Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

This morning, I had the huge honor of presenting the keynote at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, ON. The full keynote and presentation are below. Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. What is a movement?

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NetWits

APRIL 9, 2009

The morning starts off with the keynote session Josh Bernoff , co-author of Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. I had a chance to talk with Josh before his presentation. He took some questions that I thought readers of the blog would be interested in having answered.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 14, 2012

The how-to of launching a mobile website and best practices for mobile design are covered in the book, however, they are also presented and elaborated upon in the upcoming webinar on Mobile Technology and Mobile Fundraising for Nonprofits. In 2009 and 2010, nonprofits were busy launching and improving their social media campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. I read Chris Brogan's " Your 3 Goals for 2009 " and I loved his process. Think of how you want to be successful in 2009. Workshop Keynote for Legal Services Corporation (1/28) ROI and Technology.

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2012

At last year’s Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits, Allison Nassour and I presented to a full room on the topic of QR codes. 14 million Americans scanned them in June of 2011 , and there was a +4500% increase in use from 2009 to 2010. Clever use of mobile technology might be just what your next campaign needs.

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NTEN

MARCH 17, 2009

The folks in the Technology Affinity Group (TAG) , as part of the Council on Foundations , have a lot in common with the NTEN community. The details: The 7th Annual Technology Affinity Group (TAG) Conference will be held November 9 - November 12, 2009 at the Marriott Plaza San Antonio in San Antonio, TX. .

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Nonprofit Technology Conference. Here's the bare bones version of what you'll get: A 2-day online conference, taking place September 16-17, 2009. A free copy of the NTEN book, Managing Technology to Meet Your. out our event page for all the details , including a full agenda and list of presenters. We're less than a week.

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MAY 4, 2009

He not only pushes his organization to integrate technology into its strategy, he helps the entire sector do the same by sharing relentlessly, and smiling while he does it. In the case of Daniel Ben-Horin, the 2009 recipient and co-CEO of Techsoup Global , it's both. The 2009 award was presented to the American Red Cross.

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JUNE 3, 2009

If experts from both the fundraising and marketing communities got together to present actual sessions and resources for maximizing campaign efforts, you'd probably want to be part of that, right? The 2009 Bridge to Marketing and Fundraising Conference takes place July 21-23 in Washington, DC. . You're in luck! Register here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Submitted by Rebecca Leaman, publisher of Get your sanity back , Wild Apricot's non-profit technology blog Great new presentations on social media are coming out almost daily, now that we're deep into conference season, and many are directed specifically to the needs of non-profits.

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MAY 5, 2009

Amazon Payments created some great buzz at NTC 2009. Amazon Payments had a great presence at the NTC 2009 and introduced nonprofits to its range of easy-to-integrate, cost effective and reliable payment solutions. Check out our " Best of NTC 2009 " page to see more announcements, videos and presentations from the event.

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JUNE 23, 2014

How can we use technology in a new way to improve people’s lives that is an order of magnitude better? Can we help stimulate the creation of far more technology-for-good ventures? Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What I’m up to these days January 29, 2008 As you might have noticed, my blogging has diminished a bit. Pretty presentation with no content is useless. It feels quite good, actually.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing, take 2 January 31, 2008 Back in August, I did a review of web conferencing tools, with a decidedly unusual slant – as a presenter, I had to be able to share my Linux desktop.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology OpenOffice.org to get a boost September 13, 2007 I’ve been spending a lot of time with OpenOffice.org lately. for at least 4 years. I’ve not owned MS Office in a very long time.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What I’m learning November 30, 2007 It’s been mostly fun so far at the Open Translation event here in Zagreb. Check out the wiki. Lots of food for thought for NOSI and the future. {

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2009

NetSquared currently has 3 open Challenges, calling for innovators and change makers around the world to submit ideas for Web and mobile-based technologies for social change. The Human Rights Center is sponsoring a challenge to encourage innovations for applying mobile technologies for human rights investigations and advocacy.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2013

and the ways in which he is using technology to increase governmental accountability in the Balkans. In 2009 Dosta! In the meantime, social media and new technologies continue to drive the work of these organizations building a stronger civic society in Bosnia and Herzegovina. and Zašto ne? A Virtual Movement.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Feminism? Do you think the numbers in Angela’s presentation for FLOSS in general are on target? at 2:50 pm Thanks for shout out. of women in FLOSS?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

In October I went to a presentation by Rick Clark, the Ubuntu Server Team Manager. In my country, there still are no good hosting companies, though our internet speed and ping inside the whole country, is better than the most of europe, that’s why I use e-insites. 2 Brian 11.23.07 Thankfully bandwidth between EC2 and S3 is free.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

Around the time of the Nonprofit Technology Network ’s 2008 NTC conference, an even brighter light bulb went on. The enhancements effectively put Social Actions back on the cutting edge of social technology. In one month, we had approximately as large an investment in the technology as we’d had in total up until that point.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Gender, Race and Open Source June 29, 2007 My session on Free and Open Source software and the US Social Forum went great yesterday. The presentation is available on my wiki (it’s at the bottom.)

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2009

Last Monday I attended my colleague, Susan Tenby's panel presentation, Building and Sustaining Vibrant Online Communities at the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC). I had some connectivity issues so I wasn't able to live blog this as I'd hoped, but here is my not-so-live recap of this informative panel.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 16, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology So where is open source in the nptech ecosystem? at 9:57 pm Hey Michelle- I think that the conversations about open source technology in the nonprofit sector is really still beginning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2012

The book is based on their wildly successful presentation and deck, “ 50 Social Media Tactics ” at the BlackBaud Conference in 2009. This book is like having two very tolerant and technologically savvy friends sit down with you and share their wisdom and experience about social media tactics.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Check out the presentation slide-deck referenced in the post for detailed information about considerations and steps for making it easier to get your supporters to sign up and take action! Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NPTech nten members. Is there something in the nptech water? " to the post. Do y'all agree?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

This Challenge encourages innovations for mobile technologies in human rights investigations and advocacy. All 10 finalists will be invited to present their ideas at an international conference, “ The Soul of the New Machine: Human Rights, Technology, and New Media ,” at UC Berkeley, May 4 and 5, 2009.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Every year, NTEN tries out a few new things at the Nonprofit Technology Conference. If you're not, Ignite is a style of presentation: read more. At NTCs past, new nonprofit tech projects have been highlighted at the Innovation Plaza. If you're familiar with Ignite, you know it's an awesome way to show off.

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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.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

In 2009, we started the NTC Ignite tradition at our annual conference. We told attendees they could have 5 minutes and 20 slides in front of the captive nonprofit technology audience. Anyone who has given an Ignite-style presentation knows that boiling down complex ideas into 5 minutes is tough, really tough.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

The Missing Faces in Technology and Innovation – Here is a well-written post on a very important topic from Robin Caldwell: "The beautiful thing about the Internet is that it is impervious to Affirmative Action, EEOC compliance and the Fair Housing Act. ." ″ consultants." " Robin Caldwell: Black Like Me?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

The Missing Faces in Technology and Innovation - Here is a well-written post on a very important topic from Robin Caldwell: "The beautiful thing about the Internet is that it is impervious to Affirmative Action, EEOC compliance and the Fair Housing Act. ." ″ consultants." " Robin Caldwell: Black Like Me?

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NTEN

APRIL 30, 2009

Everything from the thumb drive, as well as everything we can coerce presenters to send us now will be posted online for the entire nonprofit community to share. Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission is available at fine retailers everywhere. We should have them up in the next week or two. . Will all the slides, etc.

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APRIL 8, 2009

We were incredibly lucky to have James Weinberg author a chapter in our book Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission with his colleague Cassie Scarano (who wrote an article in that newsletter). James and Cassie are bringing their long-time experience in the nptech hiring world to the NTC for two sessions.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My wish for Web 2.5 land are either using iCal, or integrating with Google Calendar (my present calendaring software). Luckily, it seems that most of the project manager type apps in web 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 14, 2009

The Power of Us: Re-Imagine Media | Changemakers - We Media and Ashoka have teamed up to present the We Media Changemakers $50,000 Challenge, “The Power of Us,&# which aims to find and help launch the best new ideas for inspiring a better world through media and technology.

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