Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

I have talked many times before about the way we as nonprofit organizations and changemakers set our goals. (If Recently named one of TIME’s 100 most influential people and Newsweek’s 150 Women Who Shake the World, Suraya Pakzad is an outspoken Afghan activist on behalf of the rights of women and girls. To Mama With Love.

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Change Nepal Lesson New Jersey 180

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

They are: productions, youth media/education, fundraising, and technology. What did you learn and what would you do differently next time? I really appreciated the structured and in depth discussion this activity created. Overall, The CDSI game was an effective utilization of time that yielded meaningful results.

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Game Community Impact Media 195

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2010

Grassroots, hyper-local, nonprofit, and educational communities cannot be expected to operate in the same way as commercial or sponsored communities, online or off. All things that take time, which is valuable. allows developers to find work they know will be adopted and start working on tools with an active base of users.

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Ning Causes Build Evaluation 208

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Today’s Community Builder chat focused on examples and best practices for connecting on and offline community activities, events, and organizing. I personally love how it presents the opportunity to be involved in a community, sometimes in a real-time format, from a distance. Time: 4 pm EST (1 hour). Recap: October.

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Offline Community Ethiopia Org 117

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 2, 2009

Tags: webtools change.org activism socialchange change.

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Change Pledge America Causes 100

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

In partnering with the White House, National Lab Day, and videogame makers Sony and EA, the Digital media and Learning Competitions has prizes up to $200,000 and is open to all kinds of innovative projects (including games) that make use of digital media for education and social change. Submissions close January 22, 2010."

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Web Bookmarking Haiti Lesson 132

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2009

It makes accessible the tools you need to engage a community, offer services, scale up activities and sustain projects. In the process, we hope we can also educate funders and policy workers about the huge shift of mindset and expectations needed to commission these projects successfully, to give the innovators more space to work.&#.

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Social PDF Case Study Social Media 150