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Great reads from around the web on February 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

"The first phase of this database of nonprofit collaboration models (currently consisting of the 176 nominations deemed eligible for The Collaboration Prize in 2008) contains the information submitted by each nominator in response to specific questions about the nominated collaboration.

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OneWebDay: It’s Almost Here!

Amy Sample Ward

All over the world, people who care about the future of the Web are joining together to organize events and activities in their towns, growing the OWD network from the grassroots up. In 2008, OneWebDay organizers documented volunteer-driven events in 34 different cities across the world. Help OneWebDay grow by spreading the word.

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Celebrate Today: One Web. For All.

Amy Sample Ward

The only way, in my view, to bring those you aren’t connected or participating online into the conversations, especially those on digital inclusion, to help shape policies and changes for creating one web that really does serve everyone. Share your story (about how you got online, what your first online engagement or activity was, etc.)

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Why I gave $20.09

Amy Sample Ward

Social Actions is a nonprofit initiative that helps you find and share opportunities to change the world. I started 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa with the simple goal of working fulltime on Social Actions by July 1st. Peter Deitz is the man behind Social Actions and here’s is how the $20.09 Go Social Actions!

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Back to School, Back Online

Amy Sample Ward

Despite this, less than half (48%) of the 187 charities that were surveyed as part of nfpSynergy’s Virtual Promise (2008) report said that their organization used social networking websites. The parties, the dances, the school events, they all helped shape many of the memories from being school-aged. What It Means.

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Women Who Tech Telesummit: Tools Galore Panel

Amy Sample Ward

With email newsletters and emails as part of your campaigns you can move your supporters up the ladder of engagement to take more actions and help you more and more. Facebook General Growth data: More than 200 million active users. They were active and dedicated to making it work and raised 90,000+ friends. More than 3.5

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Collaborative Technologies for Social Impact: How Survivors Connect leverages the web and you can, too!

Amy Sample Ward

Building programs and services to support a community means not just learning about the problems they face, but understanding how technologies can help make a difference. By that point, the issue of gender-based violence and trafficking had crept into so many facets of my life, prompting me to make it my life’s work to end it.”.