Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

That might look like sharing a picture from a concert, while you are still at the concert. Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

It was a great combination of really detailed tech learning (like I learned a really cool trick using JQuery to generate rounded corners, which is generally not an easy thing to achieve,) and big picture thinking. Sessions I went to included: Open Source Ecosystems. I got to learn a ton, and contribute a bit.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

More lately, I’ve been working to focusing my advising practice on helping people implement open source software (mostly server-side) in their organizations, providing advice and training. Week 1 I should have taken pictures – unboxing a new laptop is a lot of fun. I’ll understand points of pain, for sure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

Treesaver is a new open source web platform for publishing that uses the new HTML5 standard to create narrative experiences—with text, pictures and video. Treesaver is significant for nonprofits because it combines important trends – open source software, web standards and mobile applications.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Thankfully, what was once incredibly expensive is now much more accessible thanks to the rise of open source software and cloud computing. "We need a way to collect data that tells the whole picture; nonprofits need to get in the action too, otherwise our data will be skewed and not representative.

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NTEN

APRIL 15, 2010

A grassroots researcher outfitted with Open Data Kit can, as one profile of the software has noted, “snap pictures of a deforested area, add the location coordinates, and instantly submit that information to a global environmental database.”. The nomination deadline for the 2011 prize is February 11, 2011.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Guest blog by Pavi Mehta, Volunteer Coordinator Open source champion Mozilla.org kicked off seven days of service earlier this month: September 14-21st thousands of people donated over 6000 hours of their time to good causes in their communities as part of Mozilla Service Week.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 22, 2005

I came to Amsterdam yesterday to attend a summit meeting of open source foundations. There seem to be dozens of these groups, each built around one or more open source software project. Picture of the open source foundations summit. And, the desire for peer learning was strong.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2010

Open APIs offer new possibilities for the nonprofit sector, both in how we can use governmental and institutional data to serve our beneficiaries and in how we can deepen our impact by sharing our own data within the sector. Tim O'Reilly painted a breathtaking picture of the future of government. Redefining government is the next step.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Our great friend Paul Hagen suggested that we ought to be looking at the larger picture - at the data ecosystem. Tags: CMS CRM Data E-mail Integration & APIs Open Source Web Sites IT Staff. Still, these reports were only shedding light on a small slice of the software pie. In summer 2009, we went looking for a better way.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 23, 2006

IWith.org - A Spanish Tech Social Enterprise I have just gotten back from a great family vacation (may post a picture or two) where we ended the trip up in Spain for five days. It reminded me of this cool social enterprise group I have been in touch with, founded by Jordi Duran (originally from Barcelona).

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AccelEvents

JUNE 29, 2020

OBS Studio is an open-source tool for video recording and live streaming. With VSDC, you can add picture-in-picture elements and perform color correction. Pricing: Starts at $20/m. Capterra Rating : 5/5. 3D video editing. Brand overlay. Media library. Video capture. Audio tools. Text overlay. Video stabilization.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 24, 2007

you the picture. There are some trends that make it seem that some vendors are beginning to get the picture that we can all work together – open APIs seem to be on the rise. .&# and “… hundreds of NonProfits have already found that ReadyTalk is a good fit for them both technologically AND financially.&#

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NTEN

JULY 1, 2011

Treesaver is a new, open source web platform that uses HTML5 to create narrative experiences with text, words, and pictures. See3, a Chicago based organization, experienced the Egyptian revolution first-hand through their Cairo office. “ Beth Kanter summed up the implications of this new platform on her blog.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

And, in a bigger picture way, how important do you think it is for people who work with nonprofit organizations on technology issues to keep up? How do you keep up? How bleeding edge do we need to be? { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Holly 08.07.08 at 7:16 am The question of how bleeding edge we need to be intrigues me.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

All of this software is free and much of it is open source. Picture it: You're on public transit after a long work day and you accidentally leave your laptop behind. " Thankfully, you can take action by way of encrypting your data with third-party software recommended by the EFF. Hard Drive.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2007

I have to admit I’m a sucker for cute pictures of kittens. It’s really worth a read. I’m convinced that I have a sense of humor. Really, I am. Except, well, I just don’t get this LOL* pheonomena. But I have to admit the bastardized language thing (“hai, I iz doin stuf&# ) just isn’t funny to me. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

I will hold off for a while yet in my life working with people directly on spiritual issues, and work now with what could certainly be called the spirituality of nonprofit technology – finding balance and looking at the bigger picture. “finding the balance and looking at the big picture&# sealed where to put this.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

Want to show somebody a video or a picture you posted to your profile? Your pictures, videos and everything else is stranded in a walled garden, cut off from the rest of the web. Wired says : Therein lies the rub. When entering data into Facebook, you’re sending it on a one-way trip. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2012

For more nonprofit- and library-specific apps, also see: Open-Source Mobile Apps for Social Change from the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Picture: Jim Trottier. See our nonprofit and library app survey results and the nonprofit and library Apps Wish List to see how other nonprofits and libraries are thinking about apps.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Flickr: juushika As I looked around for a halloween-themed picture to post here about renewing your NTEN membership this month , it occurred to me that if you've been around NTEN for any amount of time, chances are you've heard us talk about zombies or robots , or even zombie robots. Renew this month and get a FREE Webinar on us!

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Open Source is Dead. What I mean is that open source, as we knew it, is dead. For the last decade, what we've been talking about when we say "open source" is "open code" -- a set of zeroes and ones that we can configure to our heart's desire. Long Live Open Source.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Another major challenge involves the graphic content in ebooks, such as pictures, charts, and diagrams, formulas and special symbols. This is important here in the U.S., and critical for the inclusion and empowerment of people in developing countries. Department of Education Office for Special Education Programs (OSEP).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2009

When I asked her what did you think would be most useful, she urged me to "open source my creative process." I thought it would be a great oppotunity to reflect on process and help others. Widen the Lens: The bigger picture. Barrier to resolution #1: Character tries to solve the problem, but can't.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. That way relief organizations and anyone else could get an immediate picture of what was happening on the ground. These folks do astonishing work. For example, during a severe snowstorm on the East Coast of the U.S.,

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

I really could have skipped the pictures of two of my work colleagues necking. :) Kinda fun though. » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 01.04.08 at 6:28 pm { 5 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Caroline Meeks 12.17.07 at 11:07 pm Eww, yeah Spokeo is not for the feint of heart. 2 Beth Kanter 12.18.07 Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

is an open source software guru who writes the some best posts on that topic. Big Picture Thinkers. Allison Fine , author of the book Momentum, writes about social activism in the nonprofit sector and the implications on the ground and at the big picture level. Laura Lee Dooley. Michelle Murrain. Lucy Bernholz.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2006

Get the vendors out of the picture and start with your strategic goals. That's why Open Source is a good way to go - you don't get locked in. Business for Open source a.) Find your peers who are in a similar situation and it doesn't have to be another arts organization. Find your peers and share knowledge."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Michelle most recently published a white paper in collaboration with NTEN called " Let's Talk: How Open APIs Can Change How Nonprofits Manage Data " It is a topic of critical importance in the nonprofit tech space. She is also the coordinator for NOSI - Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. The paper is a must read.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2006

Silona is organizing a Code-A-Thon that will lock up 100 programmers for 48 hours to see what kind of open source software can be written for non-profits. Tell me about the hat in the picture on your blog ? I was on my way to a friend's tea party and had this picture taken. It's taking place on October 13th at 6:00 p.m.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

There’s another piece that, while it is a cornerstone of our organization, complicates the picture even more: we hire local talent. We knew we would ultimately be in 16 countries by the year 2020, which meant that tracking, monitoring, and evaluating projects would become more complicated by the day. It isn’t perfect.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

Let's begin with big picture question that Gavin raised: What purpose do folksonomies serve? When the nptech tag started one of the ideas was to gather enough data to look and see what words people were using to describe, say, open source (open source, floss, foss, open source software) and then use those words to inform a taxonomy.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2014

Here’s a helpful step-by-step guide (with pictures – whee!) You want proprietary or open source software. to walk you through what this looks like for LastPass. You can also check out this brief seven minute overview on the ins and outs of KeePass here. Decisions, decisions…Which password manager to go with?

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

It certainly shows a much fuller picture, especially for the many thousands of nonprofits who depend so heavily on volunteers for mission accomplishment. There is a free online open-source software program that supports the development of these Socioeconomic Statements. Total obligations. Net Assets (Liabilities).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

Georgina and her staff are pictured in this photo, below. Jeff Howe, author of Crowdsourcing , defines it as: The application of Open Source principles to fields outside of software. Georgina Goodlander is the Manager of the Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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Forum One

MARCH 8, 2009

We think civic infrastructure for this online age needs to include open-source standards and software which provide a platform or framework for many to use, and which are licensed to allow others to extend and enhance the services. Picture Credit. In our view these ? Technorati Tags: Global Development Commons.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Print pictures. For those nonprofits working on health issues - In Uganda the Electronic Mobile Open-source Comprehensive Health Application (eMOCHA) has been developed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education and it enables health workers to build HIV awareness and provide prevention information in rural areas.

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