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Guest Post: My tips to Have Fun * Do Good

Amy Sample Ward

Often this means combining passions, so opportunities that use technology know-how, community or local people (especially new ones to meet), as well as real objectives and goals. #2 Tags: otherblogs socialchange fun guest post howto. Those are the things that are most fun to me, anyway! 2 Make it shareable.

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Guest Post on Frogloop: 5 Tips for Running a Competition

Amy Sample Ward

In this role, and through opportunities to spur innovation and collaboration in local communities, with government groups, and with other nonprofits, I’ve learned a lot – and am excited to share 5 tips I’ve found to be valuable in creating successful competitions. We’d love to hear your examples!

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Designing Programs to Build Community: Case Study with Charity Technology Trust

Amy Sample Ward

This is both locally and globally. Tags: case studies resources casestudy community communitybuilding ctt howto strategy tsg. Who is the community? This conversation should naturally define segments or groups, as well as the attributes that define those members. What services already exist? What’s the sweet spot?

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Great reads from around the web on August 24th

Amy Sample Ward

You can look at total contributions, contributions by household, discretionary income by household, and percentage of income given by household at the national, state, county, and local level.

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Great reads from around the web on August 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

"The Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator determines the value of library services in Topeka and Shawnee County based on per capita spending of local and state funding. For every tax dollar you pay, the library returns several to you in reading, research, programs and other services.

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Great reads from around the web on May 3rd

Amy Sample Ward

’ In other words, if a large number of people in an area haven’t the access or the skills to use the internet – what are local public services doing to get this fixed?" I might also ask at this point, however, ‘what are you doing to fix this?’

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