Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

As soon as the question is live, you start seeing the impressions and the responses, aggregated in real time. it actually tells you, with much richer context: I personally love data-map mashups and Qriously uses them brilliantly! For example: “Have you changed to energy efficient light bulbs?&# It’s incredible!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

A few days ago, I asked for some stories " What is the value of listening through social media channels for your organization? " I wanted to see examples from nonprofit organizations engaged in listening and conversation and the value it has to their missions, programs, or marketing efforts. " But what does that really mean?

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Candid

JULY 1, 2021

This data is available on our racial equity map.[ An example of an itemized pledge is from PayPal. Mastercard ) or issuing periodic press releases announcing aggregate funding to groups of nonprofits (e.g., When funders share grants directly with Candid , we’ll capture them in our public-facing racial equity map.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine, we provide an overview of mapping your social network in Twitter and other sites using some of the social network analysis tools available. . Otherwise, you waste a lot of time creating meaningless, but cool maps. When you map your network, it tells you a story.

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Forum One

MARCH 9, 2023

Alexis: The state of Hawaii mapped its infrastructure, with overlays of potential climate impacts and considerations of vulnerable populations, allowing them to run scenarios and test hypotheses for different preparedness measures. And if you have questions or ideas about getting started or expanding AI and ML in your practices, reach out!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. The platform would then take their data, map it from their sending location, and create the other visual support data you see on the map.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2015

A stellar example of content curation : Content curation is not aggregation or a big gigantic list of links. A content curator v ets, filters, organizes, and presents information in a instructional way. Here’s an example: Make Ideas More Visible. Oneshot : Highlight screenshots of text and share on Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 3, 2010

Check out the Meetup Everywhere site to see examples of how organizations and causes, like the Gulf Coast Benefit for Fisherman and Wildlife , are taking off. What examples do you have to share? There are various tools for hyperlocal searching, and one I’m looking at recently is called Sency for Cities. What do you think?

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

LXPs accomplish this by aggregating a variety of learning materials from different sources and providing artificial intelligence-assisted recommendations to each learner based on their past interests. Because the LXP acts as an aggregation tool, a wide variety of content is always made available for learners. Driven by the learner.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 21, 2010

Ideally, the conversation with map the various services to the segments or groups who already/could benefit. For example, there are others creating or sharing content specifically about tech, like ComputerWorld, UKRiders and CharityWebForum. What services already exist? This is both locally and globally. What’s the sweet spot?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. Some examples: A follower on Twitter or someone you’re following. One of the first social networking analysis map was created by Jacob Moreno. Family members.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner , MapTogether.

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NTEN

MARCH 22, 2011

So Perla reached out to the aggregator sites that serve donors and did an incredible thing. See, for example, the music education charity Little Kids Rock, as it appears on each of the "Star Alliance" sites: GuideStar (see left hand column). Another example is the Hunger Relief Map from the Capitol Area Food Bank in Austin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Source: Foundation Center Focus on the Financial Crisis The map image above is an interactive map that displays the distribution of the most recent support by U.S. It's part of the Foundation Center's aggregated page of articles, podcasts, data, and resources that Focus on the Financial Crisis. Drill down to see the details.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

Before they officially launched the competition, the TechSoup Europe team members mapped out Warsaw technology-for-good communities and groups — some they had already worked with and some they hadn't. For example, real-time data might track a public bus and show the time it arrives at a particular stop.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner, MapTogether.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Many social media tools are specifically designed for users to tell stories and voice opinions, others are built as aggregators and distributors of users’ stories. Examples of Social Media. There were many, many examples cited in the discussion. Collaborative mapping of climate change policy [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I've been looking at the examples the folks have shared in the WeAreMedia Module 3: Sharing Your Story Social Media Style , particularly blogs and thinking about questions, strategies, and frameworks that one might think about before getting into the nitty gritty of the tool itself.  Green: Aggregate Content Blog. Netsquared.

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Forum One

MARCH 15, 2010

Develop a focused pilot that maps projects and activities at a sub-national level, for one country, using open standards. Provide examples to help persuade decision-makers at donor organizations and elsewhere to release data. This could be shared as a possible template to be used by other donors at the upcoming IATI conference.

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Forum One

JANUARY 27, 2009

Smart organizations create and publish their data widely to other sites, widgets, social networks, and aggregation applications. They use data visualization and sharing tools like Swivel , Widgenie , Many Eyes , Google Maps , Google Motion Charts , APIs and more to make their data more available and more compelling.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

The way I see it, there are many directions that technology is aiding social change work: enabling data sharing, exchange and mapping. This is a great example of providing a real, authentic voice to a global issue. Should EDN be an aggregator for the sector, pulling in news and reports, information and so on?

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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. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 25, 2024

1) Data Analysis and Reporting Marketing automation platforms give aggregated insights into donor behavior and campaign performance. For example, say you’re hoping to boost open rates of your newsletter, so you want to tweak the subject line. Test both! A/B testing allows you to isolate and assess a single variable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The second C, Collaboration, refers to the idea that social media facilitates the aggregation of small individual actions into meaningful collective results. In co-creation, the value lies as much in the curated aggregate as in the individual contributions. Wikis are a perfect example of co-creation. The Second C: Collaboration.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

These days everyone is releasing it, visualizing it, aggregating it, and mashing it up. My favorite example of this technique is the Descry Project's Obesity Epidemic visualization. Let's look at another example of this in practice. By Kurt Voelker, CTO, Forum One Data is the new black. And for good reason.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 14, 2022

Some example include: How do I get more members? Customer experience – think about the things that show you are providing a great member experience and improving your relationship with your members (Examples: survey responses, community engagement). For example, if you weight event attendance at 30. What do you do with it?

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Forum One

MARCH 8, 2009

For example, if you want to find the most relevant information on successful ?girls? One approach to aggregate this information is to do it by brute force, to manually collect and post this info on a web site property ? These development organizations each publish their information, assessments and data on their own web sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. A couple things I discovered by following participants' ant trails: The Bay Versus the Bay: This was an excellent example of how social media strategy can support behavior change or action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The guide is an excellent road map for designing and planning an evaluation of your overall communications plan. Here's some examples: Listening and Learning: You're monitoring what stakeholders are saying about your organization, your issue, or programs and using the information to support your marketing goals.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Transparent scorecard reporting: After aggregating a "grade" for each policy maker, publish it on the Internet, with all relevant substantiating information. See the Darfur scores for example.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

A prime example of what APIs can achieve with relative ease is optimizing content for web visitors based on location. Companies like MaxMind and IP2Location update their databases regularly so you don’t need to figure out the mapping of IPs. HelpAttack.com is a prime example of building on top of Twitter and other APIs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2016

Carefully Map Out Timing. CEO is now moving toward a confidential system of surveys where participants won’t be individually identified, but staff will access aggregated data and respond to themes. These examples are just a few of our very early lessons and we hope you’ve found them informative.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Smart organizations create and publish their data widely to other sites, widgets, social networks, and aggregation applications. They use data visualization and sharing tools like Swivel , Widgenie , Many Eyes , Google Maps , Google Motion Charts , APIs and more to make their data more available and more compelling.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

These days everyone is releasing it, visualizing it, aggregating it, and mashing it up. My favorite example of this technique is the Descry Project’s Obesity Epidemic visualization. Let’s look at another example of this in practice. Data is the new black. And for good reason. Everything else is just noise.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 15, 2012

I don't care how many platforms you're active in--if they are not connected to each other, people will not aggregate the experiences. As a concrete example, consider the library. How do you invite people back, and how do you help them collect and aggregate their experiences with you in a meaningful way? Let me explain.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

These days everyone is releasing it, visualizing it, aggregating it, and mashing it up. My favorite example of this technique is the Descry Project’s Obesity Epidemic visualization. Let’s look at another example of this in practice. Data is the new black. And for good reason. Everything else is just noise.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Surowiecki’s talk, drawing on his 2005 book , was about the surprising value of crowd-based judgments, from guessing the numbers of jelly beans in a jar, to mapping Martian craters , to open contests like the DARPA Grand Challenge for driverless vehicles. people able to draw on own knowledge), and aggregation (i.e.,

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