Forum One

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

For many organizations, different departments have different data storage requirements and they end up with their data stuck in different platforms. Digging into each analytics platform individually to pull your information to try to tell a cohesive story can be frustrating. Does this sound familiar?

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

The previous 15 years of my career, I worked in higher education with access to a research library, enterprise platform subscriptions, and myriad other resources. Foundation Directory and Foundation Maps quickly became two of my favorite tools. I was unaccustomed to having to find all my own resources.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This timeline offers a clear road map to prevent lapsed donors: What makes donors lapse? Here’s a sample: Dear [donor first name], I’ve been thinking about you and wondering how you are. Platforms like Bloomerang include a payment processor that automatically updates expired cards. But how do we make it memorable?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Here are two DIY guides for content and community mapping , you can do by yourself or with your whole organization: [link]. There’s also options online for new approaches to the press release , including this social media press release platform: [link]. Anything else?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Ss I suggest in my Community Mapping approach , the actions and metrics should be mapped against the segments of the community doing them. If the numbers you are tracking don’t give you an action, how valuable are they? For example, if you track just how many people come to your website, it doesn’t give you much action.

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Forum One

JULY 22, 2021

Drupal 9 is essentially equivalent to the latest version of Drupal 8 but with a current version of Symfony and other dependencies, and so any platforms still on Drupal 7 or earlier can, and should, migrate to Drupal 9 directly. platform from Drupal 8 to Drupal 9 in the coming weeks. ?USAID’s National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

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Drupal Government Websites Module 84

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. The platform would then take their data, map it from their sending location, and create the other visual support data you see on the map. Indirect Content.

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 23, 2011

. 'What I’m going to talk about today, are some of the network properties and social principles behind some popular social platforms. Of course, I will compare and contrast them to the new kids on the block (i.e. Google+), and talk about their behavioral implications.'"

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. Below is the live blog or the archive of the live blog. Can’t wait! The internet connection here is such that I don’t think a live blog portal will sustain itself.

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Whether you are running a campaign, trying out a new social media platform or anything else, monitoring which places are sending in the most traffic can help you focus attention to the best places. Community Mapping. Prices vary by platform/provider and what you are trying to do. Your goal: why do you engage with them.

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Forum One

MAY 18, 2023

Moving away from a previous Grav website that Forum One developed for USDA to a new 2021 site created directly in Drupal 9, the Drupal 9 platform allows them to feature previously static PDFs in interactive and expandable detail pages so that users can easily print data and results they are most interested in (e.g.,

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Drupal Government Websites Module 70

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Explore Bloomerang’s sample job descriptions for positions like major gift officer and development director. To make the most of your investment, it’s helpful to find an all-in-one platform with top-quality solutions for all aspects of nonprofit management, like Bloomerang. Hold interviews. Maintain state tax forms.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 10, 2012

The egalitarian nature of the web as platform — for example, technically, no link or traffic is prioritized over another — makes it easier to connect people and ideas that were previously isolated. Moreover, mocking people or organizations whose maps don’t succeed hardly seems noble, and could even deter experimentation.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2009

Location: MIT room 3-270 (click for map). Every day, it seems, another grassroots effort testifies to these platforms and their ability to spread a message to thousands, even millions. Remotely Twittering guest: Amy Sample Ward | Consultant and Blogger | www.amysampleward.org (@ amyrsward ). Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

As we all continue exploring the vast horizons of the internet and the social tools it offers, be sure to check out the applications that help you continue telling stories with the power of video, maps and more. The best part is that you can post in a manner of ways: from the platform, from your email, from your phone, etc. Historypin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Although I sometimes hear from colleagues that “Facebook is personal and fun stuff” or just a lot of skepticism about how a particular social networking platform can provide professional value, it isn’t about the platform. Social Change Anytime Everywhere by Amy Sample Ward. Copyblogger.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Building a Community Across Platforms. Most commonly, communities form around an issue, a cause, or even a campaign on many different types of social media, and stretch across platforms. However, the real challenge is creating community across platforms. Obviously, you are welcome to vote for them, too!

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

We provide a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights. Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. Google’s Mapping tools include: Google Earth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2015

Terry and Rusty Stahl have just published a new book, “ The Talent Development Platform ,” that provides strategic and practical information to help nonprofits guide, nurture, and strengthen the next generation of nonprofit leaders. Source: Talent Development Platform. Click To Get Your Copy Now! Agreed upon plan. Evaluation.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Three specific examples that are very different include: Connectipedia : a wiki-based platform that allows anyone interested in philanthropy or social impact in the Pacific Northwest (or beyond) to share research, resources, information, or data about people, places and topics.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

John is currently working on OpenAction, a platform that connects people to the projects they care about. The mashup was a map showing where people were volunteering in near-real-time. The real value to organizations is that they now have a dynamically updated map they can embed on their web site.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Think of it like this: In “Community-driven Social Impact,” the driving is up to the community; but you can act as the vehicle and event the map for those “drivers.” Where are they: which platforms or tools do they use and when do they use them? View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. So, what is that opportunity?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

The people who “own&# those relationships need to start working together to integrate the platforms. ASW would argue that the platforms don’t own the relationships; the platforms do own the topic of conversation, or the point of interest—a point that should really be made explicit and especially viewed as actionable.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones. Be sure to visit the site and press "Play" on the map.

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Tech Soup

JULY 22, 2015

The new voice profiles combine the recipient's voice characteristics with the speech recordings from a matched donor, resulting in a hybrid, more natural, and customized voice that maps to both donor and recipient. It's easy to become a voice donor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Note from Beth: One of the most common questions I get at workshops or webinars is, “Should our organization be on XYZ social or mobile platform?” Create a heat-map to show them where they live, or a series of charts to breakdown their values. Flickr Photo by Matthew Field. After all, people love to read about themselves.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2015

After wrapping up our annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), NTEN’s CEO, Amy Sample Ward, and I quickly recharged for SXSW Interactive , where we partnered another year with Beaconfire to host the Beacon Lounge for social changemakers, and with the NonProfit Times to cover stories on the nonprofit technology sector.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Official Google Blog: Explore museums and great works of art in the Google Art Project – Take yourself on an art tour using Google Maps! "One Internet upstarts (eg Business Insider, Politico), corporate/owned platforms and social." " The Battle Against Info-Overload: Is Relevance or Popularity the Best Filter?

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Web Broadcast Arts Bookmarking 120

NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Mobile Voices offers an open-source multi-media platform optimized for low-cost mobile phones that lets users create, share, and reflect on stories about their lives and communities. Tags: amy sample ward mobile devices netsquared Newsletter NPTech NTEN.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

use the platform to increase local impact. use the platform to drive local social movement. the patientopinion platform has tools that anyone can use, ie you are going to go out and do something, you tell us what you want, we build it and you pay for it, then we give it to you and you can go do what you want. rate the providers.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

Ushahidi is a NetSquared project alumnus who has gone on to create an amazing interactive mapping platform. Find your closest NetSquared Local group on our map ! Burlington, VT: Social Change Anytime Everywhere with Amy Sample Ward. NetSquared Local organizers rallied around Ushahidi’s BRCK kickstarter. May Events.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

Salesforce Acquires Buddy Media for $689 Million – "Salesforce has entered an agreement to acquire social media marketing platform Buddy Media for approximately $689 million, the company has announced. " The Identity Spectrum – Identity Woman – I love this spectrum map of the various kinds of online identity!

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I have to say, I'm really thankful for nptech rockstars like Amy Sample. The app includes ride maps, the updates and discussions. cross between Yelp, Google Maps, and Twitter. to the Community Platforms Toolbox, thanks to the recent discussion by. Need a primer on social media online tools for nonprofits? participants.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Are they online: in email, website, social media platforms (which ones?), You’ve just created a map of all your audiences and how you and all of them can be sharing, conversing and campaigning in an aligned way! How have you mapped your conversations and messages at your organization? 3: How it Happens. 4: What they Want.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Amy Sample Ward recaps the lively discussion and shares some excellent resources like this Climate Debate Map , the Drupal.org profile of TckTckTck and the Climate Lab Wiki. Here's a few highlights: Social Media and Climate Change : #4Change, the Twitter-based chat, recently tweet-chatted about social media in the climate movement.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 3, 2010

Meetup Everywhere is “an open and free internet platform for sparking Meetups everywhere about something. Creating a map or other aggregate of local resources, conversations, news and so on (even if it was done in a dashboard ) could help your community and help position your organization as the hub. Meetup Everywhere.

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