Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

—— John has spent time working for Microsoft, doing R&D for the defense industry and was part of a few past startups that didn’t quite reach “critical mass.&# The mashup was a map showing where people were volunteering in near-real-time. Working on trying to find time to sleep.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

Technology can solve information problems, organise communities and publish behaviours, but they can’t deliver food or care for the sick. Be specific, define the issue, problem or idea, and let the answers pour in. Every time you add a feature to your toolset, you make the existing features harder to use. Know your limits.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 4, 2009

This time around Andy had added some improvements in both props and procedure. Amy summarised it for me: The grid sequence helps ensure that people consider first the problem they are tackling, then the way the audiences, community, or “people” will be engaged. More on that here.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2009

It’s the time of year again when organizations, large and small, try to break out the holiday wishes, stories, and campaigns to get one last donation, one last gift and one last pledge in before the new year. I have a very close friend who came to me with a “problem&# a couple holiday seasons ago. A Little Story.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 16, 2008

So, I figured this would help friends celebrate my birthday with me, but help out a worthy organization, at the same time! just after sending in the message about the issue, he let me know they were aware of the problem and were working on it 2. I clicked through and created my birthday cause in support of Free Geek! (I’ve

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2010

This is a significant problem for the social enterprise movement." <br /> <br /> Our goal with this site is to help nonprofits and other volunteer organizations grow and thrive by giving them easy access to the<br /> resources they need to better manage their time and volunteers. <br

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

. "The United Nations Joint Inspection Body recently spoke to web professional in 40 UN agencies to identify what the most common problems are and how to fixed them. Meru, Shepherds Junior School was connected to the internet for the very first time. "Hujambo from Tanzania!

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

. "The United Nations Joint Inspection Body recently spoke to web professional in 40 UN agencies to identify what the most common problems are and how to fixed them. Meru, Shepherds Junior School was connected to the internet for the very first time. "Hujambo from Tanzania!

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 23, 2009

If you are looking for a different, fun, and insprirational opportunity to take a different look at how technology can help in social benefit organizations and addressing local social problems, then this is definitely the game for you! Time: 5:30 pm doors, 6 pm game starts! See you on 2 June for London Net Tuesday!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

The way we engage in public dialogue, coordinate, solve problems—all of it is shifting. Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world. Rapid advances in digital media and technology are changing how we connect to information and each other. New networks are emerging everywhere.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2011

However, in the world of nonprofits, where an organization cannot afford to have boots on the ground full time in all of the cities they have supporters, it is up to the event planner to figure out new solutions to the problem of “you can’t be in two places at once&#."

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

I like to think of it this way: Organizations may have the research or data, the capacity and staff, to identify problems and opportunities, to build messages, calls to action and campaigns. Those are the areas where we can operate larger than ourselves, move from one-time efforts to long-term impact. Have people heard of 350.org

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 10, 2012

I have no problem against the latter as long as you are positively affecting the company’s bottom line and meeting your goals but I do have a few things to say to social media strategists who have been hired to do their job but end up spending more time just wrestling within their office corridors to go “social.”"

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

Building on last year’s session, we were pleased that this year we had the opportunity to introduce the “crowdsourcing” experiment to collectively solve our nonprofit technology problems." What does social media success look like, anyway?"

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

It’s time we stop blindly believing in mythology. We invite you to let us know about any problems you encounter by emailing tools@answr.net. I’m not saying don’t give. I’m not saying don’t be spiritual or don’t be good. But do it with thoughtfulness, with true spirit, with a true desire to help.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Facebook Will Be Google-able (If Your Profile is Set to Public) – “At Google’s event today announcing a number of fantastic new features, including real-time search, a new partnership was announced: real-time search of public Facebook status updates.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

At the same time, its assets have grown from $120 million to about $600 million, after giving away $500 million. “To This is the first time the foundation has asked for broad and direct public input in its grants process. This is not a time for faint-hearted suggestions, it’s a time to think big,” Stamm said. “We

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

government also has its own problems with networked activists. We’ll take a look at the issues you most need to be concerned about one at a time." Now, thanks to the tactical success of Operation Payback's DDoS attacks, they are. What does that mean for you?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

Those nonprofits that have already created custom tabs using the Static FBML app will continue to be supported (not indefinitely, however), but those that want create custom tabs for the first time or switch over to iframes have a few new apps to experiment with, namely Static HTML iFrame Tabs, Static HTML for Pages, and TabPress."

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Web Offline Bookmarking Facilitation 111

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 12, 2008

It’s the time of year when people start placing their bets on where we’re going next. Mashups in this sense aren’t going anywhere, especially as platforms are built to help create them with less technical knowledge and in less time. Mashups of applications and spaces, not just information.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

It’s Time to Focus on Volunteers’ Results - Philanthropy.com - Evan Hochberg has a terrific post on Philanthropy.com starting an important conversation on what to do about all this focus on volunteering and service. "Government, Check out her live tweet stream and the highlights from the conversation.

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Web Bookmarking New York Blogger 102

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Pando Projects is a nonprofit that empowers people—in particular Millennials—to step up as leaders and develop new, local solutions to the problems in their communities. By providing tools and support for people with ideas, the group hopes to empower Americans to change the world, one project at a time.

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Web Paypal Influence Teen 105

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

These are just a few of the questions to consider in real time. Expect that you’ll find bugs or problems, or even things that aren’t bad but just ways to be even better, only after you’ve invited your community in. Take the finger-pointing as opportunities to fix things in real time!

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Tips FAQ Howto Netsquared 114

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

What made the game so unique is the social element – the game designers spent a lot of time writing about the participants and their visions for the future on postcards and distributing them throughout the night, giving them to random participants so they were prompted to seek out others. . It lasted for four months.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

It’s back-to-school time for many countries and that means a switch from summer programs, outdoor community events, and many youth campaigns. This post originally written September 8, 2009. Posted on Stanford Social Innovation Review’s Opinion blog. Visit the original post here. Or, maybe not that statement exactly, but close to it.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

With tools that let us connect in real-time to anywhere else in the world, it can be hard for us to streamline, focus, or even tell our stories in ways that makes sense to the audience. The final focus area is on the local vs global impact of social media.

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Social Media Change Media Lesson 145

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

But before we got there, we talked abit about the problem. Spending more time on the same old thing hasn’t shown to make that impact. James Shelton, US Department of Education: Education is probably the area where we have failed to innovate the most. The trust is that other countries are passing us by.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

44% said a few times per year, 12% once a month, 18% a few times a month, 14% once a week or more, 12% ones a year. The primary obstacle to volunteering being a lack of time. Email: asking for $50 or less with a very timely message. These are also opportunities for them to connect with leadership from the organization.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2012

Using real-time tools to engage people through data can help increase both the time people spend on your site and the amount of information you can convey quickly. You would get a clearer picture of the issues causing hunger in your community—and be that much clearer about how to tackle the problem. Day service events.

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Data Report Map Hunger 129

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

Building programs and services to support a community means not just learning about the problems they face, but understanding how technologies can help make a difference. Evaluate your Capacity: how much time do you have, what kind of technical experience do you have, what resources are available?

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Collaboration Technology Impact North America 179

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The problem with Shiny Object Syndrome is that it operates on the assumption that because something is “popular” (like, say, Foursquare), then simply using it will guarantee success for your organization. Do you think it would be valuable for your organization or a waste of time? " Have you tried Pinterest?

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Web Green Bookmarking News 123

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2010

By integrating Google moderator, YouTube has brought real time engagement features into play and made it 100% more engaging." In this interview, Jennifer Ford Reedy, VP for Strategy and Knowledge Management, at the Minnesota Community Foundation shares the how they designed this online social good contest for success."

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Minnesota Web Howto Bookmarking 120

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

I think there are people who say “yes, there are people who have said I’ve changed my avatar green…&# One of the things with Dean’s campaign initially was that they had huge amounts of online activism but had problems turning that into real life work. Our attention span is ever shorter, time is relative.

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