Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2009

' Open Source Is Dead! Long Live Open Source! NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network – "That's right, I said it. What I mean is that open source, as we knew it, is dead. Promise to read the rest of this before you send me hate mail, though.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! If you’re a nonprofit news junkie, have a look at all our Nonprofit Technology News pieces from this past year. TechSoup Technologies for Good. Hacker Helper is all about not reinventing the technology wheel.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Delivering my opening remarks at the Martus'' 10th Anniversary A decade later, in 2003, Benetech —the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead—launched our Human Rights Program to address this very question. Being geeks, we thought of ways to address this challenge with technology. Martus, we decided, would be that tool.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Recognizing that the effects of climate change aren’t equal, this lab aims to co-design a technology solution to support low-income communities of color that are most impacted by the climate crisis. Impact Labs convenes community experts across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa and the Middle East. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Kitchener, Ontario: Promoting Open Source. Orlando, Florida: Nonprofit Technology Symposium. Europe and the UK.

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Non Profit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The overwhelming majority of editors on the page, according to Wikipedia’s own breakdown , work in English, and a full 20 percent of editors live in the US while no editors live in Africa. It will be worth following them to see how their next strategic plan brings all of these ambitious ideas together for the future.—Anne Anne Eigeman.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Michelle, the consultant March 27, 2008 Someone mentioned to me that from what I write on my blog, she wouldn’t know what it is that I actually do in my consulting work. OK, enough of that.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

TechSoup's network of nonprofit technology meetups has been growing. The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa + Middle East. TARGET END LINKS ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Victoria, British Columbia: Women in Technology Panel #2.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

We do this in in urban settings in Asia and Africa, where children live at the intersection of two streets: (1) worst water quality conditions and (2) greatest degrees of poverty. Let’s not let a little technology problem hold us back from being as ambitiously helpful as we would like to be. First things first: we clean water for kids.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants April 14, 2008 I like hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. Mostly, because I get to read blogs by people that aren’t on my list of feeds I read regularly.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Cambridge, United Kingdom: Story Time: Creating Technologies with Visually Impaired People. The link need to be like so: Africa. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in: Africa. Portland, Oregon: Secret Knowledge of Open Source. September 25.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Technology helps nonprofits deliver on our missions more effectively, but it can also be fiendishly complicated. The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa and Middle East. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa and Middle East. ## Europe and UK. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 8, 2005

Africa is definitely getting more attention from us. Susan Bazilli, an international human rights attorney, recently brought Martus to the attention of the women's rights community in Africa, through a posting to the Women's Information Technology Transfer site. Kristen Cibelli is on her way to Uganda right now.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Every day, American nonprofits, charities, and libraries rely on TechSoup's product donation program for the information they need to make smart decisions about technology. It's how you use technology that makes all the difference. The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa and the Middle East. Europe and the UK.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

Martus is Benetech's free and open source software package designed for human rights activists to collect stories and data about human rights abuses. I head out again soon to meet with potential Martus users in Southern Africa – in other words, I’m returning to focus on specific projects.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Eight leading experts in social media and nonprofit technology have joined forces to create Socialbrite.org, a hub that showcases social tools for social change. Lasica , a consultant and author of four books about emerging technologies. Socialbrite.org is built in WordPress, the popular open source blogging platform.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The weekend event was organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , Code for America , Random Hacks of Kindness , and many other organizations and companies. The projects for this event don't necessarily have to be technology-related. Census Bureau and the Peace Corps.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

But it's a "Catch 22" -- the proliferation of decentralized technology systems compromises the typical nonprofit's ability to deliver simply because its databases don't automatically integrate information about constituents for more effective marketing. The technology is available, affordable and effective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

One example to publish comes from Africa - here and here. At a massive ceremony that took place on 22 January 2008, the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport presented its new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Textbook for all schools that have computers, all universities and all teacher training facilities.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

technology all the time. developing economies in Asia and Africa. technological tools for what we need increases and the mobile is no. For those nonprofits working on sustainable development issues - NextDrop uses mobile technology to monitor and improve water flow in urban India and subsequent sustainable development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

Amy Sample Ward, organizer of London Net Tuesday, who connects nonprofits with new media technologies. Ken Banks, a Hewlett Foundation grant recipient who focuses on using mobile technology to foster positive social and environmental change in the developing world, particularly Africa.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. Now we have technology catching up with our responses times.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

" The Ushahidi project was so helpful, it quickly evolved from a one-off web site to an open source "software platform" that any organization can download and customize for similar projects. monitor supply levels at pharmacies throughout Africa. monitor supply levels at pharmacies throughout Africa.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

" The Ushahidi project was so helpful, it quickly evolved from a one-off web site to an open source "software platform" that any organization can download and customize for similar projects. monitor supply levels at pharmacies throughout Africa. monitor supply levels at pharmacies throughout Africa.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones. Now we have technology catching up with our responses times. How can we do that? What's Changing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. Six Proposals That Impact Civil Society in Africa looked at the six Net2 attributes and africa location. Open Source Software is Fair Trade !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Michelle Murrain is doing a post about 100 free and open source software tools. There's also the DiSo Project , an umbrella for a group of open source implementations of distributed social networking concepts. Her selection criteria. Here's here write up on word press. Meanwhile, across the pond, Susie muses about GIMP.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Recently, over 300 innovators and changemakers interested in the intersection of technology and social benefit work converged for a few days of idea-sharing, learning, and collaboration at NetSquared's annual conference. The 2009 N2Y4 Conference showcased the Featured Projects from NetSquared's Global Challenge focused on mobile technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

The NTC is the nonprofit technology's field largest gathering. Technology in Arts Conference The 2007 Technology in the Arts Conference is over but the conversations and resource sharing still continue on the conference wiki. To keep up with what the arts community is doing in technology and the social web, follow the blog.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Two years ago, Bev Clark, the co-founder of Kubatana.net , was awarded a large grant in the Knight News Challenge for Freedom Fone, an open-source software platform for distributing news and information through interactive voice response (IVR) technology. . We’re looking for something that can enhance radio,” Sullivan says.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

The nonprofit technology news this month reports on the reinvention of the wheel in India and Africa, how nonprofits are leading the wearable computing field, the privacy threat you may not have heard about yet, and plenty more. Reinventing the Wheel in India and Africa. was designed for Africa and costs more. News flash.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

If your nonprofit is based in the DC area, NpowerDC reminds us that the deadline for their annual Technology Innovation Award is two weeks away. And if you're looking for some fabulous manuals for open source software, check out the Floss Manuals. " to pursue your grassroots agenda in Africa. Using Web2.0

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Ironically, many of these users might buy commercial ebooks, but the anti-piracy technology built into many ebook systems are not compatible with the technology these users employ to get the books in Braille or synthetic speech. The problem is that we provide technology that allows for security, privacy and circumvention.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

The NOSI Choosing and Using Free and Open Source primer is on the ICT Hub Knowledgebase! Video The AFP Nonprofit Technology blog points to a story by Jennifer Gilomen from BAVC about digital storytelling techniques and tools for nonprofits in the NPTimes. NpTech Global Kabissa joins Aid for Africa for the third year running!

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

It could be training in information and communication technology, or it could be a training on a local water filter that would be helpful for people to bring to their communities. For example, some of our women in Africa and India are interested in taking the ideas and the best practices that came out of this training into their regions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Ironically, many of these users might buy commercial ebooks, but the anti-piracy technology built into many ebook systems are not compatible with the technology these users employ to get the books in Braille or synthetic speech. The problem is that we provide technology that allows for security, privacy and circumvention.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 11, 2011

One of the worst humanitarian crises continues to escalate in the Horn of Africa, where famine, war and drought are threatening 13M+ people. We’re facing climate change. The world’s oceans are on the verge of being irreparably damaged.

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