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Crowdsourcing: Community vs Crowd

Amy Sample Ward

I’m really excited and honored to be speaking today at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, TX, on a panel with Beth Kanter, Dave Neff, Holly Ross and Kari Saratovsky. If you’re here in Austin, do join us! You can see the full collection, and how they were voted on by the community here: [link].

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FabuLingua wins the TechCrunch City Spotlight: Austin pitch-off!

TechCrunch

It’s my pleasure to announce FabuLingua won today’s City Spotlight: Austin pitch-off! Mark Begert pitched his company to three Austin-based investors who found his messaging and pitch to be clear, concise and easy to follow. FabuLingua is based out of Austin, Texas, and raised $1.3 million in pre-seed funding rounds.

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Help Us Help You: Austin-area service opportunities wanted for the 15NTC

NTEN

Giving back to the local community that physically hosts the NTEN Community through NTC Days of Service expresses a guiding value of the annual event. Throughout the 15NTC, there will be volunteer opportunities to engage and share the community''s skills with Austin, TX area nonprofits. We would love to hear from you!

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Interview: SXSW4Japan Raises over $120,000 #sxswcares

Amy Sample Ward

South by Southwest ( SXSW ) Interactive is a conference, that takes place each Spring in Austin, TX, with over 20,000 web influencers, emerging tech, and creatives. SXSWcares , co-branded as SXSW4Japan, was a campaign that rallied the SXSW community to raise awareness and harness support for disaster relief.

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Apply for the 2021 Digital Inclusion Fellowship

NTEN

Whether it was trying to attend classes, apply for government benefits, or practice religion, many people were excluded from fully participating in their communities. Our Digital Inclusion Fellowship is an excellent opportunity to expand your organization’s programming and strengthen community ties. adults do not use home broadband.

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Let’s Connect at 2012 SXSW

Amy Sample Ward

As the Membership Director at NTEN , and as a speaker at this year’s SXSW Interactive , I hope to be able to connect with all of you that may be coming to Austin for the festival or based in the Austin area. I’ll be joined by NTEN’s Community Manager, Sarah Janczak, too. NTEN Community Series: Austin.

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Best Fundraising Tips Ever: Experts Share Ideas That Work

sgEngage

Corporations give back to the communities that support them. Gen Z wants to be part of a community, so think virtual. We started a newsletter that has long-form content and highlights members to help build our membership into more of a community.”— Donors share their good fortune with those in need. Then pass it on.

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