
The NetSquared Guide to Free Web Resources Tonight we celebrated our 50th NetSquared event. Over the years, we’ve collected our notes and learned a lot from our workshops and presentations, so on our 50th anniversary event we compiled all these lessons into a handy guide. Great one-click hosting for WordPress: http://www.bluehost.com/ http://www.dreamhost.com/ http://mediatemple.net/ http://laughingsquid.net/ http://www.siteground.com/ http://www.rackspace.com Free photo editing tools www.picnik.com http://aviary.com/ http://www.gimp.org/ http://www.irfanview.com/ WordPress wins award for best [...]
Here’s some video from Hunter Whitney’s talk on website usability. You can download Hunter’s helpful one-page usability guide as a PDF or Word doc. And, thanks to Noah Kunin of the Sunlight Foundation, our January event will be livestreamed. No matter the size of your organization or budget, there are some basic ideas and approaches that [...]
At last month’s event we shared our favorite online videos, spanning advocacy, documentaries, and viral campaigns, and discussed what worked and what didn’t. For anyone who couldn’t make it, or just for some inspiration as you produce your own videos, here are some of the featured works. Feel free to comment or tweet us @net2dc [...]
Thanks again for coming to the videoblogging workshop. By the looks of it, each of you now has the foundation to start documenting your own work with online video. Remember that the tools are actually the easier part of the equation because you’ll automatically get better with practice. The real challenge is to find creative ways to record the things [...]
Meeting Notes: 3/24/09 The Extraordinaries Jacob Colker – Co-Founder/Project Lead Introduction Ben Rigby and Jacob started this project in 2008 Recently won $25,000 at WeMedia Few days at launching from submitting to the Apple app store Rationale 74% of Americans don’t volunteer Volunteering has a high barrier of entry Most people say they don’t have time to volunteer but there are spots in the day where [...]
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Posted on 19 January 2010
We’re going to be broadcasting tonight’s get together live! If you can’t make it in person, this will be the place to be. This is out first time broadcasting from our location so please forgive any initial hiccups as we get the ball rolling! Video will start at 7pm ET. This video should be [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 05 May 2009
You can make sure you’re the first to hear about upcoming events by joining our Meetup or Facebook Group. We usually meet at 7pm on the third Tuesday of each month at the Affinity Lab, DC’s entrepreneurial launch space. NetSquared DC is a vibrant local community thriving at the intersection of social change and technology. We’re [...] Continue Reading
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Posted on 10 February 2009
Social changemakers and technological forerunners come together at Net Tuesday events to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and reinforce the online NetSquared community. At NetSquared DC we feature two formats and our calendar switches between the two formats monthly: Featured nonprofit or technology topic Pimp-my-nonprofit. The featured nonprofit or topic format focuses on the technology challenges, [...] Continue Reading