Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Any Web enabled device can become a place to connect with actions: your iPhone, news sites and blogs, Facebook & other social networks, or even in your own Web site!&#. Social Actions is facilitating this challenge to encourage innovations for distributing opportunities to make a difference across the Internet and mobile devices.

Action 100

Action Challenge Web Change 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 10, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology LinkedIn suits up December 10, 2007 LinkedIn, the serious MBA wielding brother to the Facebook fratboy and the MySpace rockergrrl, is really putting on the suit now. It’s an interesting strategy.

Linkedin 100

Linkedin Myspace Open Source RSS 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology WeAreMedia Project August 13, 2008 Yet another great NTEN project is happening, spearheaded by Beth Kanter, to develop a Social Media toolkit for Nonprofits.

Project 100

Project Module Open Source Case Study 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 7, 2007

Since I already was a facebook status addict, once I learned that I could basically make twitter my one-stop status shop (put it in my blog, on facebook, wherever I wanted) that seemed to make sense to me. in general, which includes Twitter, Facebook, and others – with the goal of crafting a strategy. 1 trackback } Web 2.0

Twitter 100

Twitter Open Source RSS Tech 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 8, 2008

Thanks to twitter (hat tip to marshallk ), I learned about today’s big news: Google, Plaxo and Facebook joined the Data Portability working group. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

Social Network 100

Social Network Network Social Open Source 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

My favorite is the annual NTEN Day of Service for the NTC which I've been doing for the past ten years! Mozilla Service Week starts on Monday, September 14! The Internet Health Check offers a couple of easy steps on how to keep people safe on the Web. This includes Aspiration, The Extraordinaries, NTEN, PopTech, and many others.

Service 91

Service Skills Community Widget 91

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My iPhone 3G August 12, 2008 I once joined the “iPhone non-buyers&# group on Facebook. I swore up and down I wouldn’t get one.

Blackberry 113

Blackberry Open Source Ipod Phone 113

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Beth Kanter digs deep to try and figure out how to pull RSS content into Facebook I review Facebook’s new ad platform. I’m a real fan of Craigslist. Katya gives us a “Craigslist&# of social marketing principals. Good stuff! for writing one-page fact sheets.

Consultant 100

Consultant Open Source Nonprofit RSS 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

at 9:57 pm I saw your post via M Stein ( east ) on Facebook – nice ideas, I would like to follow your lead and if you are up for a few Q&A would like to include you in a piece I’m working on for my tech blog I write, I can tell you more but not here! Check This List 07.28.08 Check This List 07.28.08

Consultant 124

Consultant Open Source Nonprofit Websites 124

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2009

" This report is from NTEN, Common Knowledge, and The Port. These are some links I wanted to share from May 6th. Find me on Delicious for more! However, many women in technology and social media still face a digital ceiling." Understand the importance of both community size and data ownership in your social network strategy."

Web 100

Web Open Source Bookmarking Student 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), I don’t know whether to be sad or proud that RapLeaf finds only my Facebook profile and no demos. I was trying to parse the usefulness of the service under the original wording, and it seems like there wouldn’t be much. 2 admin 06.11.08

Public 100

Public Widget Open Source Demographics 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

These include Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and many others. I figured, since I’ve been getting a bit involved in the community, I’d give a bit of a summary of what’s going on, and what will possibly come from this effort. So first, what is data portability? are *yours* to do whatever you want with. .&#

Data 100

Data Open Source Industry RSS 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. I have been having curmudgeonly thoughts about social networks in general.

Social Network 100

Social Network Network Digital Social 100

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.) Facebook has quite the motivation to keep people on Facebook, and keep the eyeballs there, because of their revenue model, which is ad-based.

Ning 100

Ning API Open Source Social Network 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

And just like OpenSocial was a great answer to Facebook, this is a great answer to the iPhone. But they seem to realize that the key to their success is being open, and they are doing their best to move that into as many places as possible. Why is this good news for nonprofits?

News 100

News Open Google Open Source 100

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.

Campaign 65

Campaign New York City Community Build 65

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

It’s brill — it gets rid of all the ads on Facebook. I use several Greasemonkey scripts for Flickr: AllSizes+, How Interesting?, Mail to, and my absolute favorite Photo Compass. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

Platform 100

Platform Benefit Open Open Source 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

emphasis mine) &# ooooooh… During the NTEN call on Connect, they had mentioned that they were only going to publish sample code in C# and Java. They’ve got this great Facebook application – basically a template that allows an organization to create their own Facebook app. apps out there. Appreciating you!

Open 100

Open Platform Kintera API 100

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

" They probably said the same thing about Facebook, Twitter, and other social media tools. Blackbaud studied 1,274 nonprofits to compare their online fundraising results for the first six months of 2008 to the same period of 2009. 38 nonprofits in the analysis had at least one online gift of $20,000 of more so far in 2009.

Online 90

Online Fundraising Offline Blackbaud 90

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

I echo Holly and Jack’s reliance on blogs/RSS readers, also twitter, friendfeed and professional groups and connections on Facebook. But it is useful to be aware of what’s happening on the bleeding edge, because at some point (probably soon) that stuff is going to be pretty standard. 3 Erin McMahon 08.08.08

Open Source 124

Open Source RSS Journal Tech 124

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

On one hand, I’m excited to announce that my article “Facebook’s Privacy Trainwreck: Exposure, Invasion, and Social Convergence&# has been published in Convergence 14(1) (special issue edited by Henry Jenkins and Mark Deuze). On the other hand, I’m deeply depressed because I know that most of you will never read it.

Journal 100

Journal Open Source RSS Tech 100

NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Our survey showed that 91% of our respondents use Facebook, 63% use Twitter, 45% use YouTube and 35% use LinkedIn, amongst other media. of internet user time is spent on social media and social networking. Did you know that mobile web use increased by 230% between 2008 and 2009? [1] Tags: NPTech NTEN. It says that 22.7%

Trend 100

Trend Technology Gartner Nonprofit 100

Care2

DECEMBER 8, 2010

million gifts to 66,470 different nonprofits from 2003 – 2009.&# Use your website, in particular, and other Internet outposts as a way to build relationships with donors online. Until you master fundraising on your own site, you SHOULD NOT spend loads of time fundraising on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. No surprise here.

Studies 70

Studies Summary Online Giving 70

NTEN

JUNE 9, 2011

Just look at Facebook. Facebook is the noodgiest site on the Internet. New Facebook users are barraged by emails alerting them to activities taking place in and around their profile. Welcome back to Facebook" (after signing on after a period of inactivity). But these email messages are key to Facebook's success.

email 87

email Community Build Online 87

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Turns out, unlike Facebook, or Myspace and such, the “Spock Bot&# makes pages for people without their knowing. .&# Well, I already trust them, so I joined them. I then decided, why not – let’s find out who else is on Spock. So I did the usual, gave up my gmail password.

Web 113

Web Experiment gMail Open Source 113

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. The work of the CrisisCamps was indeed both global and local -- and the cloud infrastructure made it possible.

Social 65

Social South America Disaster Mobile 65

NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

All of this will be done on your mobile Internet appliance from Starbuck's or Panera Bread. As the popularity and use of social media sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter continue to grow at staggering rates, we can expect these tools to become more and more a part of everyday business for employees.

Work 97

Work Second Life Laptop Audio 97

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. The work of the CrisisCamps was indeed both global and local -- and the cloud infrastructure made it possible.

Social 61

Social South America Disaster Mobile 61

NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. The Internet is not an ATM. Andrew spoke about the huge access the Internet offers — citing stats from how the presidential candidates used social media in the 2008 election. Farra Trompeter, Big Duck. [Ed. You can read all the details here. ].

Social Media 52

Social Media Media Technology Social 52

NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Google just released data that it received over 3,500 demands from law enforcement involving criminal investigations in the last six months of 2009. Outdated electronic privacy law impacts everyone who uses e-mail, mobile phones, or the Internet. Neither law enforcement nor most Internet companies make this data public.

Law 55

Law Time California Government 55

Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

It took the… • Telephone 38 years to reach 50 million users • Television 13 years to reach 50 million users • Internet 4 years to reach over 50 million users Moreover, there are over 220 million U.S. Internet users, or 72.5% June 5, 2009 | Steven Yes Kapin, right question specially for non-profit organisations.

Social Media 47

Social Media Online Advocacy Media 47

NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. Platform values are most obvious in the TOS (see Facebook's history.) Disclosure: In August 2009, CoTweet paid me to write a casestudy for them.). We can do the brilliant, hopeful thing that the old timer internet geeks dreamed of. Screw that.

Community 47

Community Taxonomy Online Literacy 47

Care2

APRIL 25, 2009

Leave it to NTEN to create one of the most fabulous nonprofit conferences packed with nptech rock star panelists and valuable sessions to boot ranging from online fundraising to social media and nonprofit technology tools. April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 1. April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 3.

Conference 28

Conference Technology Myspace Metrics 28

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Facebook General Growth data: More than 200 million active users. billion minutes are spent on Facebook each day (worldwide). Natalie has found that many more people are online and available to take action or respond in the evening - sending a message or call to action via Facebook in the evening can garner far more responses.

Tools 100

Tools Tech Map Case Study 100

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Moderated by NTEN membership director, former NetSquared organizer, and friend of TechSoup Amy Sample Ward , "Rethinking Movement Buildling" brought together three luminaries from organizations whose stock-in-trade are movements to promote social change. The moment of opportunity had passed.

Netsquared 54

Netsquared America Director Social Media 54

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals about or by folks who work with nonprofits and voting. In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. It was organized by Ed Schipul.

Comment 95

Comment Social Media Jordan Cancer 95

Care2

MAY 4, 2009

April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 1. You Don’t Need Just a Website, You Need the Web Designed by Derek Low | Network for Good powered by Groundspring Fundraising Track - Franciscan B Every nonprofit needs a website but a website can’t be your only Internet presence. April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 3.

Social Media 28

Social Media Conference Advocacy Online 28