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. and Catherine T.

International 150

International Guatemala Colombia Analysis 150

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 10, 2010

Collaboration and partnerships can easily come together and be successful under and umbrella that puts the work of all those involved toward the movement, instead of the one-time effort or project. Scale is incredibly important to creating movements, and we are all still learning how we scale our work to a global level.

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Wiki Global Share Case Study 156

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m packing my bags for a trip to India to lead a training for NGOs that are Packard Grantees to kick off a peer learning project called “Networked NGO.” Then we each went at it, e-mailing our contacts with sample Facebook and Twitter messages to see if they would share with their networks.

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Blogger Lesson Childhood Poll 111

Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what lots of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured-IT to further their missions. Here is just a sampling of what we have collected so far. They’re a great example of an NGO that really knows their IT.

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Map Local Program Impact 65

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2009

This year’s event convenes world-class speakers and (15) “Featured Projects” focused on innovations happening in mobile field competing for $50k in cash-prizes. Do you need real-world case studies to help inform the way you think and develop your mobile projects? Kick the tires.

San Jose 100

San Jose Conference Mobile Challenge 100

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2009

Before they head home, they will train the local community and the NGO partner how to use a Flip video and digital camera so update can continue. Plus we’ll provide a breakdown of the costs of every project in the form of a simple shopping list. This will certainly be an interesting project to follow! What do you think?

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Zambia Africa Classroom NGO 100

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

A few years ago, Jeff and I went on a pro bono IT consulting project to Uganda to serve a Action for Children, an NGO that fights poverty by preserving families and delivering micro-finance. Like a lot of pro bono projects, we had to fundraise our way to get there, but there weren’t any good tools to make that happen.

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Interview Public Uganda Profit 213

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2009

“ UniversalGiving ™ is an award-winning marketplace which allows people to volunteer and donate to top performing projects in more than 70 countries around the world.&#. maybe you want to join forces for a longer-term project for real impact. What is UniversalGiving?

Impact 111

Impact Help Thailand Case Study 111

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The survey project was done under leadership of TechSoup's Dan Webb. Here is a sampling: "We look forward to this becoming a reality." We got 495 nonprofit respondents from 43 U.S. Here's the stats: Nonprofit Comments.

United States 47

United States Adopt Library Survey 47

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

And this also led me to work with a lot of social projects because it happens a lot of times the same, right? And I’ll give you a bit more of a sample of this, you know, how can they share what they know? So in one of the projects I was working on, we recorded podcasts with different communities that we were working with.

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Community Video Broadcast Phone 66

Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

So, yes, I think the Global NGO Technology Report found the majority of nonprofits do agree social media is effective for creating brand awareness. The Duo Duo Project Red Envelope Fundraiser, doesn’t mean anything to you. I’m going to show you some sample social media posts. They want new people. Ask a question.

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Social Media Trend Video Marketing 82