article thumbnail

Case Study in Local: Oakland Local

Amy Sample Ward

Oakland Local is launching today! Oakland Local is a news & community site for Oakland, CA, USA, focusing on social justice issues including climate change, air quality, food access, arts as activists, and identity, race & ethnicity. About Oakland Local. Getting Local. What do you think? What do you think?

Oakland 100
article thumbnail

29 Nonprofit Bloggers to Follow on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Amy Sample Ward: @amyrsward from London, England. Blog: Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech. Michelle Murrain: @pearlbear from Oakland, CA. Britt Bravo: @Bbravo from Oakland, CA. Blog: Community Organizer 2.0. Sean Stannard-Stockton: @tactphil from San Francisco, CA. Blog: Tactical Philanthrop. Blog: 501derful.org.

Blogger 220
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Nonprofit Technology Conference: NTC 2012 – Day 1

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Oakland’s Extra Action Marching Band lead the way into the ballroom with clinging, clanging, trumpets, drums, flag waving, and dancers who danced their hair off. This was followed by the NTENanna awards and colleague Debra Askanase was honored for her support to the community.

NTC 92
article thumbnail

Candid community: Expanding equitable access to nonprofit resources 

Candid

At Candid, we partner with libraries and nonprofit resource centers across the country to provide nonprofit organizations and local communities with free access to Candid’s educational resources, trainings, and products. Candid community partners are strengthening the local nonprofit sector and helping their communities.

article thumbnail

CompassPoint's 24th Annual Nonprofit Day 2011

NTEN

This all-day conference is dedicated to helping nonprofit professionals broaden their skill set, connect with the community, and get inspired – so mark your calenders for this September 19th, in Oakland, CA. CompassPoint is hosting its 24th annual Nonprofit Day!

Oakland 47
article thumbnail

Join the conversation 4Change!

Amy Sample Ward

Great questions: Social media is becoming a key driver of social change, allowing for the dissemination of new ideas, the formation of new communities and coalitions and the realization of new efficiencies and reach by existing social change groups. Tags: community events. Why are we doing this and why would you want to join?

article thumbnail

Fake Plastic Fish + Take Back the Filter

Have Fun - Do Good

Just a quick shout out for Beth Terry, another Oakland-based blogger, who was nice enough to interview me last month for her blog, Fake Plastic Fish. Sample e-mail.) Thanks, Beth! Here are some ways individuals can get involved: 1) Send an e-mail to everyone you know. 2) If you have a blog, consider writing a post about the campaign.