Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

But to many people active in online social action communities, these events had deeper meaning. This is a guest post from Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared’s Global Community Development Manager.&#. In reaction to the Causes announcement, Economist bureau chief Matthew Bishop tweeted “Who knew it was on MySpace?” How can this work?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Net2 Think Tank Round-up: Creating Awesome Video | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "For this month's Net2 Think Tank we asked you to share your tools and tactics for creating effective video messages – regardless of budget and organization size.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

New forms of participation such as micro-volunteering, and web-generated events such as Twestival, are changing the way people are coming together to raise funds, donate their time and make a difference in their local and global community. Blog: Sacrifice, optional and about other people (defining volunteering). Volunteer Match.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

New forms of participation such as micro-volunteering, and web-generated events such as Twestival, are changing the way people are coming together to raise funds, donate their time and make a difference in their local and global community. Blog: Sacrifice, optional and about other people (defining volunteering). Volunteer Match.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

I spent today at day 1 of the TechSoup Global Summit in Mountain View with two hundred and forty people who work in the TechSoup Global Network around the world, plus other stakeholders. I’ve been involved with TechSoup/Netsquared Network since its inception back six years ago and so it is nice to be part of the narrative arc.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 20, 2009

Edward Harran is a blogger and nonprofit technologist I have connected with through NetSquared, this blog, and of course Twitter. Thanks to Convio and NTEN, the scholarship fund has generously covered the fees for 57 delegates to attend. Below is the blog post from him, calling for help. As you can see, I chose the latter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. His definition: projects that are not well funded. Photo from Cambodia4kids.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "The 3rd Digital Media and Learning Competition, from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications. Design for People To Self Organize! Between now and January 22, people who add the application can vote up to five times for five individual charities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

This first network was more formalized because of the risks involved in distributing software and also because of the funding investment. The second network, Netsquared , in contrast was more loosely controlled with a lower risk in failure. It required more structure, planning because of the risk associated with failure.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

Twive and Receive Reveals the Top 20 Most Generous Cities & Who Would Win In A Fight Between the Hulk and a Kitten | Razoo Media Room – "Julie Nations, the Executive Director of The Ellie Fund said “It’s been the best communications outreach program we’ve ever done. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. People donate to a shared cause in honor of that for which they are most grateful. Where do the funds go? Once the tweets of gratitude started to flow in we new we had identified a very powerful emotional chord with people. How can people get involved?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. People donate to a shared cause in honor of that for which they are most grateful. Where do the funds go? Once the tweets of gratitude started to flow in we new we had identified a very powerful emotional chord with people. How can people get involved?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Transforming Communities is a Microsoft-funded initiative that builds on what TechSoup and Microsoft already learned through the first App It Up project. Razoo (iOS) helps you keep track of each donation, track your fundraising progress and thank people when they donate. Mobile Fundraising Tools.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Transforming Communities is a Microsoft-funded initiative that builds on what TechSoup and Microsoft already learned through the first App It Up project. Additionally, Microsoft recently announced its YouthSpark initiative, which aims to create opportunities for 300 million young people over the next three years. iStudiez Pro.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2009

FT.com / Weekend columnists / Tim Harford – Perhaps microfinance isn’t such a big deal after all – "Last December, I showed some unwitting prescience by worrying about a backlash against microfinance, the practice of providing small loans – or perhaps savings products or insurance – to poor people.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 5, 2009

In addition to moving towards our objective, we also have to make sure people understand and appreciate the benefit of the short gain. It’s not about raising more funds, it’s about raising enough funds. Enough funds to win the small, measured victory and build towards the larger ones. The smaller ones, not so much.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

encouraging radio stations to simultaneously air public service advertising in support of the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. The Red Cross is asking people to extend the road block to social media space. Read more from blogger Kami Huyse (who lives the Houston area), Beth Dunn , Netsquared and the RedCross Blog ,

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Transforming Communities is a Microsoft-funded initiative that builds on what TechSoup and Microsoft already learned through the first App It Up project. These Facebook games, however, can help give disadvantaged children hot meals, save zebras, and provide people worldwide with clean drinking water. Mobile Apps.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

To get diverse perspectives from TechSoup Global staff about user-generated content, we asked Marc Manashil, Community Evangelist for NetSquared, to share how challenges like Restart Romania enable users to get engaged at all levels. Web-based challenges are not a new phenomenon at TechSoup Global.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

During the early days of our Netsquared project , we held big annual conferences to showcase and fund innovative tech for good. We got to know Ushahidi's work when it entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May of 2008. I was there that year and the competition was intense.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Even though we're huge nerds here at TechSoup, we also realize that being security-minded is one of those virtuous things people know they should do — like drinking enough water or eating lots of vegetables — but it's easy to postpone or overlook. Attend a local in-person educational event for nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

The Scoop: Perhaps one of the most buzzed about crowdfunding platforms, Kickstarter is a way to fund projects. Kickstarter makes it clear that it isn't for direct charity or cause funding, but about project creation. If a project succeeds, Kickstarter will charge a 5% fee to the funds collected. Kickstarter.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2013

NetSquared is proud to be a sponsor of this kickstarter project. We see a bit of a challenge out there: there are still thousands of people campaigning for change who are still a bit befuddled by how to rock the social web. So, we did what a bunch of people with wingnut ideas do. Help complete this project by pledging today !

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

The needs and goals of the larger community are listened to by someone or a group of people and they create opportunities for action, service, and change. Just like throwing a party you need to have someone making food, someone pouring drinks and someone else showing people where the bathroom is. Events: NetSquared Camps.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

This post originally appeared on the Netsquared blog and was authored by Bari Samad, an NGO domain expert for NetSquared. Last week, the world’s population reached a staggering 7 billion people. Now, it only takes about 13 years to add a billion people! billion are young people between the ages of 10 and 24.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2006

Four Big Questions about the Future of the Web I am part of supporting Compumentor's big NetSquared event, and they asked me to answer four key questions about the future of the web and the nonprofit sector. Funding availability, especially to the most capable and dynamic groups. fund raising software). What's the bad news?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

The Scoop: Perhaps one of the most buzzed about crowdfunding platforms, Kickstarter is a way to fund projects. Kickstarter makes it clear that it isn't for direct charity or cause funding, but about project creation. If a project succeeds, Kickstarter will charge a 5% fee to the funds collected. Kickstarter.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2010

This morning, NetSquared hosted a special unconference at NTC on open data. One big idea was that funders should be educated about the value of nonprofits adhering to open-data formats and require that projects they fund meet certain criteria for open-data.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I hope you'll add to the list: Change/Wire Dining for Women Ella Baker Center Echoing Green Genocide Intervention Network Global Fund for Women Global Voices' Rising Voices Google.org Idealist NetSquared NTEN People's Grocery Save Darfur Social Actions Spot.us Stone Circles Streetside Stories Sustainable Table TechSoup U.S.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2009

It's also the longest, because Vince is a very interesting guy, with a lot of interests and a talent for connecting people and ideas. . Or maybe you've already voted in the NetSquared Challenge. This is the sort of thing we're talking about -- transparent philanthropy driven by the people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2008

I met Dave Cohn (aka Digidave ) at the Netsquared Conference where I did a quick video interview with him about getting started in social media. Dave won the Knight News Challenge and with the grant money he will build a nonprofit to pioneer community funded reporting. Dave did a video interview of me about the cute dog theory ).

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

It originally appeared on NetSquared. This Wall Street Journal post discusses how John Arnold a former natural-gas trader at Enron and hedge fund founder is giving away his $4 billion fortune through a new “Moneyball” approach to giving. Data and Philanthropy. The New Science of Giving. Data Philanthropy: Where are we now.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

Like TechSoup's other community-driven tech-innovation initiatives — the NetSquared challenges , the ReStart movement , and Apps4Warsaw — Caravan Studios' work is informed first and foremost by the needs of the community itself. "People who are trusted in their community can help spread the word," said Jaeger.

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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. The project was originally funded by Microsoft for the Transforming Communities of Practice grant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. Let's discuss: join us!

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

This summer I've been interviewing the innovators behind the 21 Projects that went to the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) this year (I'm the Community Builder for NetSquared). Freecycle is a nonprofit that facilitates people giving and getting stuff for free in their own towns. A lot of people setting up nonprofits using Freecycle.

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