Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. I like to think of it this way: Organizations may have the research or data, the capacity and staff, to identify problems and opportunities, to build messages, calls to action and campaigns. The full keynote and presentation are below.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Perhaps your donors are in the CRM, your advocates and evangelists are in an Excel spreadsheet, and your program beneficiaries are in paper files.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Perhaps your donors are in the CRM, your advocates and evangelists are in an Excel spreadsheet, and your program beneficiaries are in paper files.

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Forum One

AUGUST 10, 2021

Digital transformation or modernization for government agencies is about using new technologies to effectively change an agency’s ability to engage audiences and achieve its mission. Though digital tools and systems play a big role in this transformation, it’s about more than just the tools.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Computer Technologies Program in Berkeley, California, was one of our test sites. Computer Technologies Program has an employment placement rate of 80% and has served as the model for technical training programs. Its IT job training model has been replicated at more than 50 locations internationally. Installation Problems.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Event videography is a professional, or team of professionals, whose sole job is to film, edit, and produce high-quality video recorded footage of your event. . While you may think that any member of your event staff would do a job that is “good enough,” think again! . Why you should use an event videographer for your next event.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 8, 2020

But here’s the problem, how do you know which ones are right for you when they all seem to be offering similar services? Available in multiple file formats. But managing social media is a full-time job. Add related files and due dates, so nothing is missed. So, you’re starting a nonprofit, that’s great!

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Event videography is a professional, or team of professionals, whose sole job is to film, edit, and produce high-quality video recorded footage of your event. . While you may think that any member of your event staff would do a job that is “good enough,” think again! . Why you should use an event videographer for your next event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Today, the Guardian Technology blog speculated that the reason why the Wikileaks iPhone app was pulled from the iTunes story was because the $1.95 The online petition with over 8000 signatures asks Mr. Jobs to make it easier for legitimate nonprofits to accept donations in one-click via their credit card on file with the iTunes store.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 5, 2009

We filed the following comments to the Copyright Office's request for comments on issues about access for people with print disabilities. Most of this community doesn’t have access to formal education, most of this community doesn’t have access to jobs and most of this community isn’t recognized by larger society as equals.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 5, 2018

Rather than spend time telling you what they said and why it’s important – thanks to modern-day technology, you can learn directly from them on your train ride home (you are using mass transit, right!?) – I thought I’d talk a bit about what I have learned through transitions in my career. Be yourself. Change is difficult.

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DipJar

JANUARY 23, 2023

This isn’t just a problem for nonprofits; it’s an issue for donors, too. Recent corporate matching gift technology innovations have simplified the follow-up process even further. Now, with auto-submission technology , all they need to do is submit their corporate email address into the tool on your nonprofit’s website after donating.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 22, 2013

Thin clients can provide the same experience as a desktop by leveraging technology known as a virtual desktop. This translates into fewer problems in managing them and lower support costs. Technologies like virtual desktop and hosted applications breathe new life into donated computers. Your Computer Can Be Disposable Now.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 18, 2021

The cybersecurity job market is in the super-niche skills areas. The available jobs are. Increasingly using technology, the internet, digitization of the assets, and data pose security risks and threats to every business. In the same way, by having a robust high-speed network we can solve the latency problems.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Being a good engineer Engineers should focus on creating flexible, expandable systems that use open standards and file formats. They're the ones who understand best how it will fit into the organization and how it will change people's jobs. They can't be fixated on the technology, or else they risk losing sight of the prize.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #6: Joomla! I help them to work out first what they want and why, then help find the right tool to do the job. 4 admin 02.05.08 I’ll have to give it a whirl.

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NTEN

MAY 6, 2011

As a result, we have found ourselves in the thick of the data, technology, and operational process ecosystem. Data and outcomes are components of a larger ecosystem of people, processes, and technology. One nonprofit trains disabled individuals and places them in jobs. In every nonprofit, we saw the same thing. Mounds of forms.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

In addition to running a youth organization or a job training program or an environmental advocacy campaign, you are also running an information and technology system on which you do your work. CrisisCamps are one example of how cloud computing lets us reimagine a problem and thus develop new solutions.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

In addition to running a youth organization or a job training program or an environmental advocacy campaign, you are also running an information and technology system on which you do your work. CrisisCamps are one example of how cloud computing lets us reimagine a problem and thus develop new solutions.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

We'd like you to meet Linda Widdop, Tech Impact’s, Director of Technology Services. Linda is one of the great ones in nonprofit technology. Linda Widdop : My tech background began in 1993 when I got a job at a PC manufacturing company in Philadelphia working on an assembly line. From there, I moved into QA testing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments April 3, 2009 Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. Doing such a comparison is brutally hard and you guys did a great job.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Several recent studies have shown that technology can exacerbate bias and discrimination. Take, for instance, Unlocked Labs , a nonprofit that employs a team of incarcerated software developers who are building nonprofit, open-source technology to make high-quality education more accessible to incarcerated individuals.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 17, 2006

Allen does a fine job of covering the legal/tax angle and references at the end of his post a good paper from REDF that touches on the style/moral aspects. you employ at risk youth), the business will be treated as "related" and you won't have a problem. FOR-PROFIT OR NONPROFIT? Otherwise, a sub would be strongly indicated.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

You found you had a knack for technology and you became your org's go-to person for computer problems. One day you woke up to the fact that tech-related work had taken over much of your job -- and you liked it. But at what point can you call yourself a technology professional? By now, you're at least an accidental techie.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 20, 2021

This continued growth, and the natural gravitation toward technology to support growing foundation operations, is leading foundation professionals to examine the business priorities – or ‘imperatives’ – that need to be highlighted so that they can remain effective. Cloud-based technology – what it is and what its benefits are.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Seth Godin wrote an interesting blog post yesterday entitled “ The problem with non ” that has definitely sparked a bit of conversation. The problem is same as the twitter resistance: The internet represents a change. Author: Jordan Viator. Very few of them have bothered to show up in a big way.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2018

This was the first job I had that came with an email account. My job, as the director of research, was to use the modeling results for prospecting—but also to sell them to the directors of development in the schools and colleges. Wealth screening has its own set of problems, though. Most wealth is private.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 14, 2017

If there is a gap between what the organization is currently doing and what it needs to do, the organization must commit to providing the time to research best practices and invest in the technology and personnel to move forward. Insufficient data may have obscured the problem until it was too late. Access Controls. Physical Audits.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Dress codes, policy changes, turnover, understaffing, long lines at the ticket desk, technology problems and the like can lead to days where having fun on the job falls pretty low on the priority list. By doing so, you’re also setting yourself up to capture emails and addresses to grow your file – two birds, one stone!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Ironically, many of these users might buy commercial ebooks, but the anti-piracy technology built into many ebook systems are not compatible with the technology these users employ to get the books in Braille or synthetic speech. Or file a DMCA notice. Now, apparently, we can file a counter-notice. Or do any real research.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) The problems you bring up are also serious.

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) The problems you bring up are also serious.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

I’m really pleased that we’re focusing on technology. We haven’t focused on that yet in the program, and I know it goes without saying that with COVID and shelter-in-place, technology is front and center for all of us, even in ways that we didn’t imagine. So that’s what today is about. And you might recognize that word “Idealware.”

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Why or why not? Which is better for nonprofits

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Why or why not? Which is better for nonprofits

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2022

Are you interested in or have proficiency in using digital and web technology? Despite software now being common that can make writing and editing code easier, proficiency in hand-coded HTML and CSS will enhance your ability to perform on the job. What is a web content manager? Are you a good writer and editor? In the U.S.,

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sgEngage

JANUARY 11, 2023

While protective technology is imperative, cybersecurity is primarily a people problem. Ransomware attacks happen when a malicious actor gets control of your files and encrypts them. Each user’s login should only give them access to the information they need to do their job.

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