Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2009

Social Actions’ Change the Web Challenge is about building innovative tools to help people find and share opportunities to take action on the websites, blogs, and social networks that we all visit everyday. Agenda : Peter Deitz, founder of Social Actions, will present his vision for an open philanthropic web.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of January 25th). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 1, 2013

If there was a dictionary definition of an application developer that’s in this market for all the right reasons, it would point to PicNet and call it a day. This is ideal for organizations that have to quickly put up or change a form without having to worry about getting a web developer involved.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Net2 Think Tank: Online Fundraising Lessons Learned | NetSquared – "The Facebook application Causes recently announced it hit the $20 Million mark in donations. The America's Giving Challenge from Case Foundation spurred $2.1

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. " Facebook Offers New Messaging Tool – NYTimes.com – "For more than two decades, e-mail has been the killer application of the Internet. Here's why."

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Facebook in Online Privacy Breach; Applications Transmitting Identifying Information – WSJ.com – "Many of the most popular applications, or "apps," on the social-networking site Facebook Inc.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

Change the Web Challenge: Finalists Announced - I'm really excited about the 24 Finalists in the Change the Web Challenge - this Challenge called for new applications that use Social Actions' API which aggregates and surfaces all kinds of actionable opportunities from around the web. Check them out!

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. With nearly 5,000 applicants and more than 15,000 voters. " Tags: roundup bookmarks broadband casestudies evaluation list postalicious report research resources volunteering.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 5, 2009

Just like the other link tagged recently with the "day in the life" of Danielle Brigida, I love "case studies" that share how individuals "really" use the platforms and tools and strategies - moving from the theoretical or abstract down to the practical application. Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 17, 2009

open source applications for helping make the government more transparent from Sunlight Labs. " Share Actions | Social Actions - Check out all of the great Social Actions Change the Web Challenge applications! Tags: roundup bookmarks. Would love to hear if there are any you especially think are useful to your work!

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. " Tags: roundup bookmarks casestudies community contest facebook fundraising list marketing nonprofits postalicious resources socialmedia strategy technology trends. Here are my top trends in sustainable social media (hat tip to Reuters)."

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Web Bookmarking Contest Case Study 114

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2009

" The Forrester Blog For Interactive Marketing Professionals - Forrester "found that technologies trigger changes in consumer adoption, and brands will follow, resulting in five distinct waves…" You can check out the 5 eras of the social web along with recommendations for "brands" preparing for the future.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

So move beyond the book - you might end up at a web-based tool / application that allows users to interact with the data and, thereby, "get it" on a much deeper level. The Wallace Foundation recently took advantage of the opportunity presented by web-based tools. Tags: Technology Communication Strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

The NpTech Tag Summary went on hiatus to give some space to. I'm moving beyond monitoring the NpTech tagged items and meta feeds to incorporate nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, friend feeds, and USG. " He uses the ten things in ten minutes meme and writes the Ten Web 2.0 Photo by SpacePotato. And if you???re

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 3, 2009

A great example of organizing on the social web. "we20 Once we20 meets critical mass (and we sort our lives out), we will help you to implement your plans using web applications and partnerships." " Tags: roundup bookmarks. Find me on Delicious for more! The recession is focusing minds. Members of we20.org

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2009

Join us in a UK hyperlocal alliance… « Talk About Local (alpha) - Will Perrin is on a mission to engage and convene localities via the web. "After Apply by filling out the application on their site. Tags: roundup bookmarks. Find me on Delicious for more!

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2010

The third Digital Media and Learning Competition , from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications. Tags: E-Learning Fundraising Grants for Technology Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 This post was written by Amy Sample Ward and was originally posted on the NetSquared Blog.

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 5, 2009

Here are 100 different applications to help you out with a variety of tasks from project tracking and collaboration to donor and membership management, and from building your non-profit website to tracking its effectiveness.( Tags: Non-profit technology Fundraising nptech Web 2.0 read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2008

tags: information socialmedia ). Social Media tools such as wikis, social networking sites like Twitter, FriendFeed, using Tagging and RSS feeds can enable organisations of all sizes to best use and build on its existing collective wisdom and innovation. . tags: km laurawhitehead ). tags: nonprofits socialmedia ).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 30, 2010

It reminds me of a transition I made in coding from having written stand-alone applications for varied computers, to writing code for the web. The shift from that kind of code, to writing for the web was a lesson in protocols, constraints, and different ways of troubleshooting.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Licorize.com is a new web-based bookmarking service that collects all your bookmarks into a project-based to-do list so you can actually "get links done" – alone or in collaboration – and nonprofits may request a free Premium account.( read more ).

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Thirty-eight percent of American mobile phone users -- 120 million people -- access the web via their mobile device; fewer than 30 million are iPhones or Android phones. The growth of the mobile web will continue to be very rapid in the coming years -- and will have substantially more reach than iPhone or Android applications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

Earlier this week LinkedIn announced its applications platform that includes a small number of well-chosen apps that can enhance your professional networking profile. For my profile, I added BlogLink (it posts my blog posts to my profile automatically) and SlideShare's Application. (In tags: app slideshare ). more here ).

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 9, 2009

" New Fundraising Tool for Your Cause: Donor Choices – Causes Exchange Blog - Have you used Facebook's Causes application at your organization either as part of a campaign or general awareness/fund raising? Tags: roundup bookmarks. You tell us, we add to the map." Check it out.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Check out this great wrap up of the new applications and services launched by Grameen Foundation’s AppLab, developed in Uganda, using Google SMS Search and in partnership with MTN Uganda as the mobile operator. Tags: roundup bookmarks. Thanks, White African! . "This " Join in!

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 14, 2009

Engage your audiences, help supporters of your non-profit keep up with any tagged topic on Twitter and Flickr, or publicize your event with a custom Twitterfountain , a nifty new mashup you can embed on your blog or website — Have you ever wanted to see what was happening at that one event you could not go to? read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

A Practical Guide to Using Web 2.0 If you already have a presence on MySpace, check this out - causes has just launched an application at MySpace. Circleup is a social messaging application that allows nonprofits to communicate and collaborate with groups. Hurry the deadline is May 19th to submit your idea. Who has installed it?

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 23, 2010

online community Non-profit Communications collaboration project management application Google Wave. Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Web 2.0 But take another look: Wave is now faster and more stable, with quick-start templates and tutorials - and it's finally open for everyone to use.( read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

non-IT professionals understand web applications for collaboration. Alexandra Samuels has a terrific post on Best Practices for Nonprofits Using Web.2.0. The best question to come through the "Ask Your Friends" application on Facebook thjs week is "Have you used Mechanical Turk?" more about it here.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 23, 2010

As most of you know, I’m a very long time veteran of web application building. I’ve been involved in web application development basically since they started – when, when a cgi-bin folder with some perl scripts to process simple forms was the norm. Look at other custom database work they’ve done.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Social networking Twitter maps application search social media. Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Web 2.0 How can a small nonprofit organization, with limited time and resources for social media, find the right people to connect with in that microblogging crowd? Try your TPS.( read more ).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 tagged) from anywhere,) but I do like, on occasion, to find people who are kinda like me, and find out what their bookmarks are – and I like contributing my bookmarks. to Ma.gnolia.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

" Craig Newmark: A Nerd’s Take On The Future Of News Media - Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist.org, has a great post on Huffington Post - it's applicable to all those creating content, sharing news, and pushing information out via online platforms. "There Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 9, 2010

“Easier than MS Project & faster than Excel,” Tom’s Planner is a web-based project management tool with a drag-and-drop interface that makes it easy for even non-techies to collaborate on, create, manage, and share project schedules. Tags: Non-profit technology nptech collaboration project management application. read more ).

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Participants explored the use of web-based social and collaboration technologies and their use in transforming congressional engagement with the public. A variety of topics were discussed, including social media metrics, case studies and best practices, tools and applications, and strategy and planning. technologies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2009

Peter Deitz and Joe Solomon performed a skit at the NTC to announce the Change the Web Winners. disclosure, I was a judge(=) 1st Prize ($5,000) - Social Actions Interactive Map 2nd Prize ($3,000) Zemanta's Related Social Actions for Bloggers 3rd Prize ($2,000) - SquarePeg's iPhone Application. Tags: promotion.

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 20, 2010

Tags: Non-profit technology nptech images websites application. read more ).

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