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. . —– A new report from the team at Forrester came out last week: Tapping The Entire Online Peer Influence Pyramid.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

Consumers will see that their voices make a difference when programs are adjusted and measures of success redefined in response to feedback. We know that when low-income families can access other people’s consumer feedback it is both extremely useful and a source of empowerment. Please join us for the conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2008

I came across Ore's writing via Sokari Ekine's fantastic bridge blogging of the African blogosphere on Global Voices. I also had a chance to work with Ore through Nancy White and KM4DEV Technology Stewardship issue. s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC). s Technology Empowerment Centre. Of course, said yes.

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Africa Empowerment Mentoring Tools 50

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

." ~ Caroline Lovell, Founder, Traveling Postcards Traveling Postcards facilitates the creation of handmade art postcards that are hand delivered all over the world to bringing awareness and voice to women and girls whose lives have suffered from isolation, violence, or repression. Honestly I think every postcard is a success story.

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Costa Rica Interview Afghanistan Artist 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

The UN Global Report is also using Facebook Messenger bots to engage young people around different issues. Empowerment. By using their voices to support their organization’s mission, they boost trust and inspire meaningful conversation and debate. Transparency. Aspiration. Positive Impact.

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Learning Donor Online Fundraising 86

Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

We’re bringing that honest conversation right to you with some new voices with a passion for nonprofit culture and employee wellness. . The pandemic caused additional burnout and stress as nonprofits had to pivot with less resources and rising cash flow issues. Krista joined the Austin Angels staff in 2018 without hesitation.

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2013

We've seen the potential for simple, community empowerment focused solutions to have a tremendous impact on some of the world's most pressing health and sustainability issues. Voted the top photo story by the community voice, here’s “Sowing Community” by Development in gardening (DIG).

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Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2016

Focusing in on Local Issues. The city's OpenData goals are to improve city services for residents and businesses, produce jobs, enhance economic opportunities, and increase resident engagement and empowerment. Tackling Global Issues. Open Data San Francisco. Martus: Encryption for Human Rights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

100% of participants implement a process and write a social media policy that addresses organizational adoption issues. 100% of participants implement an action learning project that uses measurement to help improve their practice, share insights with peers, and identify opportunities to amplify each other’s voices through social media.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

HOW (slides 24-42) There are three “tracks” to our theory of change: individual empowerment, social bonding, and social bridging. Let’s start with empowerment. We seek to empower our visitors to raise their own civic and creative voices. Showing that their voice matters. And so on. But I hope you are working on one.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Discover how the power of social sharing can shine a light on a serious issue and poke fun at the inanity of discrimination. Transcending "Social:" Visibility and Empowerment In An Uber-Mega-Meta Self-Conscious Age Speaker: Jianda Johnson, Business and Resource Development Specialist, Guadalupe Montessori School.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

engagejoe : Hmm…What about ‘using webby tools 2 organize ppl for impact on an array of issues, w/the goal of creating real world change?’ rootwork : Key element for success, to me, is allowing ppl to speak in own voice, e.g. [link] was abt ppl, not an org. realize_ink : Q3: empowerment & ownership.

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Campaign Org Social Media Measure 108

Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. In the midst of a pivotal moment in patient engagement and empowerment, our microphone has been turned off. The new project is called the Mobile Giving Alliance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Later, these questions were organized into categories so we had a concept map of issues people wanted to explore and these categories were also used in different activities. “Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. Taking in New Ideas: Facilitated Listening. ” Anne Lamott.

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Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 124

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2016

And in several cases, the projects constituted "empowerment lite" for participants rather than true collaboration, co-creation, or transformation. While there was evidence of plenty of community engagement work across museums and galleries, most of it was funded project by project.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

It's the definite article that causes problems, implying there's an easy way to think about the issues surrounding the inequitable access to technology -- and perhaps an easy solution. The "voices" of the Internet that you get are biased by the people who are in the places that you hang out. Brett Meyer, NTEN.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

"I would wake up in the middle of the night and still hear their voices. I just had to take that chance." - Jensine Larsen Jensine Larsen is the Founder and CEO of World Pulse , a global media and communication network devoted to bringing women a global voice. We unite those voices to accelerate change.

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Voice Global Saudi Arabia Journal 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

100% of participants implement a process and write a social media policy that addresses organizational adoption issues. 100% of participants implement an action learning project that uses measurement to help improve their practice, share insights with peers, and identify opportunities to amplify each other’s voices through social media.

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India NGO Network Exercise 102

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2009

This is the fourth annual such event and is meant to organize pro-choice bloggers to write about choice, raise the profile of reproductive rights, and educate their readers about the issue. This kind of constituent empowerment effort as an organizing strategy is smart. And that I'm able to help them do it!

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

AD: I think it is important to start by saying that the Women of Color Resource Center came out of a lot of political thinking and activism of the late '60s and '70s, when women of color really felt that it was important that their voices be heard in a movement that was largely dominated by men, and also white women and white allies.

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Resource Interview Policy Issue 40

Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Make sure the appeal truly reflects the storyteller’s voice. o Empowerment and choice. o Cultural, historical, and gender issues. Instead, create space for them to tell their own story. We are all our own best storytellers. ? Center your storyteller, not the organization. Be open to stories that don’t fit your preconceptions. ?

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Storytelling Fundraising Nonprofit Video 105

Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2016

One of the nonprofits that inspires me locally here in Santa Cruz is a youth empowerment and food justice organization called "Food, What!?" Most of these youth have bigger issues on their minds: addiction, gang violence, social anxiety, the possibility that they may not graduate from high school or get a good job.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 8, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately affecting women and girls around the world, which threatens the gains made in the past decades in advancing women’s economic empowerment, health, rights, and safety. With that in mind, here are three other organizations that are working to break the bias for girls and women across the world.

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Costa Rica Game Change Uganda 111

Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

Our work started by focusing on long term empowerment projects. For the past 5 or 6 years we've had a small but steady group of supporters who are primarily invested in our empowerment projects. How do you keep your donors and audience engaged even after an issue has moved out of the news cycle?

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Puerto Rico Haiti Guatemala Hawaii 75

Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The other thing is that a lot of inner cities are part of empowerment zones or enterprise zones where companies that are at a certain scale and profitable can benefit from tax credits, both from the payroll side, if you hire from the inner city, but also if you locate in the enterprise zones. The public safety issue is huge.

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Oakland San Francisco Companies Business 61

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

" An example is a campaign sponsored by the Women Empowerment Program at the Hariri Foundation in Lebanon. Or are they already extremely involved in the issue — do they need a fresh perspective or novel ways to engage? Image 2 : Appalachian Voices. Also consider your approach. Image 1 : Tactical Technology Collective.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

" An example is a campaign sponsored by the Women Empowerment Program at the Hariri Foundation in Lebanon. Or are they already extremely involved in the issue — do they need a fresh perspective or novel ways to engage? Image 2 : Appalachian Voices. Also consider your approach. Image 1 : Tactical Technology Collective.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

That said, in 2012 I had the opportunity to travel to Africa and Asia and from those travel experiences three themes emerged that inspired the selection of this year’s nonprofits: 1) Women’s and girls empowerment; 2) Conservation of wildlife and wild lands; and 3) Access to medical care. Vital Voices :: @ VitalVoices.

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Conservancy Nicaragua Kenya National 279

EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

There's a long fight ahead, but for issues that stir you, one simple, positive thing you can do today is give - your time, money, voice, or attention - because so many organizations need your urgent support. The last few days have been equal parts terrifying, challenging, and complicated. LGBTQ Rights. Immigration & Refugees.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

It could be the environment, it could be educational issues, political issues, international, national. We wanted to encourage them to find their voice, and to become leaders in their own right in their own local community. It really didn't matter to us. We didn't want to micromanage someone's passion. What are your resources?

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Interview Cambodia Children Uganda 46

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

I think one of the main things we've talked about is how can we lift all boats and I think a true vision includes a lot of different aspects and a lot of different people, so it's not a single issue. We're looking at building bridges between environmental movements and social justice movements.

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Arts Podcast Action Interview 40

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

To me, that sort of sums up something very special about the way in which we try to make these resources accessible to women-led initiatives that are often some of the most creative that we are seeing on issues ranging from the environment, to health, to education, to building peace and sustainable communities around the world.

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