Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

Around the time of the Nonprofit Technology Network ’s 2008 NTC conference, an even brighter light bulb went on. The vast majority of applications that have been built since 2008 match actions with related content: for example, by reading a blog post and searching the Social Actions dataset for related actions.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I had the chance to sit down with Lindsay and discuss how volunteering has changed over the last few years, the multifaceted benefits of pro bono programs, and the power of skill-based volunteering to help us build resilience and navigate uncertain times. At the same time, people were even more interested in giving back.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 20, 2015

In 2008, we were the first customer of Samasource as they were getting started. They recruited their staff from Nairobi slums as well as students from poor rural backgrounds who had made it to Nairobi universities. They have 250 part-time staff right now, and they want to grow to 800 staff by the end of 2016.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Majora Carter is on a quest to save the world one community at a time. Education was her way out, but when she signed up for graduate studies at New York University, she returned to live with her parents and became involved in and reacquainted with her neighborhood. Naturally, she was eager to escape.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 2, 2012

to my alma mater in honor of my graduation year, and have received a thank you email, letter, alumni car decal, and a second thank you letter personally written from a current student at the university. Many organizations pour time and resources is into profusely thanking donors. For example, I gave $20.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 8, 2012

I moved to Oakland in September of 2008, for a number of reasons. I met Ruth in Oakland - she is a long-time Oaklander. Of course, I''ve always been (or at least, for a long time) all of those things. Not that this is universal in Oakland, but it is not uncommon.). I finally wasn''t alone anymore!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What software freedom means to me June 25, 2008 I got some interesting comments on the last post about Linux desktops. I got involved in Linux a long time ago. So here goes. The date was sometime in 1995.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 19, 2017

Capacity building is not a one-time effort to improve short-term effectiveness, but a continuous improvement strategy toward the creation of a sustainable and effective organization” (National Council of Nonprofits, 2017). Gregory, A. ): Tufts University Press. Harold, J., & & Berger, K.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 24, 2007

. “Elluminate is a leading provider of live Web conferencing and eLearning solutions for the real-time organization.&# In fact, if you are a nonprofit, you’ve spent time wading through that crap (and believe me, I’ve created my own healthy share of vendorspeak.) A universal service for the masses.

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See3

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Marc Andreessen, the founder of Netscape, Ning and an internet thinker (and billionaire), wrote a post today on his blog called Inaugurating the New York Times Deathwatch. He shows vividly how the New York Times business has eroded, how their ad revenues are way down, circulation is down, etc. 11 Feb 2008 Michael P.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2012

Most researchers agree that low-income earners volunteer less (Wilson, 2012) and Pho (2008) extended this finding to include medium-wage earners. Experience Matters is a nonprofit organization that capitalizes on the time and talent of older adults (age 50+), who are seeking paid or unpaid positions that apply their skills to social purposes.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Every time you host an event, convene a conversation, design a workshop, or anything else, invite those who weren’t on the email list, or at the last event, or part of your local community’s “social media club&# to come participate, contribute, and learn. Help Universal Giving Bring the Web to the Developing World.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

The year is 2008. At that point in time, keeping ourselves employed wasn’t even a thought. With no time to spare and with no colleagues with whom to collaborate (we were all too busy), executive directors had to act. New ideas take additional time. That, however, would have taken more time. Defenders of Children.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2015

Think about the last time you wanted to make a change to your fundraising program. Did you make the safe choice—the same choice you made last time because you knew the results— or did you push your fears aside and take a new path? To help us conquer our fundraising fears, we need to leave the fundraising universe and broaden our minds.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 8, 2012

I moved to Oakland in September of 2008, for a number of reasons. I met Ruth in Oakland - she is a long-time Oaklander. Of course, I've always been (or at least, for a long time) all of those things. Not that this is universal in Oakland, but it is not uncommon.). I finally wasn't alone anymore! Blog Category: Personal.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

So someone like Sun think that they need to give equal time to making their PowerPoint clone and their Access clone. Phil: I agree – with time and effort, OO or any open source spreadsheet could out Excel Excel. The 16 year old intern, though, is totally game, so maybe it is just about time. [2] More formatting options.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2011

In May of 2008 when I joined The Lumpkin Family Foundation I was given the challenge to figure out how to develop a network to support the nonprofit capacity building work of The Foundation in downstate Illinois. At the time we built our online community, it made sense to develop the platform we did. What do members give to get?

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Although creating more policies and procedures can seem like a tedious and time-consuming task, it ultimately leads to being able to fulfill your mission more fully. She graduated from Arizona State University in 2011 with a Master’s of Nonprofit Studies and from Northwestern University in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in communication.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

It’s back-to-school time for many countries and that means a switch from summer programs, outdoor community events, and many youth campaigns. 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.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2020

At the same time, very little has happened. What’s true in good times is true in difficult times: the more donors you meet with the more support you will secure for your organization. This has been said many times in many ways by fundraising professionals but it’s important to remember now.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 1, 2014

It has 40 full-time employees and has been around for 35 years. He has kept his skills current by attending FileMaker developer conferences from time to time. The eye bank then delivers the eye tissue to the surgeon in time for each surgery. It is one of several eye banks in the U.S. Tom is completely self-taught.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

1] (In 2008, 26% of adults used an SNS.) a Facebook user who uses the site multiple times per day is 43% more likely than other internet users and more than three times as likely as non-internet users to feel that most people can be trusted.". People may be reorganizing their time to participate in more voluntary activities.".

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The Gilead soldiers had learned that the Ephramites had a hard time pronouncing some Hebrew words, including one that described the grain-bearing part of a plant stalk: shibboleth (שִׁבֹּלֶת‎). I’m editor of an academic journal, so I see people writing about the nonprofit sector all the time. Hager joined the faculty at ASU in 2008.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

Lack of staff time to conduct evaluation/the perception that evaluation is a distraction for the organization: the same study from The Center for Effective Philanthropy indicates that the majority of nonprofits perceive funders’ demands for information as inconsistent and as prioritizing their own information needs over the needs of nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

What I learned from this campaign that it is important to get help from influencers on Twitter and that inbetween campaigns if you cultivate your network, the donations will not be a one-time only thing. This was the first time I observed the use of "retweeting" a fundraising message. The experiment was to test Twitter's speed.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008. On one of the pages, amid all the charts on who volunteers and what they do, is a big banner depicting the following result: "33 percent of Arizona adults volunteered in 2008." One in three. But is it right? One in four.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2018

John Hancock was approached by the mayor of Boston in 2008 with a collaborative opportunity that falls in the latter category. This could mean getting aid after a disaster to those that need it by working directly with a local community foundation or addressing a significant need in your community.

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BoardAssist

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

When it comes to nonprofit board development, “I don’t have time,” “We don’t have the resources,” “How can I possibly think about strengthening the board when I’m worried about how we are going to deliver programs and meet payroll?” I work long days and don’t always have time to exercise.” I don’t have time.” “We

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. And, for what its worth, Arizona organizations are getting new charitable exemptions all the time, more than 800 of them in 2010 alone. This is great news.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Web Huddle – The only other one I can find that at this time offers the possibility of sharing a Linux desktop. I would love to share with your readers that we have a very generous Education Progrm underway, weherby we are giving large blocks of Premium accounts to Universities nationwide. It does, apparently, do audio via VOIP.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

There were internal benefits as well, with 68% citing an increased access to knowledge, up 30% from 2008, and 54% claiming reduced communications costs, up by 20% from 2008. Functions at the company universally reported finding value in these tools. So, how can non-profit organizations use this study to their advantage?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2013

” Peter described the findings from research by Dr. Carol Dweck, a professor at Stanford University, and is one of the leading experts on why some people are more willing and able to learn from setbacks and mistakes. How can we improve the activity the next time we do it? What actually happened during implementation?

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Care2

AUGUST 8, 2008

Date: Thur, Aug 21, 2008 Time: 2:00 PM EDT Duration: 1 hour Cost: Free Registration: click here Natasha Nummedal is Senior Campaign Manager at Care2. Comments Off | by Share Article in Email Marketing , Online Advocacy , Online Fundraising Copyright © 2008, Care2.com But it’s not always easy. To register, please click here.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2014

For the small businesses we met with, growth was a nearly universal aspiration. What lessons did you believe were more prevalent during your trips that would have not existed or been less existent prior to the economy''s downturn in 2008/2009? What are the two or three most common themes you heard during your road trips?

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Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2012

Because she had a knack for doing computer stuff, she became the de facto IT person and over time developed their infrastructure, which is now based on Microsoft Server 2008 , with the help of consultants from time to time. The kids have a great time playing the games and learn about how to apply for college scholarships.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

This has been a steady upward trend since 2008. Now seems like a good time for nonprofits to educate their constituents about the privacy issues surrounding these and other smart objects. The nonprofit Feedback Labs maintains that mobile phone surveys are 100 times cheaper and much, much times faster than conventional online surveys.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

When a learner accumulates a sufficient balance of CE credits over a certain span of time, she achieves maintenance of certification. If you are just building your first set of online courses and implementing your first (traditional) LMS, it’s probably not the time to develop a 12-tiered system of subscription packages.

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