Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. The site will then publish responses from local officials and encourage further transparency. The site will publish the problem in hopes that it will pressure local government officials to solve them.

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Serbia Herzegovina Bosnia Oakland 52

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

The needs and goals of the larger community are listened to by someone or a group of people and they create opportunities for action, service, and change. Next, identify what you want to do, what your organizational goals are. Events: NetSquared Camps. What’s the foundation of CDSI? Community-Driven Social Impact – 11NTC.

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Case Study Community Impact Studies 117

NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

For a taste of nptech goings-on all around the world, NetSquared Local shares community highlights from the month of May and gets its fans excited about future projects in their recent monthly roundup. Read about their inspiring work in a recent TechSoup Global interview. Do Good Data 2013 is in Chicago, Illinois this August.

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Brain Brazil Websites Data 79

Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Several of us from TechSoup Global will be there, and we'd love to see you! Here's a rundown of where to find us in sessions presented with TechSoup Global staff: Tuesday, April 3. Bonus: See an overview of our Local Impact Map and see how you can get it for your nonprofit. Delivering Services Through a Global Network.

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Conference Technology San Francisco Disaster 44

Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) is a global-wide community of hackers and social leaders with the common goal of building open technology for a better world. NetSquared can help! Serbia) in partnership with TechSoup Global and Zasto ne (Bosnia and Herzegovina). meets LinkedIn for students. The ReStart Challenges.

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District of Columbia Herzegovina Serbia Library 66

Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

TechHire spans the corporate, nonprofit, government, and educational sectors and has the ambitious goal to "give Americans the opportunity they deserve, and the skills they need to be competitive in a global economy." I first learned about Year Up's local Bay Area chapter through a Microsoft YouthSpark initiative event.

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Companies Tech Student America 36

Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

This summer I've been interviewing the innovators behind the 21 Projects that went to the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) this year (I'm the Community Builder for NetSquared). You can listen to the original interview and a live recording of Freecycle's 5-minute pitch at the NetSquared Conference on the NetSquared Podcast.

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Interview Gift Network Netsquared 40

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

These are the sessions I’m participating in and other sessions by TechSoup Global staff that I may be supporting or checking out as well. NetSquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data. Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. Who : Speaker: Rachel Weidinger | TechSoup Global.

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NTC Netsquared NGO API 126

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Because organized efforts are based on goals and the work or process itself, it’s easy for communities to iterate or change at any time and remain flexible in the decisions and steps created towards achieving those driving goals. The next step is focusing on the right goals. Where’s the sweet spot?

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Library Model Adopt Community 241

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We had simple goals, and defined our metrics only as they related to grant deliverables or obvious data, like: we will launch programs in 3 schools, or we will feed 500 families. The tactics are created based on those limited moving parts – overall strategy and goal, the audience and the content. Analog Strategies. Social Strategies.

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Slides Nptech Digital Case Study 213

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Results My campaign goal is $750 by December 31, 2006. Tharum, who I had the pleasure of meeting via my work with Global s, has linked to the Campaign. I posted an announcement of the campaign on my blog and on Netsquared Posted a guest blog post at Katya's blog soliciting campaign advice in exchange to share my learnings.

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Widget Campaign Reflection Personal 50

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

At the heart of Fair Trade is the notion of direct trade, kind of like a farmer's market gone global. Of course, because their farms are small and because historically they've gotten a really low price from the local coffee buyers, called coyotes in Latin America, these farmers are all poor.

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Nicaragua Interview Companies Brazil 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

The best approach is to learn blogging is to create a personal professional development blog - a blog you use to write reflections and learnings about your subject area or personal learning goals. Search technorati with the goal of finding a small number of blogs that are about your topic and are regularly updated. Can you find more?

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Remix Professional Technorati Wiki 50

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

One of the reasons I am so excited about the work I am doing with NetSquared is because I think that these new web-based tools, especially podcasts, are an incredible way for nonprofits to get the word out about their causes, especially when they are listened to through headphones. Every American wants to see a peaceful and stable Iraq.

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Iraq Podcast United States Government 40