NetSquared enables social benefit organizations to leverage the tools of the social web.
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NetSquared Local events provide a chance to connect locally with all those interested in the intersection of social technologies and social change. There are new groups forming every week: Join in!
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Building community in your area? Check out the newly-launched Community Organizers Handbook! Everything you need to start and grow a NetSquared Local group or any other community-powered program.
TechMission Online
Challenges Entered:
TechMission Online integrates thousands of faith-based social service organizations into our open source system which is a mashup using Drupal, Moodle, CiviCRM, Google Maps, Amazon, Flickr and YouTube. It includes: •A directory of over 2,000 faith-based social service organizations mashed with Google maps to show where these services are offered. Goal: 10,000+ organizations in 5 years. •A directory of 2,600+ volunteer opportunities in FBOs which will soon be a mashup with Google maps to show their locations through www.ChristianVolunteering.org (Christian brand) and www.iVolunteering.org (secular brand). Goal: 25,000 opportunities in 5 years. •A Web 2.0 portal for the faith-based social services sector through www.UrbanMinistry.org (Christian brand) and www.UrbanResource.net (secular brand). The site Wiki contains 5,600+ free creative commons licensed workshops, podcasts (iTunes), videos (YouTube), documents, books (Amazon), Stock Photos (Flickr) and curriculum materials (goal: 25,000 items in 5 years). We have partnered with the top faith-based social service conferences to provide an archive of audio, video and materials of 15+ years of workshops on nonprofit training. • www.CityVision.edu is our accredited online college integrated with the above services that provides courses in nonprofit management targeting the faith-based social services sector. Course materials are provided for free online under a creative commons license.
What else have you done in this area of work?
TechMission has 18 full-time staff and 40 full-time interns that help provide technology resources and online services to the faith-based social services sector:
•Association of Christian Community Computer Centers (AC4) is the largest group of faith-based organizations addressing the digital divide with over 400 member organizations. Last year, these organizations served 69,716 participants with 19,890 taking computer classes, 4,749 receiving computer certifications, 1,625 being placed in college, 3,933 being placed in college and 1,238 receiving GEDs.
•TechMission Corps provides 40 full-time AmeriCorps members to serve in after-school programs serving at-risk youth.
•ChristianVolunteering.org has placed over 2,000 volunteers since it started in 2006.
•UrbanMinistry.org currently has 10,000 users and over 5,600 items of content.
• www.SafeFamilies.org provided free online safety training and software to 74,055 families in the past year.