Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Direct Content. What’s so important or interesting about this?

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Wikipedia gives you a fairly verbose definition , the dictionary gives a similar, but less wordy definition that I think is simpler to grasp. “An An [ecological] community together with its environment,functioning as a unit.”. Community ecosystem. Partnering with local restaurants to supply food for the event.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

According to Wikipedia , “A disruptive innovation is an innovation that creates a new market and value network and eventually disrupts an existing market and value network.” It’s time to consider new and unusual ideas and actions that will help us move forward as a community. It was a revelation. It’s time to innovate, friends.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2013

We’ll be hosting social media surgeries for local nonprofits and community activists. Find your local #nptech tribe and consider sharing your skills as a volunteer surgeon by joining a NetSquared Local group. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group? Don’t believe me? Event Reports.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

site in which people could interact and collaborate with each other to create a virtual community. They eventually became hugely successful NetSquared Locals in several countries. In the end analysis, nonprofits and NGOs build communities and are sustained by communities. What could the peace community do?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

From eating healthy to volunteering at local nonprofits, users earns points that can then be redeemed for rewards or special discounts offered by partner businesses. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

Catchafire works with 8,000 nonprofits and 43 funders who anticipate the growing need for immediate and long-term assistance , especially relating directly to COVID-19 and is tapping its volunteer community for responsive health and human services. .

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Community Health Needs Assessment), is collaboration between Kaiser Permanente, Institute for People, Place & Possibility (IP3), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CHNA is part of a larger project called Community Commons , an interactive mapping, networking, and learning tool. One of the sites discussed, CHNA.org.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

I heard from an organizer who told me that her last two jobs have come from her volunteer role in our community, and from many others who told me that getting together with their peers is what gives them the energy to continue to find innovative ways to use technology for good. Join them every month for a dose of community invigoration!

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Even though there aren’t as many people today reading actual newspapers or watching the 6 o’clock news these days, your local media still reaches a large audience of people in your community who need to know about your nonprofit’s work. Emphasize what you will do with the gift and how it will impact the community.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

They were also costly in that they pushed earlier and arguably more successful forms of ICT4D like community radio to the periphery, in an attempt to overcome the basic untenable economics of a rural telecenter, namely: . A limiting factor, to scale up, will remain the local technical capacity to support and “own” these systems over time. .

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

It's also interesting to note that, according to Wikipedia, Hawaii, New Mexico, California and Texas are already majority-minority states. Different communities have different tastes, dreams, challenges, goals and desires! So What and Who Cares? The changing demographics of the U.S. Here's why.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The second reason is a clear definition of what social media is, even within the social media community. 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 Third C: Community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Net Tuesday Seattle has been in the local press too! Social Networking Sites, Online Communities, and Experiments. " Best Engaging Communities " a large collection of best-practices info and case studies about managing online communities found by Ian Wilker. NetSquared. NpTech Talk. It's a must-read.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

According to wikipedia , The earliest known occurrence of the word "widget" is in Beggar on Horseback (1924), a comedy play written by George S. Wikipedia's definition of widget also points to some popular, cultural, and technical, including: A comic book character and copyrighted image. Kaufman and Marc Connelly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The focus of Eugene's work with this network was to better understand its community, the most promising group practices, and have an open discussion that would facilitate learning and interaction among these leaders who were miles apart, spoke different languages, and had Internet access challenges. That's the vision for his company and work.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2009

A large number of the collaborative projects of which I'm aware (in which staff partner with community members to co-develop exhibits or programs) are initiated with teens. Teens more commonly use the Web to stay in touch with their pre-existing social groups than to join new communities based on content affinities or interests.

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Forum One

AUGUST 13, 2006

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. Chris Wolz manages this blog with the help of his colleagues at Forum One Communications, a web strategy/technology firm in the Washington DC area. We also saw some.

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Forum One

AUGUST 13, 2006

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. Chris Wolz manages this blog with the help of his colleagues at Forum One Communications, a web strategy/technology firm in the Washington DC area. We also saw some.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. From eating healthy to volunteering at local nonprofits, users earns points that can then be redeemed for rewards or special discounts offered by partner businesses. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2006

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. Chris Wolz manages this blog with the help of his colleagues at Forum One Communications, a web strategy/technology firm in the Washington DC area. We also saw some.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2006

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. Chris Wolz manages this blog with the help of his colleagues at Forum One Communications, a web strategy/technology firm in the Washington DC area. We also saw some.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 23, 2005

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. Chris Wolz manages this blog with the help of his colleagues at Forum One Communications, a web strategy/technology firm in the Washington DC area. We also saw some.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 8, 2005

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. Chris Wolz manages this blog with the help of his colleagues at Forum One Communications, a web strategy/technology firm in the Washington DC area. We also saw some.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 28, 2005

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. Chris Wolz manages this blog with the help of his colleagues at Forum One Communications, a web strategy/technology firm in the Washington DC area. We also saw some.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

” While Wikipedia is the fifth most visited web site, its budget and staff is relatively small and it relies on 100,000 contributors across the world to create and edit content. In 2009, the foundation began by harvesting almost a thousand proposals for future directions from community members through online crowd-sourcing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Technorati rapidly index tens of thousands of updates every hour, and monitors live communities and the conversations they foster. You can find out what other people are saying or thinking about your topic, community, organization, program or issue area. Growing and Eating Local Foods. Eating Fabulous Step 2: Thinking Outloud.

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

Check to make sure you are updated in places that matter: Guidestar , CharityNavigator , GreatNonprofits , Wikipedia , and GlassDoor.com. Lakeside Chautauqua managed to raise $105k by focusing on a local restoration project in their community. New volunteers will be evaluating new nonprofits based on rating sites. Timebox it.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

As some of you know, part of my work is being the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup that facilitates the adoption of social web tools by nonprofits and NGOs. Wikipedia defines a mashup as, "a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

is an iOS App that allows users to earn points for doing things like volunteering at local food banks or animal shelters. Points can later be redeemed for deals and free items at local merchants. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

is an iOS App that allows users to earn points for doing things like volunteering at local food banks or animal shelters. Points can later be redeemed for deals and free items at local merchants. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. The winning charity receives 50% of the community donations, the 2nd charity receives 30%, and the 3rd charity receives 20%. Local Impact Map :: datamarket.azure.com/application. Meetup :: meetup.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. From eating healthy to volunteering at local nonprofits, users earns points that can then be redeemed for rewards or special discounts offered by partner businesses. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. From eating healthy to volunteering at local nonprofits, users earns points that can then be redeemed for rewards or special discounts offered by partner businesses. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2014

Nonprofits, faith-based organizations, libraries, and networks such as the NetSquared Local should be leading this movement as they are already committed to social good. AirBnB will allow hosts to donate to local causes; will add smoke detectors, will work on joint campaigns with the city and improve disaster preparedness.

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