Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. The organizations get to do everything BUT drive: you are the vehicle, the gas, the map, the snacks even! So they provide the examples and maps, but they let the youth pick and pledge whatever it is they want to do to make a difference. Quite the opposite.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 4, 2019

As technology continues to evolve—think things like “Alexa, make a donation,” and the advent of driverless cars and essentially a “second living room”—we’ll only see more opportunities and integrations crop up that allow nonprofits to interact with consumers through platforms like Uber, Venmo, Shopify, and Twitch.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

During the keynote, International Justice Mission (IJM) shared how they’re using technology to deliver on their 2030 Strategic Vision which maps out a plan for rescuing millions, protecting half a billion, and bringing justice for those in poverty. Technology is the accelerator that allows IJM to do that at scale.

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Forum One

APRIL 11, 2023

For example, the Chicago Public Library system created new children’s spaces in their libraries based on extensive visitor research and observed how families and children move through the new spaces and then iterate based on what they find. They are using service design to better serve their community’s changing needs.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Our mighty army of volunteers hosted over 500 free nonprofit technology trainings last year, and we're on track to reach even more organizers this year. Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: Doing a Data Dive to Find Data About Children and Families. Chicago, Illinois: Knowledge Mapping for Greater Social Good.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

M-Changa uses the latest technology and due diligence processes to ensure funds passing through the platform are secure. Map your network including who you will invite, how you will reach them and how much you will ask for. NGOs are starting to see the importance of technology and the opportunity technology brings.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

A lot of your donors might be thrilled to get their children introduced to philanthropy and this could be a great chance to do that. For example, an organization empowering girls in science, technology, engineering and math hosted a “Come Fly a Drone” event for donor cultivation. . Still stumped?

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

With that perspective comes a crucial need for effective technology solutions to connect the expansive organization and empower their work across the globe. Success Story: Helping Children Heal With Salesforce. This process ultimately helps reduce risk and minimize interruptions to operations. . Written by Blake Becker.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. On September 11, despite having reunited several families, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had a list of 1,600 children listed as missing by their parents, or who were seeking their families. Indirect Content. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups.

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VisionLink

APRIL 24, 2015

VisionLink is also proud to be doing our part to improve access to services for vulnerable children and orphans in Haiti, with a new program launching in June. Using our 211 / I&R experience, we are deploying an online resource database, mapping and research tool that connects users to a range of services, including health programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

At the time, Rufina was the CEO of Nasscom Foundation and transforming the nonprofit technology sector with her incredible networking, scaling, and capacity building skills. This start up has a triple bottom line and is the vision of founder and CEO Priya Krishnan – a woman who is passionate about high quality education and technology.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

I did a post a few weeks ago on youth programs in TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map and decided I hadn’t covered this resource nearly enough. Our Local Impact Map. How One NGO Serves 70,000 Children. In the past year, Childreach International has impacted the lives of over 70,000 children.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

It leads to a smart conversation by answering the questions with maps, images, videos, and text. The Children’s Society in the UK launched an AI-powered chatbot, which supports the underserved children in the Wales and England region. It executed a chatbot trail which offered fundraising information to potential donors.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2011

If decision makers simply had a map, they could have made better decisions more quickly, more accurately, and with less complication than if they had tried to use crowdsourcing. Children's reading skill is strongly correlated with their shoe size -- because older kids have bigger feet and tend to read better.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2015

More than 2,000 donated and refurbished tablet PCs with Microsoft OneNote have helped Ordyslexie to create a cost-effective way to provide dyslexic children an easier way to learn. This is the reality for thousands of 10-year-old dyslexic children in the French school system. The children are empowered to learn.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

In the neighborhood of West Philadelphia, People’s Emergency Cente r (PEC) has invested over $57 million into community development programs that seek to change the lives of women and children and inspire families. Check out its LIM story and see how it uses technology to improve its services to the community.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2014

But that's what keeps mobile technology exciting: it's constantly innovating, changing, and reinventing! As we saw at Mobile World Congress and CES this year, wearable technology is gaining traction in both the consumer and professional world. The watch works with a smartphone app to help parents locate their children.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2015

Every year Fast Company, a magazine and media enterprise with an "editorial focus on innovation in technology, ethonomics (ethical economics), leadership, and design" makes a list of The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies. Direct Relief — For using interactive mapping to fight Ebola. The Howard G.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The weekend event was organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , Code for America , Random Hacks of Kindness , and many other organizations and companies. Another project was creating an easily accessible map of Hawaii's farmer's markets. Census Bureau and the Peace Corps.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 30, 2010

One in every three American children is now considered overweight or obese. Seventeen million children live in food insecure households. It’s a great example of how web technology and online tools are changing the game for childhood health advocates across the country. Zisboombah’s free online tool “Pick Chow!”

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

I've always evangelized the potential of tools like Facebook and Twitter to create meaningful communities and collaborations, but now realize the true opportunity for all of us who spend our days mixing up cocktails of mission and technology: . As Robert Scoble pointed out, "It's not so much about technology but people."

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

Forty-two percent of Pottsboro’s school children are eligible for the National School Lunch Program. Both children and older patrons avidly use the library’s public access computers with current Microsoft applications. In a rural town, teens acquiring technology skills can change lives. success stories.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2015

According to the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) , only one in seven children who are eligible for free or subsidized school lunches receive summer meals. In a moderated discussion, the guests list problems that arise in the day-to-day operations of their organizations and brainstorm ways technology might solve them.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

Latino and Asian populations are expected to nearly triple, and the children of immigrants will become more prominent. Today in the United States, 25 percent of children under age 5 are Hispanic; by 2050, that percentage will be almost 40 percent. Map your network. Mapping your whole network is important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

With this particular activity being an experiment we didn’t formally map out a ladder. Our ‘common approach’ principles ingrain values which are critical in experimentation; they include principles that focus us on putting children first, personal responsibility and transparent info sharing.-

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2012

" Because BBBSC functions as a federated model, mapping technology to the. "No technology frameworks. and eager to embrace new technology, others don’t have the staff or the funds, or might not be aware of the benefits." and illustrate how upgrading their technology could have wide-ranging benefits.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 27, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! This week, Ill discuss the second trend, entitled "Technological Advances Abound."

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 20, 2021

Working to support and educate the communities that impact children’s development, including parents, healthcare professionals, and policymakers, this vital organization seeks to lay the foundation for all infants and toddlers in pursuit of a bright future. Expanding Programs + Commitments to Children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

Second Life: NMC Campus Amphitheater (number 5 on the map) (see picture of me above) (NOTE: Please join "NMC Guests" group for access to Amphitheater). Here's who is talking and what it is about: Are kids different today because of their exposure to technology? Webcast link: [link] (beginning at 10:00 a.m. and Catherine T.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

This includes building integrations between your various data-generating technology solutions and your CRM, so all of your data will flow into your most comprehensive database. marital status, number of children in their household). So for example, if you’re hoping to increase major gifts, focus on major gift-related metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

1) Intangibles often come in the form of stories or anecdotes about the technology value and if used along with numbers can help make the case. The discussion around trying to quantify it - can lead to productive conversation about why the technology is important to mission. t been able to shake the urgency in Beth Kanter ???s

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

At TechSoup, we're all about using technology to tell your nonprofit, charity, or public library's story. The Naples Children and Education Foundation (a TechSoup member!), The Brooklyn Public Library created a story about its Bike the Branches program , featuring maps, photos, and an Albert Einstein quote.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

At DNL OmniMedia, we not only offer nonprofit technology consulting but nonprofit marketing consulting services as well. Map out the basic arc of your story. Before you get lost in the details of your nonprofit’s story, map out its basic arc. So for example, let’s say you’re mapping the arc for a story featuring a volunteer.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Named one of the most influential women in technology by Fast Company and one of BusinessWeek’s “Voices of Innovation for Social Media,” Beth was Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation 2009-2013. She is an in-demand keynote speaker and workshop facilitator. Derrick Feldmann. Achieve Agency. John Haydon. JohnHaydon.com.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2011

Here’s a chart mapping the various game design platforms with recommended age range and beginning to advanced game design skill level: How else can we engage learners? Some of the game-making platforms he recommends are E-line Media’s own Gamestar Mechanic , along with Game Salad , Gamemaker and Unity , depending on your needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2006

I've been behind on my reading and blogging due to craziness at work and issues that needed to be attended to with children (don't ask). Also, educational technology bloggers are great resources to read if you are interested in technology for learning. As a result, been behind with the online/blogging part of my life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond," I wanted point to a new (to me) UK nonprofit technology blog discovered via a comment to my post about technology stewards and also weave in some more notes on UK examples. including videos from children and parents [link] Christian Aid???audio apps risk free?

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