your nonprofit to see how you have improved over time.
Online Marketing For Economic Development: What's Now, What's NextAtlas Integrated
We all know prospects are doing research on our communities 24x7x365, and we now get up to 20 times the interactions on our websites as we do through all other communications combined. Do you know what information and digital tools your economic development organization needs in order to market itself effectively? Find out how the latest technologies and digital trends, such as Web-based geographic information systems, can help your community compete in today’s global marketplace.
Tech M&A Monthly: 15 Ways to Find BuyersCorum Group
The more qualified buyers you can bring to the table, the better your chances for an optimal sale of your company. But how do you build the ideal buyers list, with the right combination of "A list and B list" buyers? What about Private Equity, non-tech buyers, or international firms? Join the November edition of Tech M&A Monthly for a look at how Corum Group builds buyers lists--our dealmakers will walk through 15 things you need to be able to do in order to identify potential acquirers for your company.
The Next Challenge for Economic Development - Proactively Responding to Digit...Ben Wright
Learn why digitally sourced leads are the number one opportunity for your community and review available tools to generate digital leads.
Discover how two leading EDOs are generating and responding to digital prospects and learn how to take advantage of these trends for your own community.
Community Engagement During & After The Holiday SeasonQuestionPro
Learn How to engage community members while brands fight for attention. Collect relevant insights from the holiday campaigns. How to utilize the insights to keep engagement after the holiday season.
A Foundation for Fast Digital Innovation
Creating a differentiated digital experience is critical to most businesses today. And it must be built, not bought. While APIs are the foundation of digital innovation, it takes more than just developing an API to innovate faster.
Come learn what it takes, including the API-led technologies and other components of a cloud-native digital platform, and a few tricks you need to consider that will help you focus on what's important to innovate fast.
By the end of this session you will understand;
How a digital platform enables fast innovation
The different technology components, capabilities, and processes companies use to build a cloud-native digital platform
Some of the best practices that other companies have used to improve API design, and reuse, and deliver faster
How Digital Economic Development Enables Communities to Expand Their Impact, ...Ben Wright
Digital Economic Development is any interaction you have with an employee, colleague, prospect, partner, or otherwise that is made more efficient, enhances, or is made possible by digital communications tools.
Digital is a strategy, but how exactly? This presentation is explains what and why and how digital is a strategic enterprise. It explains digital maturity, why its so hard, and has a framework for digital maturity, so you can see where your org is and where you want to go. It reviews what does into a digital strategy, and dives deep into the organizational principles for building digital maturity within your org, namely leadership, culture and talent.
Madison Park Group Member Management Software Market Update - Nonprofit & Ass...Madison Park Group
We are pleased to present our review of the nonprofit & association software market for the second half of 2018.
Madison Park Group is a unique investment banking firm that takes a "strategy first" approach to advising software companies. Our partners have developed and advised numerous successful companies as operators, investors and investment bankers.
Jonathan Adler and Michael Magruder spearhead the firm's efforts in the broader member management software market.
Tech M&A Monthly: What Happens If You Don’t Sell?Corum Group
Not every company sells right away—deals fall apart, valuations don’t meet expectations, or the market just isn’t ready. What do you do now?
80% of self-managed M&A efforts initially end in failure. However, if you’ve run the process right, this may be a golden opportunity to actually increase the value you finally get for your company.
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#NPTechClubATX: 5G: What Is It and Why Is It a Game Changer?NetSquared
Recorded September 7, 2020 by #NPTechClubATX
5G will not only affirm the critical role of mobility in our connected world but also expand it, laying the groundwork for a fourth industrial revolution. "This revolution will be powered by technologies like virtual reality, augmented reality, the Internet of Things, automation, advanced robotics and drones, among many others with the potential to remake virtually every facet of our society," notes Top Nonprofits (March 22, 2019).
Current networks cannot always meet consumer demands for data. "During periods of heavy use, consumers may experience slow speeds, unstable connections, delays, or loss of service. The effects can range from annoyances like a streaming movie freezing to life-threatening transmission delays between first responders in an emergency."
For instance, "in the health care sector, 5G could enable services such as remote patient monitoring, consultation, and even remote surgery. In transportation, 5G will be the backbone that autonomous vehicles rely on. A 2017 study from Deloitte estimated, 'self-driving cars enabled by wireless connectivity could reduce emissions by 40-90%, travel times by nearly 40% and delays by 20%.'”
"The Importance of 5G from the Senate RPC," June 27, 2019.
John Bratcher is Government Account Manager at T-Mobile. He is a strong believer that information is power. "I work on a daily to show businesses and nonprofits how to utilize telecommunication solutions to decrease their operating cost and increase efficiency." Please join us for the timely discussion about 5G!
Nonprofit Tech Club Austin - Maximizing Tech to Save MoneyNetSquared
During "Maximizing Tech to Save Money," Sean Hale will lead a discussion about how nonprofit organizations can establish a strong back office. Successful nonprofits have strong administration so the rest of the staff can focus on achieving the mission. Almost every nonprofit can improve finance, operations, human resources and IT in ways that will pay for themselves quickly through enhanced efficiency and effectiveness.
Digital Accessibility: Introduction to Law and ProcessNetSquared
Technology has changed the way people interact with the world around them. In many ways, the technology boom has enabled people to do more than they ever thought possible. People are more in touch, able to connect faster and be more productive than ever before.
This is the case for many people, but what about the people who don't experience technology as a convenient default? What about those whose experiences are limited due to the inaccessibility of the very technologies that could enable them to experience life in a whole new way?
Digital Accessibility is about the inclusion of our diverse population. Join Tracey Long on the journey to learn more about what Digital Accessibility is, who is impacted, why it is important, when to consider it and how to get started on your Digital Accessibility journey.
NPTechClubATX: Prospecting - Reviewing Your Own Databases for Hidden GemsNetSquared
Join us for a focused discussion about how a seasoned nonprofit fundraiser conducts in-depth yet cost effective fundraising research, with an emphasis on your own nonprofit's databases.
Carolyn suggests you sign up for a free Candid/GuideStar account. Some of Carolyn's suggestions involve using information shared on the Candid website, so that means you can start researching on your own, right after the presentation!
Carolyn M. Appleton got her start in nonprofit fundraising in Austin in the 1980s. Since then, she has worked across Texas, often in remote locations with little or no staff support. New technologies and the Internet have helped Carolyn achieve her fundraising goals, and then some! In 2011, she launched Carolyn's Nonprofit Blog, which today has more than 100 nations visiting annually.
Carolyn has been an NTEN: Nonprofit Technology Network volunteer for ten years. She received a national NTENy award for her volunteer efforts. Carolyn has spoken during the annual NTC: Nonprofit Technology Conference (and others), she has authored a variety of articles on nonprofit fundraising and communications, and in 2019, she was pleased to help TechSoup develop an online nonprofit disaster preparation and recovery course funded by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy. In 2019, Carolyn also became a Qgiv affiliate. Join us for this hands-on insider program!
Slides from their May2020 event.
#NPTechClubATX is part of a network of tech clubs across the nation and the world. NTEN: Nonprofit Technology Network and NetSquared (a program of TechSoup), are co-sponsors. Meetings are free to all.
https://local.nten.org/austin/
NPTechClubATX: 7 Simple Secrets to Successful Nonprofit EventsNetSquared
Slides from their April 2020 event.
#NPTechClubATX is part of a network of tech clubs across the nation and the world. NTEN: Nonprofit Technology Network and NetSquared (a program of TechSoup), are co-sponsors. Meetings are free to all.
https://local.nten.org/austin/
Jennifer Surovy, Nationally Certified Online Profile Expert (NCOPE/NRWA), will present tips and tricks on creating a profile that will enable you to more effectively reach your professional goals.
Jen is the Founder of Write It Better Resumes. She has more than 15 years of experience in leading communications campaigns and projects for Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, nonprofits and public officials. Jen’s previous positions include serving as the Labor Policy Advisor to Congressman Rush Holt, Global Human Resources Associate at Bank of America, Director at YMCA of the Triangle, and most recently as a Resume Writer for Talent.com.
Jen has combined her intellectual passion for workforce issues and talent for distilling complex subjects into concise messages by founding Write It Better Resumes. This resume and professional services firm assists clients in reaching their professional potential by crafting clear and engaging personal marketing materials.
Jen holds a Bachelor of Arts from Ohio University and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
NPTechClubATX: 7 Simple Secrets to Successful Nonprofit EventsNetSquared
Engaging and profitable events for nonprofit or professional/trade membership associations are within the reach of every organization, no matter the size or budget. The secret lies in understanding the strategies, execution and psychology behind all successful events. This tech club program lays out 7 simple secrets to empower all organizations to dream big, execute exceptionally and maximize engagement 365 to better turn your attendees into donors who evangelize and refer your mission and cause to their friends and colleagues.
Participants will learn:
Why an event goal is your most important priority and what to do with it once you have it.
How technology can be an ally in decreasing time spent on projects, increasing outreach, registration, and donations, and what your marketing and technology teams need to hear from your events and volunteer teams so that everyone all rows in the same direction (translation scripts and nifty automation workflows included).
How to break out of the “same old event we usually produce” box, with templates and exercises you can take back to your team to challenge and excite stakeholders. Templates are meant to be activated from a variety of viewpoints, so no matter if you sit in IT or development, we’ve got a Nifty New Idea for you to bring to the table.
Lindsay Martin-Bilbrey, CMP join us from Dallas. Check out her website, Nifty Method Marketing & Events and follow Lindsay and Nifty on Twitter and Instagram: @linsaythecmp and @niftymethod, and on Facebook.
A lover of ice sculptures and pie, Lindsay aims to make marketing, events, and technology easier for eventprofs to use and participants to enjoy. She brings nearly 20 years experience helping companies and associations create experiences that leave lasting emotional impressions, while solving real business problems using a thoughtful mix of strategy, creativity and innovation.
An accomplished speaker (though she prefers to be backstage with a headset), #Eventicons podcast host, eventprof, and marketer with work featured in the New York Times, EdWeek, Associations Now Magazine, Personify TV, and the Association Research Lab, Lindsay and her company have worked with brands including Ford Motor Company, Sirius XM, Pathable Event Apps, American Bar Association, Harvard Business School, NTEN, MIT, Event Marketer, Mercer, IMEX and the National Speakers Association.
Slides from their March 2020 event.
#NPTechClubATX is part of a network of tech clubs across the nation and the world. NTEN: Nonprofit Technology Network and NetSquared (a program of TechSoup), are co-sponsors. Meetings are free to all.
https://local.nten.org/austin/
NPTechClubATX: Engaging Communities of Color with Gabryella Desporte of Latin...NetSquared
Slides from their August 2019 event.
We are pleased to have Gabryella Desporte, mentor and program coordinator at local nonprofit Latinitas, speak about engaging communities of color and making programming more inclusive. Gabryella is one of the prestigious NTEN and Google Fiber Digital Inclusion Fellows, a national program of emerging leaders. The fellowship program helps them hone their skills and develop new and enhanced digital literacy programs for adults.
#NPTechClubATX is part of a network of tech clubs across the nation and the world. NTEN: Nonprofit Technology Network and NetSquared (a program of TechSoup), are co-sponsors. Meetings are free to all.
https://local.nten.org/austin/
NPTechClubATX: Social Media During EmergenciesNetSquared
Slides from their February 2020 event.
#NPTechClubATX is part of a network of tech clubs across the nation and the world. NTEN: Nonprofit Technology Network and NetSquared (a program of TechSoup), are co-sponsors. Meetings are free to all.
https://local.nten.org/austin/
Slides from their February 2019 event.
#NPTechClubATX is part of a network of tech clubs across the nation and the world. NTEN: Nonprofit Technology Network and NetSquared (a program of TechSoup Global), are co-sponsors. Meetings are free to all.
https://local.nten.org/austin/
NPTechClubATX: Getting Out of the Alligator PitNetSquared
Slides from their May 2019 event.
#NPTechClubATX is part of a network of tech clubs across the nation and the world. NTEN: Nonprofit Technology Network and NetSquared (a program of TechSoup Global), are co-sponsors. Meetings are free to all.
https://local.nten.org/austin/
NPTechClubATX - Engaging Communities of ColorNetSquared
Slides from their August 2019 event.
#NPTechClubATX is part of a network of tech clubs across the nation and the world. NTEN: Nonprofit Technology Network and NetSquared (a program of TechSoup Global), are co-sponsors. Meetings are free to all.
https://local.nten.org/austin/
Slides from NetSquared Toronto's April 29 meetup. The event was hosted by Shabs and features Claire Kerr.
Here's Claire's slides from the event. Learn how to choose and leverage acquisition channels that reach the right donors. The presentation will help you design sophisticated targeting that attracts more qualified fundraising prospects across all your digital channels.
You will leave with tactical tips to apply to your 2020 digital strategy, no matter which database, content management system, fundraising tool, or email platform you're currently using.
Social Engineering 101: Don't Get Manipulated by AttackersNetSquared
Nonprofits - This security-focused educational webinar will be presented by Erich Kron, a Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4!
Abstract:
Social Engineering is a practice we use almost every day of our lives. It is apparent in how we interact with our families, our friends, strangers and even those coworkers we don't really like. It's really just the practice of dealing with other humans.
By studying these interactions, attackers can become very adept at using these skills to manipulate people into actions that benefit them. Phishing, smishing, vishing are all tools of the trade that attackers use. The psychology used in these attacks to bypass critical thinking is becoming more and more advanced. By leveraging techniques like focus redirection and exploiting the way our brain filters can be tricked in to perceiving a different reality, attackers are outpacing our best efforts to defend ourselves. We do know that throwing money at a problem doesn’t make it go away. Social engineering methods and the cyber criminals behind the attacks are furiously innovating.
Fear, anxiety and outrage are all being used to spread ransomware and other types of malware, scam people and organizations out of money and disrupt business. It’s no wonder that social engineering and phishing are the most common way that successful breaches get started.
This session will look at the things social engineers use to trick users into performing the kinds of actions that lead to security breaches and ways to identify and counteract these attacks. It will also discuss recent real-world attacks and the social engineering tricks that made them effective.
Topics include:
- The Perception vs. Reality Dilemma
- Focus redirection
- Psychology behind the attacks
- Identifying and developing defensive practices
NetSquared Athens: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Tech and NonprofitNetSquared
(*But were afraid to ask)
This video comes from NetSquared Athens and Matteo Sisto.
With limited resources (time and money), can you do more for your beneficiaries? Yes, you can! Let me help you to get the most out of digital tools for nonprofit. This video was recorded during the first NetSquared event in Greece “Everything you always wanted to know about tech and nonprofit* (*But were afraid to ask)" !
Community Isn't Cancelled — Q3 FY20 NetSquared ReportNetSquared
Slide 1 — Introduction
Hi, it's Eli the NetSquared Community Manager. Join me for a lightning tour of highlights from NetSquared's last three months.
Slide 2 — Three Highlights
This quarter saw the arrival of COVID-19, which resulted in the cancellation of all live events. But Meetup changed their policies to allow online meetings, so NetSquared continues.
TechSoup also opened up a new benefit for our volunteers — organizers now get access to our educational offerings.
Slide 3 — COVID-19 Response
By early March all NetSquared groups had cancelled their live events. But community isn't cancelled — we're pivoting to online events. Leaders like Maria Zaghi in Guatemala are keeping the homefires burning with weekly zoom meetings.
Slide 4 — Change to Meetup
This was a big quarter for meetup too. They changed their longstanding policy against virtual events and added new features to support webinar links as "locations". And then in the final week of March WeWork sold meetup to a group of private investors — so the future of our events platform is in flux.
Slide 5 — Free TechSoup Courses
In happier news, TechSoup added a new benefit. Organizers now get free access of TechSoup Courses, which includes over 100 modules teaching skills from tech planning to Google Analytics to fundraising.
How NGOs and Charities Can Implement Budget Video Conference SoftwareNetSquared
By Jackson Gathoni of NetSquared Nairobi
How NGOs and Charities Can Implement Budget Video Conference Softwares to keep activities going in the wake of COVID-19
In the wake of the current COVID-19 pandemic which has literally stopped the world, NGOs working in East Africa are still required to continue with their operations and hence the need for coordination across the world. Most of these organizations have limited resources and end-up using FREE video conferencing facilities which are not reliable and easily manageable within the organization. An organization by the name TechSoup identified this problem faced by small organizations and has collaborated with major Software companies to offer subsidized softwares as software donations. Some of the essential tools that can be of help to teams working from home are Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
Please join Jackson for a NetSquared Online Event to learn how your charitable organization can benefit from some of these software donations as well as other tools.
Date 9th April 2020 at 11.00pm - 11.30pm
AGENDA
1. Netsquared & TechSoup Introduction.
2. Collaboration Tools : Zoom, Microsoft Teams.
3. Partner Validation
4. Q&A.
Desire seyram sackitey — NetSquared productivity tools and tips for non pro...NetSquared
NetSquared is going virtual because of COVID-19. Desire Seyram of NetSquared Accra presents "Productivity Tools and Tips for Nonprofits".
There is a wide range of low-cost or free online tools available to nonprofits today, to help us communicate better with workers, volunteers, and stakeholders, and work more efficiently. Desire demonstrated many of these tools, and shared tips and scenarios in which you might use them.
Highlights from the TechSoup Catalog [webinar slides]NetSquared
Three program managers from TechSoup share highlights from TechSoup's GLOBAL catalog of tech offerings.
- Whittney Tom – Cybersecurity solutions, including Symantec, Bitdefender and more/
- Baily Maples – Asana project management
- Barbara Shaughnessy — Pledge1% companies
Learn more about these offers and how your nonprofit members can benefit.
See the video at https://youtu.be/IAGlDYmj150
NetSquared Report: July 1 - December 31 2019NetSquared
What are the recent highlights from the NetSquared community? Here’s my 2.5 minute summary video
We measured our impact — and we’re making a difference!
The community continues to grow, with Nigeria emerging as the newest hotspot
NetSquared leaders are hosting conversations on the necessity of responsible technology use.
Slides from Jamaal Davis' July 17 2019 Tech4GoodPGH event.
https://www.meetup.com/Tech4goodPGH/events/262900231/comments/503084751/
This workshop will guide you through the iterative process of prototyping an app and conducting user research. You will start by making a low fidelity paper prototype, conducting research with users, and using that research to inform your next iteration. RSVP on their site at https://bit.ly/2RZsElB
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As Europe's leading economic powerhouse and the fourth-largest hashtag#economy globally, Germany stands at the forefront of innovation and industrial might. Renowned for its precision engineering and high-tech sectors, Germany's economic structure is heavily supported by a robust service industry, accounting for approximately 68% of its GDP. This economic clout and strategic geopolitical stance position Germany as a focal point in the global cyber threat landscape.
In the face of escalating global tensions, particularly those emanating from geopolitical disputes with nations like hashtag#Russia and hashtag#China, hashtag#Germany has witnessed a significant uptick in targeted cyber operations. Our analysis indicates a marked increase in hashtag#cyberattack sophistication aimed at critical infrastructure and key industrial sectors. These attacks range from ransomware campaigns to hashtag#AdvancedPersistentThreats (hashtag#APTs), threatening national security and business integrity.
🔑 Key findings include:
🔍 Increased frequency and complexity of cyber threats.
🔍 Escalation of state-sponsored and criminally motivated cyber operations.
🔍 Active dark web exchanges of malicious tools and tactics.
Our comprehensive report delves into these challenges, using a blend of open-source and proprietary data collection techniques. By monitoring activity on critical networks and analyzing attack patterns, our team provides a detailed overview of the threats facing German entities.
This report aims to equip stakeholders across public and private sectors with the knowledge to enhance their defensive strategies, reduce exposure to cyber risks, and reinforce Germany's resilience against cyber threats.
NetSquared Quarterly Report: July 1 – September 30 2018
1. July 1 – September 30, 2018
NetSquared Quarterly Report
2. What was most interesting?
Highlights
Launch of a new knowledgebase in Zendesk.
Piloting tools for local fundraising and a
virtual bank account.
Record number of active groups in a quarter.
8. NetSquared Funnel
+ 4 assistant
organizers onboarded
Changes to onboarding
process are increasing
conversion of
prospective organizers.
35% of interviews
launched group last
quarter
(vs 19% in FY18Q1