Amy Sample Ward
SEPTEMBER 13, 2010
The Desert of Community Building | Geoff Livingston's Blog – "One of the most crystallizing moments of my online career was when Ike Pigott said social media was an organic process. Most marketers and communicators fail to realize the imperative of engaging the Fifth Estate as a group of people just like them."
Amy Sample Ward
NOVEMBER 5, 2009
A recent event has brought up some huge red flags for me around data, around communities, around social impact, inclusion and even more. It’s a case of letting technology lead (or, rather, the people behind the technology) instead of the communities on the other end. What it Means to Communities. Looking Ahead.
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Amy Sample Ward
NOVEMBER 5, 2009
A recent event has brought up some huge red flags for me around data, around communities, around social impact, inclusion and even more. It’s a case of letting technology lead (or, rather, the people behind the technology) instead of the communities on the other end. What it Means to Communities. Looking Ahead.
Amy Sample Ward
MAY 20, 2009
"After running successful community websites in London's challenging Kings Cross I wanted to help other communities achieve the same sense of empowerment and communication. So i quit my job and set up Talk About Local to bring locally created and locally owned websites to communities across the country."
Amy Sample Ward
MARCH 9, 2010
It comes at the same time that I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the importance of community builders/managers/leaders or organizational voices to give permission back to the community members. Giving permission to the community to have conversations without you requires trust. Let’s discuss!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 10, 2007
CompuMentor has created a Technology Innovation Fund to provide direct cash support to projects selected by the NetSquared Community. It's really hard to narrow it down to 5-10 projects, but here's a sampling of the diversity of projects and causes represented. Community-Owned Telecenter Project in Malawi. Avatar Action Center.
Amy Sample Ward
APRIL 7, 2009
Empowerment is unconditional. Technology can solve information problems, organise communities and publish behaviours, but they can’t deliver food or care for the sick. You can’t know what your community wants from you without asking and they are waiting for you to ask. And you can’t influence the community if you aren’t in it.
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