Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

s very innovative in its open-source and collaborative approach, it?s The GEO project is intended to collect and show data and geospatial information (on maps) of energy resources, generation, transmission, usage, and environmental impacts. GEO will eventually include data, and data on Google maps, for: 1. We think it?s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2007

I used to help me with some preparation for tomorrow's presentation on tagging. You don't get as much control over the look and feel of your mind map as you would with say MindManager, although you can import an MindManager file. But, you can create a collaborative mindmap online using this application. I had to play with it.

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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. Marty Kearns has set up a collaborative paper and discussion on a wiki. foundations to aid those affected by the downturn. Drill down to see the details.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 3, 2010

Just as our tools get more interesting and dynamic for global collaboration and impact, so do they for locally-focused work, campaigns, and communities. The opportunities for organizations to leverage hyper local tools include: Catalyze your community – be the catalyst behind community growth and collaboration.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yesterday was the 3rd annual Women Who Tech Telesummit , bringing together over 600 women (and men) from for-profit and nonprofit organizations and technology start, connecting developers and techies with those new to the field, igniting conversations and long-term collaborations. Community Mapping. How do you set up an unconference?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 4, 2009

Vote for your local organization: Some cities have already chosen the organization and others need local people to vote, so use the map on the Twestival site to find your city’s Twestival page to learn more! Tags: community events fundraising local online fundraising twestival twitter. Check out Twestival Local.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 17, 2010

Their theme was “Building Community through Collaboration.” While lots of sessions described formal partnerships between organizations, I chose to focus on informal ways that institutions can partner with community members and visitors on an ongoing basis--collaboration with a small "c." It features lots of museum-based examples.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 8, 2013

And you have to know enough about your data to map the field name and values correctly. I’m very proud of this collaboration. Tagged: batch , Common Ground , NPSP , Salesforce , Starter Pack , utilities. You have to match those gifts to existing donors or create new ones if they don’t exist. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2009

I've been playing in a sand box to explore online collaboration/social media tools and how they support network weaving. The big ah ha for me during our reflection that was that effective online collaboration tools for working in a networked way can't have top-down control interaction design.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 5, 2010

Towards that end, Epic Change has created an online collaborative art project to honor moms across the globe called To Mama With Love. How You Can Share: Visit [link] to see the heartspaces already popping up on the map from around the world. Tags: campaigns community epic change social change tomamawithlove twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2009

That's why I'm was so excited to see that Brian Solis and Jesse Thomas have collaborated on a "alpha" version of the "Twitterverse" of Twitter tools covering a broader taxonomy of uses - from relationship management to work flow support and beyond. Thanks Brian and Jesse for a terrifically useful map to the Twitterverse. .

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Taxonomy Twitter Wikispaces Tools 94

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2009

Location: MIT room 3-270 (click for map). What happens when marketing evolves from broadcast to conversation, fundraising changes from large donors to e-microdonations, or collaboration moves from sweaty basements to vast social networks? Tags: social media entrepreneurship conference events twitter socialmedia.

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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. In the book, we talk about the using low tech tools like crayons or post-it notes to map out your network. When you map your network, it tells you a story.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Be sure to really consider this as there are probably many different groups, supporters, collaborators, or other audiences that you may not list right away! You’ve just created a map of all your audiences and how you and all of them can be sharing, conversing and campaigning in an aligned way! . #1: Who are “They&#.

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Forum One

JUNE 4, 2010

We also saw some very cool examples of how to use NodeXL to map and understand social networks. Tags: Influence Collaboration Government Internet Strategy. Here is a nice summary of the event.

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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. Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008.

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Forum One

JUNE 4, 2010

We also saw some very cool examples of how to use NodeXL to map and understand social networks. Tags: Influence Collaboration Government Internet Strategy Social Media. Here is a nice summary of the event.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Instead of getting distracted by the tools and the terminologies, I focus on the four underlying themes in social media, the 4Cs of social media: Content, Collaboration, Community and Collective Intelligence. The Second C: Collaboration. Collaboration can happen at three levels: conversation, co-creation and collective action.

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Social Media Media Social Aggregator 106

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

The power of social media in this context, “is in networks growing and collaborating, not silo-ing&# (@ amysampleward ) or “ connecting/leveraging/magnifying the work of people who’re already aware&# (@ HildyGottlieb ). Collaborative mapping of climate change policy [link]. link] is a climate change wiki.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Nowhere is this truer than in the online collaboration space. In cases where an organization wants to engage in collaboration online but doesn't know exactly how, they could certainly evaluate the options and do a detailed software selection to find the "right" solution. Want mapping? Online discussions?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2009

Does your organization have access to the technology tools and skills as well as the capacity to collaborate beyond your organization's firewall? Online Collaboration Tools: A co-creation network will require an organization to have the ability to collaborate online beyond the organization's firewalls.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

Then tools like GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting, and GoToWebinar from Citrix Online let you share your desktop and collaborate with your creative team. Flickr : You’re probably already familiar with Flickr's features such as the ability to upload from anywhere, tag photos, create sets , and create or join groups.

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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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Tools Map Disaster Oregon 59

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Nowhere is this truer than in the online collaboration space. In cases where an organization wants to engage in collaboration online but doesn't know exactly how, they could certainly evaluate the options and do a detailed software selection to find the "right" solution. Want mapping? Online discussions?

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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2010

Mapping systems are helping pinpoint areas that are hardest hit and mobilize aid. Micro-volunteerism is allowing all of us to "tag" photos of people and help identify missing persons. Tags: Influence Collaboration Social Media. Organizations are using social media to raise more money faster than ever before.

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Haiti News Story Social Media 55

NTEN

JANUARY 15, 2009

We're still days away, but you can try to make the time go faster by participating in Slate's " The People's Inaugural Address ", an experiment in collaborative writing. To help: You'll probably want a map of some sort. Tag things! Tags: NPTech inauguration flickr twitter google maps iPhone.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

" The site features interactive, color-coded health outcome maps for each state -- such as this Virginia map -- illustrating the relative health of all of the state's counties. Additionally, a user can view maps for individual counties, such as Fairfax County , Va., Tags: Influence Press Releases Site Launches.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Collaboration via social media has enabled the program to come together and launch. Here’s 5 key steps to mapping your work towards metrics: Problem : Be as specific as possible, focus on the problems you will be addressing directly (not just changing the world). What do you think?

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Forum One

MAY 14, 2009

." Any healthcare student interested in broadening their reproductive health training may search the GO Tool for clinical and non-clinical opportunities using an interactive flash map. Tags: Global Health. Organizations can recruit students by listing program information online. User feedback welcome!

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

They were able to use the platform for organizing offline events, finding and collaborating with volunteer organizers, and more. Google’s Mapping tools include: Google Earth. Google Maps & MyMaps. Google Maps API. How Google Earth & Maps can help Non-Profits : Show what is at stake – don’t just tell people.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

NetSquared’s Global Community Builder , Amy Sample Ward, will be at the NTC this year to connect and collaborate with friends, colleagues and new faces in the sector. Togetherness: The dream of the Web is a model maps our influence and values to appropriate collective action that has reached its tipping point.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

An example of an API is when you put a Bing or Google Map on your website.). site in which people could interact and collaborate with each other to create a virtual community. Google Maps. The idea was to embed the functions of existing social sites like Meetup , Flickr , and del.icio.us. Citizen journalism. Podcasting.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Amy Sample Ward recaps the lively discussion and shares some excellent resources like this Climate Debate Map , the Drupal.org profile of TckTckTck and the Climate Lab Wiki. We talk about collaboration a lot, but this is a true collabor-ACTION, mirroring the desire to work together seen across the climate movement.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Better Together: Collaboration and Nonprofit Netwo. All You Need is Love.

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Teach Arizona Philanthropy Children 81

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

What that translates to is that a movement is built on collaboration, incorporates co-design between individuals and organizations, and remains focused, even during an event or campaign, on lasting, real impact. The organizations get to do everything BUT drive: you are the vehicle, the gas, the map, the snacks even! Quite the opposite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2010

This can be useful to find potential collaborators. Mention Map helps you visualize who is interacting with you around which hashtags. Tags: Networked Nonprofit Tips Tools and Tactics klout mailana network theory tools twiangulate valdiskrebs. How many people do you follow and why? How do you manage it?

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