Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

The Real-Time Web and Its Future , a new report from ReadWriteWeb , focused on the changing ecosystem of the Web, one that runs in real-time. “For the following report, we interviewed 50 companies, developers and executives building or leveraging real-time Web technology. Probably middle of 2008.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2011

Description : Pressing “send” on an email campaign isn’t as easy as it used to be. Meanwhile, the patience and time of email recipients is. Date : May 10, 2011. Location : Nebraska. Topic : Email Campaigns: Know Your Audience and Get Results. These days, competition for inbox space is increasing.

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NCE Social Media

MAY 14, 2010

One new startup has promised that they are able to keep private the information you post on their social media platform and is getting quite a bit of press for it. Privacy Settings on Facebook source: New York Times - Click for larger version. Please feel free to share in the comments section.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

That was the theme of the ninth Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting that President Bill Clinton, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton recently convened in New York City last month. Just have to find some time and money to tackle them!

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Nick Bilton, a tech columnist for The New York Times , wrote that we could find ourselves in a situation where a medical AI that is programmed to eliminate cancer decides that the way to do it is by exterminating humans who are prone to the disease. I think this is fair to say we have leading minds on both sides of the issue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2011

According to the press release, the first NDU last March reached tens of millions of people internationally. Since then, unplugging has become the movement of the moment, with everyone from the New York Times to Arianna Huffington focusing attention on our overly plugged-in society.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2016

It’s also received a lot of major press coverage ranging from the New York Times to CBS News and WIRED. Developed by Vine co-founder Dom Hoffman, the app is a mix between Twitter and Slack. Last week it reached the top 100 apps in the Itunes store. No easy feat.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Microsoft Press is a great example of this. Through the intervention of a senior Microsoft executive, I got to meet with the MS Press publisher to ask for direct access to their content with rights to serve people with disabilities globally through our Bookshare service. The good news is that for any Microsoft Press book that a U.S.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Debbie and I have known each other since 2009, when we worked together virtually for MicroMentor, Debbie on the West Coast, and me in the Midwest – and Debbie has appeared here on my blog many times over the years, sharing insights about marketing and leadership. At the time, it felt genuinely impossible. Why or why not?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Note from Beth: Last June at the New York City book party for the Networked Nonprofit , Stephanie Strom, New York Times, moderated a discussion on the themes in the book. Net Neutrality protest at Google HQ - GoogleRally 45 by Steve Rhodes, on Flickr. Now, the U.S.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2011

Great because it keeps things interesting and (hopefully) helps you connect with your audiences in new and deeper ways. Frustrating because keeping up with best practices and new tactics can feel exhausting, particularly when you’re already pressed for time and budget. Make it easy for people to take action.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Once we hit November and we’ve gotten through Halloween, Daylight Savings Time, and the first frost, it’s officially the holiday season – and for nonprofits, that means it’s also time for year-end giving campaigns. The reason is twofold: first, it makes sense to align with the holiday season, a time of generosity and giving back.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2011

Since early December, the issue has been covered on over 60 nonprofit and philanthropy blogs, technology blogs and press, and news publications, including The New York Times , Huffington Post , The Guardian , Chronicle of Philanthropy , Nonprofit Quarterly , Cause Marketing Forum , and Foundation Center.

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Care2

JULY 13, 2010

This morning’s stories in the Washington Post and The New York Times are what people are talking about at the water-cooler. When you get a story in the press, people believe it and become attracted to the issue. But how do you get a story in the press? You can show audience through your online buzz.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Are they paid, full-time, part-time? We have two full-time, paid people working on social networking along with me. Chris Poole is our full time Videographer and Media Producer. Because of that added effort we are the 6th most viewed (all time) and 7th most subscribed (all time) nonprofit on YouTube.

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NTEN

MAY 24, 2010

Here are a few recent resources on the topic: The New York Times does a great job summarizing the issue and why it's so important. The Public Policy Communicators of New York City have a great write up of last week's meeting on this topic. Tags: free press Leadership net neutrality savetheinternet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

First, no trains, buses, or planes moved to or from New York City. Then, one of his cousins texted directions based on a new smartphone application called “Waze,” which crowdsources data from nearby drivers to create real-time traffic and road reports and find the best routes. I wanted to get them to safety.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Here’s the article from today’s New York Times. By November 2010, Jumo noted in a New York Times article that they’ve raised $3.5 Jumo setup their offices in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood. Chris Hughes brought in Kirsten Titus as Managing director of Jumo.

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

This wasn’t the first time I had direct communication with a designer due to Ravelry. Then Mathew signed a book deal with Interweave Press! As it was late in the book prep process, time was tight. Mathew sent me the correction. I sent the finished knit pieces back to him and he assembled them into the final garment.

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2011

Free Press Managing Director Craig Aaron said the following about the ruling: The new rules are riddled with loopholes, evidence that the chairman sought approval from AT&T instead of listening to the millions of Americans who asked for real Net Neutrality. Join us!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2010

It has also been covered in the tech trade press, from the cult of the mac to the cult of the android. Almost 8,000 have signed an online petition to urged Steve Jobs to change its iPhone donation policy. To date, there has been no response. Google and Microsoft are all ears.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I met with a very senior nonprofit leader last week in New York who explicitly asked us to talk more about what we're thinking. Benetech's chief scientist, Dr. Patrick Ball, has spent time there working on the scientific challenges of our work studying large scale human rights violations.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 6, 2011

As more nonprofits are looking towards technology to create effective social change, I wanted to take this time to present some exciting events taking place at this year's festival from June 20 - 22 in New York City. and Pierre Guillaume Wielezynski, the Head of Web at the World Food Programme. June 20 is fast approaching.

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NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

may prove to be a key resource for solving some of our most pressing real-world problems," according to game designer Jane McGonigal in The Wall Street Journal. This game is a fast-paced challenge to "save the bay" in five time periods. Each time period offers five trivia questions and a countdown timer. Why are games important?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

” How much time should you spend on social media if you have limited resources?” If your communications team is still solely focused on distributing press releases and pitching newspaper reporters, you are missing out on major opportunities to generate earned media and reach your target audiences via multiple channels.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 20, 2007

The Benetech team read with great interest the recent Op-Ed in The New York Times, entitled An Atrocity That Needs No Exaggeration. This recent setback underscores the pressing need for the human rights movement not overstate the scale of atrocities.

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Care2

OCTOBER 8, 2012

His work on legendary viral videos like The Meatrix and The Story of Stuff series has brought key social issues to the attention of more than 60 million viewers and his interactive work has been honored with 'Best Of' awards three times at the standard-setting South By Southwest interactive festival.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

It's high time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news! This time I’ll review some new developments in privacy and security, social media, cloud computing, digital inclusion, gaming for good, and the new tech blog, Re/code. There’s lots of interesting NPTech news this month.

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NTEN

AUGUST 12, 2010

On August 4, the New York Times broke the bombshell that Verizon and Google were meeting about net neutrality to broker their own proposal. Free Press, Moveon.org, and other partners have organized a rally at Google headquarters this Friday -- that's tomorrow! -- at Noon. So what can you do?

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NTEN

JANUARY 26, 2009

Stephanie Cuskley will not only serve as the CEO of the national network, but will also be Executive Director of the New York NPower organization. You can read more about Stephanie Cuskley in NPower's press release.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

I'm sitting in the press area at the Presidential Forum on Service at Columbia University in New York City. I also sat in on a press conference with Usher, the Summit's Youth Chair, and two participants from Usher's New Look youth program. He was kind enough to smile and say hello.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Building buzz and press for an advocacy action. Facilitating face-time and team building for your regional staff. The road trippers also made stops for advocacy events in Boston and New York before concluding in Washington DC. This meant that press from the road trip also contributed to the buzz around the larger event.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Do you: a) grovel in front of your agency’s accountant and plead with them to make time to do it; b) simply do the budget yourself; c) submit the application without the budget and hope nobody notices; or d) start scrolling through the ASU Lodestar Center Nonprofit News looking for new job opportunities ? What do you do?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

Entering into a rigorous, time-intensive pay for success contract is likely a better plan if a program is not brand new. The Rikers Island pay for success program was rooted in evidence-based research, but had never been operated by the service provider in as complex a setting as the New York City prison (MDRC, 2015).

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Be Mindful of Your Participants’ Time. Supporters of your nonprofit have busy schedules, so you want to ensure your event offers them value that is worth their investment of time. . Our event this year was four days, which, in retrospect, is a lot of time to ask people to dedicate. Spend Time in Pre-Production.

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Forum One

APRIL 17, 2010

The audience will be a mix of students and professionals, many of whom are traveling from New York and D.C. They help us discuss tough and pressing issues. They help new thought leaders emerge and find important roles to play in the community. They help feature and comment on the best resources and expertise.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2010

As I look back at my communication’s and development career technology has changed the way I work - I remember the days when we had a major product launch and had teams of people in New York and Washington D.C. the morning of the announcement to "run" the press releases to the key media outlets/reporters.

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