Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Are gift economies undermined by the thought that someone, somewhere is making money off it? Examples: YouTube, eBay, Wikipedia, Google. Examples: Wikipedia. the web creates visible real-time reputations. the web collapses distance and set up costs. information goods can be shared forever. Absolutely. loosely coupled.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 6, 2011

This isn’t really the place to describe what programming languages are, or how they work, but Wikipedia (as always) as a nice entry , worth a read. PHP is one of many programming languages. Plone, for instance is written in Python.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Wikipedia Searches for ALS : 2.89 I think what is most captivating, and something that Slaughter and I discussed, is the statistic on Wikipedia searches. Money raised will fuel underfunded research. Research for this disease has been underfunded and now there is money for research and support programs. The notion that 2.5

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Care2

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Did you know that there are over 156 million public blogs, according to Wikipedia. Consider doing list-driven posts, e.g. Five Tips to Save Money on Your Electricity Bill. That's a lot of competition for all you nonprofit campaigners and bloggers. How do you make your blog stand out? Frogloop's got you covered.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Wikipedia gives you a fairly verbose definition , the dictionary gives a similar, but less wordy definition that I think is simpler to grasp. “An Next I need to ensure those registrants are able to raise money on behalf of my organization. When you think about it, the idea of an ecosystem can be applied to many things in life.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Precycling , according to Wikipedia, is the practice of reducing waste by attempting to avoid bringing into the home or business items that will generate waste. The holidays are the time for letting go, for hilarity, parties, gift giving, decorating, feasting, and spending lots of money. I think I've found one, though.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

Paul Buchheit is the created of Gmail and Adsense and has set up collaborative process to get advice on how he should donate "a bunch of money." He isn't relying on the traditional approach of asking an expert, but wants to crowdsource suggestions through social networks. That was rather encouraging. No exceptions. Don't contact me.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Without Capriza, it currently takes months and lots of money to create a mobile app. I envision a magical time when we'll all be our own little Wikipedias. " Here are some of the new tools for the future of cloud computing. Capriza.com — promises to revolutionize mobile apps. Theirs are called Zapps.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

MapLight is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that uses data to show money's influence on politics. The tools aggregate data from a few different sources: The Center for Responsive Politics , GovTrack.us , Follow The Money , and the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

At the end, I would have paid any amount of money for this new product. Our goal in working with the Internet Archive on the Open Library would be to experiment with a Wikipedia-style “please donate if you can” model to offer a global solution for free to everybody. It was a magical hour.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

CharityMiles For every mile you move, you help earn money for your charity from their corporate sponsorship pool.? updating relevant Wikipedia pages. . There’s an app for that! There are i ndividual and corporate programs available to participate! . SeenIt Build?the?most?powerful?and?trustworthy? trustworthy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2008

I met Zena Weist through Chris Brogan when they (and Twitter) helped me raise money to send two Cambodians to college last October. Once we have a definition that we are comfortable with as a good enough starter, we'll post community sourcing on wikipedia. Here's what Zena is asking: Define community sourcing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

That I even know of Kropotkin comes courtesy of the Wikipedia entry for the ???gift People who are creating content for OpenContent publications, like Wikipedia. What are the principles for relying on users to build a money-generating business? gift economy,??? the current term of art for this altruistic approach. People who???s

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2013

Baltimore, MD: June Tech & Social Change Baltimore Meetup: Wikipedia. Morrisville, NC: Workshop: Using Multichannel Strategies for Advocacy, Money, Engagement with Amy Sample Ward and Evening Social & Networking. Portland, OR: Getting People to Click DONATE on Your Nonprofit Website. Thursday, June 6. Friday, June 7.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

Alfred Sloan used ROI in the 1920's at General Motors Source: Wikipedia I'm in the process of writing about and prepping several workshops for nonprofits about Social Media and ROI, known as "Return on Investment." ROI processes, particularly as part of the budgeting process , are familiar to many nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

The money is in sponsorship from companies that want to be favorably exposed in one fell swoop to a critical mass of the best and brightest of the young technoid class. For more information, here’s the Campus Party Wikipedia Page and here’s a BBC report on a Brazilian Campus Party.). Food for a week cost another $80.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

While it's possible to argue that the role money plays in the persistence of digital inequality is diminishing , it is difficult. Infrastructure, of course, requires more money. Money isn't the only factor contributing to digital inequality, just the most significant (and possibly, the easiest to address). Money, it's a drag.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. David zeroed in on two relevant data points to tell the story - the number of hours Americans spend watching TV in a year, and the total combined man hours needed to create all of wikipedia: 4. Numbers are a universal langauge.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Brooks, "people who give money to charity are 43 percent more likely than nongivers to say they are very happy. According to a March 2008 New York Times article, Yes, Money Can Buy Happiness. According to a March 2008 New York Times article, Yes, Money Can Buy Happiness. Keep a Gratitude Journal.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. David zeroed in on two relevant data points to tell the story - the number of hours Americans spend watching TV in a year, and the total combined man hours needed to create all of wikipedia: 4. Numbers are a universal langauge.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. David zeroed in on two relevant data points to tell the story - the number of hours Americans spend watching TV in a year, and the total combined man hours needed to create all of wikipedia: 4. Numbers are a universal langauge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

According to wikipedia , The earliest known occurrence of the word "widget" is in Beggar on Horseback (1924), a comedy play written by George S. Wikipedia's definition of widget also points to some popular, cultural, and technical, including: A comic book character and copyrighted image. Kaufman and Marc Connelly.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

It's also interesting to note that, according to Wikipedia, Hawaii, New Mexico, California and Texas are already majority-minority states. Today in the United States, 25 percent of children under age 5 are Hispanic; by 2050, that percentage will be almost 40 percent.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 23, 2022

They ARE wasting their time by showing up at the last minute, lamely posting a link asking for money. Remember that lots of other nonprofits are raising money on the same day and yes, there is competition. But the competition isn’t for money – it’s for attention. They shouldn’t even bother.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

He pointed to the Japanese wikipedia page noting that in Japan, the cultural norm is for the group to discuss the page in the discussion area before developing the content together. It made me think of Chris Brogan's " Trust Agents." He talked about how in Nigeria everyone has a "money guy" who can exchange your currency.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. However if you, as a well-meaning representative of an organization, try to inject your side into the debate, your edits might be summarily deleted and you may be accused of violating Wikipedia rules in quite harsh terms.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. However if you, as a well-meaning representative of an organization, try to inject your side into the debate, your edits might be summarily deleted and you may be accused of violating Wikipedia rules in quite harsh terms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. New (To Me) Blogs Living on $2 Day @ UMW students will live on $2 a day if you donate money to Kiva to support a loan to Gurbat in Azerbaijan. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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Care2

JULY 10, 2008

Ask about security: are they PCI Compliant (you can look this up on Wikipedia), and if so what level? No matter which vendor you select, its important to understand "its just a tool and wont raise money on its own. No matter which vendor you select, its important to understand "its just a tool and wont raise money on its own."

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

5K will raise money for school’s outdoor classroom and track . Online sources like Wikipedia can help you find additional publications if you have a broad area. Local literacy program supporting students in Haiti raises record-breaking funds, moves 24 students off waiting list. Avoid exclamation points. Include digital publications.

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

Check to make sure you are updated in places that matter: Guidestar , CharityNavigator , GreatNonprofits , Wikipedia , and GlassDoor.com. Will your Giving Tuesday money go towards a new program or needed equipment? Sometimes it takes money to make money. Timebox it. Participate, but don’t let this take too much time!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

If you're curious about Occam's Razor, here's a more detailed description or see the simplicity page in wikipedia. Also, keep in mind that Google offers its product for free because it makes money by watching you; by using Analytics, you're agreeing to let Google store your information and use it for aggregate reports.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

They are mentioned in the book as a possible means to raise money in the future, but the concept of using them to donate online didn’t even exist yet. The Facebook Community Pages that were created by automating content from Wikipedia have been mostly removed from Facebook Search. Add Google Wallet to the list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

NetSquared, a project of TechSoup, is awarding a share of $100,000 in prize money, and a trip to the NetSquared Conference, to the top 20 winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge. Wikipedia defines a mashup as, "a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

It can also plug into mobile banking services like mPesa in Kenya for making money transfers. The project also works closely with volunteer translators at Wikipedia’s translatewiki.net. One of the many issues this platform will address is the fact that many microfinance organizations have field workers who do their work on paper.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 11, 2017

Wikipedia : In philanthropy, donor intent is the purpose , sometimes publicly expressed, for which a philanthropist intends a charitable gift or bequest. But why are nonprofits willing to spend so much money on advertising? There’s just one downside: People are only willing to give so much money in a given year.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

Wikipedia defines a mashup as, "a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool." So, for example, MAPLight.org brings together campaign contribution data and legislators' voting records to raise awareness about the connection between money and politics.

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