Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Today’s Community Builder chat focused on examples and best practices for connecting on and offline community activities, events, and organizing. You can look at #sfaddis to see what they did recently from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Topic: Community Building, of course! About the Community Builder Chat.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2014

But what remains constant underneath all the change in this digital age is the steady pulse of community storytelling. We were blown away by the global participation in this year's campaign. Mark Karnes" by Soddo Christian Hospital (Ethiopia). But how can stories touch hearts and minds if they go unnoticed and unheard?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 22, 2007

Oxfam announced yesterday that Starbucks signed an agreement with Ethiopian farmers: "Starbucks and Ethiopia have finalized an agreement that ends their trademark dispute and brings both sides together in partnership to help Ethiopian farmers. ethiopia starbucks oxfam starbucks holdthehormones Guess what? They did a protest.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2014

From local athletes and community members in Boston it quickly became a national movement. Before the age of computers and social media, the broadcasting of live imagery from Ethiopia culminated in Live Aid, one of the most successful charity events at that time. Note: TechSoup Global is donating to the ALA Association as well.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

I got a vivid image of new possibilities for mashing up data a few weeks ago at Forum One's Online Community Summit in Sonoma. Owen is based in Ethiopia; his wife works for an NGO that builds clinics. For me the highlight of the event (though there were many highlights) was a talk given by Owen Barder of AidInfo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

A community group worked hard to get her placed on the historic register and raise money to restore her to her mid-century glory. Last winter, after Harry and I had a conversation about global warming (and quite a conversation it was for a then eight-year old), and we collaborated on a series of green videos.

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Children Teach Philanthropy Hunger 86

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

An inclusive environment that cultivates engagement from a global community. The Community Sprint, held in San Francisco on November 2-3, was a first-of-its-kind event for the Commons Community. For the uninitiated, Community Sprints are highly collaborative, community-driven events. This shift was hard.

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