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Philanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy

Amy Sample Ward

Earlier this week, I had the terrific opportunity to participate on a panel at the US launch event for “Philanthropy and Social Media”, a whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy and The Indigo Trust. Philanthropy has been able to move into the real time web, too. Impacts to Philanthropy.

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2012 SXSW Interactive – #nptech Highlights

Amy Sample Ward

We’ve all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics “going viral” online before our eyes – the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. Tendenci Released as Open Source by Schipul. This topic was especially relevant….

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Doing good with AI tools: Navigating ethical considerations for the social sector 

Candid

In the very early days of AI at Candid, our grants auto-coding system, which predicts Philanthropy Classification System (PCS) codes from the text, exhibited signs of social biases. Hugging Face, the largest open-source AI repository, provides guidance on reading and creating model cards.

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DonorsChoose Interview & Social Media Challenge

Amy Sample Ward

DonorsChoose: open source philanthropy from JD Lasica on Vimeo. The main reason it works is that you get to see how your donation was spent, you get photos from the classroom, and you get a personal reply from the teacher or students. Social Media Challenge is a leading example of micro-giving.

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It’s Not Slowing Down! Data Trends For Social Sector Organizations To Track In 2019

Global Giving

Excellent data tools will continue to get cheaper and easier to use… This trend has been going strong for a while now, particularly as more and more of the data landscape has shifted to using open source tools. Explore more 2019 hopes, predictions, and trends from philanthropy leaders across the globe. EXPLORE MORE TRENDS.

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2012 SXSW Interactive Roundup

NTEN

We've all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics "going viral" online before our eyes - the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. Tendenci Released as Open Source by Schipul. Social Philanthropy: Raising Money on YouTube and Twitter.

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Interview: John Brennan of OpenAction

Amy Sample Ward

″, that focuses on open standards and linking data. Many of us are aware of open source software and open architecture, but open philanthropy doesn’t exist yet. Essentially, we give organizations a simple tool to manage project information, like photos and videos.

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