Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

We covered how to do Community Mapping (identifying the segments and goals of the community), Content Mapping (creating a plan for which content goes where, and why), and Data Tracking (pulling all the numbers together). View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Community Mapping. >> Content Mapping. >>

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Metrics Community Map Template 219

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

Qriously is super easy to use: you pick the type of question (two answer, slider, or star/rating), write your question and possible answers, select the location (global, regional or local – if you get a trial account, you are limited to global questions), and then how many answers you want to gather. That’s it!

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Data Mobile Time Map 154

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2010

" Submit your Case Study to the Global Digital Activism Data Set! The 2010 Social Networking Map / Flowtown (@flowtown) – I love maps and I work in social media; so I always love the maps of social media! Here is an updated version of XKCD's Map of Online Communities; with updated numbers and networks.

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Web Bookmarking Case Study Map 114

Forum One

JULY 22, 2021

The site also takes advantage of a number of other Drupal 9 functionalities, including the Data Explorer tool which will launch in August and will include interactive maps. USAID’s Education in Crisis and Conflict Network & Global Reading Network. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

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Drupal Government Websites Module 84

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The answers to these questions will help guide your design decisions anytime you encounter organizational changes… or global pandemics. You don’t need to go all-out creating a design system with code samples—even a living document with screenshots and a few notes on how each pattern is used would help. In practice: 1) Freely in Hope.

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Technique Design Websites Brain 325

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. Come by the TechSoup Global booth in the expo area for Office Hours with me! I’ll be presenting the slides below: Local is the new Global.

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Netsquared Slides NTC Global 100

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

I love maps and the stories they can help us tell. Check it out: "We're building the first up-to-date, interactive map of today's changing nonprofit landscape. If you're a member of the foundation or grant-making community, engaged in nonprofit work, or just interested in mapping and social change, please join us! "

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San Francisco Web Bookmarking Map 111

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 4, 2009

The Twestival is back this September, this time focusing on local groups instead of a global campaign! Vote for your local organization: Some cities have already chosen the organization and others need local people to vote, so use the map on the Twestival site to find your city’s Twestival page to learn more!

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Local Map Guidelines Twitter 100

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. The platform would then take their data, map it from their sending location, and create the other visual support data you see on the map. Indirect Content. Examples from Haiti.

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

The app was created by Caravan Studios , a division of TechSoup Global, with financial support from Microsoft Citizenship. Range allows librarians, nonprofit staff, and other "first referrers" to: Find meal sites by viewing a map of nearby free summer meal sites based on current location or searching by address.

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Feeds Free Hunger Help 78

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

As we all continue exploring the vast horizons of the internet and the social tools it offers, be sure to check out the applications that help you continue telling stories with the power of video, maps and more. Be sure to visit TechSoup Global’s digital storytelling section for webinar archives, blog posts, and chat archives!

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Story Tools Help Online 222

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2010

This past Sunday was October 10th, 2010 – also know as 101010, the Global Work Day for climate action supported by 350.org Partner locations are easy to find using our search and mapping features (PC or Smartphone) or by downloading ‘TapIt Water’ from the iPhone App store. org and others. What is Blog Action Day?

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Action Maldives Oman Malaysia 147

Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Check out our map of events to find your closest group. They collaborated with the TechSoup Global team to bring events into their communities. Eight of the eleven cities in the digital storytelling global tweet chat were led by Net2 local organizers. How big is the NetSquared Local community? Manchester Social Media Surgery.

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Netsquared South Africa Houston Portland 52

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

I see this work in public maps like Open Green Map. Mama Lucy is an Epic Change fellow, and has been an invited speaker at the European Summit for Global Transformation. I see this lesson in the work of 350.org. I see this lesson in the local councils of London trying to open up their data and their leadership.

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Change Nepal Lesson New Jersey 180

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Vision statement: To accelerate progress against catastrophic disease at a global level. Explore Bloomerang’s sample job descriptions for positions like major gift officer and development director. Learn more about annual compliance regulations with the help of Hurwit & Associates state-by-state map. Hold interviews.

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Nonprofit Files Policy Software 82

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Think of it like this: In “Community-driven Social Impact,” the driving is up to the community; but you can act as the vehicle and event the map for those “drivers.” View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. View more documents from Amy Sample Ward. View more documents from Amy Sample Ward. Case Studies.

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Case Study Community Impact Studies 117

NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. The 2009 N2Y4 Conference showcased the Featured Projects from NetSquared's Global Challenge focused on mobile technology. million patients in Malawi and Uganda, they've seen that text messages and cheap mobile phones are great tools on the front-lines of global health. At clinics that serve about 1.2

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Mobile Malawi Netsquared San Jose 36

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

What’s the point in using “global” tools (social media) for local organizing? From @amoration: I find we’re always both global & local, so many of us travel frequently that virtual organizing tools are essential even for “local&# endeavors. Social media used to engage local supporters to act globally.

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Community Build Local Los Angeles 132

Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

Ushahidi is a NetSquared project alumnus who has gone on to create an amazing interactive mapping platform. Find your closest NetSquared Local group on our map ! Burlington, VT: Social Change Anytime Everywhere with Amy Sample Ward. You can apply to be a NetSquared organizer or find your closest event on the global calendar.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 5, 2010

Last year, using the theme of gratitude and TweetsGiving, Epic Change catalyzed the global community to help build a school in Tanzania. How You Can Share: Visit [link] to see the heartspaces already popping up on the map from around the world. At the end of the day, we are humans. We don’t need to pretend we aren’t.

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Tanzania Children Campaign Twitter 137

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

So, what are the biggest lessons for using social media in a global movement? Lesson #3: Local vs Global. The final focus area is on the local vs global impact of social media. Collaborative mapping of climate change policy [link]. CoP15 Global Observatory worth a look [link]. link] is a climate change wiki.

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Social Media Change Media Lesson 145

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

In case you haven''t already grabbed a copy of Kivi Leroux Miller ''s new book, A Communications Map for Engaging Your Community, Becoming a Favorite Cause, and Raising More Money , it will guide you through designing and implementing a content marketing strategy that will bring in supporters.

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Literacy Research Websites Business 58

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The GIS and online mapping technology existed before their project, but Shelter Associates were able to leverage it in a way that helps them advocate for and support work to make changes. I hope that we can actively co-create a global community that is more just and sustainable where innovations aren’t driven by social change needs.

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Change Technology India Social 108

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. The organizations get to do everything BUT drive: you are the vehicle, the gas, the map, the snacks even! Actions and messages were contextualized based on the issues and discussions taking place at both the global and local level. You can read her poem, Untitled, here.

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Build Community Technology Action 220

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 23, 2010

We’ve already seen people come to hashtags or streams fairly quickly in reaction to global events – this could be an easy way to capture the streams, pull out resources, images, and news sources, and so on – in real time! Have you used Tweetnotes? What do you think?

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Review Doc Slides Stream 123

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 21, 2010

This afternoon I had the pleasure and honor of spending a few hours with members of the Charity Technology Trust/Charity Technology Exchange team, part of the TechSoup Global network , exploring their options for creating programs or services to build and foster community throughout their network. This is both locally and globally.

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Case Study Studies Charity Community 162

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Global Giving's " Giving Made Green " launched last week and was written up in the New York Times. Amy Sample Ward writes about the new plugin launched by Social Actions that will place ???possibly Ending Global Slavery is part of an Ashoka initiative Changemakers.net. More coverage in the blogosphere and beyond here.

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Nptech Social Fundraising Plugin 50

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

The way I see it, there are many directions that technology is aiding social change work: enabling data sharing, exchange and mapping. This is a great example of providing a real, authentic voice to a global issue. What are the most immediate actions a global organization like TSG could advocate for?

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Green Mashup Aggregator Org 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. We'll share big ideas for using social media for nonprofit program delivery and some good tips for crowdsourcing for social change.

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Social Media Cancer Jordan Kiva 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 21, 2005

Meanwhile, Mean Lux has become a digerati of sorts -- his story and the story of other bloggers was published in the Cambodia Daily, one of the largest English language newspapers in Cambodia, in an article in Wired News , and Global s Online. Here's a sampling of some of the "Clogs." First of all, tell me about yourself?

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Cambodia Interview Teach Language 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

It offers us a “Map” of how each story affects people and communities. It maps out our plans, our design, our work, the response, our redesign, our work, the response and the overall progress to crossing the Chasm . This enables us to design how to use story effectively, and helps the broader work to be powerfully engaging.

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Story Action Model Adopt 79

NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. We'll share big ideas for using social media for nonprofit program delivery and some good tips for crowdsourcing for social change.

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Social Media Nonprofit Jordan Cancer 67

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

These are the sessions I’m participating in and other sessions by TechSoup Global staff that I may be supporting or checking out as well. Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. Who : Speaker: Rachel Weidinger | TechSoup Global. Who : TechSoup Global staff. When : 9:00 a.m.

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NTC Netsquared NGO API 126

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

Save the Children has just launched an inspiring and informative catalog that lets you and your child explore a map of the world and imagine how simple gifts, vitamins for infants, library books for kids in rural America, or an apple tree in Ethiopia are extraordinary resources. "Time, enthusiasm, expertise, skills.it or someone else???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2005

There is no official organized nonprofit blog census, npo blogroll or a bridge blog like Global s. Here's a sampling of articles: Marnie Webb, CompuMentor Ready to Start Blogging ? More people mapped their work flow. What does the nonprofit blogosphere look like? Omidyar Thread on Nonprofit Blogging. Bloglines (nptech account).

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Conversation NPO Minnesota Blogger 50

Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2007

There's twittervision , twitter's most popular mashup, which shows tweets (twitter entries) real-time on a global map. Create a twitter map mashup of the museum and combine staff, automatic, and guest tweets to generate a dynamic, real-time view of what’s happening at the museum. They are dropping eggs over there!

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Museum Twitter Mashup Broadcast 20

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

We can provide a map, the vehicle, and even the road snacks, but the community needs to be the driver. We are at a very interesting time – with shifts happening locally and globally, governments changing, and new paradigms emerging. Externally, map all the various technologies in play already and that could be put to use.

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