Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2009

This month’s Net2 Think Tank question asks, “How do you stay up-to-date online?&# There are so many blogs, news sources, and conversations happening at the same time, every day, and the chances that you’ll be able to find them all without trying is pretty unlikely. Getting Started. Simply visit [link] to get started.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

NetSquared’s February series exploring “Online Community Organizing” includes three different interviews; I’m really excited to participate! I’ve included my interview below, but you can also read it and join the conversation on the NetSquared blog. I definitely recommend them both!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I am completely overwhelmed by the positive, kind, touching things that so many community members have shared about the work we have all done together during my time with NetSquared and TechSoup Global over the last two and a half years. I will also continue hosting the monthly Community Builder chats and hope you’ll join!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

If there isn't a group nearby, we'll help you start your own NetSquared group. Check out our newest groups: * [NetSquared Abuja]([link] in Abuja, Nigeria --> --> What have NetSquared groups been up to recently? Naples, Florida: Best Blogging Practices and Editorial Calendar. Arlington, Texas: DFW Nonprofit Geeks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I've been looking at the examples the folks have shared in the WeAreMedia Module 3: Sharing Your Story Social Media Style , particularly blogs and thinking about questions, strategies, and frameworks that one might think about before getting into the nitty gritty of the tool itself.  Who will write for the blog? Netsquared.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Get answers to your tech challenges at a NetSquared meetup (see list below). Check out this video from NetSquared Northern Michigan’s recent meeting. ” September’s NetSquared Events. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

The Face (book) of NetSquared Champions. The NetSquared Conference is just days away and the NetSquared blogs are buzzing with activity! Not attending the NetSquared Conference but want to follow the tag stream? I noticed a lot of "Top Ten" blog posts this week. You can subscribe to the Yahoo Pipe.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. Define Specific Parameters for Your Event Program. Narrowing the scope of your programs means people can contribute better. Hackathons, coding sprints, app challenges, oh my! Make It Tight.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

NetSquared’s Global Community Builder , Amy Sample Ward, will be at the NTC this year to connect and collaborate with friends, colleagues and new faces in the sector. Here’s how to find Amy and connect with NetSquared. How to follow along and connect: My blog will have live blog coverage and sessions notes.

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Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2017

Find out about our trove of how-to articles, weekly webinars, discussion forums, Netsquared in-person training events, and new step-by-step online courses. The webinar program also demonstrates TechSoup's many product donations so you can understand what they can do and if they are right for your organization. TechSoup Blog.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 13, 2013

You're probably already familiar with TechSoup's great blog posts on fundraising, like Fundraising: The Tech Tools You Need and 19 Effective Fundraising Ideas from Nonprofit Pros. We've compiled some of the best articles, blogs, and webinars from our partners in Canada, Australia, and the global NetSquared Local groups.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

I’m honored to have a guest post up on Care2′s Frogloop blog today! Read the post and join the conversation on the Frogloop blog (or read the post below). —– Over on the NetSquared platform right now we are in the midst of the 2010 FACT Social Justice Challenge. Tip #4: Be prepared to change.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

NetSquared has doubled down on our local focus by recruiting Regionals Ambassadors who are offering mentorship and support to new and prospective Net2Local organizers. I’m really excited about the Ambassador pilot and look forward to expanding the program next year. NetSquared Camps and Travel Bursaries. Monthly Roundups.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 23, 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). Fine Blog – "The Case Foundation has just released an evaluation of their innovative “Make It Your Own&# program.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2012

BiGTech will be tracking the projects' progress and reporting back on its blog. NetSquared , an initiative from TechSoup Global, holds similar events all around the world to connect NGOs with the resources they need. NetSquared brings nonprofits together with programmers, designers, and other business professionals in their area.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

Finding the right CRM (constituent relationship management) program for your organization can help you find potential donors, foster relationships, and organize successful fundraising campaigns. With so many different CRM programs out there, however, it can also be very overwhelming! TechSoup Global Blogs, Articles, and Webinars.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

TechSoup's NetSquared is the world's largest volunteer-driven network of in-person nonprofit technology training and peer support events. Check out NetSquared's year in review , and discover what topics are most popular with our attendees and how NetSquared organizers are creating communities of practice for TechSoup members.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 8, 2009

I originally posted on the NetSquared blog. Thanks to the work of Denise Moorehead of Third Sector New England , the distinguished videographer Steve Garfield , and Deborah Elizabeth Finn , a growing number of videos are collected on TSNE’s Strategic Communications Blog. How would you define capacity building?

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2016

Help put together the educational program for the 2017 Nonprofit Technology Conference , taking place March 23 – 25, 2017 in Washington, DC. Editors' note: NetSquared organizers and TechSoup staff submitted sessions, and we would LOVE it if you weighed in and voted!]. TechSoup and NetSquared NTC Session Proposals.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. [Ed. There are so many blogs, news sources, and conversations happening at the same time, every day, and the chances that you’ll be able to find them all without trying is pretty unlikely. There are hundreds of millions of blogs according to Technorati, and that’s just blogs!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery. Social Media in Program Delivery.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

During my conversation with Rose, she told me about a panel she was on, that had a mainly women audience, and how surprised she was by how many women had questions about blogging basics. I started thinking, sounds like there are a lot of women out there who would like to start a blog, but don't know how. www.brittbravo.com blog women

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

Here's peek into what we've been up to: TechSoup Global has two new posts on the Markets for Good blog, an effort by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Liquidnet to improve the system for generating, sharing, and acting upon data and information in the social sector. Initiative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The second network, Netsquared , in contrast was more loosely controlled with a lower risk in failure. The Netsquared Network which has grown to over 27,000 people world wide through its self-replicated face-to-face events has grown quite differently. Here’s some points that Marnie mentioned: -Allowed the people to be the starts.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Next week I'll be teaching a session about blogging during a nonprofit social media webinar, We Are Media, presented by NTEN. As part of my preparation, it seems like a good time to update my 2006 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Us Blogs , and my 2007 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

It originally appeared on NetSquared. In this post Madeleine Clark, an AidData Summer Fellow, talks about the need for open data programs to be responsive to citizens needs. Open Source data NetSquared big data' Is Open Data Just A Flash in the Pan Movement?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Note from Beth: Celeste Wroblewski writes the studio 501c blog. In response to this post by Seth Godin on nonprofits and social media, I repeat what I said three years ago over at the Netsquared Community. Photo credit: [link] / CC BY 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

In less than a month, the " Crowdsourcing Innovative Social Change " panel will take place at SXSWi To prepare for the panel, we decided to do a little crowdsourcing of our own by asking folks to submit examples of how they are using social media to deliver programs that have a real world impact. The deadline is February 26th.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Speaker: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)? . Web: - if you want me and my blog, visit: [link]. - if you want me and the whole global NetSquared community, visit: [link]. - Tags: 10NTC amy sample ward Community NPTech Social Media Program.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2017

A recent NetSquared London Meetup investigated the IT tools that can be used to get nonprofit operations done cheaply and effectively. You can also enroll those managers in CAST's Digital Fellowship program for nonprofit leaders, which is recruiting now! This blog post was written by Austin Clark. Choosing the Right Tools.

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Care2

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Over on the NetSquared platform right now we are in the midst of the 2010 FACT Social Justice Challenge. NetSquared supports the community at the intersection of technology and social impact in a few ways, including open innovation competitions.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2013

Get your world-changing ideas together and warm up your programming fingers because the National Day of Civic Hacking is happening across America on June 1 and 2, 2013. This article from Edelman's Good Purpose blog provides more guidance on throwing your own nonprofit hackathon. NetSquared can help!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

All of the words probably have different meanings to each of us, but as a term, I mean programming, services, media events or campaigns that emerge from the needs, actions and involvement of the community. But both the community and your organization want to see certain laws passed, things improved, programs created or groups supported.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. TweetsGiving last year was overwhelming because we put the program together so quickly and really didn’t know what kind of response we would get. What was last year’s celebration like and how do you think it’ll be different this year?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. TweetsGiving last year was overwhelming because we put the program together so quickly and really didn’t know what kind of response we would get. What was last year’s celebration like and how do you think it’ll be different this year?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 27, 2006

Do any of you blog readers or blog writers out there ever get the blogging blahs? Maybe its because its winter or because I'm busy or because I'm hormonally challenged (you know what I am talking about ladies), but I have been having the blogging blahs. blogging blahs blogging nptech net2

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Last March I was on a blogging panel for an event put on by the Alliance of Technology and Women. To prepare for the panel, I wrote up 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs. You can read Steve's blog at the Eye of Bakersfield. Blogs fall under the category of "social media" because they are, well, social. So here it goes.10

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