Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2009

People simply choose a country of interest (such as China or Thailand) and an area of interest (such as education or the environment) and find a list of vetted opportunities to which they can donate money or give their time. Social Actions is “an open source database of actions people can take on any issue.

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Impact Help Thailand Case Study 111

Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2011

John Lyman from Google.org laid out three key themes in deploying technology products in the developing world: Remember the context and environment in which you are using technology. Unlike "digital natives," "digital immigrants" interact with technology differently and we must account for that.

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Conference Technology Open Source Uganda 52

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2009

Youtube users and environment lends to active participation. Gave a great simple definition of open source software: access to code, users modify, anyone can redistribute, public collaborative development. Connecting nonprofits to youtube users like blog brothers who have thousands of viewers. grab attention quickly.

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Tech YouTube Nonprofit Open Source 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Real Time Representation - How Social Media is Changing the Face of Government submitted by Erica O'Grady 2008 marked the year of the first Twitter from inside the Oval Office. This panel will explore and discuss the impact of tools like Twitter, Qik, Utterz, Ustream, and more on current and future elections. With snacks!

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Comment Open Source Social Media Drupal 50

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2016

Staying true to the open source movement that is Giving Tuesday, The Office of University Development focused on overall awareness for Giving Blueday but gave the participating schools, colleges, units, and organizations the freedom to add messaging for “why them.” Culture of Continuous Improvement.

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Michigan University Giving Student 20

Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2009

The brevity of each card (140 characters) keeps the content tight and makes it easily repurposed to other platforms (like Twitter). I also love that they are opening the site in short iterative stints so that they can continue adapting the platform as they learn how people are using it. machines) for informal learning environments?

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Game Experiment Participatory Museum 24

Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

Evaluation explains the effects [on the recipients or the environment] that are expected as a result of transferring or exchanging knowledge.". open source. Evaluation. The evaluation tools and techniques you choose will depend in large part on the message, the method of delivery, and the outcome that you want to measure.

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Knowledge Effective PDF Evaluation 60

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

If nonprofits want to have a good fundraising platform that they can know won’t be bought and swallowed and changed so that they’ll have to shell out more, it’s time to invest money and effort in an open source platform. We have power and options in using open source solutions. We will fill the void.

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Open Source Blackbaud Time Fundraising 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 23, 2007

So I’ve been thinking a lot about the role of free and open source software in environmentally sustainable computing. Sometime in September, NOSI will be releasing the new version of the primer on open source software for nonprofits. I’ll be announcing it, for sure. Elluminate Live! Just visit [link].

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Software Free Ubuntu Open Source 100

NTEN

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Founded in 2001, we focus on serving the nonprofit sector and provide technology consulting, strategic assessments, print and web design services and open-source CMS implementation. Being kind to our environment is a key thread amongst the owners and employees at Confluence. How and Why We-Care is Green. Why, you ask?

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Green Sponsor NTC Los Angeles 61

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

Is the environment any cleaner? But I think the jury is still out, at least from my perspective, on whether or not this sea change in communication has actually resulted in very much on-the-ground social change. Are there actually really any fewer homeless people? Did MoveOn actually manage to help elect someone more progressive? Be Helpful.

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Language Open Source Web RSS 100

Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2009

Kind of like if Ning , Google Talk , Gmail , Twitter and Facebook got smooshed together into a single open source environment. As for Twitter, I think that works because what can be lower maintenance than SMS or a single simple column of short messages?

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gMail Adopt Ning Google 100

Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

Heartbleed is an OpenSSL bug that creates openings in cloud servers in which attackers can go in and extract passwords, private keys, and other data. OpenSSL is nonprofit open source software that provides security on e-commerce and other websites by creating an encrypted channel between your device and the website.

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Green News Issue Technology 57

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

Which puts us in danger of tipping an environment in which it’s very difficult to support good content into one in which it’s downright impossible. 4 Sonia Lyris 04.09.07 at 11:43 am I come to this issue as an complete outsider to the non-profit world but for my involvement as Michael’s partner in his “secret&# project.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 16, 2007

I guess I got involved in coworking originally because I was working out of cafes and wanted a more collaborative, productive environment to go to and work around other people in. The broad general idea is to no longer work all alone and so that you can be in a much more productive environment around other people.

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Green Interview San Francisco Environment 40

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

He then says: "The difference that the digitally networked environment makes is its capacity to increase the efficacy, and therefor the importance, of many more and more diverse, nonmarket producers falling within the general category of [Jane] Einstein. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Also, offices are expected to hold on to their IT equipment longer – which I might add is a good thing for the environment. My TechSoup Global colleague in Warsaw, Anka Kuliberda, reports that the biggest nonprofit tech story in Europe this past year were the anti-ACTA riots in several countries and also the Open Knowledge Festival.

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Tech Library Internet Nonprofit 74