Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2011

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Event 2011 begins tomorrow January 13 with a webinar and the opening of a challenge. You have a couple of weeks (January 13 – 31) to create a 60-second video or five-panel picture story that showcases your library's mission and work. The deadline to submit your entry is January 31, 2011 at 5 p.m.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

I’m at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! Elaine Charnov – The NY Public Library. Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library. 100 Years of the flagship library in New York. Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

We hear from young nonprofits and libraries all the time, and we know that making wise and affordable technology investments can play a vital part in building and growing an organization. All of these donated software tools can be requested at the same time. These tools are just the building blocks of your young organization.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Perhaps some organizations make it look simple, but behind the scenes there may be some sophisticated Esri tools that map disease outbreaks and aid distribution. Direct Relief International was involved in the Haitian earthquake in 2010 and the Japan earthquake in 2011, providing aid to thousands.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Join our one-hour webinar, Legislative Matching with the Cicero API , on Thursday, December 1, 2011, at 11 a.m. How are organizations leveraging the tool? This webinar is appropriate for nonprofits and libraries interested in geocoding and legislative matching. How tech savvy does someone need to be to use the Cicero API?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2012

Lync is a " unified communications " tool that lets you see who is on your computer network and makes it easy for you to get a hold of them in a variety of ways. As of this publication date, TechSoup doesn't have a donation arrangement for offering Lync Online to nonprofits and libraries. Additional Resources.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2012

states In the fall of 2011. The survey also found that once nonprofits begin using one cloud software solution, they are likely to adopt other cloud tools. I did an internal survey of TechSoup Global’s use of cloud tools and we literally use dozens of cloud tools now. NTEN surveyed 780 nonprofits across nine U.S.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Victor d’Allant, founder of SocialEdge , kicked things off with a lively presentation of seven ways to improve your social media life, noting it’s not about the tools, it’s about the story, and making an embarrassing admission: “I am not on Facebook,” Victor said. Which tools are you using and why?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 29, 2011

The Online Community MeetUp ended 2011 by shifting the focus to the meetup organizers – the TechSoup Online Community and Social Media Team. These tools are being used to announce educational opportunities and product availability and to communicate with nonprofit and library professionals and volunteers.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2011

Check out the TweetChat on July 11 for a quick introduction on how it translates to nonprofit and library work. NTC 2011 TechSoup virtual teams presentation. Eight Tools to keep your team connected. Webinar recording: Online Collaboration Tools. page for online collaboration tools. Additional TechSoup Resources.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2012

In our TechSoup Global NGO cloud survey we found that people in nonprofits and libraries are indeed concerned about data security in the cloud the world over. In February 2011 Google inadvertently deleted 150,000 Gmail accounts due to an internal software problem. Can cloud vendors simply close your account without notice?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. Of somewhat less importance are to begin using collaboration tools. This is a communique on the current state of cloud adoption in the United States from me, this time.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. Windows MultiPoint Server Premium 2011 licensing. I really like this kind of place, where everyone seems to have a set of tools and just likes tinkering. Windows MultiPoint Server. One USB hub.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

This morning, I had the huge honor of presenting the keynote at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, ON. Lastly, in order to train the community to drive, you have to share your tools. As an example, let’s think about a community library. The full keynote and presentation are below. What do we need?

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Carolyn’s Nonprofit Blog was inspired by the many people who have reached out to Carolyn since it was launched in 2011 to ask for advice about becoming a grant writer and nonprofit fundraiser. It will give you the knowledge and tools to find grants, court prospective funders, and write successful grant applications.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Meaningful tools to evaluate effectiveness are largely absent (Liket and Maas, 2015). Strengthening Nonprofits: Capacity Builder’s Resource Library. MacKenzie LeBeau graduated from Syracuse University in 2011 earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health while minoring in Nutrition and Food Studies. Conducted October 27, 2017.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

I'm at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! Goal of the centennial project was to shine the light on the library's resources and get new audiences engaged in the collections and connected to the curators and staff.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

This is an update of a TechSoup article we posted online in November 2011. The late Apple founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, famously announced the post-PC era in March 2011 during the launch of the iPad 2. Jobs was as usual quite prescient. Growing Supply and Increasing Demand.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2013

With an exponential increase in people accessing the Internet on mobile devices, the nonprofits, charities, and libraries that don't have a website optimized for mobile devices or that haven't created a separate mobile website risk irritating — or losing — their supporters. We Have a Solution. Make Updates a Breeze.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

SAP is helping to make a difference in the nonprofit and library community through their donation program here at TechSoup. Their business intelligence products let organizations create interactive reports and presentations, while their cloud-based tools help enable group decision making.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

This month the news is about WiFi embedded in a magazine, Braille smartphones, ultramobile devices, innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the mobile app of the month. Online revenue grew by 21 percent since 2011.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2016

Many of my favorite museums, libraries, and zoos are customer-centered places. Kelvingrove is in a hundred-year-old palace of galleries around a central court in a park, whereas Riverside is a 2011 Zaha Hadid open-plan warehouse on a riverfront with a dramatic contemporary exterior. They care about visitor comfort.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

I wrote The Participatory Museum for two reasons: to explore the "how" of participatory design in museums, cultural centers, libraries, and science centers to create a version of this blog that was more "shareable" with organizational leaders and trustees By many measures, the book has been a success. I wanted to dive into the "how" instead.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Double the Donation’s Matching Gift Resources According to a previous study , Double the Donation is the largest provider of matching gift tools for nonprofits and educational institutions alike, working with an estimated 78% of the most prominent fundraising organizations in the U.S. Make matching gifts easy with the right tools!

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Sometimes the difference comes down to preferred tools. Note: the title of this post pays homage to Elaine Heumann Gurian''s excellent and quite different 1981 essay of the same title.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 25, 2012

Did you know that Microsoft has changed its rules around making donation requests, and that TechSoup is continuing to add tools and resources to help organizations understand the program and manage their Microsoft donations? Requests placed before July 27, 2011, will not count against your new Microsoft software donation allotment.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

Over the next five weeks, we're going to be sharing a variety of resources on web design and development for nonprofits and public libraries. You can also view sample RFPs and visit our RFP Library for more resources to start any tech project out right. But which web analytics tool should you use? Week 1: The Basics.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

An example is Charity Wallet , an online tool that simplifies the online giving process for donors who support more than one organization, which was launched during the event! Smartphone shipments exceeded those of PCs in 2011. Money raised on crowdfunding sites is estimated to be 91 percent higher than 2011.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

AnnieCannons gives human trafficking survivors the tools to support themselves and their family. Since 2011, with the help of their supporters they have rescued over 2,300 vulnerable and traumatized children from the sex trade industry and helped keep hundreds more from entering the sex trade through their various prevention programs.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013. Very, very cool, I must say.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

We have certainly seen some examples of maps or charts that the user can interact with, but with the over saturation of static infographic images, 2014 and the plethora of tools emerging that make these options really easy, we will see more organizations using data for storytelling that users can watch, click on, and really explore."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

Benetech President's Update Winter 2011 I’m pleased to provide you you a detailed update on Benetech for the first time in two years. The human rights team trains groups how to use their number one asset, information about human rights violations, as a strategic tool to advance their social justice mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi , an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency. I need to find a space like this in Silicon Valley for 2011. Ushahidi Board Meeting at iHub in Kenya.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 6, 2019

Image via State Library of Queensland (an institution I love). I spent 2007-2011 traveling the world, doing participatory projects and consulting gigs, and writing my first book. From 2015-2019, the blog continued to be my go-to tool for reflection and learning. Woman reading a book on a beached rowboat, 1925.

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