Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

ProjectRSS for describing projects (part of the Open Philanthropy effort) – I've recently come across this project from John Brennan (@worldlyjohn on Twitter) and am interested in what you all think about it! "Open "Open source software exists in the computer industry. Open Philanthropy is about sharing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

It’s also really interesting to see how free and open source fits into all of this. My role has been to gather up the use cases (specific examples of translation processes). Check out the wiki. What are the tools like? How do we replace proprietary tools? How does this all get paid for? Be Helpful.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It evolves to meet our changing needs, to fit our changing lifestyles, and to integrate into the way we do our work. The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Direct Content.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Of course, I’ve been a wiki fan since the very beginning, and I haven’t lost the desire for true data portability , and open source alternatives to the current social networks. however, as you all know so well, I’m a realist. { at 10:54 am Recent Links Tagged With "millenials" - JabberTags 12.04.08 Be Helpful.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

Open source. Here are some examples of categories and how they might be implemented within a website: Show – Recent Tweets, Likes, Comments. Co-Create – Shared Content: Mapping, Mosaic, Wiki, Links, Games. Open Source – API. Authenticate. Share – Like & Tweet Button, E-Card, Fwd to Friend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2007

We've planned and built the materials (which are a work in progress) on the Social Media Wiki - which also houses a draft guide on Social Media that David is writing for NCVO. The slides and notes with links to loads of resources and examples can be found here. The wiki is under "by" 2.0 Feedback appreciated.

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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.) We worked with Ianncomm for the Drupal development and Frazny for the Salesforce work.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

Can you tell us some examples of how Excel is superior or more supple than Calc? What I’d really like to see though is a true, enthusiastic Open Source community get behind a “better&# spreadsheet for its own sake, not for the sake of copying Office. 2 phil jones 04.19.07 at 6:14 am Thanks for the comment.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

Unfortunately, the nptech world hasn’t yet caught on to the “Planet&# phenomenon of the open source world (see Planet Ubuntu Women.) These are sites that are simply aggregators of the blogs of those involved in a particular open source project (like, in this case, women involved in Ubuntu ). Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

TechSoup publishes Soha El-Borno excellent post " Promote Your Cause on Facebook in Six Easy Steps " and do check out her interview with Carie Lewis from the Human Society about their work on Facebook. Check out the nonprofitmanagement wiki ! and Katya A. It went right into the SlideShare NpTech Group ! Follow her trail here.

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Forum One

JANUARY 22, 2010

Crisis Camp DC participants work hard to develop applications and tools for relief workers in Haiti. One of the most compelling examples are the Crisis Camps that the community of developers and web geeks are leading around the world. Open source maps to help aid workers navigate damaged areas and coordinate their efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Note from Beth: Since the concept of working in Networks is can be hard to explain to newcomers, learning from case studies, stories, and examples can be illuminating. Paul Connolly, who has been a guest blogger on this blog before , covered the session on Open Source Strategic Planning. Guest post by Paul Connolly.

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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 need to start organizing the various pile of UK examples that tagged and grab from various emails and listserv posts. And, then revisit and revise the outline we brainstormed via skype and wiki , and finally build a powerpoint. I have one blog post here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

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. A quick review of the results of Isovera Survey of Open Source Content Management Satisfaction in Nonprofit Organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

An easy example is green technology. Others examples include loans to schools in India and capital for small manufacturers in Ghana. The result of the work might be the “Platinum low cost housing project” and the “Gold job creations” project. People are open sourcing their metrics, and building taxonomy.

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Forum One

MARCH 8, 2009

These are internet-related projects which we think are worthy of funding because they address important civic problems, they will catalyze important work by others, they are imminently scalable, and they are projects which the private sector lacks sufficient incentives to undertake. We outlined an approach on the wiki ?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Random Thoughts on Life and Work blog shares some planning questions about " Project SharePoint or how the organization will use Microsoft's SharePoint for internal collaboration and communication. " I'm sure we could find a few examples in America and elsewhere. Here's an example. Check out NTEN's upcoming Webinar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2008

   They need everyone's help to get the word out on Twitter and the effort will only work if a lots of people are using the system. s Social Media Desk, Independence Year Foundation, The Center for Community Change, Student PIRGs, PBS, Video the Vote, Election Suppression Wiki, Women Donors Network, and Demos. 

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The tool will allow hackers and coders to get up to speed before the hackathon by reading problem statements written from the perspective of the people who are working to solve social problems on the ground: NGOs and activists. They can go straight to work to create useful apps and other tools for solving social problems.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

an open class discussion, or a traditional front-of-room lecture from your teacher? While it isnt always practical to set up a knowledge exchange, especially if youre communicating with a large and diverse group (the "general public," for example), a two-way flow of information is widely accepted to be most effective. open source.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

In Michael Gilbert's Top Ten Reports of the Year (2006) list, there is a pointer to the Roadmap for Open ICT Ecosystems. as an excellent example of systems thinking that needed in the nonprofit techspace. Laura Quinn in her introductory post on the Open Content for Nonprofits NTEN Affinity group points to an article.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

In just 50 minutes Laura Quinn of Idealware , Natalie Foster of the DNC and Rebecca Moore of Google Earth Outreach talked about a ton of great tools to ramp up nonprofits online campaigns ranging from Wikis to Google Earth and Twittter. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

During the session, it was pointed out that crowd sourcing is a way to people, organizations, and communities work together for mutual good, and without competing. The second topic started percolating at last year's SXSW Social Media for Social Good BBQ and a question - so where are the good examples and techniques?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Over the past two years, as part of my work as Visiting Scholar for nonprofits and social media at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I have had the opportunity to participate in The Network of Network Funders (NNF) , a community of practice for funders who are intentionally investing in and working through networks.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 2, 2008

Here's an example that took me 3 minutes to create: fill out this form to be added to our imaginary directory ! Yammer works like Twitter--people send out short messages that anyone can read or follow. Whereas blogs are a good reporting mechanism, wikis are a better collaborative tool. For example, here's my Delicious page.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 16, 2007

Working from home provides amazing freedom, but with that freedom can come isolation. Community and opportunities for collaboration can be lost when it is just you sitting down to work each day. We opened up Citizen Space in San Francisco in November of last year, of 2006. Chris Messina: My name is Chris Messina.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

At Forum One, we are passionate about the open government initiative currently underway. It therefore comes as no surprise that a number of our staff have made a commitment to contributing their ideas on open government outside of work. A select group of these ideas are provided below. Young Diplomat Program. income, age, etc.).

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

They have some great examples on the Pixlr blog as well. It apparently works in Windows 7, but not Windows 8 as yet. It’s not super easy to use, but it has lots of assistance like help files, a user manual and online resources such as tutorials , a wiki , documentation (in 11 languages), forums , FAQs , tips etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

There are lots of alternative gift giving opportunities too, take for example Save the Children gift catalog that lets you and your children explore a map of the world and imagine how simple gifts make a difference. " and that it's "time to comeup with some new rules of engagement - ones that work for us as well as them."

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