Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Upgrading Voter Registration – "Approximately 24 million active voter registrations in the United States are no longer valid or have significant inaccuracies, according to the Pew Center on the States. What we rarely talk about is how we talk about digital activism: Is our focus in the right place? As of November 2011, 89.6

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 11, 2012

Originally launched in February 2012 as an App Gallery with three “Giving” Apps , the “Giving” category has been dropped and the three Giving Apps replaced with two Lifestyles Apps and one Utilities App: App Center > Lifestyle > Causes. 1) New App Center Launched, “Giving” Category Dropped.

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Tech Soup

JULY 26, 2012

Future versions of Small Business Server Essentials will be included in the Windows Server 2012 family of products under a new name, Windows Server 2012 Essentials. On August 1, 2012, TechSoup will also discontinue all Microsoft Small Business Server products from its catalog, except for Small Business Server Essentials 2011.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Future versions of Small Business Server Essentials are included in the Windows Server 2012 family of products under a new name, Windows Server 2012 Essentials, which you can request as a donation now through TechSoup. TechSoup discontinued all Microsoft Small Business Server products from its catalog on August 1, 2012.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

Salesforce had acquired collaboration tool company Stypi in May 2012, as well as social media monitoring platform Radian6 in March 2011." The price is lower than the recently reported $800 million figure, but still a formidable investment from the enterprise software giant, which is on a seemingly never-ending acquisition spree.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change. We’ve added over 1800 books since then.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Future versions of Small Business Server Essentials will be included in the Windows Server 2012 family of products under a new name, Windows Server 2012 Essentials. On August 1, 2012, TechSoup will also discontinue all Microsoft Small Business Server products from its catalog, except for Small Business Server Essentials 2011.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

I’ll be Jordan and Morocco in March, 2011). Through the E-Mediat program, Essmaani participants also gained tools on how to recruit volunteers on line and how to promote their activities using social media. Flickr Photo by SMEX Beirut. The final phase is to design and facilitate in-country bootcamps with participants. (I’ll

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Are you attending Convio's 2011 Summit? This information will be shared in the 2011 Summit guide but I wanted to give you a peek at what everyone involved with your Convio Client Care team is preparing specifically for this year's attendees: Monday, Oct. Come find out what's going on now and what's coming up in 2012.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2012

While these types of enterprises have profit-making as their highest motivation, we also see them working actively for the betterment of society. is an active sponsor of the nonprofit Good Deeds Arizona. 2011) For Love or Lucre. 2012, January 10). Retrieved April 26, 2012, from IRS: [link]. 2012, February 16).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 11, 2012

Originally launched in February 2012 as an App Gallery with three “Giving” Apps , the “Giving” category has been dropped and the three Giving Apps replaced with two Lifestyles Apps and one Utilities App: App Center > Lifestyle > Causes. 1) New App Center Launched, “Giving” Category Dropped.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 10, 2013

Sadly, slacktivism – actions performed via the Internet in support of a political or social cause but regarded as requiring little time or involvement ( courtesy of the Oxford Dictionary ) – is the popular avenue of support when it comes to contemporary activism. Kony 2012 turned slacktivism on its head. But does that really help?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2012

Earlier this year, Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) received 4,600 responses to our annual 2012 State of the Sector Survey. So what happened in 2011, and what are respondents planning for 2012? Percent of Nonprofit Respondents Engaging More Closely With their Board, 2009 - 2012. nonprofit practice. Like this article?

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NTEN

JUNE 14, 2012

Last summer, we pulled together data from some of the country’s leading nonprofits to bring you the 2011 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook report, laying out basic benchmarks for nonprofit pages on Facebook. To download the 2012 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook, simply “like” M+R's page on Facebook.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

In September 2011, the Authors Guild sued the HathiTrust, alleging massive copyright violations. A federal district court ruled against the Authors Guild in October 2012, finding that HathiTrust’s process was fair use under U.S.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

We recently released our most up-to-date Atlas of Giving report that takes a look at current giving trends to provide guidance for nonprofits on what to expect (and not to expect) as we finish out 2011 and roll into 2012. percent in 2011 through October. April 2012 is expected to be down 5.5 percent from April 2011.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Beth’s Blog, September 2011. Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Patrick Meier has this excellent “ behind the scenes ” post from April, 2012. He points the common challenge in using social media data for emergency response: scaling. Which profiles are you most active on?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2012

The busiest day in both 2011 and 2012 is our longtime community program, Free First Friday. And finally, and perhaps most interestingly, here's a comparison of Jan-June 2011 vs Jan-June 2012. I'd like to show you the data for the full fiscal year, but we only have this daily data beginning in the winter of 2011.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Democracy tool recently launched by Foundation Center, out of a total of 18,446 grants awarded since 2011 by more than 1,300 funders focused on the broad range of issues and efforts related to democracy, just 962 have been focused on technology. As a result, the dataset is only complete through 2012.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2013

Blackbaud’s just-released Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits found nonprofit website traffic was down 14 percent in 2012 compared to 2011. But know seasonal events/activities could affect that comparison. It should be noted, like other benchmark reports, nonprofits within the study vary from year-to-year.).

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

About 75 percent of young people who provided data for the 2012 Millennial Impact Report said they gave money to a nonprofit in 2011, while 70 percent said they have helped solicit donations by encouraging colleagues and others to support a cause."

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Given that nonprofits must operate in a wide variety of complex environments, they must work diligently to continuously create innovate strategies to meet the needs and expectations of their diverse stakeholder populations (Benjamin, 2012). Performance evaluations serve as vehicles to message organizational mission realization and impact.

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Tech Soup

JULY 7, 2015

Public Good is a new donation platform from the people who revolutionized grassroots online giving for the 2012 Obama presidential campaign. Learning from the 2012 Obama Campaign. In 2011, they joined the technology leadership of President Obama's re-election campaign.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 2, 2012

In 2011 I gave to over twenty different nonprofit organizations. Yet I plan to give again in 2012 to the Christian humanitarian organization and not to my alma mater, a decision which seems to run counter to commonly held assumptions about donor stewardship. We welcome your comments and feedback.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 24, 2012

Education organizations, both institutions and those organizations focused on education, comprise a little over 15% of nonprofit organizations in the United States and represented over 13% of participants in the State of Grantseeking survey published by GrantStation and PhilanTech in November 2011. Collective Impact in Education Reform.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Some of this increase can be attributed to earlier retirement, leading senior citizens to be more active. Research shows that a decline in well-being that the elderly often experience can be linked to a reduction of activity, but a productive activity such as volunteering can counter this effect. in 1974 to 23.5% Energize, Inc.,

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 26, 2012

You want to know how other organizations fundraising programs performed in 2011. You want to see where your organization stacks up in terms of goals for 2012. If you answered YES to any of the questions above, you should take the The 2012 Nonprofit Fundraising Survey conducted by the Nonprofit Research Collaborative (NRC).

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2013

In autumn conferences, projects and all kind of activities seem to flourish. Online donations seem to be on the raise, according to The 2012 Charitable Giving Report made by Blackbaud, “online giving grew 10.7% in 2012 compared to 2011”. By: Laura Iancu, 123ContactForm. Top Don’ts when creating your donation form.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The program offers Seattle residents with a variety of recreational and lifelong learning programs, classes, and activities. Windows MultiPoint Server Premium 2011 licensing. It took another hour to get all terminals activated. They are a nonprofit that has a close partnership with Seattle Parks and Recreation Department.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

TechSoup and Interconnection , one of our Refurbished Computer Initiative partners, teamed up to supply a group of nonprofits and libraries with everything they would need to set up a MultiPoint Server lab in their environment during the fall of 2012. Installation date: mid November 2012. Eight keyboards. Eight mice.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Back in May 2012 we got the first announcements of a huge U.S. Federal Communications Commission in 2011 and is now its own nonprofit organization. Philly has long been an active digital inclusion center of activity in the country. nationwide digital inclusion project called Connect2Compete. What Is Connect2Compete ?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

It is one of 200 program sites in this very large and active YMCA. Windows MultiPoint Server Premium 2011 licensing. Installation Date: Dec 7, 2012. We did periodic check-ins on how the MultiPoint Server system held up under use so here is a case study from one YMCA site. 7 NComputing L300 USB Desktop Client Devices. 1 USB Hub.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Photo by Beth Kanter, Net Funders Conference, October, 2011. I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 10, 2011

I'm also making the 2011-2012 budget, getting to know our terrific staff and volunteers, and starting up a few small participatory projects to launch us into being a more community-driven institution. Right now, we have monthly family art activities. Board committee meetings. Film festival openings. It could be an exhibit jam.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Despite this, an NTEN survey last year revealed that only 16% of orgs will have invested in a mobile version of their website in 2011, whereas 90% will have an email and social media strategy, and 19% will develop apps. No exceptions.”

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Museum 2.0

JULY 31, 2013

Sometimes, this has led to an unreasonable amount of stress for an entirely extra-curricular activity. At the same time, I''m aware that only a tiny percentage of readers have actively pursued relationships with me and other Museum 2.0 Whether I had three readers or 3,000, I feel accountable to those folks to keep writing and sharing.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

Dozer had an official role in the Maryland Half Marathon in 2012 and 2013. Network with influential Twitterati who can share your story and spread the word about your activities. You can’t pay for that kind of publicity. Dozer’s fundraising page raised over $25,000 for cancer research that first year. Use relevant hashtags.

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