Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

The internet is not new. The real-time web is a paradigm based on pushing information to users as soon as it’s available, instead of requiring that they or their software check a source periodically for updates. People believe in the internet. The last few years, though, have been dramatically impacted by the real-time web.

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

Not so with the behemoth of the Internet, WordPress. An Open Book. Because of its open-source nature—the code to run the platform is available to anyone and everyone—WordPress comes in at a very attractive price and is extremely flexible depending on a user’s specific needs. Money Talks.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Nonprofit leaders, impact investors, and philanthropists from all over the world gathered in San Francisco's Fort Mason Center this week for SOCAP12. Heroic Stories Capture Nonprofit Audiences. Essentially, nonprofits' messaging should focus on how its services or mission can empower its audience to impact the world.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits June 11, 2008 The Tides Foundation is accepting applications for the 2008 Antonio Pizzigati prize , a $10,000 annual award for outstanding contributions to software in the public interest.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Each year, the Tides Foundation awards a $10,000 cash grant to an individual or group who has created an open-source software project that benefits nonprofits and movements of social change. The winner will be announced at the next Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in April 2012. About the Prize. Past Winners.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2013

The Internet has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to online nonprofit tech education. If you want to keep your nonprofit tech skills sharp join your neighborhood group. If you want to keep your nonprofit tech skills sharp join your neighborhood group. Manchester, UK: Open Badges and CiviCRM meetups.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

The webinar provided case studies of how one nonprofit and one library created storytelling cultures within their organizations. To encourage library patrons to continue making content, Escondido Public Library trains library patrons using mostly free and open source software. Why Tell Stories with Video?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology New tools February 5, 2008 Last week, I spent too much time watching demos from DEMO , which is this twice yearly event that showcases the most bleeding edge internet technology.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! If you’re a nonprofit news junkie, have a look at all our Nonprofit Technology News pieces from this past year. Back in my May Nonprofit Technology News edition, I covered the emerging field of digital wallets.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Why sometimes eating your own dogfood makes you want to throw up! 2 trackbacks } Frustrations » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 03.09.08 But Nooooooooo. No happiness for me.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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APRIL 9, 2010

During Rowe's discussion, he said that nonprofits in general sometimes aren't served with takedown notices for copyright content even when they're in violation of a copyright, due to the typically altruistic nature of these organizations. He also talks about his Utilikilt. Tools Web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

This is the first post in a year-long blog and webinar series called 101 Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Below are 10 website design best practices specifically for the nonprofit sector.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing, take 2 January 31, 2008 Back in August, I did a review of web conferencing tools, with a decidedly unusual slant – as a presenter, I had to be able to share my Linux desktop.

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MARCH 20, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology News from NTC ‘08 March 20, 2008 I’ve been having a great time here at NTC – running into lots of folks I’m happy to see again, and meet, learning about new things, being involved.

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MARCH 9, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Frustrations March 9, 2008 As some of you who follow me on Twitter know, I ran into frustrations a few days ago with WPA. Plugged it in, and it just worked. Directories were shared. This is my dilemma.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The standout feature of the G Pro 2 is the fact that its camera can capture 4K resolution video. But LG might have jumped the gun on this: there still aren't many devices that can actually play 4K video. In open source news, ZTE announced two smartphones that run Firefox OS 1.3, the Open C and the Open II.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

A few weeks ago, the San Francisco Public Library hosted an event with the Electronic Frontier Foundation , a nonprofit dedicated to fighting for citizen digital rights. All of this software is free and much of it is open source. Lifehacker has a brilliant how-to on email encryption complete with a video.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

the nonprofit sector not only in the developed world, but even more so. in the developing world where access to the Internet may not be very. landlines to focus on developing the use of mobiles and the mobile Internet. landlines to focus on developing the use of mobiles and the mobile Internet. technology all the time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Linux desktops? I have had varied problems , from issues of software integration, video problems, wireless issues … The list is getting very long. And, guess what? I’m giving up.

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AUGUST 18, 2005

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology IP Tidbits August 18, 2005 Here are a few tidbits I’ve come across in the Intellectual Property arena in the past few days. This is very cool. It’s definitely a thing to watch. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

. - This is an independent, community-nominated, community-voted event created in 2012 that aims to publicly recognize the excellent individuals and organizations that have maximized the capabilities of Drupal open source content management system. I like our article, 5 Tips for Visually Enticing Nonprofit Websites as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

There is also a groundswell of support all over the Internet, from bloggers ( one blog at a time ) Facebook , Flickr , Online Petitions , mobile phones , and Second Life. So, while it may very difficult to find Internet content from Burma, it is getting onto the Internet. It's an open source free web meeting service.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology An interesting call from danah boyd February 8, 2008 Those of you steeped deeply in Web 2.0 know danah boyd. She’s a brilliant academic who studies social networks. That’s super depressing.

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APRIL 13, 2012

In a time when climate change and developing the green economy are somewhat passé, nonprofits have not given up on the mission. One nonprofit doing great work effectively and with great agility is 350.org. org, a Networked Nonprofit. A Global Nonprofit with No IT Infrastructure? His latest book EAARTH.

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Care2

APRIL 12, 2009

Join environmental experts at the next Internet Advocacy Roundtable on April 16th at 3PM for a discussion on breaking our addiction to oil. Vote for the Best 2008 Nonprofit Videos. The DoGooder TV awards received almost 400 submissions from 175 nonprofit organizations and causes. Tags: Nonprofit Events. and Drupal.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In this edition of nonprofit tech news, TechSoup shows new ways your nonprofit could harness mobile and killer apps in 2016! Social media's still pretty great, though, for raising awareness about your nonprofit, communicating with existing supporters, and listening to your community.). This past year, U.S. Children love it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2008

is a new web resources that includes tactical guides to using a wide range communications tools for social change, packaged with some open source tools for creating media.    This resource is for small to midsized nonprofit organizations. Message in-a-box: Tools and tactics for communicating your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2007

At Penguin Day, one of the issues discussed was nonprofit adoption of Open Source software and the issue that there aren't enough technology stewards, translators, documentation, and training available to the end user to make adoption easier. Specifically, what tools did he use.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments April 3, 2009 Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. Here’s the first post, there might be more to come.

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AUGUST 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology A goodbye to Facebook and LinkedIn? and our own Social Source Commons , are a different animal.) Want to show somebody a video or a picture you posted to your profile? Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Last year, I was on a panel organized by Ed Schipul and we were hoping that there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this year I just scanned the list of over 1200 panel submissions to SXSW in search of nonprofit oriented panels (in addition the two I submitted) and found a number of them for your consideration.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

We get a lot of RFP (Requests for Proposals) for association and nonprofit website redesigns. We’ve run into IT departments that prefer a Microsoft tech stack, while others prefer open source. Often, one focus of the RFP is the technology that will power the new website. Does your IT department require a specific tech stack?

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

We get a lot of RFP (Requests for Proposals) for association and nonprofit website redesigns. We’ve run into IT departments that prefer a Microsoft tech stack, while others prefer open source. Often, one focus of the RFP is the technology that will power the new website. Does your IT department require a specific tech stack?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

In a time when climate change and developing the green economy are somewhat passé, nonprofits have not given up on the mission. One nonprofit doing great work effectively and with great agility is 350.org. org, a Networked Nonprofit. A Global Nonprofit with No IT Infrastructure? His latest book EAARTH.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

So it's refreshing to come to an event where techies and nonprofits convene to solve deep, real problems that plague our community. They're also a useful way for nonprofits to connect with local developers if they're interested in building an app. The app also has a built-in survey tool as another means of collecting data.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 Or that a certain nonprofit Executive Director Dugg a post about starting a video game company? » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 01.04.08 Be Helpful.

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