Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Sometimes it has worked swimmingly like this one with Amy Sample Ward in 2008, other times not. I thought we could use the chat back channel but since there was only laptop in the room we needed another system for backchannel communication. It is also helpful to have a back channel for communications with the moderator.

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2009

Our friends at TechSoup Global are getting ready for N2Y4, and Amy Sample Ward announced the opportunity to become a N2Y4 Project Champion and get a free ticket to the event. We voted him Most Likely to Show Up at Your Conference With Laptops for All because, well, he came through for the 09NTC. See more here.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2009

Microsoft sent me a sample of a product called Microsoft Virtual PC. On my XP laptop I installed a virtual instance of Windows 98 and was suddenly able to play some of old favorite role-playing games (RPG's) that never developed support for Microsoft NT architecture. I keep telling myself I can quit any time I want.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

They’ll take for granted that their voices can be heard and that a social movement can be launched from their laptop. 10 Ways to Change the World Through Social Media - Max Gladwell has a guest post at Mashable: "Our children will inherit a world profoundly changed by the combination of technology and humanity that is social media.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. FrontlineSMS:Medic helps coordinate health workers using FrontlineSMS , a free software platform enabling large-scale, two-way text messaging using a laptop, mobile phones, and a GSM signal. Tags: amy sample ward mobile devices netsquared Newsletter NPTech NTEN. First Place: $25,000.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 3, 2013

Five years ago, it was the laptop. It doesn’t replace my laptop, but I sure get a lot of use out of it. –Tom Amy Sample Ward, NTEN CEO. Twenty years ago, everyone brought pen and paper to meetings. Now, look around the conference table and you’ll see smartphones and tablets. We’ve done your homework for you.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Amy Sample Ward, NTEN's fearless leader, has a different view. "Mobile computing has boomed, and usability has improved to the point where tablets will start replacing laptops as the mobile computing device of choice. Image 5: Amy Sample Ward. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I rest my case. Au Contraire, Mon Frere.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

If you don't have an acceptable use policy, there are a lot of templates and samples of language online, but most of it is pretty dry, legal jargon defining liability and expectations. That's a start, but it's not enough, and it isn't really a method to prevent malicious or negligent behavior.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Think about a tool like YouTube, where people can share videos (uploaded and created in various ways from mobile phones to laptop computers to high quality cameras) and then find others who care about similar issues.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Here’s how it works: Let’s say you urgently need to replace six laptop computers for students in your program. You mention to one of your best donors about the laptops and that replacing them isn’t in the budget but it really needs to be done so the students can continue learning. Like the loyal donor they are, they offer to help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

Looks like Zen and the Art of Technology scored the Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops. The sampling of some of the top rated resources this week: Death Threats Are Not Protected Speech. Gavin Clabaugh 's annual PotLatch Program (a regular giveaway of gently used hardware and gadgets) has come and gone. It's moved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Check out Steve Dembo's Geek Toys that'll give you Geekbumps which includes the Give One Get One XO Laptop Campaign (hurry offer ends on November 30th) and a Chumby (hmm. Amy Sample Ward has an interesting take on adoption issues as related to micro-media tools. Now that you've shopped for good, what about for yourself?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

They wanted to implement a laptop program for the 40 attornies on staff - they knew it would be more efficient for those who working outside of the office. Identify pilot(s) to identify cost/benefit (Listen, Learn, Adapt). In researching the ROI Chapter of the NTEN book, I intervewed some staff members from Legal Services community.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

So sample scripts here could be, “Hey, I’m following up on our previous conversation. That’s what you need to say to somebody who is trying to give you donated Dell laptops. You’re like, “Wow, thank you for 12,000 crappy laptops, that your company no longer wants.” Like, I need a reminder.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I only have my laptop and my notebook with me, so all I need is an outlet and the wifi password to get to work. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. I occasionally head to a nearby coffee shop to work for a change of atmosphere. Comunity-Driven Libraries.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

If youre buying new computers for your employees, consider laptops instead of desktops. Laptops require fewer materials and less energy -- saving you about $20 on your annual electricity bill per laptop. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2015

Amy Sample Ward, CEO, NTEN. The emergence of cloud computing coupled with mobile devices (smaller laptops and netbooks as well as sophisticated tablets and smart phones) has forever changed the way we access information and data in both our daily and business lives. I think it’s less about trying to say that Microsoft can be unsafe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

The venue, a historic theater with small table seating, made it feel more like a cafe except everyone in the audience had a laptop or hand held device for blogging, taking notes, and tweeting. This is just a sampling. It reminded more of a saloon than a conference.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014. John Merritt.

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