Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

Social media tools work because they are powered by people, and people are social. My work with NetSquared and with Social by Social has helped shape so many of my beliefs about community organizing and has offered the opportunity to meet so many others doing it well. What tools have been most unsuccessful?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

TechSoup and the NetSquared meetups are here to help. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston: Storymakers 2017! Naples, Florida: Tools for Effective Email Communication.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. Make sure the core planning team, members’ roles, and responsibility expectations are clearly defined right from the start of the event planning process. Hackathons, coding sprints, app challenges, oh my! Better Together.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Especially with the increased use of social media tools to help community building activity around causes or specific organizations. Where are they: which platforms or tools do they use and when do they use them? Don’t ever go for a new, shiny, cool social media platform or tool simply because you’ve heard others talking about.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

She's our volunteer Netsquared organizer there. NetSquared is TechSoup's volunteer-driven, global network of nonprofit technology workshops and networking events. Getting Started with NetSquared. Find your local NetSquared group. This coming year, they plan to organize more days of giving and service.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 16, 2015

Eli van der Giessen — Netsquared Community Manager. Remote employees have always held the NetSquared community manager role. Working remotely works better than you'd think because my role is almost entirely externally facing. Telework Tools Eli Relies On. Telework Tools Eli Relies On.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 7, 2010

Whether I’m talking about my role at NetSquared , my blog , or my network of friends, I am inspired every day and find value in, and rewards for, my participation. Interact, use tools, and create and share content the way you want your community members to do so. Find your role (by asking for feedback and help!)

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Using tools that allow reposting, sharing, emailing and so on will give anyone the options they want to push your content around the web for you. Sometimes what you want to do and the tools at your disposal just don’t match. The value of the tool grows as people value the tool and add more content.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

If there isn't a group nearby, we'll help you start your own NetSquared group. What have NetSquared groups been up to recently? NetSquared Vancouver** shares [slides and videos]([link] from their November event. * Or, apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Want to learn about PCI compliance?

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2005

Today, Mark is the manager of TechSoup's NetSquared initiative, a project designed to make sure the non-for-profit sector gets involved early and actively with the newest tools and trends in internet technology. And once we got through catching up, I admitted to him that I was just a bit perplexed about the NetSquared project.

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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. If members ask a question on Twitter, respond on Twitter, and so on.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 11, 2011

Whether you’re holding a logo competition or looking for a mobile application that supports rural medical workers, crowdsourcing can play a valuable role by accomplishing that goal, and expanding your organization’s reach in the process. iStart and options for nonprofits. The ins and outs.

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2010

Over the last week, technology has played an unprecedented role in bringing aid to and saving lives in Haiti. And then there's the role that Facebook and Twitter are playing. That's social media for social good, and that's exactly what NetSquared and NTEN want to highlight with Beth Kanter this spring at SXSWi. .

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2010

Over the last week, technology has played an unprecedented role in bringing aid to and saving lives in Haiti. And then there's the role that Facebook and Twitter are playing. That's social media for social good, and that's exactly what NetSquared and NTEN want to highlight with Beth Kanter this spring at SXSWi.

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Social Media Haiti Social Media 44

Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2010

This morning, NetSquared hosted a special unconference at NTC on open data. Jake Brewer talked about how his organization, The Sunlight Foundation , has played an instrumental role in the development of new data transparency standards in the US government. Tools Web Building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 It includes case studies, tools, and how-tos. tools to capture and share knowledge from nonprofit gatherings. tools into your PR messaging?

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2011

TechSoup's NetSquared Initiative partnered with the HRC in the first conference The Soul of the New Machine in 2009 to help select a winner in their Mobile Challenge. How does security play a role? MacArthur Foundation and Humanity United , held their second Human Rights and Technology conference at the new David Brower Center.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

tags: fundraising advocacy ) I was lucky enough to meet Ivan Boothe at the first (or maybe second) Netsquared Conference back in 2005 and have been following his work for years. We use it to go where people are already organizing against genocide, and give them tools to do so effectively.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

He explained Year Up's role pretty succinctly: "We feel that we are able to make a fairly effective bridge to corporate America," Jeff said. "[Year Up] is another tool in your chest to help you solve a problem in your company." Artis explained that unfilled jobs are an ongoing issue for many corporations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

over at NetSquared failed to turn up more than a handful of nominations. may be that the tools don???t What were my options, what were the available tools and practices? What role can it, or should it play compared to the myriad other information flows and sources? t quite know what to do. non-profit blogs???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

There are two sets of social roles here. The npdigg community roles include consumers, voters, and submitters. Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference. Gobuki Blog identifies the steps from migrating nonprofits from stand-alone email tool to Salesforce.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2006

Susan Tenby from TechSoup demos the virtual TechSoup Office during the Netsquared Conference while Ruby Sinreich and Deborah Finn (Cyber-Yenta) blogged about it. But can games like Second Life be a useful tool for social change? The Society is expanding its role in the community by establishing a virtual space on their own Island.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

This summer I've been interviewing the innovators behind the 21 Projects that went to the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) this year (I'm the Community Builder for NetSquared). You can listen to the original interview and a live recording of Freecycle's 5-minute pitch at the NetSquared Conference on the NetSquared Podcast.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

I finally got to meet Jayne about a year at the netsquared conference. Her piece begins with a simple definition of online social networking tools and asks: What's the appeal? She suggests that if organizations are targeting young people, particularly teens and 20 somethings that platforms like Myspace can be a good tool.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

The field of Business Intelligence (BI) is growing by leaps and bounds as technology tools make getting, combining, and visualizing data easier than ever before. Our friends at NetSquared have a great podcast interview with Steve Williams of Business Objects that provides more good examples. That's when data becomes intelligence. .

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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. Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate.

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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. Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Recently, my friends on the other side of the pond were talking about what skills sets/job roles nonprofits need in-house to take advantage of social media strategies ( here , here , and here ). Steve Bridger posted a pointer over at Netsquared to his thoughts on "Buzz Director." sorry Steve) and skill sets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. Beaconfire Blog, " The Twilight of Direct Mail " provides an analysis of the role of direct mail in Obama Campaign. Which one worked best? And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

There's an interesting post on the roles and behavior of online communities of practice. So, do check out the Audio/Video Edition of the NGO-in-a-Box which includes a collection of Free and Open Source Software tools. Wikis Laura Whitehead writes about how to use a wiki as a trainer tool. Edge4Dev blog aims to help.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

And in each of these we will talk a bit about tools, tactics and strategies. Analog Tools. What this means for tools, specifically, is that we don’t actually like technology. The tools in an analog world fulfilled a specific function but did not influence our planning or programs. Digital Tools. So let’s dive in!

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate.

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Social Media Nonprofit Jordan Cancer 67

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

When it comes to innovation in civil society, there is nothing that can match the speed and ingenuity of communities that come together to make a change, develop a tool, or feed a need. Don’t ever go for a new, shiny, cool social media platform or tool simply because you’ve heard others talking about it. What roles are needed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2006

I'm working on a project (Second Life) that is really pushing the boundaries on what is possible and I have a direct role in what happens. At the netsquared conference , I spoke with someone from a small nonprofit about Second Life. It's amazing. My biggest challenge is that there isn???t t enough hours in the day. But if you don???t

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2005

(. in which I continue to interview my former dorm-mate, Mark Liu, now the project manager for TechSoup's NetSquared initiative) [Me] What can you tell us about the April NetSquared conference? First, we hope to build a community of active participants in the NetSquared website over the coming months. All can play a role.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

We'll soon be unveiling a full set of tools to let you manage your local event and build a strong local climate group in the lead-up to 24 October." Every month, the NetSquared community comes together offline at Net Tuesday events to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and collaborate. Then check out. Net Tuesdays.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

So, our role at TransFair is to work with the companies to certify their supply chain, to audit their books and to give consumers that guarantee that when you see the Fair Trade Certified label on a product, you know the farmers got a fair deal. It takes longer to re-tool supply chains. For big companies that's more challenging.

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