Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

What’s your favorite example of technology helping people create positive change in the world? This year, the Tweetsgiving campaign also asked people to gather in person, offline and have gratitude parties, where people could also donate in person to the project. Technology for Change. Enter the Contest.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2016

A well-designed app can be a great way for your nonprofit to motivate people to take action, change behaviors, convey important information, and inspire real change. Bridging the Divide: Online and Offline Community Managers — Thursday, March 24 — 10:30 a.m. Want to know if NetSquared is right for you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2005

Netsquared is new project in its embryonic stages from Compumentor, the folks who have brought excellent technology resources to the nonprofit field. What we do know is that both the online and offline work of every non-profit can be enhanced by a dynamic online community in which organizations and users support one another.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

—– Over on the NetSquared platform right now we are in the midst of the 2010 FACT Social Justice Challenge. NetSquared supports the community at the intersection of technology and social impact in a few ways, including open innovation competitions. Are people having trouble participating? Tip #2: Pay attention.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

This week, I shared with Vanessa that during my time offline for the holidays, I found myself reflecting on just how many different frustrations I feel people in this sector have voiced over 2010 – to the point that I, honestly, feel really overwhelmed by the “sick and tired&# state of nptechers world wide.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

The needs and goals of the larger community are listened to by someone or a group of people and they create opportunities for action, service, and change. Just like throwing a party you need to have someone making food, someone pouring drinks and someone else showing people where the bathroom is. Events: NetSquared Camps.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Razoo (iOS) helps you keep track of each donation, track your fundraising progress and thank people when they donate. Charity Fundraising Agent (Android, iPhone) helps you keep track of your fundraising campaigns by monitoring both online and offline donations. Mobile Fundraising Tools. These mobile tools help you fundraise on-the-go.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

When one of our many TechSoup NTC attendees (look for people in spiffy black and white t-shirts) spots you wearing your button, you'll receive a free drink ticket. NetSquared Organizers, Ambassadors, and Birds of a Feather. Our organizers and ambassadors will wear orange NetSquared buttons. NetSquared Birds of a Feather.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2016

Since the first NetSquared challenge in 2006, TechSoup has continued to offer people and organizations opportunities to connect, share ideas, and collaborate; they work on solutions online and offline through events, meetups, and hackathons. "We were fairly provocative about it," Worman said.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

We have all heard before that social media is allowing a conversation to take place online: people are talking to each other, people are talking to organizations, organizations are talking to people, and so forth. How to contribute: Blog your answer to the question either on your blog or the NetSquared blog.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Speaker: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Both of my sessions focus on best practices, lessons learned, and the things organizations need to know to be community organizers and community builders, on and offline. Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)? . if you just want my content, follow @amysampleward.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

Many years ago, NetSquared hosted challenges and conferences to highlight and bring together fledging social entrepreneurs. This is best done in a participatory fashion, making sure that data is available offline. Share: Once people have gathered and found a way to manage that data, it's just as important to be able to share it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

I was also an early member of Netsquared Community , another one of Marnie’s brilliant ideas that rocked the field. I started my talk with a story about why I liked Twitter: It allows me to connect with people in my professional field and have a great conversations or ad hoc collaborations that improve practice.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

It's not enough to just share stories about your impact — how do you mobilize and engage people who are passionate about issues you're working on? NetSquared DC organized a panel discussion on Engagement Strategy: Empowering Champions* and Influencers* on November 3, 2015, to delve into this question. Or, find a new tool.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Recently, over 300 innovators and changemakers interested in the intersection of technology and social benefit work converged for a few days of idea-sharing, learning, and collaboration at NetSquared's annual conference. About NetSquared. To learn more about NetSquared or get involved, visit [link].

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2014

How do you talk about the enslavement of 30 million people in just 140 characters or in a simple Facebook post? How do you ask people to engage with such a horrifying subject, not just once, but over and over again? Decide What You Want People to Do with Your Message. Choose the Right Platform for Your Message.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2008

Alex Steed is a self-described millennial activist and he has just announced his Millennials Changing America: The Next Generation of Organizing where he will visit over 30 cities across the United States to meet, interview and report how young people are using the Internet to leverage their social and political power. What's that?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

I'm honored to be on the team of live blogging (that is, blogging about an event during an event) for the NetSquared Conference. Many people live blog to take notes. " So, as Stephen Downes points out it is hard to serve two purposes: reporting for people to read and taking notes for yourself. Flickr Photo by Pitel.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

I wanted to use today to focus in on a question recently posed by my good friend Joe Solomon on Twitter : What are the nonprofit/orgs that are working 2 wire the green movement, like what @ netsquared does 4 nonprofits, @ sunfoundation for politics; which orgs are working to expose data, leverage soc media, connect the orgs together?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

I had been thinking it was an isolated moment of geekily recursive silliness, but today I got a ping from Lucy Hooberman , also from the UK, about a post she wrote that observes that so many people are live blogging conferences that it produces a lot of documentation of the event. I noticed this first at TED. last March.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

is about building a bridge between two-way online communication and offline actions and impact. We assumed that if we created a generic platform that people would start their own actions. It is so easy for people who care about an issue - it is easy to connect. If we want people to engage, it has to be easy, fun, and addictive.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Most people are already familiar with the American Red Cross and the speed with which they jumped into action after the January earthquakes. The relief items are helping more than 10,000 families (50,000 people) to date -- with plans to increase this number. How can we do that? Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2006

I've gotten comments from other people in the room that have told me they found the notes of use, but I wonder how valuable it is for people not in the room? WHen do the online/offline experience converge or blend as Alexandra Samuel reflects over at netsquared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Asking questions about who people knew and for contact information. So the social networking twenty years later and using the Internet, allows you to figure out who people in your network know, but also who is in their networks. We wanted a well-known celebrity as a draw. I copied the form and distributed it to every orchestra member.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

" I used the technique two years ago for a presentation at the first netsquared conference called " I Tag the Hand that Feeds Me " or what I should retitle "Meet Sally." re doing offline. I've seen this style be copied by several users on SlideShare to explain enterprise2.0 It has to be a real human being.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2005

On Netsquared , there was a recent post about Bioneers and some thoughts about a session about online tools and mobilizing. There was a lot of discussion in the Click Here session about how the next killer app would be people meeting with each other face-to-face. The technology is there now to foster this growth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

That's when I was working with the New York Foundation for the Arts on its technology capacity building programs, including offline/online workshops for online skill building called SpiderSchool. I finally got to meet Jayne about a year at the netsquared conference. For me, simple theme-based online communities via YahooGroups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

There is now a poll to vote on names suggested by people. Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference. As part of the activities, people are invited to kick the tires of the new version of Social Source Commons. FLOSS Usability Sprint is taking place this weekend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

There is so much talk both online and offline, from inside organizations and from outside, that “nonprofits are broken.” Questions like: How do we truly create community planning opportunities as funders that include all members of the community when the “community” of interested people is often limited to the grantee pool?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

This month's Net2 Think Tank question is: How do real-world (offline) events fit into social media conversations and campaigns ? Although at core: People coming together in the real-world are key to fueling how we organize for change. What kind of offline events are the best fit for your community? Then check out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2009

Submitted by Ivan Boothe, publisher of the Rootwork Blog Over at the NetSquared blog, Joe Solomon provided a great roundup of reasons people might be "jaded about social media for change" and ways they overcome it. None of that goes away just because you're engaging with people on Facebook instead of in town halls.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. For many people who find you online, your website is the organization. Your website should tell people who you and what you do. Prioritize your ROI around the biggest impact, whether that’s raising funds, engaging people, or something else. Google Earth API (plugin).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! How do you balance online action with offline engagement? Sl’ack-Ti-vism.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! How do you balance online action with offline engagement? Sl’ack-Ti-vism.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Example: Anyone can publish a blog post on the NetSquared Community Blog and Social Actions' social network, my.socialactions.com. Who are the top people you'd want to meet?" Example: The Acumen Fund blog recently posted that, "Based on some feedback from our readers," they are going to change the focus of their blog. "We

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

are they relevant to the people you work with in developing countries? In Ghana people are interested in knowing about new tools, because they need to stay in touch with what???s s does not always match the way people communicate. And Netsquared. PersonallyI see a huge potential for web2.0 and that???s Practical examples.

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