By Kat Friedrich and Paula Cohen

Have you ever struggled with making data speak persuasively to an audience? You’re not alone. NetSquared Boston co-hosted a workshop called “Fighting the Bar Chart” on April 17 at the MIT Media Lab to help nonprofit tech professionals solve this problem. READ MORE

By Paula Cohen and Kat Friedrich

How can one use online tools to attract clients and sell products? Over 100 small business and nonprofit staff gathered at the Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School in Franklin, Mass. on March 23 for a day of workshops on social media and online marketing.

NetSquared Boston members promoted, hosted and attended the event. One of our meetup’s assistant organizers, Julia Campbell, delivered a presentation about the social media site Pinterest. READ MORE

When I first began promoting the NetSquared Boston community survey, we had very few responses. I realized that:

1. I was burying the calls to action within longer messages (our biweekly updates)
2. The calls to action needed to be more entertaining

Here are the emails that led to a higher response rate:

E-mail #1

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