Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

" Google Cheat Sheet (Version 1.06) - "This two page Google Cheat Sheet lists all Google services and tools as well as background information. The Cheat Sheet offers a great reference to grasp of basic to advance Google query building concepts and ideas."

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Care2

JANUARY 6, 2009

60) Search « Care2 Adds Two Experts to Nonprofit Services Team | Main | Year-End Fundraising » Tuesday Jan 06 2009 Defining a Nonprofit Websites Google Analytics KPIs (Part 2) Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 12:43PM | by James OMalley In part 1 of this series, we discussed how to correctly install your Google Analytics.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

Also, one of the things I do is blog – so I regularly have to process and digest information to write decent blog posts. RSS readers, google alerts and blogs are so key to my existence these days! As Jack said, it is helpful and important for someone to be informed, but we don’t have a real need for an expert (yet).

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 8, 2009

2009 Year-End Fundraising Guide – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – “Is your nonprofit sending out 8-10 online fundraising appeals this holiday season? Tags: roundup bookmarks discussion facebook fundraising google gov2.0 Thus today’s announcement is a very big surprise.&#.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Weekends and holidays were always lower, and, much to our chagrin, Google won’t allow us to move any of our daily budget from weekends to weekdays. Other Benefits We’ve been pleasantly surprised by the additional, less quantifiable uses we’re finding for our Google Grant. It’s $330 a day, every day, period.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

1) Using Google Analytics to track referrals to www.pancan.org from social networking outlets. (2) 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. We have over 70 affiliates in the U.S. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? I am tracking the ROI.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

60) Search « The Joys of Google Grants, Part 2 | Main | The Joys of Google Grants, Part 1 » Sunday Feb 01 2009 Nonprofit Resolutions That Will Make A Difference in 2009 Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 08:56PM | by Allyson Kapin What are your nonprofit resolutions for 2009? All rights reserved.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

transaction Setup Fee: $0 Commitment: None Integration: Salesforce, MailChimp, Eventbrite, Optimizely, Google Analytics, Google Docs, HubSpot, Insightly, Stripe. Platform Fee: 3% (first $100k); 2% ($100k to $1m); 1% (greater than $1m) Transaction Fee: 2.9% For a Fundraising Swiss Army Knife.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

But for a long while, it took a lot to gather all of that information. at 10:52 am I hate giving my Google password to any web site that’s not at google.com. And if you have a Gmail account, it’s the same username/password that you’d be using for Analytics, Google Docs, Adsense, etc. 4 Ade 12.18.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2006

services, like del.icio.us, google, flickr, and many, many others, and use and manipulate this data to their own ends. One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups. These are using data in your own databases, and grabbing maps from google maps and putting them inside your application.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2007

In a huge agreement , Microsoft agreed to share information about Windows to the Samba project, so that it can keep up to date easily. And now, the top ten posts of the year, according to my Google Analytics stats: Getting Naked : Being Human and Transparent. Many nonprofits have Linux file servers in their back offices.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 14, 2022

All organizations, and especially those whose missions focus on people with disabilities, should prioritize plain language versions of all important information about accessing programs and services. Google Meet and Zoom now offer live transcription services for free, without the need for third-party applications.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

It’s chock-full of information about what you need to start, different strategies, and potential pitfalls. tools , i-Lighter and Google Notebooks for managing online notes and such. I’m a fan of Google Notebook myself, but I’ve never heard of i-Lighter – I’ll have to check it out.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

It’s chock-full of information about what you need to start, different strategies, and potential pitfalls. tools , i-Lighter and Google Notebooks for managing online notes and such. I’m a fan of Google Notebook myself, but I’ve never heard of i-Lighter – I’ll have to check it out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

I have been tracking this giving day since its first Giving Day back in 2009 and every year do a debrief post or interview. Throughout the summer, we worked hard to provide organizations with ample information about how the new site works, what would feel different and how to get help.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

As luck would have it, I got to chatting right away with Ned Malik, CTO of Vision Online , a DC-based company that provides cutting-edge information technology to government. Lots of folks at the event were wearing Google Glass , the newest innovation in eyeglasses. Google Glass Explained. While Google Glass.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Send queries to nonprofit tech lists for experiences and information, like nosi-discussion , nten-discuss , riders-tech , and others. Google it – you might find articles and reviews that might be helpful Try it out. These are almost always free to download and try out – this is easier for some projects than others.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Oxfam in Haiti – Google Maps – This is a great example of how you can use a tool like Google Maps to tell a story and provide easy access to information – great job Oxfam! "Oxfam "Oxfam is responding to the biggest earthquake for 200 years in Haiti.

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Care2

JULY 13, 2012

The iPhone version, released in January 2009, built on an earlier mobile site targeted at feature phones that launched in 2007. Seafood Watch - Google Play. This app is heavily informed by its content and can adapt with each new exhibition installed at the museum. ArtClix - Google Play. Louis - Google Play.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. The results make me optimistic about scaling social good by leveraging information. Money is tight, but information is elastic. Every year over 7,800 grants are made in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Our 2012 editorial calendar is presented as a Google spreadsheet. Each month has its own tab containing LightBox Collaborative’s ideas on 2012’s opportunities for your organization to share ideas and information and generate conversation. Flickr Photo by Yandel.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Selected in 2009 as one of Puget Sound Business Journal’s Women of Influence and nominated in 2015 as one of Metro Vancouver’s YWCA Women of Distinction in the category of arts, culture, and design . Kelly Tweeddale. Executive Director. San Francisco Ballet. Sharon Russell. Vice President, Finance and Donor Development. Michael Thatcher.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

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. but pack in a tremendous amount of information. Google Maps & MyMaps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

On January 1st, I wrote about my goals for 2009 using Chris Brogan's process of selecting three words or larger concepts to frame them. Set up a social media dashboard with google apps for your listening, separate it from your work email and tools. Be a digital curator with your electronic information, not a packrat.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Proposed solution: CC developed Red House 2009, which had three event components: Traditional cocktail party for its major donors, Nonevent called Stay@Home, and. It was to serve as the kickoff for Red House 2009 and was hosted by a board member. The interest card was a second way for CC to collect information about party guests.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

We combined that research with insights gained from more than 300 industry leaders that participated in our Real-Time Web Summit in October 2009. Real-time information delivery has changed the way that organization works in radical ways. First, what does the “real-time Web&# really mean? It’s amazing.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

But, their continued use of GIS for social change can contribute to the development directions of the tools (they are using Google Earth). One of the participants was Pratima from Shelter Associates in Pune, India. There are so many examples we could include. Do you have one you’d like to share? Tools: Builders and Users.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

You could google for them, but wouldn’t it be great to see other people’s links – things they found organically? In some ways, I use social bookmarking tools like listible as a more directed google (I’ve yet to create any lists). at 9:17 am Thanks for this informative article! 3 Beth 09.27.06

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

And once member lists, actions and events, emails and documents are collected and stored by an online service, outdated electronic privacy law is failing to keep this information safe from inappropriate access and potential misuse. Cloud computing is a prime example.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Time for them to launch an Ad Grants Program for Nonprofits like Google Grants. Facebook tends to leak information that only keeps bloggers and nonprofits guessing and confused. The anti-Obama Page has been around since 2009, so Facebook can’t claim that it has the right to be a Community Page. I don’t think so.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi. The image above is an example from the Sumatra earthquake response of 2009. Jim Craner , MapTogether.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

How odd is it then to teach Google Analytics to nonprofit techies but then say that site statistics had nothing to do with a nonprofit’s mission? As such their web stats are meaningful to those who want to make an informed decision as to which organization they invest their time and buy into. Why bother having a web site at all?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Tech officers can use this to inform decisions about systems toward long-term impact. 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. During his 4.5

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

60) Search « Twestival: To Meet, Tweet And Raise $500K For Charity | Main | The Joys of Google Grants, Part 2 » Wednesday Feb 04 2009 Why Every Nonprofit Should Embrace the Web 2.0 February 5, 2009 | Emily I am not sure Id agree that CREATIVITY is so important. perspective as well. Great post! but Nonprofit 3.0.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

There is not much information on these low-cost computers but the company has indicated that it will probably be a wireless capable Windows 7 netbook with Norton Security Suite. The FCC created a National Broadband Plan in 2009 based on a Congressional mandate. Subscribers will also be given access to free digital literacy training.

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

Create an XML sitemap and submit it to Google (and Yahoo too!). An XML sitemap can provide search engines with important information about your site and improve your search rankings. Many Content Management Systems can automate this process, keeping the sitemap up to date and informing search engines of the changes.

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NTEN

MAY 19, 2009

The Google Analytics YouTube Chanel is full of useful information, as is an extremely comprehensive resource list that came out of " The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (The Obama Stimulus Package) and Nonprofits " affinity group meeting -- thanks to Sheldon Mains. Judy Hallman did a great wrap up.

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