Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. Change the Web Challenge is about building innovative tools to help people find and share opportunities to take action on the Web sites, blogs, and social networks that we all visit every day. The Change the Web Challenge from Social Actions is now officially open! How To Participate.

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APRIL 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #15: MPower Open CRM April 14, 2008 I am so far behind, it’s not funny. They made the change after my blog comments and I assume some others commented also.

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JUNE 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Varied and sundry June 1, 2007 It’s been a week of mostly not work, which is a nice rest. He suggested, basically, find the publisher first, then talk about the license second.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology OpenOffice.org to get a boost September 13, 2007 I’ve been spending a lot of time with OpenOffice.org lately.

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MAY 1, 2007

Unfortunately, Katrin neglected to mention DoGooderTV, but we know that next time she will give DoGooderTV, which hosted the NTEN – See3 Nonprofit Video Contest , a big plug. It’s a big topic, but notice how much time she spent on web video! You can watch the video here. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

It's NTEN appreciation month and I can think of no better way than to say thank you to all the NTEN members (and non-members) who have contributed to the WeAreMedia project. I am honored to have facilitated this project with NTEN over the past 18 months on the WeAreMedia: Nonprofit and Social Media Starter Kit.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. at 8:02 pm I agree that openness is the key.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open source your Open Social Apps? Can we build a library of OpenSocial applications that have open source licenses? Data silos are bad, as mentioned in the quote on Beth’s blog.

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JULY 6, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology MPower Open keeps moving forward July 6, 2008 This is old news, but I’ve been busy. Bad Blogger! (I I think my clients thank me for being a bad blogger.)

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Care2 Impact Prize | NTEN – A group of inspiring, talented people! Please help us select a winner for the Care2 Impact Prize! "We

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JUNE 25, 2013

We've compiled the best resources on CRM from the TechSoup Global Network as well as from other trusted nonprofit technology sites. TechSoup Global Blogs, Articles, and Webinars. Here's a selection of their informative articles and blog posts. This article from NTEN outlines five tips for migrating to a new CRM.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 20, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology News from NTC ‘08 March 20, 2008 I’ve been having a great time here at NTC – running into lots of folks I’m happy to see again, and meet, learning about new things, being involved.

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OCTOBER 4, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How not to treat an open source user community October 4, 2007 I’ve been using activeCollab for a few months now. It’s designed as a basecamp clone.

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MAY 21, 2007

I stopped at the license agreement. I might regret hosing the recovery media w/o getting them on CD later, but I hope not – I was in a purist mood – I would have had to have agreed to the license agreement for Vista and activated the product in order to burn the media, and I wasn’t about to do that.) It booted fine.

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AUGUST 18, 2005

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology IP Tidbits August 18, 2005 Here are a few tidbits I’ve come across in the Intellectual Property arena in the past few days. There is a new, interesting project under Creative Commons license.

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MAY 18, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology More FUD from Redmond May 18, 2007 I hear, in my head, the famed quote from Rodney King: “why can’t we all just get along?&# It’s “Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt&# all over again.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions. and licensing models. By Dave Greenberg, CiviCRM Team.

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APRIL 3, 2009

When someone posts a positive comment on your blog, can you use it in your fundraising materials? How much of the New York Times technology blog can you quote on your own site? The world of technology is changing so quickly, the laws that govern intellectual property can barely keep up. Yes, there is.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Check out the [blog]([link] to get a taste of our grassroots community. * **Katharine Bierce** recorded her recent [tech and philanthropy panel]([link]. --> Upcoming Tech4Good Events. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Asia and the Pacific Rim.

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JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. Unlike the others, that are released under varied open source licenses, the code for SQLite is public domain.

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JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. Unlike the others, that are released under varied open source licenses, the code for SQLite is public domain.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Technology helps nonprofits deliver on our missions more effectively, but it can also be fiendishly complicated. Webinars are awesome, and so are blog posts — but there's a special magic that happens when we get face to face. Naples, Florida: How to Use Technology to Communicate and Manage Volunteers.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared community is hosting free monthly technology meetups in 74 cities globally, but with more than 39,000 members, it can be hard to get a sense of the community's needs. To learn how I can apply technology to my cause or organization. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Linux desktops? If you’ve read this blog for a while, you’ve heard my various sagas around using Linux on the desktop. at 9:04 pm I agree with your assessment. 10 Isaac 11.20.08

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DECEMBER 8, 2015

NetSquared holds free or low-cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good. Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient, local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Event Reports.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Yes, it might be surprising, but I got a friendly email from fellow NTEN Board Member Steve McLaughlin, who also happens to be head of all things internet (more formally, Director, Internet Solutions) at Blackbaud. There is a $10K license fee that you have to pay if you use the On premise or hosted versions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

This week I wanted to get a bird's eye view of nonprofit blogging from a nonprofit technology assistance provider (people who work with nonprofits on technology/capacity building issues). The photo above is one of two places where you will find Marnie blogging. Individual blogs or a section on the organization's website?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2015

If you're a regular reader of this blog, you've probably encountered one of my twice-monthly roundups of nonprofit tech meetups. There are NetSquared groups in 50 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License.

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JUNE 29, 2009

We'll be republishing some of these articles on learning wikis, and everything here is released under a Creative Commons license, so we hope you'll take part in this ecosystem of sharing. Team members I’m joined in this effort by: Beth Kanter, the author/trainer/strategist behind Beth’s Blog.

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JULY 12, 2009

Integrate your blog /web site content via Blog RSS Feed Reader. According to the “ eNonprofit Benchmarks Study ” done by NTEN (shout out to Holly Ross ) email is still the “killer app” that reaches the most people. Tags: facebook guest blogging metrics nptech social media socialnetworking. Stand up 2 Cancer.

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MAY 18, 2007

Like last year, conference participants are introducing themselves on their NetSquared Blog. The 21 Featured Projects will have the benefit and challenge of being reviewed by experts in technology, economic sustainability, and social impact. So, blog posts with tips on productivity are very much appreciated.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Depending on the CRM, some require additional license fees for forms or APIs. In the Salesforce world, those charity technology mission components are not driving forces. I think that platform neutral APIs can be a “make or break religious check box&# for some developers when they are chosing a technology they like to work with.

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APRIL 17, 2007

Michelle Murrain has set up a new NTEN Affinity Group called Open Content Business Models. The description: There has been a lot of discussion in the nonprofit technology community about open content. that is freely available, and released under a Creative Commons (or similar) license. Michael Gilbert responded here.

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APRIL 13, 2007

Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. Allen Benamer of the Nonprofit Tech Blog says " Support Idealware !" The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe. Google Blog Search.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Every day, American nonprofits, charities, and libraries rely on TechSoup's product donation program for the information they need to make smart decisions about technology. It's how you use technology that makes all the difference. Naples, Florida: Boost Your Nonprofit's Blogging Strategy. Upcoming Tech4Good Events.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

This post by TechSoup Global founder and co-CEO, Daniel Ben-Horin, originally appeared on the Microsoft Unlimited Potential Blog. know the nonprofit sector and its technology needs and are realizing two things. having any fun with technology. mission that the donation program serves today: to make technology. communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2007

I want to thank all the UK folks who sent us examples, pointers, left comments, and also a few US colleagues for walking the open source thinking walk with us - Holly Ross at NTEN and Katya Andresen at NetworkforGood who shared their powerpoints on these topics. You can leave a comment or post a comment in the space in the discussion area.

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