Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

For the most part, I agree with the way the crowds voted – but, given that people were able to submit and vote at the same time, it means some groups only submitted on the very last day, not leaving much time for votes. Tags: challenge community presentation beth kanter crowds crowdsourcing netsquared nten sxsw. What do you think?

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Community Case Study Haiti Social Media 207

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

I’ve been involved with TechSoup/Netsquared Network since its inception back six years ago and so it is nice to be part of the narrative arc. The started with some big picture frames. The rest of the day was spent in small group discussions framed around different issues.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

The organization got started when a group of Kenyan bloggers led by Erik Hersman began doing online mapping of violence reports after the 2008 Kenyan election. During the early days of our Netsquared project , we held big annual conferences to showcase and fund innovative tech for good. Since then, there have been more than 6.5

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. We are a very heartful organization and a lot of what we do is thanks to an incredible group of volunteers. The students of Class Five at the school are now on Twitter and Tumblr and you can follow them all by clicking their pictures in this blog post. What is TweetsGiving?

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Interview Tanzania Change Africa 108

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. We are a very heartful organization and a lot of what we do is thanks to an incredible group of volunteers. The students of Class Five at the school are now on Twitter and Tumblr and you can follow them all by clicking their pictures in this blog post. What is TweetsGiving?

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Interview Tanzania Change Africa 108

Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

EkoVizija is a mobile app that enables users to take pictures and report environmental problems in their community. TechSoup Global and NetSquared attended hackathons across the country—from Hawaii to Vermont—that tackled local, statewide, and national civic issues. The Power of Technology Challenges.

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Serbia Herzegovina Bosnia Oakland 52

Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared (where Ushahidi won its first challenge!). Like Kickstarter, anybody or any group can post a campaign, but unlike Kickstarter, it doesn't necessarily have to be project-based. Bottom line: Kickstarter might be a bit of a gamble for nonprofits.

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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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2005

I missed the post about flickr use by MoveOn on netsquared when I was in London earlier this month. The article points out that adhoc groups have formed on flickr to support photo sharing and organizing around political topics, but MoveOn's use of flickr is on a larger scale. Just tracked down the original article, The Best $24.95

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Flickr NPO Technorati Myspace 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2006

Last week I blogged about an Ipod/Toilet paper holder over at Netsquared. " Changing the Present has a clever section on their site called The Stupid Gifts Hall of Shame where you can vote or share a picture of a stupid gift you've received. So, somehow I'm stuck on the theme of toilet paper holders as gifts.

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Personal Campaign Change Giving 50

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared. Like Kickstarter, anybody or any group can post a campaign, but unlike Kickstarter, it doesn't necessarily have to be project-based. The community-centric campaign let donors submit pictures of themselves doing various activities in a African school uniform dress.

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Platform Organization Childhood Badge 65

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. What caption would you add to this picture ? Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Meanwhile, Party4aPurpose launches the alpha version.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

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. What advice would you give to your supporters so they are successful in a group fundraising campaign? I'm summarizing some observations, comments, and advice.

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2011

Let’s say you belong to a neighborhood group that wants to turn a vacant lot into a community garden. It’s an unincorporated community group with no employees, no assets, and no funding. I think that our best hope is to work for incremental successes.

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Map Picture Resource NTC 63

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

The event not only served as a networking opportunity for these two groups, but also showcased eight social good apps already in progress. He's currently working on an event planner module, which I can see being a huge asset for nonprofits or community organizers, such as organizers of our NetSquared groups.

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San Francisco Develop Library Change 61

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Organizations, whether nonprofits, institutions, human services, or even ad hoc groups, can harness these elements of communities and use a community-driven model to design programs and services as well as create a platform for collaboration, and reposition themselves as the heart of the community. Community-Driven Model. Libraries + Media.

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Library Model Adopt Community 241

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We put facebook back in it’s place as a tool, explain to our teams that we have a community engagement strategy that includes various kinds of community groups, various types of content, and will use multiple tools. For those that can’t tell, this is a picture of a clock on the face of a coffee maker. Holistic Paradigm.

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Slides Nptech Digital Case Study 213

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

There's also a lot of talk in the nonprofit blog space prompted by a recent Netsquared ThinkTank and some great thinking on the topic, particularly by Wendy Harmon of the Red Cross, mostly focused on ROI. I'm going to give a very brief overview (15-20 minutes at most) that will serve as a conversation starter for small group work.

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Metrics Social Media Media ROI 56

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

Now what about painted a picture on a napkin in a restaurant? Has anyone ever seen giant puppets in the streets for a protest, or seen pictures of that? And interestingly, there was a group of women who really had put that on the map as well. What I do is, I write for several blogs, as she mentioned. Can I just see? Not really?

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Podcast Arts Oakland St. Louis 40