Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of January 7th). You can find that online here.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources across the web ever day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. "Global Entrepreneurship Week takes place from 16 – 22 November 2009. " Download the report!

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2009

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of December 15th).

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 8, 2009

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. The paper will be open to comment til the end of January 2010.&#.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What do web stats mean, anyway? Allan’s argument is that because NTEN is in a leadership position in the field, it should lead in showing transparency by publishing its web stats.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of February 11th).

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

If you’ve seen some other good nonprofit infographics, then leave a comment. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Miro is basically a video player, which can recognize RSS feeds, and automatically download videos. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #12: Miro February 26, 2008 Miro used to be called “Democracy Player&#.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 But some comments on the whole phenomenon. But in the meantime, social bookmarking tools are I think a useful part of Web 2.0. { Thanks for giving us a look, and again for the comments.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 I had originally planned to talk about RSS/XML after tagging, but I decided instead to hold off on that as a start on the posts about the inner guts of Web 2.0. Such is life. Or whatever.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Mostly, because I get to read blogs by people that aren’t on my list of feeds I read regularly. at 12:13 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 robert guinto 04.19.08 And I get to highlight the work of some of my favorite bloggers, too.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Facebook Ad Platform November 13, 2007 It always takes me a bit to digest new Web 2.0 That shows up in user’s news feeds, and in their profile. That, of course, can spread virally. Well, it depends.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Google already knows enough about me (it reads my mail, my feeds, my search history, and a few shared documents, to boot,) I’m certainly not going to add virtually everything else I do (the percent of things I do using a protocol other than http(s) is dwindling by the second.) Otherwise, fuggetaboutit. { 2 film fan 09.16.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2007

Choosing a theme Migrate the posts and comments (exporting it from typepad, importing into wordpress – all web gui based, very easy. The feed should stay the same. If, for some reason, yours stops working, try this feed. { If, for some reason, yours stops working, try this feed. { There are a few changes.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits February 14, 2008 These are tidbits of things I’ve gotten recently from vendors, or gotten via feeds or twitter. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Dustin J Mitchell 02.14.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

as well as newsgroups, commerce sites (like Amazon), review sites, forums, and news groups, and even searches the general Web to find out where your people are and what they’re doing online. I actually thought this could be quite useful for organizations to figure out how to allocate sparse resources in the Web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

If your nonprofit assists the poor, share a story of someone who finally secured employment or got a raise and can now feed their family and buy their kids new shoes for the school year. All day, everyday the online masses are being bombarded with terrible news. Even the most challenging issues have stories of success.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Holly 08.07.08 Like Holly wrote, blogs and RSS readers (I use Google Reader) are immensely helpful, and I’m trying to get into the habit of going through all of my tech blog feeds on a daily basis. I’m in an active phase right now (hence, the comment)!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Keep track of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, no matter which blog is hosting, by subscribing to the Carnival feed. { at 11:01 am { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 david 11.19.07 2 trackbacks } Nonprofit Communications » Blog Archive » Nonprofit Carnival of T-Day Treats 11.19.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

at 4:31 pm Cloud Feed » Blog Archive » Daily Cloud Feed - Sep 25, 2008 09.25.08 at 11:01 am { 5 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Joe Baker 09.24.08 ’ [Your captcha is asking me to type a slightly naughty word) 2 Mr Web Service 09.25.08 at 8:02 pm I agree that openness is the key.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

OpenSocial is a set of APIs that handle three different kinds of user data: profiles, social graph (who your friends are) and activities (the stuff of the Facebook news feeds.) Most nonprofits haven’t even begun to take advantage of the Web 2.0 And the language of these APIs are standard HTML and Javascript.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

Obviously, the biggest change is the ubiquitous nature of Web 2.0, I think that a lot of Web 2.0, particularly RSS and folksonomies, are aspects of Web 2.0 I think that a lot of Web 2.0, particularly RSS and folksonomies, are aspects of Web 2.0 Some of Web 2.0, though is more hype than useful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 9, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Getting Naked: Being human and transparent October 9, 2007 If you are new to this site, you might want to read more , and subscribe to my feed. Sorry it’s a day late.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

I’ll keep you posted on URLs and feeds. { I’ll keep you posted on URLs and feeds. { My main blog is moving to WordPress, this blog is moving over to the Metacentric.org Joomla CMS. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 2, 2007

My tip: Allow non-registered users to comment – I imagine you’d get more comments that way. Also, a minor technological thing – the RSS feed is a bit wonky sometimes (strange formatting, and it’s not always clear when there are new items.) I like that she includes graphics in most of her posts.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2007

Other projects take more care and feeding, and you might have to take it to the vet. Technorati Tags: nptech , opensource { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 04.24.07 at 10:00 am Free. brilliant. 2 Clint Young 05.11.07 at 2:26 am Wow – Finally something I can use to illustrate the difference!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Resolution Four: "I resolve to make our web site easier to use and more informative."

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Care2

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

What are your nonprofit resolutions for 2009? Convio just released a helpful guide for nonprofits appropriately titled, " Nonprofit Resolutions That Make the Difference in 2009 ". Resolution Four: "I resolve to make our web site easier to use and more informative." What are your top nonprofit resolutions for 2009?

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 3) Use Landing Pages Strategically: Landing pages should give an overview of each web section.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Conference to discuss the importance of incorporating Web 2.0 The truth is, Web 2.0

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" May 14, 2009 | Eric Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Segment, test and repeat. com , Inc.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Whether on crime, education, or the environment, governments are putting more data on the web. And they're doing it in ways that allow people to build web applications on top of the data. By now, most folks in the web development and Gov 2.0 Tell us in the comments. and valuable ? for the public.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

We welcome your comments and feedback. 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. The "Fall Festival" advertised on their homepage is for 2008, and the "events" link opens up to a May 2009 calendar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Since 2009, we’ve posted a weekly first-person success story and podcast on our My Story blog. We’ll also be monitoring Twitter for qualitative success indicators like on-mission comments from new and existing Goodwill supporters. ” # 150jobs – ow.ly/dm4V4. Goodwill Industries(@GoodwillIntl) September 3, 2012.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

You've meticulously crafted engaging content to feed the page, making sure to present a good mix of media — probably favoring photos. So with all that thorough, detailed work you've done, you deserve for all those fans to see each of your updates in their news feed, right? Out of Reach. Guess what? Quality over Quantity.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Leave comments on blogs. You can also setup a RSS feed. Add your comments below.

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Care2

JANUARY 6, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" This is the most important part of your web analytics. So is flexibility. Excellent post!

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