Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. The story in the San Francisco Chronicle says the new gift cards are available in Safeway and Vons supermarkets in California in denominations of $25 and $30." " The Web Is Dead.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

A day of on and offline events spanning the globe celebrating the Web. This year’s theme is One Web. So, for OneWebDay today I wanted to share a few ways that I think we can all help others join the conversation about creating a Web that includes everyone. Are you developing tools, applications, or platforms for the web?

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2014

Through thousands of community-run events around the world, the Maker Party unites educators, organizations, and enthusiastic Internet users of all ages and skill levels. Similar to Mozilla, we share the belief that the web is a global public resource that’s an essential part of our modern life. Taking part in a Maker Party?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. fact that I can often be found laying in bed at 6am and digging through client web reports. No wonder than, I am commonly asked; “What are the top web analytics reports and tools every nonprofit should know?&#."

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Though much of the citizenry isn’t able to broadcast themselves, their stories are being told and amplified by reporters. Internet upstarts (eg Business Insider, Politico), corporate/owned platforms and social."

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2014

There have been a tremendous amount of issues and disasters in the news recently, but I want to draw your attention to a critically important story that is developing as you read this: once again, our open Internet is in danger. Why does an open Web matter to your organization? Now it is important to share your story.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. The world is better when nonprofits can better tell their story. Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin: How to Tell Your Nonprofit Story with Spark.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. " New Phone Apps Aim to Combat Harassment – NYTimes.com – “The Internet speeds everything up,&# Ms. “If we as activists can’t get the Internet to speed up social change, then we’re not doing our jobs.&#

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2010

The big takeaway for me from the Creating a Culture of Storytelling session at NTC was that organizations can very easily do more to tell their stories, and this act alone could be the most important thing nonprofits do to gain donors, supporters, and relevance. A few good, meaningful stories mean more than lots of mediocre ones.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

What nonprofits can do about it: Share more success stories, please. Even the most challenging issues have stories of success. If your nonprofit assists the poor, share a story of someone who finally secured employment or got a raise and can now feed their family and buy their kids new shoes for the school year.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

Here at TechSoup, we're big on stories. The world is better when nonprofits can better tell their story. Los Angeles, California: Web Accessibility: Designing Inclusive User Experiences. Research Triangle, North Carolina: The Internet of Things: You Only Live Twice? Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

TechSoup's DigiToolbox is back to demo another tool you can pick up to tell your digital story. Using the Web and Internet video tsdigs digital storytelling tstellingyourstory' Have you heard of Animoto? If that sounds like you, Animoto may be the way to go as this tool is made to be easy straight out of the box.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

The Internet is bloated. The mobile web, of course. You’re not just competing with other nonprofits in your space; you’re also competing with the Internet as a whole. And as you know, the Internet is expanding at a breakneck pace. If your web copy scores higher than an 8th-grade level, you’re losing readers.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

But it’s only been in the last few years that mega storage, and mega processing power were available to organizations to power big web applications and the like. It was, at the time, the only affordable way to do it – there was no broadband, and a T1 was far outside of the realm of affordability for nonprofits. 2 Brian 11.23.07

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Care2

AUGUST 24, 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. Here are four that currently have my vote - please share yours!

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APRIL 1, 2011

Mark Horvath is a passionate guy with an incredible story. He goes by the name Hardly Normal and fights to put a face on homelessness by using the internet, social media and InvisiblePeople.TV (content can be intense) to share stories about real people battling with being out on the street. with Frank Barry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

My role was to document the event and collect stories. I was lucky enough to work along side Mark Horvath and Shawn Ahmed , both experts at capturing stories on video and sharing through social channels. This post is a roundup of the videos, photos, and tweets from the day. The Art of Story Capture.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 13, 2015

Read more about the TechSoup Telework Story Challenge here. The January 2015 TechSoup Telework Story Challenge (the "Challenge"). Visit the Success Stories landing page at [link] to enter your submission. (a) b) Story Submission. A submission form must be submitted for each story submission. b) Content.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 21, 2014

Image courtesy of Web Business Agenda. Bill Gates famously wrote in 1996 that content will be king on the Internet one day. Whether his vision for what Internet content would be in 1996 was, we may never know. Our most shared post took us all by surprise. Share volume.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2010

As Earth Day week wraps up, we leave you with this interview with Annie Leonard , creator of The Story of Stuff and a variety of follow-up films and books, who told us the story behind the creation of their original Flash animation website with their film about consumerism and sustainability in America. How was this website built?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

Besides the warm, fuzzy feeling you'll get from the act of sharing, organizations that submit the most compelling and innovative story will win their choice of one of these three amazing prizes from our RCI program. Submit your story anyway! Check out our terms and conditions below, and share your story today. Interested?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

Besides the warm, fuzzy feeling you'll get from the act of sharing, organizations that submit the most compelling and innovative story will win their choice of one of these three amazing prizes from our RCI program. Submit your story anyway! Check out our terms and conditions below, and share your story today. Interested?

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TechImpact

AUGUST 12, 2014

According to an IAB / Edelman study on native advertising, as long as the content being generated by content marketing efforts is telling a good story, and providing real value, consumers simply do not care that they are reading an advertisement. Internet design trends come and in ebbs and flows. Voice ready. Latest aesthetic trends.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2010

Gunner posits that for many nonprofits, a website design may be the first time they think in concrete terms about the story and message that they tell the public. If you can't tell a compelling story about your organization and its mission, then perhaps you should reconsider what you're doing or how you're doing it.".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

I spent sometime reviewing what Planned Parenthood was doing on social networks as well as their online presence - so it was good to get the inside story. Over the past three years, Planned Parenthood has built an impressive Internet presence and social media strategy. Cecile Richards, president, paved the way. We help guide it."

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Kopernik makes technology designed for the developing world accessible through the Internet and by harnessing the power of individual donations. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of February 23rd).

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

My role was to document the event and collect stories. I was lucky enough to work along side Mark Horvath and Shawn Ahmed , both experts at capturing stories on video and sharing through social channels. This network will enable residents to access the Internet for job searches, ID requests, and everyday communications.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

It's partly just my natural contrarianism, but I love finding indictments of common web-design orthodoxy. Many web designers, after presenting a site design, hear the client worriedly ask 'But, where is the fold?!' But who's going to give you a donation without touching their scrollwheel — that is, without hearing your story?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

This September 22nd, contribute to the celebrations of the web for OneWebDay ! All over the world, people who care about the future of the Web are joining together to organize events and activities in their towns, growing the OWD network from the grassroots up. OneWebDay is all about your passion for the Web and your creativity.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Let's get this out of the way up front: it's not true that people don't read on the Web. We're working on a style guide that will codify our best practices around editing for the web, and we thought we'd give you a preview, so you could give us your feedback. It's physically harder to read on the web. He is, of course, correct.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2009

Here's a story from the NYTimes addressing just that. It looks like users can find, read or submit stories and vote on them; have discussions; and generally network. Association Jam | Association Management News :: Submit. I'm checking out this new "Digg for associations" from Wild Apricot.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 19, 2010

Ivan Boothe posted a link to this story recently on the Progressive Exchange list. —– The article from Spiegel Online International begins: They may have been dubbed the “Internet generation,&# but young people are more interested in their real-world friends than Facebook. . Read the full story here.).

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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? Allan’s argument is that because NTEN is in a leadership position in the field, it should lead in showing transparency by publishing its web stats.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2009

Crafting a compelling story takes skill and care, no matter how you're distributing it. It’s "story telling," not "stories telling." When we cast ourselves — worse, our organization — as the hero of the story, nine times out of ten that's boring. " Happy ending syndrome.

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Forum One

MARCH 18, 2021

Today, it is projected that nearly three-quarters (72.6%) of internet users will access the web solely via their smartphones by 2025 —this is equivalent to nearly 3.7 As the years pass, cell phones will remain an ever-growing way to access the internet. billion people across the globe. The genesis of the mobile-first approach.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 11, 2011

Direct Mail + Internet = Integrated Success. There’s a lingering misconception that direct mail and the web are fundamentally at odds. Good — you’ve been putting the web address on every element in a mail package. Your marketing then becomes part of the web, and isn’t just pointing to it.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Read More » Local Government Web Managers Notes: Responding to Economic Uncertainty Michael Walsh in Influence 18 May 2010 In the past few months, world-wide political and economic uncertainty has shaken global confidence, which in turn has resulted in continued market instability and volatility. We also saw some. In this case.

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