Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2010

As hand-held mobile devises connected to the internet spread to cities, villages, remote communities around the world, we need to continue finding ways to use these tools to make a positive impact. The first step in making change in your life, local community or world is to learn. org and others.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2014

The organization submitting the story with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the UnoBook tablet AND will be featured as the “Tech 4 Faith” story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). Poke around the map and see for yourself. Interested? b) Content.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

The organization with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the Lenovo IdeaPad AND will be featured as the "Youth Impact" story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). Poke around the map and see for yourself. Terms & Conditions. Eligibility.

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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. The internet connection here is such that I don’t think a live blog portal will sustain itself. obama reach vs local reach. Any resources to move from national to local?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

One of our favorite ways to share success stories is through our Local Impact Map (LIM). The LIM is a highly visual tool that uses mapping technology to plot success stories in a global context. A specific example of the positive impact it made in the life of a constituent, in the area of digital inclusion.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites. Power : lastly, and very importantly, we see our contributions making an impact. Indirect Content.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

One of our favorite ways to share success stories is through our Local Impact Map (LIM). The LIM is a highly visual tool that uses mapping technology to plot success stories in a global context. A specific example of the positive impact it made in the life of a constituent, in the area of digital inclusion.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

. —– Whether you are part of a nonprofit organization, an action campaign, a local community, or a school, you know that it is through stories you can showcase your work, change people’s minds, inspire them to make change, or join you to make a difference. Historypin.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Poke around the map and see for yourself. Even if you don't win this month, we would still love to place your organization's story on the Local Impact Map. All eligible submissions will be judged on the combined demonstrated impact: (a) Use of technology or educational resources. Official Rules. b) Content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

These new collaborative initiatives pull together various players (often government, private sector and nonprofits) within an ecosystem, defined by issue and/or place, to coordinate and align their action to drive greater impact. Two oft-cited examples are the Strive network in Cincinnati, and the ReAmp network in the Midwest. So what to do?

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APRIL 21, 2023

“Map out the story you need to tell. These generations, especially Gen Z, center their identities with the impact they are making on the world and are advocates for the causes they support. Reiterate their impact, celebrate their success, and say thank you every step of the way.”

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

The session will feature: Matthew Mahan , vice president of impact at Causes. Frank Barry , Internet Evangelist at Blackbaud. If Your local to DC, but not attending the conference. we’ve organized a local DC Tweetup. Head over to the Aloft Washington National Harbor – ( map ) at 8:30 pm EST on Thursday.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. The Louisiana Bucket Brigade (LABB), for instance, has used Ushahidi to document the impacts of oil spills and other petrochemical pollution on human health and the environment. It puts one type of data on a map. Ushahidi's Early Days.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2017

Airbnb Social Impact Experiences. Airbnb, the online community for booking unique homes and travel experiences around the world, recently launche social impact experiences. If your nonprofit meets the eligibility criteria , hosting a social impact experience is free. What I Learned About Crime by Mapping It with Tableau.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Prioritize your ROI around the biggest impact, whether that’s raising funds, engaging people, or something else. Helpful resources on Twitter: Pew Internet report. Google’s Mapping tools include: Google Earth. Google Maps & MyMaps. Google Maps API. What is your real output? Google Sketchup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

called “ Breaking New Ground: Using the Internet to Scale ,” by myself and Katherine Fulton. has used the Internet to disseminate its model, empowering local communities to self-organize and build their own playgrounds using free resources on its website. In so doing, it has had more impact for less cost.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Here’s your monthly update from the world of NetSquared Local. What Is NetSquared Local? NetSquared Local is TechSoup's volunteer-driven network of nonprofit tech meetups and salons. NetSquared Local groups hold monthly in-person events for anyone interested in the connection of technology and social impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2015

Telerivet allows you to conduct a mobile phone survey of them—or anyone—with a mobile phone through SMS (no internet or smartphones needed.) If your survey audience has access to the internet, SurveyGizmo helps you design surveys and collect and analyze feedback online. Captricity is a tool that extracts data from forms and documents.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

A local TV station employee was hired to work with the teens in a 6-week course where they created a promotional video for the library. They recruited a local volunteer to teach the kids Adobe InDesign to lay out the publication. More TechSoup Global Resources: The TechSoup Global Local Impact Map for international success stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

One of the tools for better understanding networks are visual diagnostics and mapping techniques. He co-authored a paper called " Visual Diagnostics and Mapping for Scaling Change " and we had an opportunity to discuss it. If you missed it, you can read Part 1: Systems Mapping for Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

As the instructor, it felt a lot less like training people – and more like a peer learning, professional development experience. I ended the day inspired and optimistic (although pretty jet lagged) about the potential impact of a networked capacity building project in this part of the world. Network Mapping Exercise.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

While other studies have ranked entire states on health factors, this site is the first to showcase the impact of multiple health factors in every U.S. " The site features interactive, color-coded health outcome maps for each state -- such as this Virginia map -- illustrating the relative health of all of the state's counties.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Brooklyn, New York: The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact Without Burnout. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Skill Extension: Maps (on the Green Line) | Sponsors: Maptime MSP Meetup, CARTO. Boston, Massachusetts: TNB Roundtable: How Nonprofits Can Use Facebook to Broadcast Their Impact. Thursday, February 9, 2017.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

What that translates to is that a movement is built on collaboration, incorporates co-design between individuals and organizations, and remains focused, even during an event or campaign, on lasting, real impact. We have community groups, schools, local leaders and people at every age, interest, and skill level. Quite the opposite.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

San Francisco, California: Let's Learn About Airbnb's New Social Impact Experiences Program! Chicago, Illinois: Knowledge Mapping for Greater Social Good. Chicago, Illinois: Getting Started Measuring Your Impact When There's No Way You'll Do an RCT. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 12, 2006

Ingrid Severson is the lead project organizer of the Rooftop Resources project, a project of the Oakland non-profit Bay Localize. Ingrid: Bay Localize is a non-profit project that started back in December of 2005. It has massive impacts on the economy and the stability of our resources, etc. It affects the whole world.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

Anna Jaeger, the CTO of Caravan Studios, describes Caravan Studios' approach as a human-centered methodology to develop apps that help communities organize, access, and apply local resources to address social problems. Generator participants think collaboratively about obstacles and ways to accelerate their organization's impact.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. San Francisco, California: Social Impact in Tech: Panel Discussion with LinkedIn, Lyft, and Salesforce. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Bath, United Kingdom: Tech for Good Community Mapping.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

My role was to deliver components of the Networked NGO curriculum – sessions on network mapping, challenges assumptions about networked ways of working, as well as training on how to use the online collaboration platform for their together moving forward. Much as been written about the impact of more women in Parliament.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2017

that] allows local affiliates to innovate solutions to poverty. that] are creative with a depth of impact unmatched by other poverty alleviation organizations to date." Lending Free Home Internet Access to Students and Job Seekers. For more stories about TechSoup members, have a look at our TechSoup Success Stories map.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The FEMA app includes preparation guidelines for a variety of disasters, including checklists, safety tips, and local shelter maps. Once you've downloaded the app, all this information is accessible regardless of whether you have phone service or internet access during an emergency.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Cynthia Adams also talked about how funders are becoming ever more data driven and interested in quantifying the impact of their grantmaking in terms of benefits to the maximum number of individuals. Written narrative is best enriched with graphs, maps, photos, and other illustrations. The Role of Technology in Philanthropy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 19, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! ▼ April (9) Research Friday: The Office or the Impact? All You Need is Love.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

Prioritize your ROI around the biggest impact, whether thats raising funds, engaging people, or something else. She re-mapped the data in Google Earth and shared the new map with community members, local politicians, and presented it at the community meeeting to a much different response. What is your real output?

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

We read articles mapping out the “perfect face” according to the Greek ratio of Phi but we never question why Greek history is the arbiter of truth in many cases when much of Greek philosophy was stolen from Egypt. Who had the power to write these rules? What were structures in places at the time? . But At What Cost?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

How do we—innovators, entrepreneurs—know what's going to make real-world impact and where do we start? As the latest technology allows people to “engage” from their computers/phones rather than getting their hands dirty IRL, will this impact the future of volunteerism? What are these new competitions about—are they working?

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

But, the fact of the matter is, the channels you employ will have little impact on your outreach strategy if the messages you send through those channels are subpar. Map out the basic arc of your story. Before you get lost in the details of your nonprofit’s story, map out its basic arc. Introduce a compelling character.

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