We created The Digital Nonprofit conference because after 10 years of meetups our members asked us for an event that was more “boss friendly”. A place where we could talk about digital strategy and transformation, not just practical hands-on technology implementation. But we didn't anticipate the hunger for a community-driven #Tech4Good conference. Even as we grew from 80 attendees to 225 we've continued to sell out every year. So thank you for your support! It means so much because as volunteers your encouragement is what motivates us to keep going!

The expert presenters have generously allowed us to share their slides – and we professionally recorded half the sessions, with the other half available through recorded livestream video.

Enjoy! We hope to see you at the 2019 edition of the conference and at our free monthly meetups.

The Digital Nonprofit in 2 Minutes and 20 Seconds

NetSquared's fiscal year begins July 1, so every summer I look back at the previous year of the community's activity to identify trends and lessons learned. This time I'll be looking at FY18, which covers July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018.

NetSquared is TechSoup’s global network of volunteer-led nonprofit technology meetups. We're the answer to the question “where can I get support to use technology effectively at my nonprofit?” Event attendees build their networks and learn practical technology skills to support their programs, marketing and fundraising.

NetSquared by the Numbers

Here's all the numbers for July 1, 2017 to June 30, 20178.

• ​# of events: 1,119 (vs 888 previous year) ⬆26%
• # of attendees: 11,529 (vs 8,652 previous year) ⬆28%
• # of active groups: 120 (vs 105 previous year) ⬆14%
• # of countries with active group: 41 (vs 34 previous year) ⬆21%
• # of meetup.com members: 58,212 (vs 45,585 previous year) ⬆28%
• # of new groups created: 30 (vs 35 previous year) ⬇14%

Thanks for being a part of SFTech4Good! Check out our 2 partner events for July and more resources below.

Jed Rodriguez, SFTech4Good Newsletter Volunteer of the Month

Partner Events

July 6-8: Conscious AI Summit (partner event)

Explore responsible AI development.

Esalen - Big Sur, CA

$1000 plus accommodations (contact Alison for questions: a@digitalraign.com)

Register

July 26: Social Enterprise in Education (partner event)

Join educators, edtech folks, and education entrepreneurs for networking and brainstorming.

6:00-9:00 pm

Kintone | WeWork, 44 Montgomery Street, San Francisco

Free

Registe

We created The Digital Nonprofit conference because after 10 years of meetups our members asked us for an event that was more “boss friendly”. A place where we could talk about digital strategy and transformation, not just practical hands-on technology implementation. But we didn't anticipate the hunger for a community-driven #Tech4Good conference. Even as we grew from 80 attendees to 225 we've continued to sell out every year. So thank you for your support! It means so much because as volunteers your encouragement is what motivates us to keep going!

The expert presenters have generously allowed us to share their slides – along with video recordings from each session.

Enjoy! We hope to see you at the 2019 edition of the conference and at our free monthly meetups.

You like numbers? Here’s NetSquared’s April stats.

The most important metric for me is the number of active groups, because it demonstrates that a city has a hub for nonprofit techies to come together and learn from each other. That it’s up 38% year-over-year makes me very pleased.

Find your local #Tech4Good meetup at http://www.meetup.com/pro/netsquared/

Or start your own chapter! http://page.techsoup.org/why-start-a-group

I'm feeling super energized after hanging out/learning from more than 10 other NetSquared organizers at the 18NTC conference. There's a special magic that happens when we get together in a room... as you know, since you're creating that same community-building opportunity for your own members every month.

Let's highlight the exertise of our members! May's suggested topic, the Technology Show and Tell, is my favorite event format because it's crowdsourced. That means you don't have to recruit a presenter. :-)

How does it work? Participants are given up to 5 minutes to share one tool that helps make them more productive. It can be a CRM, communication tool, fundraising platform, some social media magic-sauce or other clever web tool that helps further their mission, or get work done.

Examples include: Trello, Canva, screencasting, data visualization tools, pivot charts, etc. But your members will definitely surprise you with their demos!