Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I describe Social Actions as an aggregation of actions people can take on any issue that’s built to be highly distributable across the social web. My intent was to inventory every interesting action I came across to make it easier for people to engage in the causes they cared about. The Social Actions project began in 2006.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This catalog will guide participants through every aspect of the auction, from presenting the event schedule to helping them decide which items to bid on. Live Auction Catalog Content Tips Prominently Feature Your Nonprofit’s Mission Generally speaking, there are two main groups of people who attend nonprofit auctions. Let’s dive in!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

In the interest of our businesses, our country, and our society, we have to relearn an old lesion: focus on both profits and people ,” explains Mulligan. Mulligan : This really came into focus for me after the 2008 financial crisis. Many, many of these people have had a hard time finding new employment.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Lots of people were there (I ran out of handouts – I was surprised to see how many people showed up.) The presentation is available on my wiki (it’s at the bottom.) And aren’t those different that the issues other groups of people face? That speaks volumes to me.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing, take 2 January 31, 2008 Back in August, I did a review of web conferencing tools, with a decidedly unusual slant – as a presenter, I had to be able to share my Linux desktop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2011

2008 SXSW Panel: Pimp Your Nonprofit Cause photo by Ed Schipul. In 2008, we wore funny hats to go with the theme of our panel. The following year, I organized an Nonprofit Social Media ROI Poetry Slam where panelists delivered their presentations as poems. In 2010, did a crowdsourced session on crowdsourcing. Devon Smith.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In the interest of our businesses, our country, and our society, we have to relearn an old lesion: focus on both profits and people ,” explains Mulligan. Mulligan : This really came into focus for me after the 2008 financial crisis. Many, many of these people have had a hard time finding new employment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

We know that people would much rather look at pictures of cute dogs than think about downers like climate change. And, of course, otters aren’t the only marine animals that people love – there’s mariachi whales. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. What will it take to get the climate some attention?

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2011

But now over 300 million people log-in to Facebook daily, Twitter supports over 50 million tweets per day, and 2 billion videos are watched every day on YouTube. All this innovation birthed a new type of website – one that’s not driven by a specific non-profit, but is focused on individual people and their online networks.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Beth gives presentations on living plastic-free , and why our personal changes * do* make a difference. If you have suggestions for people I should interview, or a do-good organization that would like to sponsor the show, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. You can follow her on Twitter at @PlasticfreeBeth.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2009

Last night I had the privileage of attending the awards ceremony for JustGiving ’s CEO Zarine Kharas who was awarded the RSA’s 2008 Albert Medal for ‘democratising fundraising and technology for charities’ During her excellent presentation, I started thinking about this new world we live in.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 16, 2008

January 16, 2008 I’ve had a few interesting things happen lately which is making me wonder about what’s happening with open source, and the perceptions of open source in the nonprofit sector. My feeling from watching the conversations within the NTEN community is that people DO understand the acquisition costs of FOSS software.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Spirituality and Technology January 19, 2007 A number of people have written me, and said that they appreciate that there is a blog with a spiritual take on technology. Spirituality is in creation.

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Care2

JULY 16, 2010

300 billion was raised in 2008 (Giving USA); * $15 billion was raised online in 2008 – a 44% increase over 2007) (Blackbaud); * $21 million has been raised by Causes since its launch three years ago; * 30% of online giving happens in December. Tell people what you want them to do quickly. Did You Know? *

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman MAR 12, 2008 Why do people give charity?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

A note, there are other, spiritual reasons why capitalism shouldn't be allowed to continue, having to do with how we see people, and people's work and lives, but this post is meant to be based simply on science and economics.). He says: "Which brings us to the global crisis that began in 2007–2008. Blog Category: America.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

Ushahidi got its start in early 2008. Founder Erik Hersman and a group of fellow Kenyan bloggers were frustrated by the lack of accurate information or media coverage of the violence surrounding the 2008 Kenyan election. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

A lot of organizations of all types want support, and are willing to pay for it, and Red Hat is, at this point, built the best business model around this than any other distro ( Canonical , with Ubuntu , is sneaking up behind, but I’m not sure it has the “enterprise&# style some people look for.) 2 Brian 11.23.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

A note, there are other, spiritual reasons why capitalism shouldn't be allowed to continue, having to do with how we see people, and people's work and lives, but this post is meant to be based simply on science and economics.). He says: "Which brings us to the global crisis that began in 2007–2008. Blog Category: America.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2013

This week I was in Austin, TX for SXSW Interactive Festival where I presented or facilitated at several social good sessions or events. She discovered people hold two mental headsets around failure – “Growth Mindset and Fixed Mindset.” Some people are extrapunitive—prone to unfairly blaming others.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. at 6:45 pm » SaaS vs. Open Source » Audio Books 10.07.08

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

I haven’t been this hooked on a new social networking site since I first got on Twitter in June 2008, and based on recent data released by comScore and Hitwise, Pinterest traffic is soaring. Finally, make note that people can “Like/Repin or Comment” on your Pins. That said, there’s no time like the present!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Each blog post is given a score from 1 to 10, representing how interesting and relevant people have found your content. E-Metrics Panel Presentation. ROI and Nonprofit Technology Presentation. It takes your RSS feed and applies engagement metrics, analyzing the types and frequency of an audience's interaction with your content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2009

This is the first time I ran it for people all from the same organization, with a limited amount of time, and mix of experience. It was from April, 2008! In the last few months , Twitter become popular with old people. View more presentations from kanter. . At that time, the audience skewed younger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I started the social culture discussion with a story describing an Twitter and board meeting experiment I did back in 2008. I dreamed up some scenarios of boards and social media in practice based on my experience in 2008. Board source View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 4, 2016

I joined ASU in Fall 2008, and it’s been 8 years. As a teacher or a mentor, seeing my students’ growth, whether it’s getting a dream job, winning an award, or presenting at a national conference, makes me proud. What do you think people should know about your work, or about the Lodestar Center, that they might not be aware of?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2011

View more presentations from Beth Kanter. This started in 2008, and as Kathy notes, “We didn’t know what we would learn, or how it would change our own work and our work with grantees. They are especially interested in knowing what how people interpret and getting actionable suggestions. Council on Foundations ROI Panel.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

In defining your target audience, too, keep the intended outcome in mind: Which people are actually in a position to act on your information? How research or any type of findings are packaged and presented can impact how readily the knowledge is put into practice.". Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. Evaluation.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

In 2008, Liz joined Feeding America at the onset of the sweeping organizational brand transformation; and helped guide direct response fundraising efforts through a successful brand transition. In addition, she presents at several conferences each year and has been an invited speaker to Federal leadership teams.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 24, 2008

Posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at 1:16 pm. Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 9:32 pm | Permalink Beth Kanter wrote: BTW, did you share any of your presentation materials or curriculum online anyplace? The feedback was great. This was written by Steve Bridger. Filed under flickr. Tagged charities , flickr , workshop.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 24, 2008

Posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at 1:16 pm. Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 9:32 pm | Permalink Beth Kanter wrote: BTW, did you share any of your presentation materials or curriculum online anyplace? The feedback was great. This was written by Steve Bridger. Filed under flickr. Tagged charities , flickr , workshop.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Astronaut Ron Garan How can you not read a book that starts out, " I have wanted to write this book since returning to Earth from my first space mission in 2008 "? If there''s one thing I''ve learned in my travels around the world, it''s that people are people. And, a compelling reason to act more broadly and collaboratively. "If

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I have been experimenting with how to deliver “networked&# presentations and workshops. So, I was delighted to get an opportunity to test some new icebreaker at the evening event that was intended to get people to know each other in the room and connect online. Dancing on Different Sides of the Adoption Curve.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 19, 2016

Sure there are special broadcasts that detail typical training regimens for certain prolific athletes, and I for one am quite interested in attempting to eat the 2008 diet of Michael Phelps, who famously proclaimed he was consuming 12,000 calories a day. Present the Right Tools. If you’re a swimmer, you need a pool to swim in.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 1, 2011

Our guests are two of the people behind the Google Art Project - Anna de Paula Hanika and Kai Kewei. Needless to say, I'm one of the people who believes the 2008 IMLS research that shows that online encounters with museums increase visitation.

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Care2

MAY 17, 2013

So you got 10,000 people to sign your petition - awesome! About the Presenters: Jeanette Russell – Organizing Director, Salsa Labs Nonprofit leader Jeanette Russell brings nearly 20 years of nonprofit experience to her role as organizing director for Salsa Labs. Now let the fun begin. Gain media exposure. Engage your members.

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