Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. org before? I’m talking to organization that have inspiring stories, are doing incredibly important work, and have very real opportunities for the community to join in action. The full keynote and presentation are below. Have people heard of 350.org

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

million technology products to 183,000 social benefit organizations in 40 countries across the world. Sure, the numbers are impressive, but even more impressive is the impact those technology product donations have made. Each spot on the map corresponds to the unique story of an individual social benefit organization.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 15, 2014

Data and story-telling. For starters, data is an indispensable part of the story-telling to your donors and constituents, facilitating the formation of longer term relationships. Here are examples of Tweets from orgs that didn’t include outcome data. I also included two Tweets from orgs that did use outcome data.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 28, 2012

million technology products to 183,000 social benefit organizations in 40 countries across the world. Sure, the numbers are impressive, but even more impressive is the impact those technology product donations have made. Each spot on the map corresponds to the unique story of an individual social benefit organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

They curate the best from the abundant sea of online ocean content and rapidly experiment with creating, amplifying and circulating stories that spark vibrant conversations. As technology costs drop and communications move online, the future of our work lies in big listening. Big listening is fast, and shows changes over time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What do web stats mean, anyway? I don’t think we want homeless shelters, food pantries, mental health organizations, etc., Webstats alone only tell a tiny fraction of that story, if at all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond," I wanted point to a new (to me) UK nonprofit technology blog discovered via a comment to my post about technology stewards and also weave in some more notes on UK examples. is right for you and your org? is and why it matters to their organization.

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