Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. Here’s a run through of the Tools Galore session. More than 3.5

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Care2

MAY 10, 2013

From micro-fundraising on Kickstarter.com to mapping craters on the Moon , people are coming up with creative ways to harness large groups of online volunteers. April''s Internet Advocacy Roundtable featured speakers who’ve used crowdsourcing in some very creative ways to great effect. Crowdsourcing is all the rage.

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Advocacy Internet Strategy Poll 72

Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. And nonprofits and lots of others working to benefit the public can use its tools to be able to do their work better. Ushahidi's tools help others act for transparency, justice, crisis response, and human rights.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

Reporting tools to help you forecast: Your GMS dashboards and reporting tools should help you identify any gaps in reaching your target community and help you plan to address them. In addition to internet searches, reach out to user groups and peer foundations who are where you want your organization to be in three to five years.

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CauseVox

MAY 12, 2021

The answer is having a mapped out 2021 Nonprofit Social Media Marketing Calendar. Her passion is to get organizations and change makers to stop spinning their wheels and start getting real results using digital tools. This is a platform-agnostic course, so you can use your existing fundraising and marketing tools.

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Care2

AUGUST 24, 2011

As we all continue exploring the vast horizons of the internet and the social tools it offers, be sure to check out the applications that help you continue telling stories with the power of video, maps and more. Animoto Animoto isn't a new tool, but it is still in my top five.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2010

Miller-McCune has a story this month on geographic information system (GIS) mapping and the growing role it's playing in city-planning advocacy ( via ). Tools Web Building. Tags: Digital Divide Online Activism Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 One organization used GIS to correct a decades-old disparity in water services.

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Map Web Advocacy Profile 44

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

These span the range from tools I use every day or every week, to tools use more occasionally, but depend on. Open Source Tools. WP as a blogging tool rocks my world, and although I certainly could move blogging to Drupal, since I seem to be becoming somewhat of a Drupalista, it’s just not worth it. SaaS Tools.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 20, 2012

Google, World Bank use Map Maker to improve Africa's disaster response( - Internet-based applications and services ) : Innhold a- Google, World Bank use Map Maker to improve Africa's disaster response o Michael Malakata 19.01.2012 kl 18:33 | Computerworld Zambia By providing access to a Web-based community mapping tool and data, World Bank and Google (..)

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Africa Disaster Map Zambia 24

Whole Whale

JANUARY 18, 2021

Cross browser compatibility check – use tools like BrowserStack to make sure that your site looks the same across all browsers. When updating the DNS, which is the process in which servers tell the internet where new website living, there is a period in which the site will alternate between the new and old site. Plan redirects.

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Site Map Google Test 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites.

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Fun Resource Audio Stats 274

Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2014

In an effort to understand where our information is going and what kind of a “digital shadow” we cast, I checked out a few easy-to-use tools to better see who’s seeing me. Lightbeam for Mozilla* Firefox users, is an add-on that maps out what first and third-party sites you visit on the web. …How'd it go?!

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Track Tools Online Cleveland 55

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2009

The above map that Chad explains gets at it. They use Internet tools and regional trainings to support learning across the network. He gave a presentation about how Surfrider Foundation is striving to make its grassroots network more effective. He touched on how they are using social networks/media in this effort.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

" World Bank’s Mapping for Results launched – Check out this deployment of the Ushahidi platform for digital storytelling and reporting: "This weekend at the World Bank annual meetings the World Bank launched their new Mapping for Results platform. Change the internet?

Web 114

Web Map Bookmarking Conversation 114

Nimble AMS

MAY 25, 2022

billion internet users, with the average user spending nearly seven hours a day online. . An AMS is an invaluable tool to optimize your operations and boost member recruitment and retention. . Become a career resource for professionals by mapping career paths for various roles in your industry. A modern platform.

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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. Analytics tools. how to integrate tools without reinventing the wheel.

Social Media 102

Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

Forum One

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

In particular, he reflected on five strategic uses of the internet which, when combined intelligently, have influenced the actions of the entire US Congress. Transparent scorecard reporting: After aggregating a "grade" for each policy maker, publish it on the Internet, with all relevant substantiating information.

Internet 52

Internet Darfur Strategy United States 52

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Microsoft Office Web Apps lets you take Office on the road with Internet-based versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. A smartphone is the perfect traveling companion: it provides directions, maps, apps, Internet connectivity, and more. Got any other go-to apps, gadgets, or tools for working while traveling?

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Tech Work Tools Laptop 54

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The evolution of technology has, however, made it easy to rapidly put credible solutions in place, and, in many cases, this internet strategist is here to tell you that you just need to dispense with the rigor and go for it. Pick a tool, get it "live," invite particpants, and manage the heck out of the community.

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Tools Strategy Learning Collaboration 40

Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Some data that inform this assumption: 95% of the US has a smartphone ( Pew Internet ). Here is a tool to play with to see rough costs of the exact mobile app features you’re planning. . Apple’s top apps of 2018 were YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Messenger, Facebook, Bitmoji, Netflix, Google Maps, and Gmail.

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Mobile Build Benchmark Rate 96

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites.

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, there are some resources and tools that I continually refer to and use again and again, and others that I am still experimenting with that may (or may not) become integral to my communications routine.

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Fun Resource Stats Wikipedia 230

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Official Google Blog: Explore museums and great works of art in the Google Art Project – Take yourself on an art tour using Google Maps! "One That's what happened with the Art Project—a new tool we're announcing today which puts more than 1,000 works of art at your fingertips, in extraordinary detail."

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Web Broadcast Arts Bookmarking 120

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. In the book, we talk about the using low tech tools like crayons or post-it notes to map out your network. Marty Kearns has a diagnostic tool over in his Advocacy 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2011

From Crisis Mapping Egypt: Collection of Maps. As she says, “ Go one way, and you risk overstating the influence, go the other and you’re dismissed as assuming individuals in the Arab world incapable of leveraging social media tools for organizing.&#. Are they enhanced by social media?

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Social Media Egypt Belarus Media 98

Candid

JULY 1, 2021

This data is available on our racial equity map.[ 2] Sometimes the language used in a corporation’s pledge announcement doesn’t include specifics but instead speaks to a general goal (such as “increasing racial equity” or “providing equitable access to tools”). . billion dollars. 3] .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine, we provide an overview of mapping your social network in Twitter and other sites using some of the social network analysis tools available. . He is a self-described " Internet Sociologist " and developer of NodeXL. Who liked each other, who didn't.

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Analysis Social Network Social Media Network 96

AccelEvents

AUGUST 15, 2021

This is more than simply streaming a physical event onto the internet (although that does count). Map out your marketing strategy (including when speakers are announced and ticketing sales). Your event format, agenda, content, and tools, should all work toward your event goal. . Try to scout some presenters and keynote speakers.

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Stream Hosting Virtual Registration 98

NTEN

MARCH 15, 2011

But with the ever-changing properties and tools on the Internet, that door has evolved into countless spaces, conversations, and opportunities that can seem tough to tackle. Finding out could be as simple as conducting a survey through your newsletter or website (try free tools at SurveyMonkey.com ). Think Old School.

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Place Tools Social Media Online 78

Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2023

Online fundraising platforms are software solutions that your nonprofit can use to solicit, accept, and process donations made via the internet. Bloomerang was built by fundraising professionals in the industry, ensuring the software is equipped with the tools necessary to capture data and engage your audience both now and in the future.

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Platform Donation Online Fundraising 62

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

or “collective impact,” this work is characterized by a very different mindset, approach, and set of tools than traditional grant-making or nonprofit work, which has historically focused on supporting programs and organizations, and scaling those up. What kind of frameworks/ tools/ approaches do these consultants need?

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Build Change Social Facilitation 112

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2015

They have also provided resources for nonprofits to learn how to use tools to get feedback in t he Feedback Commons or the DIY Toolkit , and join GlobalGiving to earn points (which leads to more funding!) by using those tools to become more effective. (Or, Captricity is a tool that extracts data from forms and documents.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward.

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Social Media Tools Online Advocacy 34

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. For those with limited access to technology, printable city maps can be downloaded and stickers can be found on café windows.

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Action Maldives Oman Malaysia 147

Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

org’s product team is constantly analyzing data, improving websites, and providing the right system and tools to their users. org’s Climate Justice Action map , which connects people with local groups and other activists. With a digital-first approach, 350.org’s

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Organization Massachusetts Org Africa 98

3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 1, 2015

Refers to data sets so large and complex that traditional database tools are not able to manage or process the data. Many of the definitions in this article are found in, or are closely related to, reference sources readily available on the Internet, such as www.wikipedia.org and www.reference.com.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Have a strategy in place in case your internet goes out, such as a mobile hotspot or another host who can take over from a different location. Ensure you have active, agreed-upon communication tools with your remote guest speakers, such as phone, instant messaging, or email. Map Out Your Email Strategy in Advance.

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