Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 2010

The Ultimate Go-To Resource on Mobile Data Collection (and growing…) | MobileActive.org – "Want to use mobiles for data collection? Don't know where to start your research or where to read evaluations of existing and past mobile data collection efforts? Get the Tagline Database and Report!"

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Beth Kanter, Amy Sample Ward, Katrin Verclas and John Haydon are among the familiar names in the nonprofit tech sector who are part of the effort. Amy Sample Ward, a strategist who supports and educates clients in the nonprofit and social change sectors. Socialbrite.org is built in WordPress, the popular open source blogging platform.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2013

For example, one of the case studies that Amy Sample Ward and I profiled in the mobile section of our book Social Change Anytime Everywhere was about “Missed Calls” as an organizing strategy. Mobile phone use in campaigns is not just about text messaging, but about leveraging missed calls.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

This is what I think: Convio should partner with neutral players to underwrite benchmarking studies that get data from a much wider sample of organizations than just their clients. Speaking of the responses of the old guard, eTapestry, which was bought by Blackbaud last year, is opening up it’s API this week. What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

A similar example is that of an Atlanta city councilman who chose to post a message to Twitter asking for a medic to respond to an unconscious woman on the street rather than to dial 911 when his mobile phone battery was very low. The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 15, 2007

It seems like it will start out with a local query system, then will be opened up to allow third party development of data analysis tools. A couple of annoyances: the documentation for the APIs aren’t up yet, and the sample code they are going to publish is in C# and Java! That part looks very interesting. Be Helpful.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 16, 2011

Open Source Zanby Announcement | Zanby.com – I'm so very excited to see this group/community platform go open source! To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. Thousands of reports were placed via SMS.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Here’s a sample of our accomplishments: Martus , our secure, open-source information management software for human rights defenders continued to empower many human rights groups worldwide to secure thousands of stories of human rights violations and to use this information strategically to advance their causes.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In this edition of nonprofit tech news, TechSoup shows new ways your nonprofit could harness mobile and killer apps in 2016! Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. The NPR story on mobile recruiting is a good place to find out about this new trend.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Social Actions is facilitating this challenge to encourage innovations for distributing opportunities to make a difference across the Internet and mobile devices. To be eligible for prizes, all submissions must 1) be fully functional by the time voting begins, 2) include an open-source license, and 3) make use of Social Actions API.

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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. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2011

The checkins functionality in the Ushahidi Platform is one of the first open source checkin products that crosses multiple mobile platforms. We are really excited about simplifying the reporting process for those situations where you don’t need a full blown report.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

emphasis mine) &# ooooooh… During the NTEN call on Connect, they had mentioned that they were only going to publish sample code in C# and Java. Create and foster developer and user communities in the same way that Salesforce and open source communities do. Be Helpful.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

What happens when the most talented and innovative women in technology who work with non-profit organizations and political campaigns get together for the day to discuss the most relevant issues ranging from the Women in Open Source to Fighting Sexism in the Tech Sector? You get Women Who Tech.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

After Jason Shim won the 2014 NTEN Award in March, I thought I’d have a look to see why Amy Sample Ward and company thought so highly of him. He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages. First, Jason Shim is not a famous guy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

Amy Sample Ward, organizer of London Net Tuesday, who connects nonprofits with new media technologies. Ken Banks, a Hewlett Foundation grant recipient who focuses on using mobile technology to foster positive social and environmental change in the developing world, particularly Africa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Amy Sample Ward writes a blog about nonprofit technology and social media and is the community builder for Netsquared. is an open source software guru who writes the some best posts on that topic. Susan Tenby is the community manager at TechSoup responsible for their Second Life efforts. Rachel Weidinger. Laura Whitehead.

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Technology Companies Netsquared Social Media 75

Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

After Jason Shim won the 2014 NTEN Award in March, I thought I’d have a look to see why Amy Sample Ward and company thought so highly of him. He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages. First, Jason Shim is not a famous guy.

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Technology Canada Nptech Award 64

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

The NOSI Choosing and Using Free and Open Source primer is on the ICT Hub Knowledgebase! May be created and consumed using mobile technology and distributed using other social media tools. Here's a good list of micro-media tools , although they are labeled as mobile learning tools.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Email is a critical channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

I was honored to design and facilitate a panel at SXSW on Sunday called " Crowd Sourcing Innovative Social Change." The panelists were Holly Ross , Amy Sample Ward , David Neff , and Kari Dunn Saratovsky. And, of course, crowd sourcing is a technique being used across the social sector for different goals.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Thankfully, we have some incredible nonprofits on the ground who continue to tackle these issues everyday, raise awareness and mobilize people into action. One of the worst humanitarian crises continues to escalate in the Horn of Africa, where famine, war and drought are threatening 13M+ people.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

“It has always been quite interesting to me that in many parts of the developing world, there is near ubiquitous ownership of mobile phones,” explained Aashika. Taking advantage of mobile technology, Survivors Connect created SMS: Freedom which connects individuals and communities with experts and resources via text messages.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

USB headset, dynamic or condenser mics, soundboard, mobile devices, video recording, etc. Mobile devices - if you are out in the field, etc. Audacity - open source and free, lots of community resources, have to download a separate mp3 encoder but they have links on their site. Can import other sources well.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The students would prepare for the contest using a series of online practice modules and mobile phone based applications that would test the students on sample questions. The platform should integrate with existing social media platforms and be mobile-enabled. Make the Automated Export System (AES) Mobile Optimized.

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