Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

You may recall that the NTEN community recently helped us raise over $15,000 to host more local events throughout 2012. craigconnects – "I took a look at a few articles and studies, and according to ComScore's 2010 Digital Year in Review, email use dropped 59% among Internet users ages 12 to 17 in 2010.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

When I started at organization in July 2009, the Facebook fan page had about 6,000 fans and now it has over 35,400 fans. Launched the advocacy Twitter handle in January 2010 (@Advocate4PanCAN) and it is growing steadily. It helped people connect and experience Advocacy Day 2010 from their homes. It has close to 400 followers.

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2013

She is a well-known spokeswoman on behalf of public telecommunications and first amendment issues both locally and in the state capital. 2010: Ed Happ , International Red Cross. 2009: Daniel Ben Horin , TechSoup. Her most recent project is updating Vermont''s cable statutes. 2011: Judy Hallman , RTPNet. 2008: Vince Stehle.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 15, 2007

It seems like it will start out with a local query system, then will be opened up to allow third party development of data analysis tools. The APIs will be without cost. The data warehouse initiative is to allow their customers access to large amounts of data for reporting and data mining. That part looks very interesting.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

I even remember writing a grant to some federal agency that probably no longer exists to help create a local infrastructure to get nonprofits online. It was, at the time, the only affordable way to do it – there was no broadband, and a T1 was far outside of the realm of affordability for nonprofits. When was that?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 31, 2009

I've been enjoying other bloggers' reflection and planning posts like: Journal Peek: My 2010 Strategic Planner—Goal Setting for Creatives by Lisa Sonora Beam musepreneur: creative ways to commemorate your year by Jennifer Lee on wishstudio. How did you have fun in 2009? How did you do good in 2009?

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Social capital is defined as the “shared values, ideas, norms, and culture [that] shape the kind of political and administrative efficacy that enhances collective action, democracy, and effectiveness in public service delivery” (Kalu, 2010). 2009, May 1). Nonprofit organizations can measure community engagement in a number of ways.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006

That is, basically, the addressing system computers and routers and such use to direct traffic around a local network, and the internet. Sometimes, I’ll talk about technologies I think are just cool, and useful, and, well geeky, ’cause I can’t help being a geek. IPv6 is the next generation Internet Protocol.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Many volunteer managers cite recruitment as their greatest challenge; however, Brudney and Meijs (2009) contend that “the preoccupation with recruitment distracts attention and resources from the management and retention of volunteers” (p. We welcome your comments and feedback. Sources: Brudney, J. and Meijs, L. 38(4), 564-581.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

I have been, unfortunately, a bit hampered by the fact that my satellite modem died last week – so we’ve been on dial up at home (and broadband at the “local&# cafe). So, I did some research, and realized that the best choice for me was to get a Thinkpad – most everything works right out of the box.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2021

After that, similar events called Brand Camp were held on and off annually through 2009. In 2010, the event had a transformation. The Conference “Curse” While so much good was happening with Cause Camp, the first instance suggesting a “Cause Camp Curse” happened in 2010. Nine scholarships for attendees were awarded.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

of me, but what I really want is something powerful that just works locally. Feel free to make a technologically accurate version of that sentence.) but it won’t talk to mailmerge files. Maybe I’m wrong about WikiCalc. I know it is awfully Web 1.0 The 16 year old intern, though, is totally game, so maybe it is just about time. [2]

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

trends of 2009 and my 2010 predictions are right on. Like foursquare and gowalla, you open the application on your phone and see local businesses (instead of showing everything around you, CauseWorld only shows businesses that you can check into for karmas). trends of 2009 and my 2010 predictions are right on.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Sixty-two percent of respondents felt that the board was ‘well informed” or “very well informed” of its responsibilities” as compared to 58% in 2010. Despite the positive increases from 2010, the above numbers demonstrate that in most areas, there is still significant room for improvement for many nonprofits across America. Sources: 1.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

Can’t you just use categories? Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

As I wrote back in September when first covering Giving Tuesday, Giving Days are not a new idea and have been successful in local communities and entire states, like GiveMN which raised many millions of dollars in 24 hours using the Razoo platform its first year. Each year since the event started in 2009, we’ve seen these numbers grow.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 1, 2011

A great local resource is the Arizona Grantmaker's Forum.). The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) tops the list; in 2009, the MDA received $175.4 As 52% of our quiz takers recognized, this is not a local affiliate of the MDA, but is the national headquarters, located in Tucson, Arizona. Among local nonprofits, St.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2011

In total, GiveMN has helped raise $46 million for nonprofit organizations across the state of Minnesota since launching in November 2009. Here is the breakdown of where our unique visits came from: We earned 202 new likes on our Facebook page on November 16, 2011 and increased our fans by 1,263 since Give to the Max Day 2010.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

Between 2006 and 2009, TechSoup hosted open challenges to identify and provide support for innovative projects that harnessed these and other technologies for social good. Ushahidi's David Kobia was named Humanitarian of the Year in 2010 by the MIT Technology Review. Since then, there have been more than 6.5 spanhidden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Launched in 2009, the third match day will happen on Wednesday, November 16th. So far, the Give to the Max Day events in 2009 and 2010 have raised $14 million and $10 million respectively, more than in any other community. Jeff Achen gives us the inside view. Good luck and Go Minnesota! Guest post by Jeff Achen, GiveMN.org.

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Care2

MARCH 29, 2010

After all, do we really care about tracking our friends and colleagues whereabouts on a Monday afternoon at 2PM or that they are the “Mayor&# (an honor you earn if you ha ve been to a place more than anyone else), of their local coffee shop. Over 1,000,000 badges have been awarded. million venues with 1200 offering promotions.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 27, 2011

In 2009 Volunteers of America looked to get more out of their online fundraising program by tapping into the power of integrated online and offline fundraising. As a result, online revenue originating from direct mail integration increased from 12% to 28% from 2009 to 2010! Online revenue from 2009 to 2010 increased 148%.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. Costs & Benefits.

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NTEN

JUNE 30, 2010

At the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we gave our session evaluation system a major tech overhaul by highlighting a mobile text messaging option in addition to our normal paper evaluations -- as well as an online option that was added at the last minute.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Benefit corporations, created in Maryland in 2010, differ from L3Cs in that they are required to operate under specific standards set forth by B Lab, itself a nonprofit organization (Powell et al., Started in 2009 in Florida, Clean the World Foundation began as a global humanitarian organization registered as a 501(c)(3).

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 30, 2012

in 2010 alone. In her free time she volunteers for several local nonprofit organizations while developing her plan to create a future organization that will target Central American countries. New York: Random House, 2009. Inequality is driving the immigration of many people from poor countries to richer countries.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

The Alliance for Biking and Walking creates, strengthens, and unites state and local bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations. The winning images will be published in the 2010 March/April issue of Momentum Magazine. The deadline to submit your photo(s) is November 31, 2009. bike walk advocacy nonprofit photgraphy contest

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

In my recent chapter “Managing Fundraising and Building Communities Online” in the book Internet Management for Nonprofits (Wiley, April 2010), I write in depth about one method to tackle the subject – what are organizations across the country doing? It was to serve as the kickoff for Red House 2009 and was hosted by a board member.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

I blogged about it on November 16 as part of a trend of focusing online competitions on regional and local givings. To reinforce the local focus of this program, 501( c)(3) non profits with an operating budget of $10 million or less will be eligible. 2009 The Year of Perpetual Online Contests : Case Foundation Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 11-15, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. In many towns, NPR and PBS stations are the only locally-owned media organizations, and their mission to serve the public demands that they develop new ways of engaging and strengthening those communities.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Building local chapters. In September 2010 Bill McKibben, the founder of 350.org, The UnRoad Trip - In summer 2009, Boaz Frankel undertook trip around the United States in 100 non-automobile forms of transportation and The UnRoad Trip was born. Schedule local events in advance along your road trip route.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

   They had their staff, local experts in the location, add tips about what was interesting for visitors in the neighborhood.  created to mark their 2009-2010 Season of Belief.  In this first experiment, the Museum took advantage of the "tips" feature where users can leave tips about a location.  

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Department of Commerce (NTIA) stimulus grants in 2008 and 2009 and so it has had no government funding and has been struggling to successfully get off the ground. Connect2Compete as Aggregator of Local Digital Inclusion Projects. It is part of an ongoing national effort to bridge the digital divide in the United States.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

Organizer, Bakesale for Japan listen Naomi Natale, Founding Artist, One Million Bones listen Halle Butvin, Founder and Director, One Mango Tree listen Carinne Brody, Doctoral Candidate in Public Health at UC Berkeley. Women, Girls, Education and Global Health.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Grab my mailing address and you can send more locally-focused messaging (or junk mail). years at DoSomething.org, he oversaw the complete overhaul of the site (cms, architecture, skin, etc) in 2008, landing a People’s Choice Webby Award in the Youth in 2009 and nomination in 2010. My email gives you 10-15% open rate. .

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

We have community groups, schools, local leaders and people at every age, interest, and skill level. Regional and local leaders were supported and given the opportunity to shine. Actions and messages were contextualized based on the issues and discussions taking place at both the global and local level.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

If you have suggestions for people I should interview in 2011, please let me know in the comments. 2011 Aneesha Raghunathan, Owner, Hope Line Fashions Coming soon!

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