Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2010

I’m getting my bags packed to fly to Atlanta for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference and discovered that I have 4 copies of Social by Social left – and I’m going to give them away! It makes accessible the tools you need to engage a community, offer services, scale up activities and sustain projects. How to Win.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 15, 2012

Benetech has long been a pioneer in providing innovative services to people with print disabilities. This week, Benetech’s DIAGRAM Center has announced the release of an open source web application for creating and editing crowdsourced image descriptions in books used by students with print disabilities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2010

We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. • We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. • Compare that to Google Book Search, with more than 25,000 publishers signed up for their commercial program in a similar time period. . •

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2010

Two years later, Maria who was affected by polio at the age of one and has to use a wheel chair and calipers, is now soon to be married on Jan 18th, 2010. The project's goals were to work with organizations that provide opportunities for people with disabilities and digitize a million pages of books to be added to the Bookshare collection.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Good Nonprofit Infographics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 12th, 2011 Who doesn’t love a good infographic? Especially when they help reveal a lot of information in a visual format. All Rights Reserved

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 14, 2008

is a microblogging service based on an open source project, Laconica , and all of the updates are copyrighted by a Creative Commons (Attribution) license. You can log in using OpenID. All really great stuff. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

Quick definition Cloud computing is basically running applications on the web via “Software as a Service (SaaS)&#. That includes applications from Google Documents, to Salesforce.com, to Gliffy.com , (the service I used to create that graphic.) We’re really behind the concepts of cloud computing and Web 2.0.

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Robert Weiner

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 17, 2008

A company that provides services for Ruby on Rails got a bunch of funding. Open source is becoming mainstream, and people (that is, people with money) are starting to throw big bucks in the direction of open source projects, and companies that provide services for open source projects.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 4, 2008

There has been quite the dustup, started by Facebook kicking Richard Scoble off, because he’d violated the Facebook terms of service. January 4, 2008 Some interesting things are happening in Web2.0 As a result, Scoble joined the group dataportability.org , which I’ve been monitoring for a few months now.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 13, 2007

A ways back, Six Apart promised that it would open source MovableType , their flagship software product, and the software that underlies their TypePad service. Yesterday, they finally released it. This blog (and my personal blog ) were on TypePad for years, and I rather like the MoveableType interface and feature set.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

We hope that this will spur development for more social applications and mashups as well as better distribution of these applications worldwide. I’ll be watching the Open Handset Alliance, and wondering when I can replace my Blackberry with an open phone. {

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VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

However, according to research by Points of Light , post-pandemic Gen Z (those born 1997-2010) are more likely to volunteer. Segal, Senior Fellow at CoGeneration (formerly Encore.org), “Co-Generational Service: A Disruption to Increase Impact.”. [1] To learn more about this topic, read the chapter by Phyllis N.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 20, 2008

They do have a point – since they don’t provide health services, they don’t need to comply with HIPAA. Before you sign up, read the privacy policy carefully. And note: this application is not HIPAA compliant. Here’s why. I’m not so sure, and, in the end, it comes down to “trust us&#.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

If you have not read Beth Kanter and KD Paine's awesome new book Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , then you must check out Care2's webinar on December 4th at 2PM ET led by Beth, Ashley Boyd of MomsRising, and Ryann Miller of Care2. What you'll learn: How to lead with a networked mindset. Ashley has a M.A.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

’&# She gives some great suggestions and examples Joanne Fritz talks about three big mistakes – outdated information, insufficient contact information, and outdated design. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

I would suggest that that be in the form of a visual message for the service being provided. Next week, the Carnival is being hosted at A Small Change – Fundraising Blog. { 1 trackback } Nonprofit Communications » Blog Archive » Interesting Mix at This Week’s Carnival; Capital Campaigns Next 04.14.08

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

Staffers also let people from outside of Saskatoon check out books from the library and access other services. "We're a community space; we're here for everyone, and our services and resources are free of charge. When Laurence Copel moved to New Orleans in 2010, the city was still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 20, 2008

Without the s/w to install it (and strongly suspecting that doing so just to “check it out&# is a waste of time), I have to believe that their goal here is to get clients to buy services. But I’m sure that their services pricing has been adjusted to account for loss of licensing revenue. Which is fine.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

They also have a newer on-demand version (that is, software as a service, like salesforce.) It has three versions: Enterprise, Professional, and Community Edition. That’s the one I’ve been using. I’ve been hearing good things about SugarCRM from organizations that use it.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2010

You can check him out at Proof , his new full-service branding company ( here’s a list of services , too). I can also add and modify this section as I write more books (that’s motivation for you!) NOTE: I’ve only been able to archive 2010 and 20009 so far, but all presentations will be in this format very soon.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Reflections on an internship with Bookshare.org in Chennai, India Made possible through support from the Amherst College Center for Community Engagement Anna Reid, religion major, class of 2010 Anna Reid with employees of Worth Trust, a South Indian organization that provides vocational training and employment for people with disabilities.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 18, 2007

Asterisk made it possible for the company to provide this service without huge infrastructure costs. It seems cool, and a great alternative to freconference.com. And it’s free, too. I look forward to seeing more of what kinds of new and interesting tools can be powered by Asterisk under the hood.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2007

Typepad is a paid service based on Movable Type , a very popular blogging platform, that is proprietary. One such platform was Typepad. There is no question in my mind that free software has won the CMS/Blogging race, hands down. { There is no question in my mind that free software has won the CMS/Blogging race, hands down. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

at 6:45 pm » SaaS vs. Open Source » Audio Books 10.07.08 ’ [Your captcha is asking me to type a slightly naughty word) 2 Mr Web Service 09.25.08 SQL is a bit fiddly at the best of times, and if we move past SaaS to DaaS (Data as a Service) it frees up a *lot* more time to share ideas on the functionality front.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The conference was created by Soren Gordhamer in 2010, author of the book, Wisdom 2.0. I attended the first conference in May, 2010 was filled with gratitude to Soren for the amazing experience and opportunity to reflect life and balance in age of social networks. I use pen and a note book to take notes! The Wisdom 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

Note from Beth: Last month, we did a Networked Nonprofit session at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Recently I got my first full-on blast of the Networked Nonprofit at a session the authors presented at the 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Supervised or supported service.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

I was trying to parse the usefulness of the service under the original wording, and it seems like there wouldn’t be much. I don’t know whether to be sad or proud that RapLeaf finds only my Facebook profile and no demos. 2 admin 06.11.08 at 10:56 am Thanks, Thomas, you’re right – there is an error there.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

On the other hand, perhaps it means that these new, larger entities can provide services and resources that the smaller ones could not. Consolidation among vendors means that some customers will be dealing with different (and larger, potentially less friendly) entities. It also means fewer options. It doesn’t really change anything.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

On the other hand, perhaps it means that these new, larger entities can provide services and resources that the smaller ones could not. Consolidation among vendors means that some customers will be dealing with different (and larger, potentially less friendly) entities. It also means fewer options. It doesn’t really change anything.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2006

I just finished reading Allen’s recent posts about the new wave of widgitized donation functionalities that some big (and not so big ) players in the nonprofit technology web services space are pushing out. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

The program book has gone to print, the Miss Piggy costume has arrived, and the registration numbers keep rising. We're only 20 days away from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference -- but who's counting? and a gaggle of books by nptech superstars. Then stop by the MemberHub booth and learn more about their service.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

’ In other words, if a large number of people in an area haven’t the access or the skills to use the internet – what are local public services doing to get this fixed?" Get free postage and mail books you can spare to a child in need. | What do you think? than ever before.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 24, 2007

We think our particular products or service is the best around, or, at least, provides our clients with some unique value. A universal service for the masses. We like what we build/sell (generally, I’m sure there are exceptions.) I had good intentions, like virtually all software vendors do.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

The program book has gone to print, the Miss Piggy costume has arrived, and the registration numbers keep rising. We're only 20 days away from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference -- but who's counting? and a gaggle of books by nptech superstars. Then stop by the MemberHub booth and learn more about their service.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2014

Guest post by Mazarine Treyz, author of The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising , called one of the Top 10 books of 2010 by Beth Kanter, and author of the Networked Nonprofit. Her second book is The Wild Woman’s Guide to Social Media, published 2012, given a 5 star rating by About.com. Her latest book, Get the Job!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

They started out with their S3 – simple storage service. Amazon seems to be leading in the next wave of evolution of hosting – pay only for what you need, when you need it. And now, there is E2 – Elastic Compute Cloud – use only the storage, processing power and bandwidth you use.

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