Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The most interesting part was a session on e-governance featuring R Chandrashekhar and John Suffolk. government and Chandrashekhar is the secretary of India's Ministry of Communications and IT. Both men have received a lot of recognition for changing how their respective governments use technology to provide services.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

We succeed when we work together… Chain Reaction is a community of people, passionate about social change, who are saying ‘we can make a difference’. Social by Social at Chain Reaction. David Wilcox and I will be leading a round of the Social by Social game! We promise: it’s fun! NFPTweetUp after Chain Reaction.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

We succeed when we work together… Chain Reaction is a community of people, passionate about social change, who are saying ‘we can make a difference’. Social by Social at Chain Reaction. David Wilcox and I will be leading a round of the Social by Social game! We promise: it’s fun! NFPTweetUp after Chain Reaction.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

These are the themes I heard while attending the interesting Open Government: "Strategies and Tactics from the Playbook" event this past Monday in DC, organized by the team of Lucas Cioffi , Stephen Buckley , and Kaliya Hamlin. Here are some insights I picked up: Open Government Directive: Coming soon? Impressive. NIH Clinical Center.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 7, 2009

Topic: Revolutionary social media: Exploring social tools for revolts, upheavals & protests. From new forms of political campaigning in the United States, experiments in e-government and civic participation in England, from the fight against internet censorship in Australia and New Zealand and from start-ups in Canada and France.

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NTEN

AUGUST 30, 2011

We know our friends over at the Red Cross have been expertly using social media for disaster response for years now, but this weekend, with Hurricane Irene set to touch down all along the east coast, we saw many other organizations and government entities reaching out via social media, as well.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 26, 2009

One of the highlights of last week's Social Enterprise Alliance's Summit was the Launch of the Policy Track. We were delighted to have with us Carlos Monje of the White House Office of Social Innovation (so new, it doesn't have a website). Social innovation. Social innovation is broader and apparently easier to sell.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

You could feel the energy in the room - a convergence of IT leadership from business, government, social innovation, and nonprofit sectors. He asks questions about how IT can accomplish the following social impacts: Can we deliver health care $10 per person? Tags: india. He sees many opportunities on the horizon.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2010

A few weeks ago, I attended a panel discussion on open government data. The event was presented by Twilio and Open 311 , one of the organizations leading the charge to make government data public, accessible, and usable. Tim O'Reilly painted a breathtaking picture of the future of government.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2010

The Red Cross is hosting the Emergency Social Data Summit today Thursday, August 12, 2010 from 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM (ET). This U-Stream will be archived via The Emergency Social Data blog. You can also add or comment on the Summit’s aggregated information via the Emergency Social Data Wiki. Tags: Conferences.

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Forum One

MARCH 6, 2009

The Obama Administration announced yesterday what had been widely expected, that Vivek Kundra, former Chief Technology Officer of the Washington DC government, would be taking on the role of Federal Chief Information Officer. Tags: Communication. It's a pretty exciting development!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2010

The other day, Matt Sharp shared this link to a social media policy generator called the Social Media Policy Tool. Here's the social media policy I created for Beth's Blog. The process around policy - that is the discussion, buy-in, and education - is so critical for effective use of social media.

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Forum One

MAY 26, 2009

We are excited about the upcoming June 4 event, " Beyond the Hype: Government 2.0 for Decision Makers ," where we will hear from a great lineup of speakers about innovative ways government agencies are using the web. Darren Krape, State Department: Social Media for Public Diplomacy. Tags: Events. Click here to register.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2013

This week check out how big data tools from the Obama presidential campaign are now being repurposed for social good and there is also some insight into the potential and pitfalls of big data for humanitarian efforts. He says however that a lack of data scientists wanting to work for such social causes may stands in the way of his vision.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2007

where you navigate by tags, most views, or slide shares by users and events. I stumbled upon the term "pivot browsing" while researching a workshop I gave about tagging. So, for this week's NpTech Tag Summary, I'm aggregating a few of the best ones. Here they are, in no particular order: Government 2.0.

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NCE Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Centers for Disease Control, (CDC) recent creation of a social media unit. It explains some of the ups and downs of planning a social media plan for this government-related unit. Tags: Education and Training Marketing and Awareness Tools CDC government plan social media. It is about the U.S.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Social Media Week is happening in DC this week. The Secret Sauce to Social Media Fundraising: DC’s Give to the Max Day Story. Category: Social & Environmental Change. In social media, this event generated over 8,000 tweets using the #give2max hashtag and daylong trending in the Washington region.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I keep hearing from the “older generation&# how aware they were of the importance of social media, but how difficult it was to change mindsets. One of the highlights is that I finally got to meet Enoch Choi who is a doctor at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and uses social media. Go read it for a good laugh.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2010

Government as usual is changing fast, because it needs to. The social sector is having to evolve in this changing world. Social services that were innovative thirty years ago now need to be rebuilt to better meet the needs of today. We need to do more with less money, and grapple with the big issues facing humanity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

When we kicked off the WeAreMedia, A Social Media Starter Kit for Nonprofits 18 months, we included two areas about content creation. Are we moving towards a "Social Content Strategy." Kristina Halvorson has a good definition: Content strategy plans for the creation, publication, and governance of useful, usable content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Today I had the pleasure of giving a presentation for the Packard Foundation board of directors to provide a brief report on how I spent my time as Visiting Scholar and share some insights about social media and the nonprofit sector. engagejoe social media helps us connect so we can come together in the real world. packfound .

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Forum One

APRIL 2, 2010

Earlier this week, I addressed the topic of social media in the military and government on a panel at The Army and The Navy Club in Washington, DC. From my perspective, the central theme of the panel was that social media is a permanent fixture of government communications. technologies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation? Social networking burnout? Will this lead to niche social networks that are more relevant to people's interests? Also found in the NpTech tag stream and a good backdrop to this conversation is " When the best tool for the job. What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 19, 2009

This past Saturday at the SHINE09 unconferance , David Wilcox , Andy Gibson , Drew Mackie and I facilitated a version of what was called the Social Collaboration Game. Next, we need to create a wiki for the game so that we can capture these actual social innovations, keep participants connected, and continue the conversations!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2010

The last chapter of the Networked Nonprofit is on networked governance. There were no examples – so the last chapter of the book is speculative, based on the best thinking of the people who have looked at networked governance. I dreamed up some scenarios of boards and social media in practice.

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Forum One

JUNE 4, 2010

I was invited to present last week at the University of Maryland's Human Computer Interaction Lab's workshop on Government and Social Media. We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. Here is a nice summary of the event.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

In the absence of social media compliance and regulatory standards, social networking technologies face increased scrutiny in both the government and commercial sectors. While many government leaders and corporate executives recognize the ability for social media to enable organizations to ?tap

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Last night I was able to meet Vivek Kundra, the new Chief Information Officer of the federal government, at an event organized by Full Circle Fund and the Craigslist Foundation hosted by IBM at their offices on Market Street in San Francisco. For me, it's an amazing change. Here's some background on these three key White House staffers.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Social networks and social media has busted out of the marketing communications and fundraising silos and changing the way nonprofits deliver programs, manage, and even govern. Working through networks allows us to scale social change projects geographically and geometrically. create social culture. Social Culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Here's a few sessions notes in the wiki: NpTech Tag , definition of Open API For-Profit/Nonprofit Software Collaborations and where are the biggest tool gaps ? "We're using social media because the technology is here and it's helpful, but if it weren't here, we'd make a newsletter and Xerox it for everyone we know.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

BE a Government Consultant and Use Social Media: A Guide | Social Media Strategery – Here's an interesting post from Steve Radick about 10 ways to be a good government consultant using social media. "As " Tags: roundup bookmarks. These are some links I wanted to share from October 28th.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

BE a Government Consultant and Use Social Media: A Guide | Social Media Strategery - Here's an interesting post from Steve Radick about 10 ways to be a good government consultant using social media. "As " Tags: roundup bookmarks. These are some links I wanted to share from October 28th.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2007

Click To Play Vikas Nath explains his idea that empowerment of women in governance using ICTS should pass via livelihoods. The 12-Step vlogging process is an excellent primer for beginner "Social Reporters," or for anyone who wants to do video blog interviews at conferences. The last two videos were published on their own.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. Panelists: Wendy Harmon: social media manager, philosophy is to use social media to execute mission. Danielle Brigida: using social media to increase, reach, engagement and revenue.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 20, 2010

Benetech's recommendation is to apply intellectual property to unmet social needs, by encouraging WEF stakeholders to think beyond solely profitable applications. Corporate leaders encouraging the pro bono or low bono use of their IP to social needs that are outside the corporation's markets. *

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

One is on the idea of government 2.0, or government-as-a-platform. The second is on whether the net is better for campaigning than governing. Katya will be available to answer your questions about social media for nonprofits on Tuesday, Sept. " Tags: roundup bookmarks. Let me see if I can combine the threads."

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 2010

Since co-authoring Social by Social last year, David Wilcox and I have had the opportunity to collaborate and facilitate various events for community and local government groups. Tags: collaboration events format innovation projectspaces socialbysocial. Check out the Project Spaces wiki.

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