Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I’ve followed and supported the work of Peter Deitz and Social Actions ever since hearing about his passion and ideas a few years ago. Let’s start at the beginning: What is Social Actions and where does the API come in? The Social Actions project began in 2006. Earlier this week, I got ahold of Peter to get the full scoop!

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API Action Open Data 186

NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

There are two major hurdles that must be overcome for an online community to succeed: the selection of appropriate community (or "social-networking") features that make sense for the community in question, and, secondly, actually implementing those features in your online application. Open source is a community-driven effort.

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Open Source Open Drupal Community 36

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 2010

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). " Open for Action — A blog for OpenAction thoughts and musings – "Not sure about you, but we’re saying finally! Who Tweets?

Web 117

Web Drupal Open Source Bookmarking 117

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2009

Additionally, UniversalGiving is a member of Social Actions , ensuring that their opportunities to make a difference are heard and seen in even more places around the Web. It’s a marketplace, really, of opportunities to take actions for social benefit in various topics you may be after—want to donate money and leave it at that?

Impact 111

Impact Help Thailand Case Study 111

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

This is when actual code is written in the CMS (via module or customization) which calls APIs on the CRM side to perform specific actions, such as adding records, syncing records, grabbing data, etc. I’ll have follow up posts on specific examples of this integration using open source tools (on one end or the other, or both.)

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Integration API Drupal Open Source 100

NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

Create a call to action. Open source. Open Source – API. Implementation : livestreaming, Facebook event plugin, Twitter feed. Goals: raise funds, create on-site engagement, create a call to action. Goals: create a call to action, develop a sense of community on site. Create on-site engagement.

Social Media 87

Social Media Websites Integration Design 87

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

I recently had the opportunity to connect with John Brennan , the driving force behind OpenAction.org , which empowers individuals and organizations by helping them tell the world about the positive impact their actions have. Last March I met Joe Solomon and the Social Actions team through twitter.

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Interview San Diego Map Mashup 123