Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

The internet is not new. The last few years, though, have been dramatically impacted by the real-time web. The real-time web is a paradigm based on pushing information to users as soon as it’s available, instead of requiring that they or their software check a source periodically for updates. People believe in the internet.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Once you've downloaded the app, all this information is accessible regardless of whether you have phone service or internet access during an emergency. The Red Cross has a simple shelter search web app , accessible via any web browser. Shelter information is updated every 30 minutes. Notifying Family and Friends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Here’s a few of the videos focused on using the social web for social good. The point here is to focus on your goals and then think about how the online application can help you achieve what mission. Social Media for Nonprofits Ignite! What makes a Cause on Facebook successful? How would YOU go about executing on each of these?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2011

Yes, the same Facebook application that hosts your Birthday Wish and largely powered the Save Japan Dolphins campaign featured in the documentary The Cove. There's still time to enter your submission before the second annual Digital Storytelling Challenge ends this coming Monday, January 31!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Security in the Cloud Security is one of the largest concerns when considering a move of a system or application to the Internet. How the Cloud Can Make a Difference for Disaster Relief Find out how Second Harvest Japan used cloud-based technologies to serve Japanese communities when disaster struck.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

Causes is the largest Facebook fundraising application and most nonprofits are likely familiar with it. In 2009, The Academy Award winning film The Cove used the activism platform to create one of the most successful causes , bringing together over 1 million people to end the dolphin slaughter in Japan. Over and over again.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Security in the Cloud Security is one of the largest concerns when considering a move of a system or application to the Internet. How the Cloud Can Make a Difference for Disaster Relief Find out how Second Harvest Japan used cloud-based technologies to serve Japanese communities when disaster struck.

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