Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2009

Social Networks Spread Iranian Defiance Online - NYTimes.com - Watching the #IranElection hashtag stream on Twitter, more and more videos on YouTube and the BBC, and the way citizens create and the global networks share updates about the reality of post-election mayhem in Iran has distracted me from work and ignited many conversations with friends (..)

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 16, 2009

Using hashtags lets you mark your message as pertaining to a certain topic, then automatically include that message in a stream with everyone else’s that include the same hashtag.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

Born in Iran and at age 3 moved to Canada; now in NYC. "I Note from your note-taker: At this point the live stream cut out for a spell. live stream issues] And B-Corps – I want to make money and I''m ok with that. Connecting with Millennials Youngest female B-Corp founder: How Azita got here Starting Lovesocial was an accident.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

The Waffle Shop is a cafe and live streaming TV channel that serves a diverse audience of late night club-goers and locals in an urban neighborhood. is in conflict with (currently, Iran). You feel like you could be a part of something awesome there (check out their FAQ for copious examples of this). Waffle Shop (Pittsburgh, PA).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 18, 2011

The ability to stream video directly from a mobile phone (i.e. Recent events in Burma in 2007 and Iran in 2009 and even the US in 2010 reveal that governments can easily comb activists’ footage online and seek out protesters and citizens for arrest, persecution or worse.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 18, 2010

Three and a half years before we adopted Jonathan, Cathy and I had sat together, tears streaming down our faces, when we heard the news that Martin Luther King had been shot in Memphis. As the world grows smaller, as we get to know each other, our 50,000 year old fear and hatred of others is bumping up against 50,000 years of the Golden Rule.

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