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Interview: John Brennan of OpenAction

Amy Sample Ward

In June 2009, John decided to sell nearly everything he owned and set out for New York City (via San Diego). I remember leaving for Vegas and making a promise to Joe that I would submit a mashup to the 2009 Change the Web Challenge. The mashup was a map showing where people were volunteering in near-real-time.

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My Notes from Next Generation Evaluation Meeting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The conference was framed around the question: Given the convergence of networks and big data and the need for more innovation, what evaluation methods should be used to evaluate social change outcomes along side traditional methods? These methods included: Developmental Evaluation , Shared Measurement , and Big Data.

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Official google.org Blog: New resources for non-profit and humanitarian mapping

AFP Blog

Official google.org Blog: New resources for non-profit and humanitarian mapping: "New resources for non-profit and humanitarian mappingThursday 5/07/2009 12:39:00 PM(Cross-posted from Lat Long Blog)Our friends at MapAction have created a great new publication.

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Women Who Tech Telesummit: Tools Galore Panel

Amy Sample Ward

Google Earth Outreach from Rebecca Moore: Google’s mapping tools may seem like an obscure tool to use in your work but these aren’t traditional maps: the new generation of mapping technology is fully interactive, enables storytelling, and more. (Did Google’s Mapping tools include: Google Earth.

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Human Rights Trainings in Nigeria

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

During my April 2009 visit to work with the NHRC I noticed other changes in addition to upgraded computers and a better-trained staff, The NHRC had moved to a building that had a wheelchair ramp and a ‘talking’ elevator to accommodate visitors with physical or visual impairments.

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Tools Galore in Online Communications - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

She re-mapped the data in Google Earth and shared the new map with community members, local politicians, and presented it at the community meeeting to a much different response. The new map galvanized the community because they were able to really understand the impact of the plan. Read the full case study here.

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My New Year's Resolution: Use Social Media Efficiently - 52 Tips

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On January 1st, I wrote about my goals for 2009 using Chris Brogan's process of selecting three words or larger concepts to frame them. Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Use Stephen Covey's Pick the Big Stone's Method and ask yourself if you only had time for three social networking sites what would they be?