Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster. Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan. Impacts to Society.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

Topics include the latest storytelling tools, fundraising strategies, and a video 101 seminar. Kisumu, Kenya: Storymakers 2016 — Kisumu. Kakamega, Kenya: Storymakers 2016 — Kakamega. Kenya: NetSquared Camp — Storytelling 2016. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Video and Photography 101. Thursday, March 31.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Kakamega Town, Kenya: Netsquared Kenya Regional Meeting /Kakamega County. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group? P.S. If you can’t get enough of our surgeons in costume here’s one more video to get you in the Halloween spirit. =. Monday, October 28. Wednesday, October 30. Thursday, October 31.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Submit your digital video, five photographs, or a super-short story now, because we have $13,000 in prizes available! Or if face-to-face is more your style, join your local NetSquared group — NetSquared groups are holding digital storytelling events all month. Kisumu, Kenya: Social Media Week. Looking for inspiration?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Video games are big — bigger than Hollywood in terms of revenue, as a $66 billion global industry. Through projects like the Games and Learning Publishing Council and the National STEM Video Game Challenge ( [link] ), the Cooney Center explores the power of games to advance learning and engage vulnerable students. Around Gender.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2014

TechSoup’s NetSquared community organizers connect nonprofits with local technology experts. 15 groups held live events which helped drive video submissions to the contest and allowed TechSoup to reach more NGOs with educational opportunities. Busia, Kenya: Net2kenya Regional Event. Upcoming Events. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Vancouver, Canada: Video for Nonprofits Workshop: The Essential Elements of Storytelling. Kisumu, Kenya: Mozilla Make a Party Western Kenya joins together with Netsquared Kenya.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Since I’m enroute to Kenya, I invited Jeff Achen to share his thoughts. We produced a Public Service Announcement video with some well-known Minnesotans (comedian Louie Anderson, NFL defensive end Ray Edwards, rapper Toki Wright to name a few). Since I’m enroute to Kenya, I invited Jeff Achen to share his thoughts.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Find your local #Tech4Good group. NetSquared Vancouver** shares [slides and videos]([link] from their November event. * Vancouver, British Columbia: 7 Steps to Scaling Your Nonprofit/Business With YouTube Videos. Denver, Colorado: Create Compelling Video Stories for Your Nonprofit. In-person workshops are your preference?

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

Not only will you be contributing your skills to local nonprofits, you'll also be building your reputation and connecting with your tribe. Naples, Florida: Telling Your Story: Using Video as a Medium for Spreading Your Message. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Wednesday, July 8, 2015.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

(Please visit the site to view this video). There are NetSquared groups in 50 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. Busia, Kenya: Beyond Today’s Internet Experiencing: Smart Future Conference Kenya. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

And if you need some help with your video, you can take our short, free online course or sign up for help from one of our experts. Birmingham, United Kingdom: Video Skills + Telling Social Stories. NetSquared Vancouver** shares [slides and videos]([link] from their November event. * Wednesday, May 11. Saturday, May 14.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient, local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. So give your local organizer a hug next time you see them! NetSquared Vancouver shares slides and videos from its November event. Want to learn about PCI compliance?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Indirect Content. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups. Thousands of reports were placed via SMS.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2006

Jessica has worked in rural Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda with the Village Enterprise Fund and Project Baobab on impact evaluation and program development. Here's a link to a brief preview of the October 31st show on Google video.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

The Water is Life project got underway to help children in Kenya last November. In the video, Joel Comm talks about how this event will make Internet history. I'm attending TwestivalSf so will get see what a local event is like first hand. I can relate to that! This leaves me with some questions.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

We connect the local with global resources.” The project is active in Iraq and Kenya. I also liked the work we did a few years ago to support telecentres in poor communities affected by civil war in Colombia. One of the things TechSoup does well is to bring relevant tools and resources to the needs that people have on the ground.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

mobile payment system in Kenya that allows people there to text each other money. Examples of NT100 projects include: Witness , the Peter Gabriel-founded watchdog charity which uses online videos call attention to human rights abuses. It’s still not as good a deal as your trusty local library. Oyster costs $9.95

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

She notes, "I started in Kenya working with a water users association, living in a thatched hut!" In Ethiopia, she did organizational capacity building work for a local network of NGOs. The tools can be useful for in-country connections, in local languages, or north-south connections. Through my blog I see what???s

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Naples, Florida: How to Reach More People via Video Live Streaming? Busia, Kenya: Netsquared Kenya Joins MLH Hackathon 3 December 2016. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Storytelling 2016. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members.

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2014

As part of Storymakers 2014, we offer a slate of interactive events including our global tweet-chat on September 4, 2014 and NetSquared meet-ups this August and September with storytelling workshops and presentations in your local community. There are already free events scheduled in countries as far-flung as Australia, Kenya and the USA.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

The service has 17 million users and is transforming the way wealth is distributed in poor countries, which now include Tanzania, India, and Afghanistan as well as Kenya. The success of mpesa in combination with the arrival of broadband there has stimulated the billion dollar ‘silicon savanah’ movement in Kenya.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The most powerful impact we found was actually in the women's leadership and influence locally. Just here in the Bay Area we have local things like, Oakland Local , Oakland Seen , and Spot.us. If your angle is using this training as an outlet for local empowerment and development, then you very much want to bring in mentorship.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Ushahidi Board Meeting at iHub in Kenya. I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi , an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency. The Networked Nonprofit In Kenya. Response was laughter).

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Care2

APRIL 20, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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