Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

" World Bank’s Mapping for Results launched – Check out this deployment of the Ushahidi platform for digital storytelling and reporting: "This weekend at the World Bank annual meetings the World Bank launched their new Mapping for Results platform.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Map Out Your Email Strategy in Advance. Taking time to map out how your email marketing fits in with these other methods, such as blog posts or social media, makes for a more robust communications plan. These emails had much higher open and click-through rates than other email sends. Contact Local Media.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

The Esri ArcGIS app (Windows 8) is useful for organizations that wish to build their own relief-related maps. The app lets you preview different data skews and features from Esri's mapping software. You can also text SHELTER and your zip code to 43352 (4FEMA) to find a local shelter. Government Agency Apps.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

If you want to increase capacity, open another shelter so more people in need of shelter will be able to find a bed, work closely with existing shelters to understand demand. Or are you looking to open a shelter for teens who have left or been kicked out of their homes, a need totally different than the family shelters in your community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Animal Adoptions by the National Wildlife Federation: From alligators to walruses, givers can adopt animals in the name of friends, family, or colleagues. Recipients receive a map, fact sheet, an adoption certificate, and a subscription to Nature Conservancy magazine. A great holiday gift for travelers! Adopt an Acre ]. Shop PBS ].

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2014

The organization submitting the story with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the UnoBook tablet AND will be featured as the “Tech 4 Faith” story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). Poke around the map and see for yourself. Interested? Challenge Schedule.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. On September 11, despite having reunited several families, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had a list of 1,600 children listed as missing by their parents, or who were seeking their families. Indirect Content.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. LABB created an Oil Spill Crisis Map in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Since then, it has since logged, mapped, and tracked more than 14,000 reports of petrochemical pollution. Check out Ushahidi Surveyor.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

The organization with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the Lenovo IdeaPad AND will be featured as the "Youth Impact" story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). Poke around the map and see for yourself. Click here to read the full story pictured above.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2014

As part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month and TechSoup's Safer Online for Nonprofits initiative, TechSoup is raising awareness about how nonprofits are taking practical steps to keep their organization safe: in the office, in the field, and on the go. Poke around the map and see for yourself. If you said "Yes!"

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

One of our favorite ways to share success stories is through our Local Impact Map (LIM). The LIM is a highly visual tool that uses mapping technology to plot success stories in a global context. Challenge submission opens February 3, 2014 at 8:00:01 a.m. Enter your story by 5:00 p.m. That sounds great. Challenge Schedule.

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NTEN

APRIL 20, 2011

We'll be presenting a webinar on using public data like legistlative districts, census data, and other geographic-based information to better target your nonprofit's advocacy and fundraising efforts next month: Learn more and register here: Geographic Gap Analysis:Leveraging Census, Open, and Proprietary Datasets for Fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

From eating healthy to volunteering at local nonprofits, users earns points that can then be redeemed for rewards or special discounts offered by partner businesses. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

One of our favorite ways to share success stories is through our Local Impact Map (LIM). The LIM is a highly visual tool that uses mapping technology to plot success stories in a global context. Challenge submission opens February 3, 2014 at 8:00:01 a.m. That sounds great. How do you plan on doing that?

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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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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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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

Open source. Co-Create – Shared Content: Mapping, Mosaic, Wiki, Links, Games. Open Source – API. On the other end of the spectrum, there are uses of technology to create unique "co-create" opportunities, if not open opportunities, where content can be made available through APIs and syndication for others to use.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

Forty-two percent of Pottsboro’s school children are eligible for the National School Lunch Program. A local TV station employee was hired to work with the teens in a 6-week course where they created a promotional video for the library. They recruited a local volunteer to teach the kids Adobe InDesign to lay out the publication.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. An example of an API is when you put a Bing or Google Map on your website.). Google Maps. Net Tuesdays became a series of national and international face-to-face meetings connecting industry and nonprofit techies. Citizen journalism.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

Between 2006 and 2009, TechSoup hosted open challenges to identify and provide support for innovative projects that harnessed these and other technologies for social good. The open, public, and community-oriented nature of these challenges meant that "the community identifie[d] workable solutions to problems they think need to be solved.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2016

Focusing in on Local Issues. Open Data San Francisco. Joy Bonaguro, chief data officer and Jason Lally, open data program manager, demonstrated the city's open data site features and highlighted opportunities for improvement. The lineup began with an overview of San Francisco's OpenData Program. What the Frac?

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

National Volunteer Week has come and gone, but I ask you to join me every week in celebrating the amazing contributions of TechSoup's NetSquared community. Chicago, Illinois: Knowledge Mapping for Greater Social Good. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. You like numbers? Thursday, May 18, 2017.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

is a national non-profit dedicated to saving play through engaging communities; creating dialogue; and providing tools, training and resources to build playgrounds across the United States.). Through a suite of online tools—including a social networking site, online training, do-it-yourself content, and a Google-map mashup—KaBOOM!

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Drawing national attention to an important issue (and a good bit of recognition for your organization the process). Building local chapters. Connecting and enriching a national movement. Schedule local events in advance along your road trip route. Creating unique content for your blog and social media presence.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 25, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! " Such a scary statistic, but definitely very eye-opening information to have.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

We have community groups, schools, local leaders and people at every age, interest, and skill level. The organizations get to do everything BUT drive: you are the vehicle, the gas, the map, the snacks even! Regional and local leaders were supported and given the opportunity to shine. Your organization has goals, too.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

As an added bonus, Twitter's trending topics are often monitored by local news media outlets. Tweet a link to your parking maps with road closures. Announce that open ceremonies have begun “Lady Gaga is singing the National Anthem right now! Quotes from Opening/Closing Ceremony Speakers.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 2, 2022

Giving 150 local communities £1 million each with no strings attached: This is the leap of faith the National Lottery Community Fund took in 2012 when it established a nonprofit organisation called Local Trust to deliver Big Local, a programme that puts money directly into the hands of communities across the UK.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panel picker process just opened - so you can vote yes or no for the panels you think are worthy of being on the program or not until September 4th. A new way of leadership and managing is needed, called "Open Leadership".

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

Is that interaction encouraged to be a free and open dialogue, or are employees' voices knowingly drawn to a hush as leadership walks past? Local businesses became national. As our world recovers and opens back up for business, most people aren’t just going to give that power back. Corporate Culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process with staff and advisory board feedback. The panel picker process just opened - so you have until August 29th to vote for as many panels as you think are worthy of being on the program or not. Lessons in Local Tech: Sustainable Food 2.0

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

The lounge will be the place to meet the best and brightest socially-conscious Geekeratti at SXSW and catch some unplugged local music. Uprising Tide panel Saturday, March 13 at 03:30 PM - "Inciting Online Communities into Offline Movements - Ready to put your tech community on the map? But that's only the beginning.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 15, 2024

Local SEO If you’re a nonprofit with a physical location or a charity that provides services in a specific area, you should consider focusing on local SEO to target people in your region. Start by creating a Google Business Profile to show your business on Google Maps and local searches.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panel picker process just opened - so you can vote yes or no for the panels you think are worthy of being on the program or not until September 4th. Submitted by Leslie Hatfield. By Skylar Woodward. Bring your yoga mat!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

I think at the national level we're always going to have The New York Times , CNN, and The Washington Post to do national investigations, but what we really are threatened to lose in the next year to five years is local investigations and local reporting. Obviously, local civic journalism is incredibly important to me.

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

Is that interaction encouraged to be a free and open dialogue, or are employees' voices knowingly drawn to a hush as leadership walks past? Local businesses became national. As our world recovers and opens back up for business, most people aren’t just going to give that power back. How do people interact with each other?

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And we’re going to see what kind of shortfalls there are from a state and local perspective in the coming years because of COVID, but hoping that some of the other federal funds that we’re receiving through ARPA can try to help stop the bleeding a little bit. You have the whiteboard that you can map them out.

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