Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2009

Google Doubles Its Cartographers As Maps Continues To Go Wiki-Style - “As an online free mapping service, Google Maps is a great product. But it’s lacking in certain parts of the world.

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Web Social Media Bookmarking Guidelines 111

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Fun Resource Nonprofit Social Media 256

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

I love maps and the stories they can help us tell. Check it out: "We're building the first up-to-date, interactive map of today's changing nonprofit landscape. If you're a member of the foundation or grant-making community, engaged in nonprofit work, or just interested in mapping and social change, please join us! ."

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San Francisco Web Bookmarking Map 111

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. " Introducing the Knowledge Graph: things, not strings | Official Google Blog – "Search is a lot about discovery—the basic human need to learn and broaden your horizons.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Your knowledge can make the difference between failure and success. Strategy Mapping Selling : Business-to-business sales and marketing – advanced selling and marketing strategies for major and key account sales. Technical courses from Udemy: Learn how to make iPhone and iPad apps in 1 hour without any programming knowledge.

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Learning University Language Course 156

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

With over a decade of web development experience, John channeled his skills into building something with social value. The team also hopes to incentivize organizations to share knowledge and give beneficiaries a direct voice. The mashup was a map showing where people were volunteering in near-real-time.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Write and run web crawlers and scrapers for data collection. Design and implement data visualizations, including everything from simple static charts and maps to custom interactive visualizations on the web. Familiarity with python, R, and JavaScript libraries for charting, mapping, and vis is helpful.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 21, 2010

Ideally, the conversation with map the various services to the segments or groups who already/could benefit. This means everything from physical resources to knowledge and staff to the entire network. inspirational and empowering both in knowledge and engagement. What services already exist? This is both locally and globally.

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Case Study Community Charity Studies 162

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2011

Organizations function as complex networks complext network webs. Knowledge is created through individual interactions. Patterns of participation impact knowledge flow. Social network analysis can reveal knowledge flows and roles. Use network maps to visualize the network and make connections.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The days when board members holed up in a conference room and mapped the organization’s future based on anecdotal evidence, political expediency, and personal experience should be over. Integrate Strategy Effective strategy begins with an integrated plan. What is the future that we want to avoid? What do we need to start asking ourselves now?

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

The days when board members holed up in a conference room and mapped the organization’s future based on anecdotal evidence, political expediency, and personal experience should be over. Integrate Strategy There are plenty of incentives for collaboration. Effective strategy begins with an integrated plan.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Built by The Markup , Simple Search strips out the information panels, shopping boxes, and search ads to show only the raw web search results. David Cicilline (D-RI) put it at the hearing , “Our documents show that Google evolved from a turnstile to the rest of the web to a walled garden that increasingly keeps users within its sites.”.

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2011

If you think that a mash-up of online tools for capacity mapping and resource matching would assist nonprofits, philanthropies, and the communities that they serve, then we invite you join us at our upcoming session at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Are there established organizations looking for partners?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner , MapTogether.

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Tools Map Disaster Portland 73

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We went from technology belonging to the IT staff, to new media belonging to the young intern, web savvy communications officer, and so on. From another perspective, there’s the side of our data that translates into APIs, maps, and info graphics. Show how much money is being raised! Is it an event to get out the vote? Holistic Tools.

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Nptech Slides Community Strategy 213

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 12, 2008

So, here are my 2009 Predictions for the Social Web. We have seen plenty of mashups where a website is able to push together a mapping tool, some public data, and user-created content like comments. We have lots and lots of tools at our disposal as individuals on the web. What do you think is going to change the web next year?

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Mashup Social Media Community Wiki 100

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 17, 2021

Advice for nonprofits on going from web forms to results. Solution: Web to Lead forms. The native Web to Lead function in Salesforce provides a setup wizard to create a form. Only fields available in the Lead object can be used on the web form. Disadvantages: Limited to creating Lead records.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Back when I was a wee lad with a very security-compromised MySQL installation, I used to answer every web request with multiple “SELECT *” database requests — give me all the data and I’ll figure out what to do with it myself. Today in a modern, data-intensive org, “SELECT *” will kill you. That’s where Select Star comes in.

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The Verge

JUNE 22, 2020

That might allow a maps program to show you the right general region, without knowing the specific building you’re in. The new operating system also includes new transparency measures to prevent apps from using cameras or microphones without a user’s knowledge. iOS 14 is expected this fall.

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.orgSource

JUNE 12, 2023

It’s also a chance to adjust processes, staff skill sets, and align with the future road maps of your technology partners. Increase Member Confidence and Security In June 2021, data associated with 700 million LinkedIn users was posted for sale on a dark web forum. The value is in the journey. Kevin is right.

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Technology Evaluation Associations System 170

NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

Data un-communicated, or ineffectively communicated, amount to personal knowledge or useless raw material. My measurement of "hot" and "humid" remains my personal data/knowledge until I walk back into the house and tell my wife. This shift started fifteen years ago with the widespread adoption of the World Wide Web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Over a century after its inception, over 52,000 people in 1823 places across 17 countries participated in the Christmas Bird Count – using email, web sites, and social media tools. 1) Creating collective knowledge or wisdom. A group of individuals has more knowledge for solving a problem than any single individual.

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Measure Impact Fund Social Media 96

Tableau

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Now, Alisa is involved in the community through Tableau User Groups, publishing vizzes on Tableau Public, and sharing her knowledge on LinkedIn. Web: Back 2 Viz Basics X: #B2VB Week 22: Use Multiple Data Sources Workout Wednesday Build your skills with a weekly challenge to re-create an interactive data visualization.

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Storytelling Web Linkedin Social Media 73

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner, MapTogether.

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Tools Map Disaster Portland 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

We facilitated over 200 nonprofit techies ( editoral advisory group , subject matter experts , and wiki members ) who contributed ideas, writing, copy-editing, lesson plans, presentations , and knowledge to build an impressive social media knowledge resource for the community. What are the different strategies for engagement?

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Remix Help Social Media Wiki 94

Google Research AI blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

However, with chain-of-thought prompting, a model is not grounded in the external world and uses its own internal representations to generate reasoning traces, limiting its ability to reactively explore and reason or update its knowledge. HotpotQA (exact match, 6-shot) FEVER (accuracy, 3-shot) Standard 28.7 Reason-only (CoT) 29.4 Act-only 25.7

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Language Model Sample Wikipedia 90

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.

Fun 100

Fun Resource Nonprofit Social Media 100

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

More knowledge, confidence and excitement about organizing in your city. The Rational Pursuit of Change: How the Web requires new tactics, not the evolution of current ones. This session will revisit the challenges of collective action in an era of “open source activism,” and highlight how the Web can help overcome those hurdles.

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Netsquared Slides NTC Local 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

After we create a shared network based on individual’s knowledge and skills, we move to the organizational network maps. Participants create a poster of their networks, view other the network maps of others, and then do a debrief.

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NGO India Network Social Media 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

My Zoetica colleague, Geoff Livingston , suggested that I don't go the DIY route and work with a professional web/blog designer! I want the blog design to reflect being authentic, and generous in sharing knowledge. I got terrific suggestions from folks like Lorelle and even did some playing around with paper and scissors.

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Design Guide Comment Conversation 85

TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

Data.World tackles these issues head-on by mapping siloed data to known business concepts so that everyone, whether you’re in the C-suite or the IT department, can understand and use knowledge.” ” Making data actionable.

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Data Organization Track Raise 99

NTEN

MARCH 15, 2011

If you aren't using your Web presence to engage committed and potential members, you're losing a prime opportunity. Before you take that first step though, remember that your Web efforts, no matter how big or small, should advance your comprehensive marketing and business strategy. Start with the basics, then move on to the big time.

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Place Tools Social Media Online 78

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

The Open Knowledge Foundation is a great advocacy charity in that field. Grameen has a team of community knowledge workers who go out in the fields of Uganda and collect agricultural information on their mobile devices. Data Mapping and Visualization. Microsoft enables charities to use Bing Maps free of charge.

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Data Organization Disaster Map 66

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

These were (as captured by blogger Marcia Stephanek ): Open Green Map , offered up by Holly Ross, helps communities map their eco-friendly spots, whether it's a bike rack or a solar-heated apartment complex or a public herb garden. The maps are made by community members. What would I do differently for next time?

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Reflection Social Media Sample Wiki 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

I have been knee deep researching and thinking about Web Analytics in general and Google Analytics in particular for a third screencast in a series I'm doing for NTEN. The research has been going slowly -- partly because web analytics is a very complex and geeky topic. Web Analytics As Simple Gifts To Measure Mission 3.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2016

They can measure levels of air pollution, plot land erosion, create heat maps and even collect water samples. In this realm knowledge is truly power, and the data the drones can gather quickly and cheaply makes them an invaluable resource to environmental scientists and climatologists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The first step is mapping your network so you understand the connections – hubs and influencers. It is about how you cultivate and develop your network. First a word on “content strategy” – it seems like a daunting proposition, but it’s one that every nonprofit needs to consider in this fast-paced, connected age.

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