Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 13, 2008

I started 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa with the simple goal of working fulltime on Social Actions by July 1st. To reach that goal, I pulled together a talented team, attracted some financial resources, and logged thousands of virtual and real world miles spreading my vision for the micro-philanthropy sector.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

Running through the hall, I ran into Kristine Pearson of the Freeplay Foundation (hand and solar powered radios for mainly Africa), and heard about her new radio/MP3 player with 32 GB of storage. She promised me a demo tomorrow and wants to help the blind with the device in addition to the her main constituency, the poor.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 14, 2013

Nelson Mandela: A South African anti-apartheid. revolutionary and politician who served as President of South Africa. from 1994 to 1999, Mandela was the first black South African to hold the office, and the first elected in a fully representative, multiracial. Hated by Winston Churchill and others, he was imprisoned.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2010

I've worked with several of our partners as they've developed their educational resources for NGO, but had never been involved with one of these meetings before. For me, getting to attend the partners meeting was the icing on the cake of an amazing week.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Also, developing countries like Egypt, South Africa, Mexico/Latin America, and India report plans to move to the cloud faster than everywhere else. We received a lot of surprising findings like the fact that more than half of respondents worldwide indicated they would be moving to the cloud within two to three years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2009

You can follow on Twitter – @djwesto and @t­_box , and of course @15andcounting) We exchanged resources and opinions at a furious and fun pace. . The site includes a petition and a resource kits with tools, like stakeholders letters, so people can launch campaigns in their country. Check it out, [link]. . . .

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Decatur, Illinois: Free and Low-Cost Resources for Nonprofit Software. Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment. Mukono, Uganda: Capacity-Building Training in Resource Mobilization for Organizations. Mahikeng, South Africa: Technology for Rural Development. Tuesday, October 10, 2017.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

For example, basic SMS and telephone messaging are being used to educate students in remote areas of Pakistan, to control the spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa, and to raise funds for East African drought relief. Cloud computing products and resources. The Difference Technology Makes. Mobile technology solutions.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Decatur, Illinois: Free and Low-Cost Resources for Nonprofit Software. Matloding, South Africa: Technology for Rural Development. Monday, October 9, 2017. Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin: Giving Tuesday Brainstorming. Tuesday, October 10, 2017. Columbus, Ohio: Nonprofit IT Forum. Wednesday, October 11, 2017. Monday, October 2, 2017.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

We want children to learn to be aware of their various kinds of resources and put them to good use in philanthropy. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, The Archbishop of South Africa, Desmond TUTU, was a keynote speaker of the AFP conference. So it is the action tasks that we engage children to do that completes the learning cycle.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. Social Media in Disaster Response.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 7, 2007

They have programs in Northern Ireland, South Africa, the Middle East and Cyprus. The Women of Color Resource Center in Oakland is looking for a summer Peace and Solidarity Intern. A volunteer from their Middle East Program, David Lasday, emailed me about their program and pointed me towards the Middle East Program's blog.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

In terms of my own life, as I write in Loyal to the Sky , I grew up in apartheid South Africa. What does it mean to be the Chosen People whether you're the white population in South Africa, or, as a Jew, I was hearing from Hebrew school that we were the Chosen People. Essentially, I came to activism from compassion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2017

If your organization wants to create something genius like this, it will most likely require time, resources, and outsourced expertise, but it will stand out. Obviously, this is a custom programmed Facebook Messenger Bot designed for a conversational experience. Museum Visitor Experience. The Anne Frank House Bot. Conclusion.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

If you look at the history in South Africa, and the movement to end the apartheid regime, or if you look at the revolution in Cuba, where literally the island was essentially a playground for rich people from the United States. Steve Williams: The first thing that folks should do is to locate an organization in your community.

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sgEngage

MAY 6, 2021

The whitepaper will include the following history of ESG, components of ESG programming, an overview of measurement and management, perspectives from CSR leaders, resources to learn more and stay up to date with trends , and more. . Next week, the YourCause + Blackbaud team is excited to be releasing a whitepaper o n ESG.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The Resource Alliance / London, (Int.) TechNow is the longest-running nonprofit technology conference in the Pittsburgh region – a whole day devoted to new, important technology trends and resources for nonprofits. TechNow connects you with the resources, information and people your nonprofit needs to succeed! South Africa.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Because data is so important, places like Connecting Up in Australian are compiling resources for using the cloud effectively like their roster of new online CRM database resources. Our App It Up project is a great place to see what is going on with apps and to find app resources for nonprofits and libraries. Very heartening.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 24, 2007

So what we do is we use bamboo, one, in a lot of our packaging, in a lot of our merchandising, and our racks, and our gift boxes, and as I'm sure a lot of people know, bamboo is an extremely abundant natural resource, and it re-grows. The folks in South Africa, where we get our Rooibos and Honeybush, actually have sort of earning rights.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

South Korea also has a developed electronics recycling system that now recovers and properly processes over 75 percent of discarded electronics. Japan has a structured system based on their Law for the Recycling of Specified Kinds of Home Appliances and their Law for Promotion of Effective Utilization of Resources.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

I started to talk to my colleagues and friends and mentors about whether or not there was a forum for women doing this work to connect and share what they know--share best practices, share resources, inspire each other's efforts, collaborate across the world. We use bamboo, which is an extremely renewable resource. And there wasn't.

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