Connection Cafe

JULY 15, 2013

Will Cary with the Portland Museum of Art shares how the organization invested and innovated to grow. - Episode #3 with Amy Sample Ward, Mark Rovner, Alia McKee, Melanie Mathos, and Frank Barry. Subscribe in iTunes Subscribe in a reader. Amy Braiterman with Blackbaud talks about key trends and metrics in peer to peer fundraising.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Philadelphia's Net Tuesday livestreamed a talk by Amy Sample Ward on building a multi-channel campaign. Portland, OR's pdxtech4good shared the secrets of using Internet and smartphone tools to engage and support volunteers. Portland, OR: Mini Sessions from Locals Who Presented at 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2013

Check out the NetSquared blog to keep on top of the gossip and reporting from our network: Burlington’s Amanda Levinson reports on Amy Sample Ward’s presentation about her new book “Social Change Anytime Everywhere” The Weather Gods tried to stop the event, but Vermonters are tough! Coolest Thing of the Week.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

It’s been a few weeks now; I’ve used it to share photos from a work trip to Portland, Maine, and to explore my neighborhood in New York. I was so energized by the tool—both its current functionality and its potential for future application—that I downloaded the mobile (Android) version and started testing it on the spot.

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NTEN

APRIL 17, 2015

Portland HQ staff spent an afternoon at the Oregon Food Bank. Development Manager, Eileigh Doineau; Conference & Events Manager, Andrea Post; Education Director, Ash Shepherd; Content Manager, Steph Routh; CEO, Amy Sample Ward; and Community Program Coordinator, Bethany Lister (that’s me!)

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

For the past few years, I've been in Portland, OR, far away from this tradition -- which may explain why it feels a bit like September has smacked us over the head, as it walked unannounced into our summer party. Amy Sample-Ward was kind enough to break it down for us back in February.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2007

Amy Sample Ward's Version of NpTech Amy Sample Ward is writes about nonprofits, technology, and social media. She's based on Portland. If you read her blog, you'll notice the lively conversation that happens in the comments. Michele, thank you for everything you share so generously and for all that you've taught me.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 19, 2009

I'd also throw @meyermt (The Meyer Memorial Trust) into the mix, a regional private foundation in Portland, OR. Are you already tweeting from a foundation - what has your experience been? The Kid at the State Department Who Figured Out the Iranians Should Be Allowed to Keep Tweeting - A great profile on the man (not kid!)

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2009

The Current Nonprofit Landscape: "We are all in this together" - Are you a nonprofit or foundation in Portland/Oregon? "It Well, #CharityTuesday was started as a way of creating visibility for orgs using Twitter, get them talking to each other instead of just broadcasting information, and more. Learn more here.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

Portland, OR: Mini Sessions from Locals Who Presented at 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Burlington, VT: Social Change Anytime Everywhere with Amy Sample Ward. A total of 28 events were held in May in cities ranging from Guayaquil, Ecuador to Adelaide Australia. Find your closest NetSquared Local group on our map ! Friday, May 3.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

Looks like the NpTech community in Portland, Oregon is thriving. I suspect NTEN's presence in Portland has something to do it! Hat tip Amy Sample Ward for discovering it!). Laura Whitehead is the session designer for a workshop on Social Media and Nonprofits and she's asking for input from the NpTech community on the session.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2008

The snow part has been humorous ( because Portlanders don't do snow ). I had heard of these guys before, but finally signed up for a sample analysis of the NTEN community. Flickr Photo: Dunechaser I'm shovelling my way out of both snow and email this week. . The folks at TechRepbulic take a look at what we can learn from him.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 19, 2009

I know there are lots of excellent things taking place back in Portland today, but it’s not a holiday over here in London. So…What’s this have to do with MLK Day? I joined the cause to Answer Obama’s Call to Renew America Together. It was a Monday like any other, really: conference calls, emails, deadlines, etc.

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NTEN

APRIL 18, 2014

On April 16, the NTEN team in Portland spent the afternoon volunteering at Schoolhouse Supplies , in belated honor of National Volunteer Week. Schoolhouse Supplies is a nonprofit based in northeast Portland that helps to serve classrooms in need by operating a volunteer-run Free Store for Teachers, which is stocked with donated supplies.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 10, 2014

21st, in Portland, OR. Hear NTEN''s Amy Sample Ward, and many NTEN Member expert speakers about the power of social enterprise, how changemakers are using social media to create impact, and the new ways change is being funded today. Allyson Kapin of FrogLoop offers tips and tricks for exploring and experimenting with Ello.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Johns — my North Portland, Oregon, neighborhood — I've been working this year on a new, all-volunteer mentoring program for local teen parents. - Amy Sample Ward, amysampleward.org I invite people along for the ride. With a group of mom-friends in St. Amy Potthast, Idealist.org Make it interesting.Make it shareable. -

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 12, 2010

Like you, the contributors are from a vast array of places in the world from Stockholm, Brussels, and London to Thailand, Australia, and Uganda, and include Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, NYC, Los Angeles, Houston, Cleveland, Chicago, and Boston.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 12, 2010

And then I found one in Portland, Oregon , which I think you mentioned was someone who had worked here, and then one in Portland, Maine. We have usually some samples of the food so you can taste things. Are there more that I wasn't able to find? We're not familiar with those folks in Maine.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Breast Cancer has impacted my family, like many others, and I grew up participating in Komen’s Race for the Cure in Portland every year with my mom. And just as quickly as people responded with outrage against Komen, the conversation changed to be about the women who would continue to need support and the services that help them.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014. Happy new year!

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