Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). "Open source software exists in the computer industry. Open architecture exists in the construction industry. The time is now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But a good CMS can also facilitate constituent relationships in a number of other ways, including facilitating comments, blogs and social media. Allowing visitors to sign in using their Facebook and Twitter accounts can make it easier for them to share your nonprofit’s information with their networks and followers.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Part III: Blogs, Podcasting and Vlogs September 27, 2006 When I start out these series, I seem to have an idea in hand about how to organize them, which, invariably, gets rearranged in the course of writing. So, here’s the post about Blogs, and their follow ons: podcasting and vlogging. Blogging is old hat. Such is life.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 10, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Actions can include making donations, social media sharing, signing a petition, and more. Microsites can also promote dynamic content."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Michele Martin is thinking a lot about how to sustain online communities , and has some really interesting tidbits to share. The Donor Power Blog shows that to give, is to receive. Keep track of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, no matter which blog is hosting, by subscribing to the Carnival feed. { Good stuff!

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Shareable: The Open Source Guitar – So many good pieces to think on from this post (thanks for sharing it with me, Billy!)

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2009

As readers of this blog probably know, I’m really excited about the work Social Actions is doing to help connect the sources of actions and opportunities across the web to push them further. Social Actions is “an open source database of actions people can take on any issue. more than 70 countries served.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

Note from Beth: I facilitated a panel about Mobile Integrated strategy at the Innogive Conference earlier this month and have shared the notes here. Treesaver is a new open source web platform for publishing that uses the new HTML5 standard to create narrative experiences—with text, pictures and video. Don’t Build That App.

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Care2

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Most open-source CMSs have tools or plugins for setting up daily backups. Test Social Buttons – You’ve got links to your social profiles and social sharing buttons on your site and blog posts, right? Feedburner will also make sure your site feed is recognized by major browsers and feed readers.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. You had to say something on the blog, or post a photo on Flickr, or organize a Meetup. Here were some the baffling hot new things that charity techies and geeks for good were buzzing about: Blogging and the blogosphere. What Is Web 2.0?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

The Cross Blog Discussion of the NpTechTag has generated some comments and blog posts that I've summarized below. " About six months, my colleagues who work in KM for Communities of Practice for Development, shared some of the reflections and lessons from an experiment in using tagging for KM. Write a blog post.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

I know that’s one more thing in a long list of considerations (and it’s generally more important to think about for the CRM – the CMS, if it is modern, and especially if it is open source, will provide few barriers to integration.) at 3:50 pm CiviCRM and Drupal (& Joomla) 01.26.09 7 Jon Stahl 01.20.09

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

Open source. Share – Like & Tweet Button, E-Card, Fwd to Friend. Share – Like & Tweet Button, E-Card, Fwd to Friend. Co-Create – Shared Content: Mapping, Mosaic, Wiki, Links, Games. Open Source – API. Check out the Brooklyn Museum’s API documentation for some pretty advanced tech sharing.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

How to follow along and connect: My blog will have live blog coverage and sessions notes. My Twitter feed will have quotes, notes and links. This session will revisit the challenges of collective action in an era of “open source activism,” and highlight how the Web can help overcome those hurdles. Sunday, April 26.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

The team also hopes to incentivize organizations to share knowledge and give beneficiaries a direct voice. ″, that focuses on open standards and linking data. Many of us are aware of open source software and open architecture, but open philanthropy doesn’t exist yet. This is so important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2009

The tool and the ideas behind the post post generated some good discussion, great questions, and additional blog posts that I'd like to explore further. Apparently, he gained great fame from sharing his art work, but no one knew about his scienctific genius until many years after his death. If so, please share.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

I don’t want to start a race to the top of the Nonprofit 25 – where organizations start spending more time worrying about their position on that list, and less time feeding people. Allan says: Granted, web site stats will not tell me anything about how many hungry people a nonprofit feeds. That dog won’t hunt.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2007

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond. I have one blog post here. Paul Webster from the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action a partner with the ICT Hub pinged me about his blog. Although I do have a couple of uneasy feelings about blog spontaneity. ll blog it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

This is the first post in a year-long blog and webinar series called 101 Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Released in 2003, WordPress is open-source software and free to use and fully-customizable using WordPress themes and plug-ins. On Mobile: 8) Use a social sharing app.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The “Open Source Software is Free&# myth July 14, 2008 I had a startling realization a few days ago. No one would think that anyone thought that implementing open source software was without cost.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

clearly has had the lion’s share of attention for a while, but who knows how long this will remain. Those two things — adding itmes FAST — and the ability to have presentation of the items that integrates with my main communication tools (in my case, my blog and my main RSS feed) are key to a good social bookmarking tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Holden not only shared his recommendations, but gave us a detailed description of his evaluation process. CompuMentor's founder shares his top ten projects. Allen Benamer of the Nonprofit Tech Blog says " Support Idealware !" I'm probably the only insane person who is using all these plus others sources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

npdigg.org , cooked up by the nonprofittech blog , is up and running. It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. TechSoup has RSS feeds too! Generation.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Assume podcast listeners are also receiving updates from you via other channels, like eNewsletters, print, blogs, and other social media such as Facebook messages from your org’s group page. Audacity (open source software for Windows, Linux, or Mac) and Garage Band (Mac only) are two of the most common tools podcasters use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Like last year, conference participants are introducing themselves on their NetSquared Blog. So, blog posts with tips on productivity are very much appreciated. The Daily Rebellion blog gives nonprofits some tips for using MySpace for members and money. She shares four Recommendation Paradigms to Watch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Emily, of the World Grows Wide blog in Australia, responds. Anonymous Blogging. era websites.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The audience will have ample opportunity to ask questions and respond. Panelist: Tara Hunt, Intuit 7.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2006

The project uses a tool named STEVE , an open-source tool for enabling social tagging of museum object images to create folksonomies. Sharing common tags, or pushing a ???feed??? I first heard about this project last November and thought I might check in on it. A new proof of concept paper was just presented.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The ever popular widgets seen on blogs, for example, take advantage of APIs.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Monday rolls around, and you find yourself posting yet another press release to your nonprofit website’s blog. You scroll through your blog roll and see post after post with long text blocks and little else. Captivating blog content is a prime opportunity to engage supporters and get them more invested in your cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" All this will be shared through a lively mix of discussion and case studies.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

Take dynamic speakers from your organization, put in front of the microphone, and help share their passion and stories. Maybe you want it to be seasonal and only have 9 months when you have information to share, or you want it to be on a set schedule, etc. Can import other sources well. What are your goals? Pdocast Directories.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). They consume media, socialize and share experiences through devices more than other age groups." Digital Consumer Report says.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

The how do you write meme is swirling through the edtech community and now Vicky Davis, Cool Cat Teacher Blog , has tagged me. Vicky has written a brilliant post answering the question "How do you write for your blog?" Vicky says that writing a blog, like music, is more than a single solitary note, but a composition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

I hope to share some simple and fun ways to create "shoulder-to-shoulder" instructional media for the panel on Screencasting at NTC I'm doing. If you're still with me, let me share some tidbits about that photo. Again, shows me the power of open content and open source thinking. Introduction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

nonprofit technology thought leader Marnie Webb created the NpTech Tag as a way for nonprofit techies to share bookmarks on del.icio.us. Marshall Kirkpatrick , who was working with Netsquared , whipped up the NpTech Metafeed which allowed folks to aggregate items tagged by nonprofit techies from many distributed sources. And if you???re

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