Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

—– Over on the NetSquared platform right now we are in the midst of the 2010 FACT Social Justice Challenge. NetSquared supports the community at the intersection of technology and social impact in a few ways, including open innovation competitions. Tip #3: Operate in public. Tip #4: Be prepared to change.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

." NYC Startup CatchAFire.org Launches Site To Match Skilled Volunteers And Charities – "Catchafire.org, a service to find and match volunteers with professional skills and charitable organizations in need of their help, will open its website to the public today after about a year in private beta testing."

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Whether that “you” is the government, business, public services, other community members, or even philanthropists. People want to be recognized for contributing anywhere along the spectrum. People believe you should listen to them. Impacts to Philanthropy. We can’t only invest in a product.

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MARCH 8, 2016

Amazon Web Services. TechSoup's NetSquared ( @netsquared ) community manager, Eli van der Giessen ( @elijah ), and Tech4Good SWFL organizer Birgit Pauli-Hack ( @bph ) are thrilled to offer this opportunity for online and offline community organizers to learn from each other! Want to know if NetSquared is right for you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2014

Earlier this week, a mixed crowd of entrepreneurs, investors, start ups, nonprofits, social activists, and others came together for the inaugural conference on Catalyzing the Sharing Economy defined as the use of networked, mobile, information technology to share goods and services. Think AirBNB and Uber, but it is much more than that.

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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. BaniPierduti.ro (Where's my lei, man?)

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APRIL 20, 2007

Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Much commentary and critiques about the semi-public ballotting process. The media here IS the service. AFP Blog points a story about a blackberry service outage that left millions of users without wireless e-mail access.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Big Data and Open Data Reuse by Nonprofits for the Creation of Sustainable Social Services — Wednesday, March 4, 10:30 a.m. Elijah van der Giessen, TechSoup's NetSquared community organizer, will be meeting with fellow community organizers to discuss the challenges and rewards of growing both online and offline communities.

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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. Kim Lowery also gives us a round up the sessions she attended as well as her Day of Service experience.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

That's why TechSoup Global, NetSquared and Microsoft teamed up to launch the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest last November. The contest was judged by a panel of expert judges , but the public could vote for their favorite. Find out what else NetSquared was up to this spring in this roundup. The ReStart Romania.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

It was originally published on NetSquared. Data for Public Service Delivery. Open development and social impact bonds: rethinking healthcare delivery This Guardian article by Mark Herringer explains how incentivising investment and opening information can help local entrepreneurs fill service delivery gaps.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Targeted toward 18-29 year olds, the app links Facebook users with the MyVote online service for voter registration and information. Teen Book Finder (iOS), developed by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), helps teens, parents, teachers, and librarians find the best books and media for teens.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

encouraging radio stations to simultaneously air public service advertising in support of the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. Read more from blogger Kami Huyse (who lives the Houston area), Beth Dunn , Netsquared and the RedCross Blog , The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has issued a roadblock.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2013

It was originally published on NetSquared. Public Data New marketplaces that collect public and private datasets and enable visitors to buy or freely download them are continually being created. A big collection of sites and services for accessing data The Visualising Data blog has provided a list of data providers.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

All of the words probably have different meanings to each of us, but as a term, I mean programming, services, media events or campaigns that emerge from the needs, actions and involvement of the community. Maybe you provide services, and your community doesn’t want to be providing those services, but they are happy you are doing so.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

The Digital Public Library of America held a hackathon to test the prototype DPLA platform and build apps for it. The District of Columbia Public Library has held as series of Accessibility Hackathons. The Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) has also held a few hackathons with the New York Public Library. NetSquared can help!

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 11, 2011

Receive ideas, products, services, or support for free/cheap (keeping in mind that your time is still a cost). Much like the NetSquared Challenges platform , it offers users the option of entering contests and searching through submissions across contests to find ideas. to people in the crowd (as in, expand beyond your community).

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2011

The Independent Television Service is beginning its multi-year public media initiative called Women and Girls Lead. Sometimes it's best just to ask your community what they think of the services you provide. During the month of August, NetSquared wants to know your tips for creating a successful survey !

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

This separation came with no public announcement, either before the move or when it happened, except for a very short email sent a couple days beforehand to account administrators as a warning. That doesn’t mean NetSquared’s perfect, by any measure, but it does mean that a quick abandonment isn’t in store.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? It also must have resources — such as an accessible dataset — available in the public domain to support the app. public libraries to the app. Caravan Studios' App Successes.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2013

It originally appeared on NetSquared. Landmark Steps to Liberate Open Data President Obama has signed an Executive Order to make government data more accessible to the public and entrepreneurs. Some big news this week as President Obama further commits to opening up government data by signing an Executive Order. Open Government Data.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

This time I’ll review the Nominet Trust 100 nominations for the very best technologies for social good, the big TechSoup/ Guardian Technology for Good Report, The soft launch of Hacker Helper, a new free service that sends money over email, the world’s most popular websites, and two new Netflix style subscription services for eBooks.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2012

What We Found in the Numbers We made an effort to include both nonprofits and libraries by promoting the surveys in the TechSoup forums, via NetSquared and TechSoup for Libraries , and through social media. libraries' information and resources, or better engage supporters, volunteers, donors, and other members of the public.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Kevin Lo , NetSquared senior program manager, reports: "Since my account got compromised, I turn on two-factor authentication whenever possible. " Finally, Cameron Jones , senior director, technology solutions and services, reports: "I use two-factor verification on my Google password. its] online banking site.

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MARCH 21, 2009

To see Mailana live map Marshall Kirkpatrick wrote a piece called " The Inner Circles of 10 Geek Heros " using a tool developer Pete Warden's service Mailana. I don't understand by @ntenhross (Holly Ross, Director of NTEN) and @amyrsward (Netsquared community builder) aren't in my cloud. Beth Dunn is a consultant and MBA candidate.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

It originally appeared on NetSquared. He also says that it focuses on service availability and eligibility requirements rather than those it serves. He advocates a Feedback Principle of Public Reporting where organizations publish beneficiary feedback so that the information flow is not top down, but instead people centered.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

There's still time to submit your nomination before October 31, 2011 for this year's Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public interest. Each year, the Tides Foundation awards a $10,000 cash grant to an individual or group who has created an open-source software project that benefits nonprofits and movements of social change.

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2015

Also announced was the winner of this year''s Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest , an annual award of a $10,000 cash grant to one individual who has created or led an effort to create an open source software product of significant value to the nonprofit sector and movements for social change.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. Sign up for TechSoup's email newsletters and discover great resources, ideas, and donated technology for nonprofits and public libraries. Mark your calendar!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2009

Gave a great simple definition of open source software: access to code, users modify, anyone can redistribute, public collaborative development. He shared some recent examples, including those from Netsquared. Q/A -How can you use the tools to procrastinate from taking service in the real world, to take service. -

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APRIL 20, 2009

These services are powered by the RSS feeds that each network offers to its users and makes following activity across sites easier and in one spot. In fact, I watched Laura crowdsource some of her presentation on FriendFeed. FriendFeed also has "rooms" that can be public or private - these feeds with discussion items.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

" New at TechSoup: Your 501(c)(3) nonprofit, library, or foundation can now collect donations by text message — and develop your own mobile site — with discounted and donated services from Connect2Give. This offer is available to all nonprofits, charities, foundations, and public libraries. Benefits of a Mobile Site.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Over on the NetSquared blog , we've been running a great series of posts by Bari Samad about ways that nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries can leverage the power of human capital. The slides above are from a talk I gave last year at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Tell us about it in the comments.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. The Red Cross wasn't just taking in mobile donations, it was leveraging the power of the web for information distribution, as well -- between those following the news and the organizations, relief workers on the ground and the services they were delivering, and more. How can we do that?

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APRIL 27, 2007

TechTalk public television show host Susan McKinnell interviewed Steven Clift about e-democracy including Issues Forums. TechTalk is produced by the University of Minnesota and appears on a number of public television stations. Netsquared featured project WiserEarth In Ode Magazine Social Media Resources. What's next?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

Well, it is going to take everyone, whether you are part of an organization or receive services from one, whether you are a philanthropist or a volunteer, whether you work for a for-profit business or are a community member. We need to have those receiving the services and those delivering them in constant collaboration.

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JUNE 1, 2008

As noted by Holly Ross on the NTEN blog, having a conversation in blogs and other social media is a public conversation. Public conversation has been happening on the Internet since it started - via listservs, newsgroups, and online forums. There are other services: CoComment. Co.Comments.

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