Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

N2Y4 Mobile Challenge: 15 Featured Projects Announced | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org - Last week, the NetSquared Community voted on the N2Y4 Mobile Challenge to determine the 15 Featured Projects who will be invited to compete for $50K in cash-prizes and additinoal in-kind resources at this year's N2Y4 Conference.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Million in donations for charities this past winter. . "Launched

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2009

New Marketing Summit 2008 - Events in San Francisco, Dallas, Boston, USA & Milan, Italy. Allyson will continue to lead her firm, while devoting her blogging energy and savvy to building Frogloop into an even more powerful resource for nonprofit marketing and fundraising professionals to advance their causes.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

I just attended a great event at the EPA offices in San Francisco called the Zero Waste Brain Trust , which was organized by Portia Sinnott of the nonprofit Zero Waste Sonoma County. In the 21st century, we're discovering the need to go beyond recycling and on to the next level of resource conservation.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The list includes See3 Communications '' 2013 Benchmarks for Nonprofit Video , mGive ''s recent Text Giving Study , M+R Research Lab ''s eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , and the 2013 Visual Storytelling Best Practices Guide by Resource Media , all for free! Not in San Francisco? There are even a few international reports.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The list includes See3 Communications '' 2013 Benchmarks for Nonprofit Video , mGive ''s recent Text Giving Study , M+R Research Lab ''s eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , and the 2013 Visual Storytelling Best Practices Guide by Resource Media , all for free! Not in San Francisco? There are even a few international reports.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2010

The Del Norte Family Resource Center has been in operation for about two years now, and their Facebook page gets more traffic than their web site. " Service without Boundaries Lana Nieves, ILRCSF Lana Nieves from the Independent Living Resource Center of San Francisco echoes Jessica's sentiment, with a twist.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Even with limited resources, time, or skills, your nonprofit can tell a compelling story that captures the importance and impact of your cause. Attend the Challenge Screening and Awards party at TechSoup Headquarters in San Francisco or from Second Life. Your organization has a story to tell.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Socialbrite.org is launching with a rich set of resources: A directory of Web 2.0 The strategists – located in New York, San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles and London – are: Beth Kanter, a longtime trainer and advisor to the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) and other organizations. Follow us on Twitter: @socialbrite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Yikes, the first ever tag spam I've seen in the NpTech Tag Stream! Then, I remembered the phrase flowed through the NPtech tag stream about six months as a reference to interface design.) Some really cool events flowing through the NpTech Tag Stream! Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2010

About 150 people attended the first event of its kind in the San Francisco Bay Area (many of whom also used the free shuttle service from TechSoup offices, saving time, fuel, and the environment!). One may be led to believe that by the virtue of proximity organizations in the Bay Area have better technology resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2011

Yesterday, the Social Media for Nonprofit Conference series kicked off in San Francisco yesterday in War Memorial Green Room with support from Microsoft. Each speaker had a plethora of practical tips and resources, that I decided to capture some of the best nuggits. Charles Porch, Facebook. Here’s some more tips.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2009

Since March, I've been commuting between Boston and San Francisco. It sports a gorgeous interface, built-in content, and the site also has an incredible how-to resource for creating Internet.TV. Tags: fundraising2.0 Miro Logo. One of the best things about the commute is Virgin America airlines in flight experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Amit, a member of the San Francisco tech community, has leukemia. At present, many of the registries don’t have the resources to target populations that are difficult to reach. There is also a hashtag dialog on Twitter under the tag #iswabbedforamit.

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NTEN

MAY 2, 2012

We wanted to round up all your posts and resources in one place, so you can continue to collaborate and learn from each other. Free Access to State Legislative Information Paves Way for Political Action , San Francisco Chronicle. Other Resources. And just for fun, here are all the photos on Flickr tagged 12ntc !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I've done a number of presentations and workshops for arts organizations over the years and have even created a wiki " Social Media for Arts People " with stories, links, and other resources, but haven't spoken to arts organizations recently. Tags: Art Sector Arts & Technology. It was a good opportunity to see how things have changed.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 18, 2010

During this visit, I assessed the NHRC’s resources, conducted an initial Martus training, and made recommendations for how the organization could further strengthen the technology skills of their staff members. I flew into Abuja from Kinshasa, and my colleague Rahwa Tareke joined me from San Francisco.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Kevin Lo Chris Peters When you're a nonprofit manager, there are loads of great resources to help you get the skills you need to lead effectively: You can take classes on human resources, learn about the legal needs of your organization, or dive into accounting practices. How MUCH do you need to know?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I've done a number of presentations and workshops for arts organizations over the years and have even created a wiki " Social Media for Arts People " with stories, links, and other resources, but haven't spoken to arts organizations recently. Tags: Art Sector Arts & Technology. It was a good opportunity to see how things have changed.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Bay Area folks can go to the 29 Gifts book launch party in San Francisco November 14th. Bay Area folks can go to the 29 Gifts book launch party in San Francisco November 14th. Tags: linklove. We Inspire Grant : One year of creative services to one U.S. nonprofit (valued up to $75,000 ).

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2013

I found out about how big a deal Glasspockets is when I attended a local Foundation Technology Affinity Group (TAG) meeting of Northern California foundation techies who kept talking about Glasspockets projects like the hGrant Online Reporting Project , and the Transparency Talk blog. I’ll say a bit more about those projects below.

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2009

Some nonprofits are starting to deploy it to help engage their communities: The San Francisco Zoo used it in a fundraising campaign last spring, combining it with images of their new-born critters to add to their storytelling strategy. Tags: NPTech aim high goldmail email. The folks at GoldMail recently gave me an overview.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2009

Twitter has been used during the G20 protests , election monitoring and crowd-sourcing the location of a torch when it was passing through San Francisco. Resources: Colin Delaney, Strategy or Tool, On the Metaphysics of Twitter Alan Rosenblatt, Is Twitter a Strategy? Tags: twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I've done a number of presentations and workshops for arts organizations over the years and have even created a wiki " Social Media for Arts People " with stories, links, and other resources, but haven't spoken to arts organizations recently. Tags: Art Sector Arts & Technology. It was a good opportunity to see how things have changed.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

This wrap up will highlight some of the insights and resources shared during the chat, but, if you’d rather, you can review the full transcript. From @davidahood: San Francisco Zoo has done a wonderful job and engaging and supporting their community.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 7, 2010

Last year I wrote about my Kumbaya Moments at the NTEN Conference in San Francisco and I’m looking forward to more this year, but I thought I’d start off with a few tips that I’ve found helpful to get the most out of the NTC whether you’re here or not. First off, watch for the #10ntc hash tag.

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NTEN

MAY 19, 2009

They provide a local network of nonprofit and tech professionals for the purpose of sharing information, resources, recommendations, and locally-relevent announcements for jobs and nptech events, among other things. . Martin Dooley, San Francisco. Tags: 501 Tech Club nonprofit technoloy event NPTech NTEN.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 21, 2009

The closing of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's print operations a few weeks back, coupled with Hearst Corporation's announcement that may close the venerable San Francisco Chronicle as well, has brought the plight of print journalism into focus. Some resources: " Who Killed the Newspaper ", The Economist, August 24, 2006.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 6, 2008

Natural Resource Defense Council has an article, Greening Your Business , which lists tips for making your business green like recycling, using copier and printer paper that is post-consumer and recycled, using Energy Star office equipment, and getting an energy audit. Tags: askbritt. Organize other local businesses.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Now can you imagine if that happened with Make-a-Wish’s San Francisco Batkid that went viral a couple of months back? By encouraging the hashtag in emails and ads leading up to your nonprofit event, people will be prepared to use that tag and use it often. You may not have any red carpet for them to walk.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 8, 2014

It’s a social bookmarking tool that comes with annotated notes, tags and links so you can save, organize and discover new content. Plus, Slideshare partners with several resources including LinkedIn, Twitter and FreeConference.com. It’s the worst when you want to remember a site and then can’t find it later.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

At Fort Mason on San Francisco Bay investors, fund managers and social entrepreneurs put their heads together to discuss what it will take to do better, and do more, in the space that lies between strictly nonprofit and strictly for profit. Stephanie McAuliffe is the Director of Human Resources at the Packard Foundation. .

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The organization and challenge: After years of traditional fund-raising events, Catholic Charities CYO (CC) in San Francisco decided its approach was getting stale and that it needed to broaden its audience to include opportunities for young people. Resources List. Tags: Community NPTech NTEN Fundraising. Tell a friend.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Today's web management tools will let you treat your data, charts, and graphs just like any other content -- so you should be tagging and classifying them. I'm looking forward to seeing you in San Francisco. Tags: NPTech data NTEN Newsletter kurt voelker. Make it portable. Happy data visualizing and sharing.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Are the people who buy a half-price membership less likely to take advantage of its value, and thus waste institutional resources lavished upon them? At the San Francisco airport, when long-term parking is sold out, they hand you a voucher to park in (the much closer) short-term parking for long-term rates.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

Severine von Tscharner Fleming 's in the book, and she's really helping new farmers -- doesn't matter how old you are; everybody can grow food for the first time -- to access the resources of the federal government, and then to think creatively about how you can access land. We also have one in San Francisco. It's not at all.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 9, 2007

The three Bay Area municipalities, along with Oakland and San Francisco (who haven't placed their orders yet) have all signed-on to be part of Plug-In Bay Area, an initiative to put more plug-in hybrid vehicles on the road. Tags: hybrid electric car. What's going on? BB: How do you keep inspired? hybrid electric car.

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