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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2005

Currently, blogs are measured in systems like Technorati or ranked in PubSub by links or by number of subscribers to a feed in Feedster. Technorati Tags: blogher nptech In particular, these are the not very interesting, subtle or telling measures used to make indexes like the Technorati Top 100 or the PubSub 100 or the Feedster 100.

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NTEN

MARCH 15, 2010

The New York State Senate has a Twitter feed. Their theory is that anything they build has to be built open source, so that the taxpayers can access and use any innovations. We'll be posting all sorts of information about us, and we'll make all that data as open as possible. (If We want to rock the sector.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Also found in the NpTech tag stream and a good backdrop to this conversation is " When the best tool for the job. Marshall Kirkpatrick points us a tag 'PrezConference" for YouTube users to record their questions for the candidates on YouTube. ActiveCollab an open source project management tool.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2007

Open source software, like kittens, take care and management. Other projects take more care and feeding, and you might have to take it to the vet. Other projects take more care and feeding, and you might have to take it to the vet. But then, you own it – you can do much more. at 10:00 am Free. brilliant. Be Helpful.

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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. Connect & Learn more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Peter Dietz has an article explaining why we need group fundraising RSS feeds. Marshall Kirkpatrick's Comparing 5 Ways To Tag Videos hit dig popular. Webinars about personal fundraising (with Kevin Bacon) and Open Source Software (Michelle Murrain) over at NTEN next week. without leaving the virtual world!

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2009

Over the past month, I had the privilege of being the Forum One Project Manager for a fun, open-source web application development contest: the Apps for America 2: Data.gov Challenge. Tags: Communication Government Transparency Strategy Technology. Here's how: 1. Register for a Sunlight Labs account. Cast your ballot.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 2, 2007

And tag your posts so more people can find them – they are gold. Also, a minor technological thing – the RSS feed is a bit wonky sometimes (strange formatting, and it’s not always clear when there are new items.) Technorati Tags: npblogtipping , nptech , blogtipping { 1 trackback } The Bamboo Project Blog 03.03.07

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. "Similar to their corporate counterparts, nonprofits are discovering that they can increase their effectiveness while maintaining lower operating costs by utilizing Web-based and open source tools. What Is Web 2.0? Citizen journalism.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Keep track of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, no matter which blog is hosting, by subscribing to the Carnival feed. Technorati Tags: carnival , data management , nptech { 2 trackbacks } The Bamboo Project Blog 03.13.07 Finally, if data management stresses you out, here are some tips ! at 10:14 pm Good carnival! Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Keep track of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, no matter which blog is hosting, by subscribing to the Carnival feed. Technorati Tags: carnival , data management , nptech { 2 trackbacks } The Bamboo Project Blog 03.13.07 Finally, if data management stresses you out, here are some tips ! at 10:14 pm Good carnival! Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Marnie Webb (who appears to be blogging a bit more these days since she switched to a MAC ) tagged an interesting article from the Wall Journal that asks " Is there a numerical cap on how many friends we can have? The NOSI Choosing and Using Free and Open Source primer is on the ICT Hub Knowledgebase! And if you???re

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

Part IIa: Social Bookmarking September 24, 2006 After writing my post on tagging , I got sidetracked by Marnie Webb’s mention of ma.gnolia , and then went off to investigate, then decided to write about social bookmarking tools. And I prefer the popup to delicious opening in the same window and messing up my page navigation stream.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

NTEN member organizations US Fund for UNICEF and Feeding America discuss their experiences so far with this online media investment. While we're handing out congrats, nice work, EchoDitto , on the new open source Mother Jones website. Speaking of turning to online media, has your organization invested in online banner ads?

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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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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

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. Tags: events 09ntc netsquared nten. Here’s how to find Amy and connect with NetSquared. Sessions and Events.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

″, 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. Our application also automatically generates RSS feeds for their supporters to stay engaged throughout the life of the project.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Audacity (open source software for Windows, Linux, or Mac) and Garage Band (Mac only) are two of the most common tools podcasters use. When encoding your mp3 file, two important considerations are the ID3 tags and the bit rate. The ID3 tags help identify the file when it is being played. Marketing and Distribution.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

I had originally planned to talk about RSS/XML after tagging, but I decided instead to hold off on that as a start on the posts about the inner guts of Web 2.0. Look at what kinds of things you can do to your website, for instance, to create RSS feeds for new content, instead of thinking of starting a blog. Such is life. Be Helpful.

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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. Some more examples and resources from the LASA list: Sean Kenny points to an example of publishing content with RSS feeds.

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

s very innovative in its open-source and collaborative approach, it?s Tags: Collaboration Environment Technology. Global Energy Observatory ? We think GEO should be funded because: it?s s focused on an important problem ? how we generate and use energy, it?s version as a proof of concept. We think it?

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

s very innovative in its open-source and collaborative approach, it?s Tags: Technology Environment Collaboration. Global Energy Observatory ? We think GEO should be funded because: it?s s focused on an important problem ? how we generate and use energy, it?s version as a proof of concept. We think it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2009

Lucy Bernholz , on her Philanthropy 2173 Blog , wrote a post called " Foundations Set Your Content Free where she shares an interesting historical perspective of open sourcing your work. She describes several different systems and share economies. Tags: creativecommons. If so, please share.

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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. TechSoup has RSS feeds too! here , using the ICT4peace tag. CEO Kintera steps down. Generation.

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Care2

JANUARY 23, 2009

Click2Call, a new online tool that the folks at web development firm Advomatic have built on Drupal’s open-source software platform, is the latest indication that patch-through call campaigns may finally be ready for prime time. Never miss a post by subscribing to frogloop's RSS feed. Receive monthly updates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

Photo from my flickr stream View the Tagging Screencast Presented by NTEN. I'm pleased to announce that my screencast about tagging has been released and showcased by NTEN ! I created it for the screencast to illustrate the definition of tagging. Again, shows me the power of open content and open source thinking.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

Audacity - open source and free, lots of community resources, have to download a separate mp3 encoder but they have links on their site. Can import other sources well. ID3 tags - can use itunes for this, drag album art and file over. upload to Internet Archive and use OurMedia to generate RSS feed, etc.

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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.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Feeding America took a unique approach to the event recap blog post by interviewing their director of advocacy and neighbor engagement about her experience at the event. Anne is an advocate for open source and co-organizes the Bay Area Drupal Camp.

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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. another person Vicki tagged was Doug Johnson , author of the Indispensable Teacher's Guide To Computer Skills. It is also becomes my muse and a key source of inspiration. Flickr photo from AussieGal.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 2, 2008

Set up Yammer to host an internal, private free Twitter feed for your institution. Delicious is an online bookmarking system that makes it easy for you to "tag" websites of interest and save them on a single webpage. Yammer works like Twitter--people send out short messages that anyone can read or follow.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

sites include a democratic approach to content, organization by tagging, and new, much more flexible and intuitive interfaces. and tag my links, I contribute content to a number of sites, including H20 Playlist. First up, after this post, will be an investigation tagging and folksonomies. Hallmarks of Web 2.0 I think Web 2.0,

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Most products have had barcodes on them for years that feed information in to inventory databases and also collect data on consumer buying habits. Increasingly people there are demanding transparency and an open-source Internet as a necessary condition of democratic society in a deepening information age. for some time now.

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