Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery. This is something that the 350.org

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

Quinn mentioned a few interesting examples of how nonprofits can use mobile to facilitate conversations with their constituents, including: Engaging volunteers and conducting surveys. Ushahidi allows you to gather data using SMS and other channels. View data (if your database allows mobile access) and enter data remotely.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Recently, over 300 innovators and changemakers interested in the intersection of technology and social benefit work converged for a few days of idea-sharing, learning, and collaboration at NetSquared's annual conference. About NetSquared. To learn more about NetSquared or get involved, visit [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

The TechSoup Global Network , NetSquared, GuideStar International, and NGOsource projects facilitate philanthropic support, data transparency and shared innovation around the world. billion to date.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

Like TechSoup's other community-driven tech-innovation initiatives — the NetSquared challenges , the ReStart movement , and Apps4Warsaw — Caravan Studios' work is informed first and foremost by the needs of the community itself. That is the mission of Caravan Studios , a division of TechSoup. public libraries to the app.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

However, there was also a plea not to make evaluation painful, collecting huges amount of data and not using it to improve a program. Premal talked about the need for creating magic for the users and building in workflow software that was facilitated relationship building through the ladder of engagement. Don't give up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

I was also an early member of Netsquared Community , another one of Marnie’s brilliant ideas that rocked the field. Not only does this help me frame and tailor the talk I give to the audience, but facilitates Twitter conversations before. Conversational Key Note. 5: Make sure your content has a social life.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

NetSquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data. Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. What : Learn how your organization could use open data and APIs to show your impact, coordinate volunteers, or inspire supporters to take action. Thursday, April 8, 2010.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Can you imagine a way to combine data that would increase awareness around an issue? NetSquared, a project of TechSoup, is awarding a share of $100,000 in prize money, and a trip to the NetSquared Conference, to the top 20 winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

What are they like: what are the demographics, the data, the stories? And finally, you want to identify the roles needed to create, facilitate, and implement the programs and services you design with the community. The first step: Identifying your community. That may sound simple, like “my town, or my campus, or my organization.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

More recently, John has been involved with the “ Open Development Cambodia” an online hub compiling freely available data in a ‘one-stop shop’ to help consolidate access to up-to-date information about Cambodia, using an ‘open data’ approach. Here’s a video and blog post I wrote for Blogher back then.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Adding a new data point to it. Unlike library subject cataloging, which follows a strict set of guidelines, tagging is completely unstructured and freeform, allowing users to create connections between data anyway they want. Tagging helps found things stay found as well as facilitate the wisdom of the group. You aren??????t

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. It originally appeared on NetSquared. Open Data Applied. Announcing the Global Open Data Initiative (GODI).

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NTEN

JUNE 11, 2014

Regardless of which department or team you’re a part of at your organization, data—the collection, analysis, and use of it for your work—has most likely come up more than once. Do you have a data plan? We are thrilled to announce Alexandra Samuel as an LCS keynote speaker, because she will change your relationship to data.

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