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Gender, Race and Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The presentation is available on my wiki (it’s at the bottom.) It is also true that it was far from a representative sample of people here at the US Social Forum (which is way more female and of color than that group.) Lots of people were there (I ran out of handouts – I was surprised to see how many people showed up.)

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Predictions for 2009

Amy Sample Ward

Tools for individuals are great, but what we’ve seen in 2008 is that the tools that individuals like the most and use the most are the ones that create the most dynamic communities. What was your favorite innovation from 2008? Community Movement. Tools like Twitter, FriendFeed and social networking.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. http ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 7_July_2005_London_bombings. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups. Social Media in Disaster Response.

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Women Who Tech Telesummit: Tools Galore Panel

Amy Sample Ward

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared.

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What's the opportunity cost when a nonprofit blocks employees from using social network sites during work hours?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

2008 has been a record year for disasters and therefore a record year for disaster response. We created a wiki full of sample avatars, banners, widgets, videos, audio clips, etc. But, in this economic climate the Red Cross is certainly making more aggressive online marketing moves. that are easy to grab and use.

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Tools Galore in Online Communications - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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In just 50 minutes Laura Quinn of Idealware , Natalie Foster of the DNC and Rebecca Moore of Google Earth Outreach talked about a ton of great tools to ramp up nonprofits online campaigns ranging from Wikis to Google Earth and Twittter. WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. All rights reserved.

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Steve Bridger

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? link] Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 8:48 pm | Permalink Alex wrote: Great, great, great – it’s always good to know you’re pointing your resources in the right direction.

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