Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Nonprofit tech experts team up to help others master ‘social tools for social change’. We’re here to help nonprofits master the social Web to bring about meaningful social change,” said J.D. There’s nothing else like this on the Web for nonprofits, social change organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and educators.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

multilaterals, and high-impact entrepreneurs in the social media space, mostly from the western world and Africa, besides others. face and how we could help solve them. discussions, and helped broaden my perspective of how we. development in Africa. we in Africa are not different from the rest of the world.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

The report also highlights the deep impact of technology in a wide range of other issue areas, from agriculture to education to the environment. already exist and are helping create positive social change around the globe. The projects in Technology for Good aren't just limited to disaster and crisis response. Download the report.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

That’s why this fall, we've planned more than 40 educational events specifically for nonprofit staffers who use technology. The link need to be like so: Africa. TARGET END LINKS ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

As I reflect on what Literacy Day means, I can’t help thinking about the origins of my interest in Room to Read as an organization, and one particularly sticky literacy-for-development related issue that came up during that season of my life. They did not want to bring religious materials to Africa. They had left them behind.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

It can justify the work that your organization is doing, help others understand why it is critical, and offer exciting new ways to motivate others to help solve the problems your organization is working on. You can make a big impression of site visitors just by presenting them clearly, and in context with your web content.

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2013

About the Presenters: Paul Habig -- Executive Vice President/Creative Director, SankyNet. Sarah Alexander -- Education & Outreach Coordinator, Food & Water Watch. com where he helps hundreds of nonprofits connect with donors and supporters online. Engaging on Facebook, converting in email. Phoning your email supporters.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The diverse crowd, made up of students, activists, government employees, and librarians, worked on datasets presented by the U.S. The challenges included connecting African farmers to markets, creating an online networking space for women veterans, mapping Africa’s natural resources, and a few others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. Help Special Needs Children Improve Social Skills. Paul Hyland saw a presentation at NPowerDC.

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2015

Since its founding, Fashion Project has expanded to serve over 500 nonprofits, helping provide valuable funding for disease research, humanitarian aid, sustainability initiatives and disaster relief. frontman Marc Roberge will close out MCON with an inspiring presentation on music as a tool for social impact.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

It can justify the work that your organization is doing, help others understand why it is critical, and offer exciting new ways to motivate others to help solve the problems your organization is working on. You can make a big impression of site visitors just by presenting them clearly, and in context with your web content.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

It can justify the work that your organization is doing, help others understand why it is critical, and offer exciting new ways to motivate others to help solve the problems your organization is working on. You can make a big impression of site visitors just by presenting them clearly, and in context with your web content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

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. It is far less work to slap together a powerpoint presentation and prepare the content. Illustration by Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

This post traces the evolution of social networking sites from the 80's to present time, although missing a few major early players. Jeremiah Owyang's " Why Your Social Media Plan Should Include Success Metrics " post might help nonprofits identify some realistic short-term outcomes for social media implementation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Changing the Present Facebook application offers nearly 1,000 meaningful $1 gifts from hundreds of leading nonprofits, so you're sure to find something that moves you or your sweetheart. The money helps women and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa. A percentage of each (PRODUCT)RED product sold is given to The Global Fund.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

FORGE serves 60,000 refugees in three different refugee camps in Southern Africa, and is an official operating partner of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR ). Ultimately, it takes a willingness to allow some failures to occur, but allow those failures to be educational for a community. We have the opportunity to fail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

A sharing and learning hub We invite you to cruise around the site — and we hope you'll help us spread the word. Productivity Tools in dozens of categories that can help organizations get a handle on the social Web. Chad Capellman of Boston, who lent his development help and keen CSS eye to this project.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 17, 2015

Since its founding, Fashion Project has expanded to serve over 500 nonprofits, helping provide valuable funding for disease research, humanitarian aid, sustainability initiatives and disaster relief. frontman Marc Roberge will close out MCON with an inspiring presentation on music as a tool for social impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Eugene was the consultant on Packard Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness grant to strengthen the network of a Population/Reproductive Health grantee, The International Institute of Education's Leadership Development for Moblizing Reproductive Health Program. View more presentations from Eugene Kim.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Through plenary sessions, workshops, discussions, presentations, and networking events, our participants learn how to guide their organizations toward greater impact and mission fulfillment. At this year's AASP Summit, presenters will focus on cutting-edge technology and business methods using case studies. South Africa / $250.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Evolving technology, accelerated by a public health crisis, has opened more education and training options at a lower cost and at a wider range of levels and subjects than ever before. . Regardless of what type or level of academic education you select, you will have tuition to pay. Online education and training is still evolving.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 20, 2008

I heard from CEOs whose center is the only one in their entire country (Chile), educators who work with students who have never encountered a computer before entering the science center (South Africa), and web managers whose sites are locked behind federal government firewalls and draconian restrictions (Australia).

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 22, 2010

They were educators and were heavily involved in the schools, first the segregated black schools, and then later, in the 1960s onward, with the integrated school. The stories conveyed the unique voice and spirit of these people in a way that helped me feel connected to them—even though we come from entirely different worlds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

The HSUS newest campaign is geared towards helping the 1,300 chimps still condemned to life in research labs across the country. Kevin j points to a pretty amazing movie from the presentation at last week's Net Tuesday. It helps bloggers remember and use the best writing techniques. from Tim Davies and Practical Participation.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

While she may have had to lie about her age to get an education , Zora Neale Hurston went on to become one of the most prolific writers at the heart of the Harlem Renaissance. Oh, and her work with her husband has helped to lay the groundwork for much of our understanding of modern science today - no big deal. Thought Leaders.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

That’s why it’s helpful to break up your long blog posts with images. Stories that convey impact Your nonprofit’s blog is your chance to tell your organization’s story , which is really the story of the people, animals, or places you help. Compelling images The human brain can process images as quickly as 13 milliseconds.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

These are events that pair up nonprofits with good ideas and volunteer techies who can help them realize them. Smartphone adoption in Africa is expected to roughly double in each of the next three years. TechSoup hosted one in September and our office in Warsaw, Fundacja TechSoup also hosted a hackathon this year.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

The authors present a two-by-two matrix. Through adding accessibility features to ebooks that are critically needed by people with disabilities, and helpful to many other people, we envision a world where all commercial ebooks work effectively for the community we serve. One axis represents nature of action: direct or indirect.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

Gmail’s new inbox with its multiple inboxes is a useful new feature for users, but presents a challenge for charity newsletters. ” While were on the subject of email there are some new services that do automated email sorting and triage to help people cope with email overload. Open Data in Africa. Google Gmail.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

You did a webinar for us last year, had to have you back, check her out over at Leadership Savvy, does a lot of good work helping folks with strategic planning, which you’re going to talk about obviously, and just an awesome person. I will take over the presentation of the screen. Here we go. Julie: All right.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

Women are walking hours each day to access clean water; therefore, they're not getting access to education, and an opportunity to create a livelihood for themselves. How do they help to address some of the challenges and problems that you just spoke about? billion people are without clean water. What were some of the highlights?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

In 2014, it rang in the new year with a new series of its Internet data reports , which aggregate a range of statistics to help make some sense of what’s happening in terms of Internet usage around the globe. The platform helps integrate Kosovo into the digital landscape. Benchmark Studies and Examples.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

I have learned that there is an enormous diversity within the sector – higher education institutions, advocacy groups, public broadcasting stations, health organizations, unions, associations and relief organizations are distinct from each other. Sheeraz Haji: Back then I had the naïve view that all nonprofits were alike.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

I have learned that there is an enormous diversity within the sector – higher education institutions, advocacy groups, public broadcasting stations, health organizations, unions, associations and relief organizations are distinct from each other. Sheeraz Haji: Back then I had the naïve view that all nonprofits were alike.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

professional level but even at the educational level for elementary. A London-based nonprofit, Open Knowledge Foundation is at the forefront of promoting open knowledge to help citizens and society. CNN used Twitter data to report on the 2010 World Cup Fever in South Africa. school kids, for high school kids, for college kids.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Consulted with some peer social entrepreneurs about whether we could help them with specific technology for their nonprofits. This time I had three agenda items for my conversations with congressional staff: Advocating for funding for special education. Kampala, Uganda The Sixth Africa Forum was the main reason for my Africa trip.

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