Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I recommend using a tool like Netvibes because it allows you to have a public and/or private dashboard, and is easy to use and customize. You can see an example of a dashboard by visiting my public Nonprofit Tech Dashboard. Then, for each group, create a chart with 4 columns and identify: Their goal: why do they engage with you.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

I moderated a panel with the above title yesterday at NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference. Tags: Consulting NTEN. Jana Byington-Smith did a great job of capturing the discussion for the conference’s live blog. I’m reposting her summary below. The list of links she mentions is at [link].

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

The annual publication offers valuable insight into charitable giving across the USA. Gift range chart : Utilizing a gift range chart is a great way to created focused, goal-oriented campaigns. This article from NTEN provides the SEO terms you need to know. Use this checklist to check in.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

That’s the question I asked this morning on Qriously, a new application that measures public sentiment, in real time. First, overall: And when you click on “What does this chart mean?&# So, although you may only have 100 people give you an answer, if your question said, for example, “Have you heard of NTEN?&#

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NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2012

Technology-responsible staff are involved in overall strategic planning, helping to craft the future of the organization and the plan for how technology can support that work, both inside the organization and through public-facing technologies. The above chart represents the responses from survey participants.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Maps are a tool for visualizing data about place, much like charts are tools for visualizing numeric and financial data. Data within the application is sourced from public data sets about housing, transit, education, and economic statistics, as well as private data sources covering specific neighborhood features like banks and supermarkets.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

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. You should spend as much time and energy making your data, charts, and tables findable as you do making your reports and other content.

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NTEN

MAY 24, 2010

Photo: The Public Record. Now the fun starts: the public debate. Lobbyists are charting their courses on the Hill, asking Congress to sign anti-net neutrality letters to send the to FCC. . The Public Policy Communicators of New York City have a great write up of last week's meeting on this topic.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Maps are a tool for visualizing data about place, much like charts are tools for visualizing numeric and financial data. Data within the application is sourced from public data sets about housing, transit, education, and economic statistics, as well as private data sources covering specific neighborhood features like banks and supermarkets.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Making your data public and accessible has numerous benefits for the organization, but data transparency itself matters because it: facilitates accountability, helps people make decisions, encourages innovation, and keeps systems everywhere running smoothly (from markets to medicines). Because data is powerful!

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

CUP is a New York City based organization that educates and informs the public, educators, and policy makers to help them make smarter urban growth decisions. They do provide understand the most common way a user would like to approach the data, and provide one or two data manipulating tools that help them on their way.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Last week was the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference and not only did I have the pleasure of presenting a couple sessions, it was also my first NTC as a staffer, as I joined NTEN earlier this month. Another way to not take short cutes is to operate in public.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Below is a chart of the campaign as of June 23, 2009. Tags: Community NPTech NTEN Fundraising. Results: From April 29 to June 23, 2009, CMMB secured 2,160 new e-mail addresses through the Packed with Love campaign—about a 7 percent addition to its existing database. Online Metrics as of June 23, 2009. Adrienne holds a B.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon, the capstone thesis project for Heinz School Masters students. Inspired by the NTEN blog post about whether online engagement leads to more money, Gavin's Digital Dinner gives a brilliant counter point essay on the topic filled with facts and nice pie charts.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

Take a look at this chart from the report: The lower retention rate drags down the lifetime value of online-acquired donors, as per this chart: So, while we're busy chasing down those high-value online donors, they may be costing us more in the long-run. It's not just nonprofits that are getting used to all this, it's the public.

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NTEN

MARCH 30, 2011

Gliffy has smart-looking templates for flow charts, database diagrams, system, business processes, and so on. Steve founded Database Designs in 1989 to bring new, effective software development and technology strategy to nonprofits, small businesses and public sector organizations. I look forward to hearing yours!

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

As part of 14LCS, we at NTEN were excited to recognize a few individuals and organizations who have gone above and beyond to push the limits, redefine the way we approach social impact, and help chart a course for all of us to follow. These open source applications are helping to make government work better for everyone.

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NTEN

MAY 2, 2011

By Holly Ross, Executive Director, NTEN Funders and donors alike have been chanting the same mantra recently: prove it. Thanks in large part to President Obama's open government initiative, every federal department must make data about its work available to the general public.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2011

We have a ten step drafting process, with stage 10 being perfection. We have a visual chart that shows us the stage of each draft – so when we reached 80% milestone, my reward was to attend the afternoon sessions of the Social Innovation Summit 2011. No shame in failing.” ” All in all, I left feeling inspired.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Over recent decades, the public conversation at our conference has evolved to address new developments in our field(s), including social entrepreneurship, social economy and all aspects of civil society, as well as to meet the needs of those who study and lead “the social sector.” NTEN / Washington, DC / $850. 11/16/2016. Nov 16 - 19.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

We lead off with Amy Sample Ward who is the executive director of NTEN , the big membership organization of nonprofit technology professionals. Beth Kanter won the NTEN Award in2007: Most Valuable Person in NpTech field. He got the NTEN Award IN 2011. Amy Sample Ward. She is one of our great online community organizers.

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