Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 13, 2008

years, I have been working extremely hard to build an organization from scratch that makes it really easy for people to find and share opportunities to make a difference. I started 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa with the simple goal of working fulltime on Social Actions by July 1st. fundraising campaign started: For the last 2.5

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Summer 2009 Our growth over the last year has been so phenomenal that I wanted to use this summer update to highlight some of the great people working for Benetech: our interns, summer associates and fellows. She also loves the fact that Benetech is based in California’s naturally beautiful Bay Area.

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OCTOBER 17, 2009

Once again the Jewish Television Network let people remotely watch Kol Nidre (Jewish High Holiday) service from their home via live webcast. Now I don’t think the point was that people should stay home and experience religious services that way. Here are some of the comments people made this year about it: KOL NIDRE COMMENTS.

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