Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

I recently attended the US launch event for Historypin is a new (and free) application for Android, iPhone, or the web that arranges photos, videos, and text in the context of time and location (leveraging the Google Maps API).

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2014

This video was authored by Gregg Bossen,Creator of QuickBooks Made Easy, QuickBooks Instructor,and a practicing CPA. Watch the video: (Please visit the site to view this video). Since 2000 Gregg has taught QuickBooks Seminars around the country to thousands of new users, existing users, and other CPAs.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 26, 2013

(Please visit the site to view this video). This QuickTips video deals with voiding versus deleting your checks. QuickTips from the Video: Do let QuickBooks create journal entries for your voided check if the check was in a prior period. Bossen's seminars 9/10 in Portland, OR or 9/11 in Seattle, WA.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Stay tuned for a video interview I did with him while in Vegas. But even more fun was this video interview with the good folks at the Gifts In Kind International who I ran into in the lobby and they pulled out their copy of the book and shared a few thoughts about they’re applying the ideas. Independent Sector in Atlanta.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

Best Video Winner — Learning to Improvise Can Be Life-Changing. Please visit the site to view this video). Our Best Video winner hails from the proud city of Detroit and is the unanimous top choice. Please visit the site to view this video). Please visit the site to view this video). But how to activate them?

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2013

Wellington, New Zealand: net2welly 1st birthday meetup: potluck + Beth Kanter on video. Portland, OR: Selecting and Implementing the Right Volunteer Management System. ” Vancouver’s Net Tuesday begins their eight-part series on Video for Nonprofits with a look at content strategy. Wednesday, July 10.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Portland, OR's pdxtech4good shared the secrets of using Internet and smartphone tools to engage and support volunteers. Puzzle through the The Future of Education: Learning, Teaching, and Technology with video from Burlington, VT. Vancouver, Canada: Using Video to Tell Your Stories.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Portland, OR: Visual Storytelling & Growing Your Digital Media and Protecting It. Vancouver, Canada: Video for Nonprofits Workshop: The Essential Elements of Storytelling. Portland, OR: Volunteer meet and greet and help steer the rest of 2014 events. Naples, FL: Social Media Surgery- 501 TechClub SWFL Netsquared.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

Topics include the latest storytelling tools, fundraising strategies, and a video 101 seminar. Portland, Oregon: Websites as Storytelling Tools: A Case Study. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Video and Photography 101. Mukono, Uganda: How to Create a Simple Video Story to Advocate for a Community Concern. Thursday, March 31.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

This week, our members are hosting conferences, requesting session proposals, writing for the Huffington Post, and using video to fundraise! If you’re in the Portland, Oregon area, you should check out the WVDO’s Regional Fundraising Conference. It’s weeks like this that warm our nptechie hearts. Have more news to share?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2015

Portland, Oregon: Lights, Camera, Action: Making Video Easy. Portland, Oregon: Portland: QuickBooks Made Easy. . --> North America. Tuesday, September 1, 2015. Naples, Florida: How to Prepare Your Organization and Your Network for #GivingTuesday. Wednesday, September 2, 2015. Washington, DC: DC Action Data Sprint.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2013

Portland, OR: CRM Panel Discussion: Experts Talk About Salesforce, CiviCRM, and RedHen. Joyce Bettencourt has a roundup on the future of slide decks (includes video!). Vancouver, BC: Content Marketing for Non-Profits with Vanessa Chase. Philadelphia, PA: Crowdsourcing Change: Applying the Social Web to Some Philly Nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Portland, OR: Mobile tips and tools for civic and social good. P.S. If you can’t get enough of our surgeons in costume here’s one more video to get you in the Halloween spirit. =. Abbotsford, Canada: Network, Connect and Talk Charity. Philadelphia, PA: Social Web Sampler. Pittsburgh, PA: Bagels & Bytes - Allegheny.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 4, 2014

New Orleans, LA: Video Games and Development. Portland, OR: Summer social and thousand-member extravaganza! Tuesday, August 5, 2014. Naples, FL: Email Marketing For Nonprofits. Vancouver, Canada: The End of Slacktivism: How to Understand, Facilitate & Deepen Online Engagement. Wednesday, August 6, 2014.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2014

Portland, OR: Visual Storytelling & Digital Management. Vancouver, Canada: Video for Nonprofits Workshop: The Essential Elements of Storytelling. Naples, FL: NFN4Good Tech Club for SWFL. Vancouver, Canada: Social Media Success with HootSuite. Wednesday, February 5. Tuesday, February 11.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

And if you need some help with your video, you can take our short, free online course or sign up for help from one of our experts. Birmingham, United Kingdom: Video Skills + Telling Social Stories. NetSquared Vancouver** shares [slides and videos]([link] from their November event. * Wednesday, May 11. Saturday, May 14.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

NetSquared Vancouver** shares [slides and videos]([link] from their November event. * Portland, Maine: Portland: QuickBooks Made Easy. Check out the [blog]([link] to get a taste of our grassroots community. * **Katharine Bierce** recorded her recent [tech and philanthropy panel]([link]. Want to learn about PCI compliance?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Some recently completed projects include: • A new business card design for the Surfrider Foundation’s Portland Chapter. • A brainstorm of online video-game concepts for Room to Read’s new children’s book, Zak the Yak with Books on His Back. • An in-depth website critique for Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence. •

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2014

Portland, OR: NTC Round-Up: Mini-Presentations from the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Research Triangle, NC: Video for Nonprofits. New Orleans, NO: Net2NO’s May Meetup. Philadelphia, PA: Net Tuesday Night at the Movies! Gold Coast, Australia: NetSquared Co-organizer meetup. Wednesday, May 7. Thursday, May 8.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Recently, we''ve been talking at our museum about techniques for capturing compelling audio/video content with visitors. It made me dig up this 2011 interview with Tina Olsen (then at the Portland Art Museum) about their extraordinary Object Stories project. Why did you choose this format instead of video?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 15, 2008

The most recent episode featured Eva Mendes, and Liz Evans, the Executive Director and Founder of the Portland Hotel Society in Vancouver. The Portland Hotel Society provides housing and advocacy for the "hardest to house": people with mental illness, physical disabilities, HIV/AIDS, a record of criminal activity, and drug addiction.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Submit your digital video, five photographs, or a super-short story. Portland, OR: Digital Storytelling 101. Storymakers is live! TechSoup’s digital storytelling challenge is open between now and September 26, 2014. We have $13,000 in prizes available! Looking for inspiration for your digital story? September 9. September 10.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Check out the PDXTech4Good site and efforts -- it's a joint group of Net2 and NTEN Tech Club -- and the upcoming Tweetsgiving Portland. Norman Reiss writes up some notes on two nptech events that happened in November: the NTEN 501 Tech NYC event (as already mentioned) and some highlights from the Convio. Thank you, David!

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NTEN

JUNE 28, 2011

Instead, post photos, video, or recaps of past volunteer events, which serve to recognize those people who have already volunteered while showing potential volunteers what they can expect—and that their efforts will be appreciated. He lives in Portland, OR. Cravens recommends avoiding direct appeals. It doesn’t speak to anyone.”

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

Check out this wicked explainer video. Portland, OR: Mini Sessions from Locals Who Presented at 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Vancouver, Canada: Using Video to Tell Your Stories. Not sure what a Social Media Surgery is? NetSquared Local organizers rallied around Ushahidi’s BRCK kickstarter. Wednesday, May 1.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2014

15 groups held live events which helped drive video submissions to the contest and allowed TechSoup to reach more NGOs with educational opportunities. Portland, Oregon: Website Accessibility 101. We have made a big dent in our 10-month plan with lots more amazing things to come. Naples, Florida: Google For Nonprofits. NPTech Social.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Submit your digital video, five photographs, or a super-short story now, because we have $13,000 in prizes available! Portland, Oregon: Secret Knowledge of Open Source. With less than two weeks to go, TechSoup’s Storymakers campaign is roaring along. Looking for inspiration? New York, New York: Crowdfunding for Nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

NetSquared Vancouver** shares [slides and videos]([link] from their November event. * Vancouver, British Columbia: 7 Steps to Scaling Your Nonprofit/Business With YouTube Videos. Portland, Oregon: Get 'Er Done: Surveying Digital Project Management Tools. Denver, Colorado: Create Compelling Video Stories for Your Nonprofit.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

Research Triangle, NC: Video for Nonprofits. Portland, OR: Virtual Volunteering. Wednesday, May 21. Denver, CO: Website Management Tools: Learning the Components and Picking the Right One. New York: Office 365 - Just for Nonprofits! Thursday, May 22. Monday, May 26. Tuesday, June 3. New Orleans, LA: Sixth Annual Mini BarCamp Meetup.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

Lots of museums these days have video comment booths to invite visitors to tell their stories, but how many of those booths really deliver high-impact content? Last week, I talked with Tina Olsen, Director of Education and Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum, about their extraordinary Object Stories project.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2013

Webinars and YouTube videos: CASE Webinar: Fundraising Analytics for Prospect Development. by Amanda Jarman, Portland State University and Jennifer MacCormack, University of Washington. There are some great professional development resources, information, and training available to you and your organization you may wish to check out.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

And videos! Lots and lots of video. The idea of utilizing open source and in turn utilizing community was recently put into action in Portland, Oregon. Over a series of weekends this past winter, the Portland Drupal User Group banded together to create the Rose City Resource website. We want all of the above on a map.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

(Please visit the site to view this video). Portland, Oregon: NTC Round-Up: Mini-Presentations from the 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference. NetSquared DC's Roshani Kothari on why she loves NetSquared. I've just returned from the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Austin and I'm pumped! Wednesday, April 1, 2015.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2008

The snow part has been humorous ( because Portlanders don't do snow ). This is a great example of nonprofit video done right. The email in-box project has also been surprisingly fun: I found quite a few tidbits -- or this n'at , as Pittsurghers would say -- worth sharing. Congrats to the Center for American Progress.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Wildfire creates a spectrum of contest based apps, including sweepstakes & photo/video contest apps. For example, if I were looking for the best Portland, OR hashtag, I would try some combination of the city name and nicknames until I found the most popular tag. This turns out to be #PDX - the airport code.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2007

I got to meet Amy when I was in Portland earlier this month and enjoyed the opportunity to talk about social media and nonprofits. She also pointed to my facebook cause recruitment video. Michele Martin of the Bamboo Project Blog wrote a terrific post about the campaign. She set up the Global Giving fundraiser and donated too.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2011

Watching the Improv Everywhere video , I'm struck by the fact that it is the deviant nature of the activity that makes it fun. And some truly outsider projects, like the fabulous Vital 5 unauthorized podcast tour of the Portland Art Museum, create products that I'd love to see museums adopt and champion.

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