Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The Make It Your Own program was a grant program in 2007 created by the Case Foundation to promote “citizen centered&# approaches to local community building. " Net2 Think Tank Round-Up: Finding Volunteers Online | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – Looking for ways to recruit volunteers online?

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Web Bookmarking Evaluation Lesson 120

Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2016

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Friday, July 15.

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Burkina Faso Las Vegas Rhode Island Los Angeles 36

Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2013

The weekend event is organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , Code for America , Random Hacks of Kindness and many other organizations and companies. NetSquared can help! This is a great opportunity for nonprofits to get involved in community issues and share their mission with a tech-savvy audience.

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National America Broadcast Wiki 61

Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The weekend event was organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , Code for America , Random Hacks of Kindness , and many other organizations and companies. TechSoup, Caravan Studios , and NetSquared were on the scene to observe and participate in hackathon events all over the country.

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San Francisco National Honolulu Global 55

Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

It was originally published on NetSquared. Other articles speak to the use of ‘Digital Smoke Signals’ generated from big data for improved development projects and policies, as well as the need to look at not just big data but small data too. Data for Public Service Delivery.

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Data Student Open Digital 52

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

A good social media policy provides clear guidelines on what staff should do when posting and interacting with constituents, volunteers, and donors. Additionally, representatives from local nonprofits shared their experiences with social media at the various forums. NetSquared.

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Social Media Global Network Media 36

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

As ImpactMax writes so beautifully, tying individual stories to overall contextual problems and societal issues can really change policies. " Check it out! Stories about the impact that a nonprofit has on people’s lives can engage, recruit and solidify donors and members. Why limit yourself?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

The session, "Turning E-Waste into Green," focused on how policy decisions handling e-waste can improve the economy. That's why TechSoup Global, NetSquared and Microsoft teamed up to launch the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest last November. Find out what else NetSquared was up to this spring in this roundup.

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Global Action Library Contest 55

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Moderated by NTEN membership director, former NetSquared organizer, and friend of TechSoup Amy Sample Ward , "Rethinking Movement Buildling" brought together three luminaries from organizations whose stock-in-trade are movements to promote social change. [The The moment of opportunity had passed.

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Netsquared America Director Social Media 54

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Should foundations align their grantmaking directives with their endowment investment policies? Comment, Blog it, tag it NpTech, and/or start a blog over at the Netsquared site. GetInvolved Blog shares a summary from the Sunlight Foundation and Berkman Center all day session called "Local Political Information in an Internet Era."

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Summary Nptech Tag Conversation 50

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Examples: Neighborhoods Against Irresponsible Logging (NAIL): When planners distributed a confusing and hard-to-understand map, many people in Rebecca’s local community didn’t “get&# what kind of logging plan was really in store. Influence decision-makers; impact public policy.

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Tools Tech Map Case Study 100

Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Example: The Environmental Defense Fund's blog, Climate 411 , "is the voice of the experts at Environmental Defense Fund, providing plain-English explanations of climate change science, technology, policy, and news." Example: Green for All posted about how Green for All Supports Local Green Jobs Corps in Tennessee. allow comments.

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Green San Francisco Tennessee Nonprofit 42

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

You should decide internally how you want to handle potentially negative comments and what your policy will be about moderating comments or not. They have published their commenting policy on the site. Here's more two round ups I did of nonprofit blogging policies: [link]. I did an interview with her about this.

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Social Media Social Media Blogger 20

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

But, the tools were emerging so quickly that many didn’t know how to approach them, there weren’t any policies in place; so, the Internet, except for the long-standing signposts, were viewed as toys or distractions and often banned from the workplace. The community still led the way, though, from the local to the global level.

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Slides Nptech Digital Case Study 213

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 28, 2010

Government policy: Rewarding citizens for their behavioral changes and better regulating toxic products. Community production: Encouraging entrepreneurs to find community solutions to meet the localized needs. Social Change: Better inform people to make the right choices. What help could you use at this stage?

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Interview UAE Measure Application 123

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

We went and had a victory party and then woke up the next day and realized that it didn't really matter because the company that wanted to build had gone to the state legislature to get them to pass a law to undercut the local ordinance that would protect our water. My path was really environmental work, environmental policy work.

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Podcast Arts Oakland St. Louis 40

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

One of the reasons I am so excited about the work I am doing with NetSquared is because I think that these new web-based tools, especially podcasts, are an incredible way for nonprofits to get the word out about their causes, especially when they are listened to through headphones. resources and time it will take to make them more prepared.

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Iraq Podcast United States Government 40