Amy Sample Ward
OCTOBER 15, 2010
This past Sunday was October 10th, 2010 – also know as 101010, the Global Work Day for climate action supported by 350.org Part of working in the social impact space means thinking about the big picture, the long-term goals, and the multi-year strategy. Find more pictures and stories from #101010 and 350.org
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 28, 2013
An ad-hoc group of tech bloggers based in Kenya decided to do something about it. The purpose of the tool was to empower Kenyans to document and report on incidents in real-time, giving the media, governments, and relief organizations a true picture of what was happening on the ground. Usahidi means “bearing witness” in Swahili.
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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JULY 27, 2007
I’ve been a bad blogger over the past couple of months, I know. I have to admit I’m a sucker for cute pictures of kittens. I haven’t been posting near as much as I’d like, mostly because I’ve been rather busy. It’s not just consulting work, but other varied happenings in my life as well.
Tech Soup
MARCH 29, 2017
LABB created an Oil Spill Crisis Map in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. The organization got started when a group of Kenyan bloggers led by Erik Hersman began doing online mapping of violence reports after the 2008 Kenyan election. The name Ushahidi means "testimony" in Swahili.
Tech Soup
APRIL 19, 2016
Founder Erik Hersman and a group of fellow Kenyan bloggers were frustrated by the lack of accurate information or media coverage of the violence surrounding the 2008 Kenyan election. Ushahidi's David Kobia was named Humanitarian of the Year in 2010 by the MIT Technology Review. Ushahidi Harnesses Data for Social Good.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 21, 2015
In 2010, I had an opportunity to do a Networked Nonprofit workshop in Kenya. Zawadi asked Jadudi’s favorite blogger, Jackson Biko, to publish the story on his blog , and developed a social media crowdfunding strategy to engage the public and drive traffic to the blog. We did a little coaching.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
APRIL 15, 2007
I will hold off for a while yet in my life working with people directly on spiritual issues, and work now with what could certainly be called the spirituality of nonprofit technology – finding balance and looking at the bigger picture. at 8:11 pm I guess bloggers don’t really get to choose their readers.
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