Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2010

This guest post comes from NetSquared community development manager Amy Sample Ward. An initiative of TechSoup Global, NetSquared is a global community of organizations and individuals leading the way in social change through technology. Read on and learn how to get involved. Offline, we take things local!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

Submitted by Amy Sample Ward, publisher of Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech When it comes to “nptech” or nonprofit technology, there are more blogs and organizations and resources than any one person can find, let alone keep track of! Amy Sample Ward’s Version of RSS Why? I’m no exception. What’s in my brain, can be in yours!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2009

TechSoup Global's NetSquared project is doing some amazing work, particularly on the use of mobile technologies and social change around the world. Here's a quick snapshot of some of the projects they're working on now: Case studies: Amy Sample Ward has posted the first in a series of NetSquared case studies on their site.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

NetSquared’s Global Community Builder , Amy Sample Ward, will be at the NTC this year to connect and collaborate with friends, colleagues and new faces in the sector. Here’s how to find Amy and connect with NetSquared. Net Tuesday & 501 Tech Club Affinity Group Meeting. NetSquared Office Hours.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Women Who Tech brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. Also posted on the Frogloop blog for nonprofits here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2010

While some may think there are not a lot of high quality women who can speak on technology issues or are starting tech companies, it simply isn’t true. Women Who Tech brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

Submitted by Amy Sample Ward, publisher of Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech Hildy Gottlieb’s new book The Pollyanna Principles is a handbook for starting a revolution in social benefit organization design and practice, but it isn’t the revolution. What’s the catch?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2010

This post was originally published on the NetSquared Blog and was written by Claire Sale. Here's a listing of sessions and spaces hosted by NetSquared and TechSoup: Community-Driven Social Impact Session. Amy Sample Ward from NetSquared Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. - Eastern Room: 1471.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2010

The Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) is here again and team members from NetSquared and TechSoup Global will be busy presenting, sharing, and connecting in Atlanta, and hopefully with you! Members of the NetSquared and TechSoup content and community teams will also be using Twitter and blogs during the event.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2011

This post originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog and was authored by Amy Sample Ward. Peter Deitz is a long-time member and contributor in the NetSquared (and TechSoup) community; he started the NetSquared Montreal group and his Social Actions project was a winner in the 2008 N2Y3 Mashup Challenge.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

In it are Beth Kante r of Beth's Blog , and Amy Sample Ward from NetSquared. Here are some of the best and most used words (according to this Twitter Stream Graph ) from your thanks: Always. Inspirational. Peter Campbell , EarthJustice and TechCafeteria. Robert Weiner , Robert Weiner Consulting.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2010

Aside from Elliot's big honor, TechSoup's Global Community Development Manager of NetSquared , Amy Sample-Ward , was among the six finalists.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Part of my role as the Global Community Development Manager at NetSquared is to support and grow our offline organizers from around the world. NetSquared’s hosted Challenges for 3 years now, surfacing hundreds of innovative technologies for social impact. Please support me by voting and commenting here.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

said Amy Sample Ward of NetSquared, a program of TechSoup. Even with limited resources, time, or skills, your nonprofit can tell a compelling story that captures the importance and impact of your cause, and this event will show you how!"

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

For a taste of nptech goings-on all around the world, NetSquared Local shares community highlights from the month of May and gets its fans excited about future projects in their recent monthly roundup. Read the full post, A Call for New Tech Ideas in 2014. Sign up for the event or learn more here.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

This post originally appeared on TechSoup's NetSquared Blog and was authored by Amy Sample Ward. read more.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

In a post from Amy Sample Ward last week, we let you know that many of our team would be parading down the peninsula to Mountain View, California to Microsoft's campus for a summit of great technologists, innovators, funders, practioners, corporate partners, librarians, and leaders all to talk about technology and social change.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Last week I attended a session on this topic at the Women Who Tech TeleSummit. Even if your organization doesn't have the budget or human resources, you might like to know what you could do if the budget fairy left you a surprise gift. The session was entitled Apps and Tools to Energize your Base.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2013

NetSquared is proud to be a sponsor of this kickstarter project. And indeed there are: there's the great We are Media project , the SocialBrite blog , the NOI toolbox , the Social by Social Handbook , and an array of rich and super helpful books by folks like Beth Kanter and Amy Sample Ward and Allyson Kapin. This should be fun.

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Care2

APRIL 7, 2010

With so many informative panels to choose from (such as Diversifying Your Tech and Online Communications Teams by Frogloop bloggers Jocelyn Harmon and myself as well as Ivan Booth and Shireen Mitchell) on topics ranging from online fundraising, recruitment, and social media - it was a real challenge to come up with my top 12 picks.

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NTEN

MARCH 5, 2010

The March 501 Tech Club in NYC will be a panel on " Texting for Good: Trends, Tools, and Tips for Nonprofits " with Katrin Verclas (MobileActive) , Jed Alpert (MobileCommons) , and George Weiner (DoSomething.org). This month's NetSquared (a project of TechSoup Global ) Think Tank topic is on effective social media policies.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2012

The sample size is. sample of organizations. What We Found in the Numbers We made an effort to include both nonprofits and libraries by promoting the surveys in the TechSoup forums, via NetSquared and TechSoup for Libraries , and through social media. We had some requests for more detailed survey results, so here they are!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Representing TechSoup Global are CEO Marnie Webb , community leaders Susan Tenby and Megan Keane , NetSquared community builder Amy Sample Ward , NetSquared alumna Britt Bravo , and former board member Lucy Bernholz. The result is Beth's Women in Nonprofit Technology Who Rock.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2010

This post was written by Amy Sample Ward and was originally posted on the NetSquared Blog. The third Digital Media and Learning Competition , from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2014

Of course I also worked with the executive director of NTEN, Amy Sample Ward when she helped us build the NetSquared community. Gayle Samuelson Carpentier: NTEN does a great job bringing together nonprofit technology assistant providers (NTAPs), companies that make tech resources available, and nonprofits into a network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

So, when Lynne Johnson from Fast Company asked me to blog a list, I thought I'd create a nonprofit technology category and acknowledge the work of these awesome women: Nonprofit Technology Marnie Webb is the Co-CEO of TechSoup Global and creator of Netsquared and was voted most valuable person in the nonprofit technology field in 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! There's going to be a Netsquared Meetup (recommendations for restaurant or location are needed) How will your nonprofit avoid the Meatball Sundae? NTEN's monthly roundup of tech resources called " Things We Like " (and I'll add to "fondle.") And if you???re

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Over on the NetSquared blog , we've been running a great series of posts by Bari Samad about ways that nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries can leverage the power of human capital. There's a sample self-assessment worksheet in the guide. From the sample questionnaire.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

app offers polling location information, sample ballots, and election. Head on over to NetSquared and share your election app idea. Facebook and CNN have partnered to create the I'm Voting Facebook app. The app encourages users to pledge to vote and to share that pledge across their social network. The VoterHub. If so, please tell.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Moderated by NTEN membership director, former NetSquared organizer, and friend of TechSoup Amy Sample Ward , "Rethinking Movement Buildling" brought together three luminaries from organizations whose stock-in-trade are movements to promote social change. The moment of opportunity had passed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

On NetSquared, nonprofit tech folks are invited to blog about one question each month in the Net2 Think Tank , and Amy Sample Ward summarizes these at the end of the month. I know that there are many different venues where great conversations about nonprofits using social media take place. One of those venues is Twitter.

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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 Amy Sample Ward. Check in with the game changers beautifully hacking tech to fight climate change. Let's discuss: join us!

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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 Amy Sample Ward. Check in with the game changers beautifully hacking tech to fight climate change. Let's discuss: join us!

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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. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. Check in with the game changers beautifully hacking tech to fight climate change. Let's discuss: join us!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Nonprofit Software Earlier this month, Convio alerted its nonprofit clients of an Online Security Issue as reported by the nonprofit tech blog (be sure to read through the comments), NTEN and TechSoup blog. Amy Sample Ward has an interesting take on adoption issues as related to micro-media tools. And if you???re

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2013

Join me, Allyson Kapin, Co-founder of Rad Campaign and Blogger-in-Chief of Care2''s Frogloop blog and Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director of NTEN for this free webinar. She started the Radical Tech blog for Fast Company focusing on trends in technology and Web 2.0 Don''t worry though, we can help you change that.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 16, 2007

How many tech tools do you know of that give you hope? Cross-posted from the NetSquared blog. Screenshot of sample Change.org widget from Change.org site. You have done a beautiful thing, and I wanted to thank you for that." Pretty cool. widget fundraising social network nonprofit

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