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Using Twitter to Build a Community and Recruit Volunteers

Amy Sample Ward

Last week, I had the opportunity to present at the 2011 Volunteer Management for Nonprofits Conference here in New York. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Using Twitter for a Global Conversation. Twitter Resources. Twitter’s 5-year numbers. Blog Posts.

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Connect in Person at #NCVS

Amy Sample Ward

The 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service (NCVS) is June 28-30 in New York City. Amy Sample Ward from NetSquared. from TechSoup Global. Susan Tenby from TechSoup Global along with Interactive Producers Evonne Heyning from and Josephine Dorado. Or connect with us directly: Amy Sample Ward: @AmyRSWard.

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Member Round Up: Brain science in fundraising, website tips, and Do Good Data 2013!

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Theresa Williamson , founder and executive director of Rio de Janeiro-based Catalytic Communities, shares updates from that city as it prepares for the World Cup in her op-ed piece for the New York Times, It''s Just the Beginning,; Change Will Come To Brazil. Read about their inspiring work in a recent TechSoup Global interview.

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

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The earliest Women's Day observance was held in 1909 in New York, when the Socialist Party of America commemorated a strike of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Jane Meseck , senior director of global programs at Microsoft Philanthropies. Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross from NTEN. Philanthropy.

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Youth Programs Featured in TechSoup Global’s Local Impact Map

Tech Soup

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured IT to further their missions. Here is just a sampling of what we have collected so far. Support for Autistic Children in the U.S.

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Changing our vision of Change: Revisiting the Pollyanna Principles

Amy Sample Ward

Last week, the New York Times ran an article exploring a segment of the nonprofit/social impact sector that the author saw as a small minority of organizations, but one I care deeply about: those that plan to go out of business. The article featured Malaria No More, and their vision of the project’s work: to end Malaria.

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What's NetSquared Up to in May?

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They collaborated with the TechSoup Global team to bring events into their communities. Eight of the eleven cities in the digital storytelling global tweet chat were led by Net2 local organizers. Philadelphia's Net Tuesday livestreamed a talk by Amy Sample Ward on building a multi-channel campaign. Seattle, WA: May Mixer.