Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

I was delighted when Ron Schultz invited me to collaborate with him on his latest book Creating Good Work – The World’s Leading Social Entrepreneurs Show How to Build a Healthy Economy. To explain our approach, let’s look at Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with print disabilities. copyright law. copyright law.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. When other cities replicate the model, we’ll be able to track the origin and migration of these ideas from city to city through individuals. Nell will be responding to comments on this blog and can also be reached here.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

In actuality, hackathons are events where ideas are hatched and technology needs are met — making them excellent opportunities for nonprofits, charities, and libraries! A hackathon is an event where programmers, developers, designers, and leaders come together to collaborate on an app, website, or software projects.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

You may feel like you are doing everything yourself, but at some point you will be collaborating with others on documents, and you will need Docs and Sheets. You can collaborate with your Board and other team members using Google Docs and Google Sheets and then store the final product in Drive.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2012

TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for seven years now. It made us think about ways we could bring good dependable low-cost computers to nonprofits and libraries. How Green Is Refurbished IT Equipment?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

What do you get when you combine around the table with virtual collaboration? It embraced a truly hybrid model; that is, it facilitated real-time participation from every attendee, rather than just adding a digital component to an in-person event. Common Data Models. From In-person to Virtual, to…Both?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

More importantly, it means that we should be looking to their model to push ourselves in how we think about delivering the most engaging, powerful content possible. We are finally leaving behind the 18th century model of education where groups of students are expected to learn at a standard pace.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

From a museum perspective, I think there's a lot to learn from these venues' business models, approach to collecting and exhibiting work, and connection with their audiences. It's run by Jon Rubin, an artist and professor of social practice at Carnegie Mellon, and his students. Chicago Underground Library (Chicago, IL).

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

I opened up one of Fundwriter’s appeal models ( Appeal – Human Impact ) and entered information as if Fundwriter.ai Step 1: Choose a Fundwriter model. Fundwriter is trained by veteran nonprofit professionals and fundraisers to follow proven writing models that work again and again. was the nonprofit. Fundwriter.ai

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

FORGE uses a collaborative, rather than top-down model, to serve refugees' needs, and much has been written in the blogosphere and media about Erickson's "radical transparency" around the organization's financial challenges. You use a process that on your website was described as the, "collaborative project planning process."

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Pet Adoption Events Collaborate with local animal shelters for pet adoption events where a portion of adoption fees goes to your cause. You can either use a pay-to-enter model or turn it into a bit more of a gamble, where participants get a basket of eggs that may or may not contain a valuable prize.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

You can collaborate with other nonprofits in your region or in your issue area to investigate whether you can all offer benefits for each other. Throughout the year you can connect with other donors and funders and the people we serve (artists, students, activists).”. Allow voting for the board (if you have this membership model).

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

These include: A built-in library of eLearning assets. This could mean a fully open-source environment, a desktop environment where only one person can edit the course at a time, or a cloud-based environment for collaborative authoring. A perpetual license costs $1299 and student teachers can access the solution for $399.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

It also uses the NPSP as its CRM (constituent relationship management system) tracking interactions with donors, contractors, grantmakers, advisors, board members, volunteers, customers, and students. Problem: In years past, Hagar relied on an extensive library of Excel files to document contact with each client that would come seeking help.

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