Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Shareable: The Open Source Guitar – So many good pieces to think on from this post (thanks for sharing it with me, Billy!) Organizational data is, by definition, far less personal than the information an individual might trust to the site, so you’re much less likely to want to keep it private. And it's fun!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

One purpose is to allow users to modify their own information (if the site allows logins.) I know that’s one more thing in a long list of considerations (and it’s generally more important to think about for the CRM – the CMS, if it is modern, and especially if it is open source, will provide few barriers to integration.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

There are an amazing number of new sites that have launched over the weekend (I imagine people sitting in their home offices with lots of caffeine and pizza.) Of course, OpenSocial has blown the doors off of all of this, and what’s come out of it is quite interesting. In the long term, if the whole web 2.0 2 admin 11.10.07 Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

One of the above is the actual cover of " Visualizing Information for Advocacy " - a must read booklet from Tactical Technology Collective. NpTech Conversations. So, you want to build a MashUp? Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge ! The presentation describes the benefits of using Digg and shares some before/after results.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

I like the Full Plate Living site as an example of that design concept. This is an independent, community-nominated, community-voted event created in 2012 that aims to publicly recognize the excellent individuals and organizations that have maximized the capabilities of Drupal open source content management system. .

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Care2

JULY 11, 2013

Sometimes I feel like there''s an encyclopedia of online advocacy, fundraising, and social media stuck in my head. When I’m frustrated with Facebook and just can’t find a solution, I will head over to The Nonprofit Facebook Guy site where I will often find the information I need.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

It is a noncommercial site that has ratings and reviews for movies, games, apps, TV shows, websites, books, and music. One we like that is oriented toward open source and also advocacy is the Library Freedom Project (LFP). A good place to get a start on that is the FCC Cybersecurity Site for Small Business.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Ben Rattray, Change.Org's founder, describes it as - "to create an open-sourced advocacy platform that identifies and then mobilizes resources around the best ideas for how to change the country." You can read the details at the site. What's your big idea for change? Go submit it.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2017

Salsa Labs’ nonprofit software is all encompassing as they offer donor management, digital marketing, online fundraising, online advocacy, and peer-to-peer solutions! You can share both your Facebook and Twitter feeds on your site while giving your donors the opportunities to share their donations and involvement. Salsa Labs.

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Care2

MAY 25, 2011

Registering a domain, purchasing hosting, installing an open source CMS like WordPress , and setting up a basic design theme can all be done affordably. In the meantime focus on telling your story well, and use the blog portion of your site to engage your supporters. It's not obvious, but it's not rocket science either.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2015

Formed in response to the growing employment and economic barriers that plague the transgender (sometimes called "trans") community, Trans*H4ck is a series of hackathons that bring visibility to trans entrepreneurs and innovators while developing new and useful open-source tech products that benefit the trans community.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Panelist: Tara Hunt, Intuit 7. Whitehouse.gov 2.0:

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2012

Deciding how you will build your site, how you'll maintain it, and how you'll host it, are three separate, but related, decisions. Deciding how you will build your site, how you’ll maintain it, and how you’ll host it, are three separate, but related, decisions. You want an attractive, functional website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Nancy raises a few questions about whether a distributed presence for organizations - splitting the attention of members between an organization's web site and social networking profiles is a liability or an asset. Network-Centric Advocacy blogs points to a new feature at Alex's Lemonade Stand called "From the Mail Bag."

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

NPTimes " Hot Nonprofit Websites " article highlights the successful "Main" and "Micro" sites of nonprofits, with the editorial help of NTEN's own Holly Ross. NTEN members featured in the list of sites include the United Nations Foundation and The Wilderness Society.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Email is a critical channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Megan Keane blogs at TechSoup community site. is an online engagement strategist for World Resources Institutes and in her spare time writes a blog about using metrics for nonprofit web advocacy. is an open source software guru who writes the some best posts on that topic. Holly Ross. Rachel Weidinger. Laura Lee Dooley.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. What does web site stickiness mean in the context of Web2.0? Engagement Strategie s. era websites.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 3, 2011

help to improve site usability for everybody thus expanding our reach and audience. It would also influence the number of potential customers that access your site [.] Adding a verbal image tag when embedding an image can enhance user experience, especially if the user has software which "reads" web sites aloud.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. But these sites have two important limitations that give nonprofits reason to look for additional tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

The AFP blog points to a press release from Firstgiving about the launch of a social networking site. " New Realisties in Online Advocacy " tagged and Jason from Democracy in Action. Rayt allows users to rate the content of web sites by making a comment and also to rate other people's comments. " I agree.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. This website tracks what sites are the most popular in the world today. In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

As NonProfit Times reports , Causes.com, the Facebook-inspired campaign platform for advocacy and fundraising, will soon be no more. Parker is an original investor in the political social media site, Votizen. The name is an acronym of "micro finance open source." The Demise of Facebook Causes.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Feeding America took a unique approach to the event recap blog post by interviewing their director of advocacy and neighbor engagement about her experience at the event. This resource highlights 30 effective sites, many of which also have informative, engaging blogs. Looking for more content ideas for your nonprofit blog?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

So our first exchange that we did with Global Exchange was called "Transformative Advocacy in Bolivia." Melinda: First of all, I would recommend to check out our web site, which is www.wggan.org. Britt: If there is a woman who is listening who is involved in green or environmental work, how could she get involved?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

As anyone who has followed my advocacy work over the last ten years will know, I am a fervent supporter of open licensing models as a profound public good. Second, I want to lay out as clearly as possible the circumstance that led to a decision to use a traditional closed license. Thanks for starting the conversation, Michelle.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

It is open source software, but we're experimenting with a revenue model to sustain the project over the long term. The result is that rich, raw data remains vulnerable to theft and destruction and cannot be easily used to support ongoing advocacy efforts. We've just launched Miradi.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

” At this point that’s all we know, but the site is currently allowing users to secure their username on the Zeen homepage. based nonprofits and nonprofit staff that regularly participate in e-advocacy should monitor what issues/petitions are most important to U.S. TweetCharts :: tweetcharts.com. HopeMob :: hopemob.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. This website tracks what sites are the most popular in the world today. In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. This website tracks what sites are the most popular in the world today. In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. This website tracks what sites are the most popular in the world today. In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. This website tracks what sites are the most popular in the world today. In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. This website tracks what sites are the most popular in the world today. In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

NpTech Themes Nptech Tag News: The NpTech Community site can be found at: [link]. The Network-Centric Advocacy blog says thank you to the Integration Proclamation that might help progressive organizations reach the Holy Grail: getting the technology groups use to work together! " The Network-Centric Advocacy blog explains.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

35 The Open Food Network, an international platform cooperative, has a focus on helping local farmers connect to customers with sales of their organic harvest. 36 Farmers can begin using the site for free, and commissions on food sales are very low.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

While many larger organizations have already done this, smaller nonprofits and libraries, which have had leaner budgets for technology upgrades during the economic recession, will be investing time and money in 2013 into catching up on optimized sites for mobile web browsing. I hope she's right. called Martus.

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