Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2009

The Boston Globe published an article in September, subtitled, “Billions of dollars and a Nobel Prize later, it looks like ‘microlending’ doesn’t actually do much to fight poverty.&# " – I'm interested to hear what you all think about this issue, especially now during the 'giving season.'

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

As a kid, I was saturated by symphony performances and choral music. Anyone reading this blog that lives in the New England area may know that the symphony I was raised around is the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Want to see what the Boch Center in Boston, MA has for a leadership program? Fast forward to 2017. Read about it here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Creative Commons Licensed Music from CCmixter. Free Geek looks at two problems: e-waste and access to technology and throws them at each other in a way that saves the earth and gets computers into the hands of people who would not otherwise have them I had a field day with my camera and made the above music video on the plane home.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

Over at blip.tv, I found the above "music video" by Steve Garfield. What I like about it: I like the technique of photo stills and music and the use of pans (hmm. He uses some music that a group has authorized for remix - yet another idea for music that you can use without breaking copyright laws.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

My hope is that publishers will decide to take the locks off their ebooks, like the makers of digital software and of digital music. They don’t like being told that the ebooks they purchase can only be read on certain devices or in certain software programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2006

Oh I wish they would produce a CD of the music too, it was amazing! We took Mongkol , a Cambodian blogger, now studying in Boston. My husband picked up Mongkol in Boston and drive him out to our place where we all drove down to Providence, RI and grabbed a quick dinner at Whole Foods. That must be it!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

A Free Photos Directory , Free Video Directory and Free Music Directory that offers nonprofits, cause organizations and Web publishers a guide to hundreds of online resources for adding legal, high-quality content to their own Web sites, blogs, podcasts, newsletters, printed materials or online presentations.

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APRIL 30, 2013

She has more than a decade of experience in broadcast journalism and has reported for network affiliates in Southwest Florida, Boston and the San Francisco Bay Area and founded Storytellers for Good in 2009. When he's not thinking about CC's communications strategy, he's often thinking about cooking, poetry, or music.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2007

I listen to music on my IPOD while I blog. Recently, I'm addicted to Sarasate and virtusouso violin music. Music: I was trained as a classical musician and love music - world music, latin music, jazz, world music, you name it. Radio: Local classical and NPR stations and random stuff on the web.

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MARCH 16, 2011

2 Participatory Chinatown In this game, you're transported to Boston's Chinatown to view the development of new areas through the perspective of the varied citizens that make up their corner of the city. Jeff has been a DJ, music producer, graphic designer, illustrator and consultant to independent artists and small business owners.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 5, 2021

Video storytelling allows you to use a combination of visuals, music, and narration to: Tell your story. In his spare time, you will find him cooking up dinner, playing with his dog or cheering on Boston sports teams. Demonstrate authenticity. Capture your audience’s attention more effectively.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2007

Warm regards from Deborah (a co-founder of [link] Deborah Elizabeth Finn Boston, Massachusetts, USA deborah_elizabeth_finn@post.harvard.edu [link] 2 Beth Kanter 08.01.07 If you don’t fall into either of these categories, but you enjoy the photos of fluffy kittens, more power to you.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 2, 2005

For their friends and family, she and her husband make a homemade CD of music each year. Oh yes, and I forgot to mention yesterday that my friend, Corrina McFarlane, who sent me the Boston Globe article, also is co-founder of Only the Brave Kilts , a US Fair Trade business.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2006

He emailed me a few weeks ago after I pointed him to the Boston Globe article about the power of blogging that featured me and asked me what is a blog.). If I wanted to spend more time, I would have added some music in the introduction to give this series the same look and feel. I decided to video blog the first conversation.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2009

By a strange and lucky coincidence, I was at the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum (EMPSFM) in Seattle for a two-day workshop. Michael Jackson belongs at EMPSFM (and visitors knew to find him there) because that museum is about pop culture and specifically music. Where were you when Michael Jackson died?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

A Free Photos Directory , Free Video Directory and Free Music Directory that offers nonprofits, cause organizations and Web publishers a guide to hundreds of online resources for adding legal, high-quality content to their own websites, blogs, newsletters, printed materials or online presentations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 2, 2007

Warm regards from Deborah Deborah Elizabeth Finn Boston, Massachusetts, USA deborah_elizabeth_finn@post.harvard.edu [link] “What is good…but to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your god?&# (Micah 6:8) 2 Ed Batista 03.03.07 Sorry about the wonky RSS feed; I haven’t figured out how to fix it yet.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Warm regards from Deborah Deborah Elizabeth Finn Boston, Massachusetts, USA deborah_elizabeth_finn@post.harvard.edu [link] “What is good…but to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your god?&# (Micah 6:8) 3 Michael Hoffman 01.23.07 2 Deborah Elizabeth Finn 01.22.07

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

I met Laura at Boston Podcamp very briefly and grabbed her card so I could catch up with her for an interview for Blogher. One of my clients is a singer/songwriter who emailed me a few days before she had to go to a major music conference. I write 'slammin' music and lyrics in the Pop, Latin, Brazilian and Jazz genres.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Boston Landmarks Orchestra was able to reach 135% of their 2020 year-end fundraising goal thanks to matching gifts: 14. Here are the elements of a great video: Clear and steady camerawork Good lighting Music that fits the message Clear and succinct audio. Show the impact your donors are having.

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See3

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Reading it you get the sense that these folks just won’t face the music. Their business model is near death and they better move faster to preserve whatever value they still have. He shows vividly how the New York Times business has eroded, how their ad revenues are way down, circulation is down, etc.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

What’s the most endearing part of your local book/music/video store? The Boston Library main branch used to have an “ask a librarian” booth in the front featuring a person sitting at a card table with some books. staff picks Originally uploaded by BrianDamage. The cats lounging in the corner? For me, it’s the staff picks.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 10, 2008

There was funky music. At the Boston MFA, they are building in seating as an integral part of each gallery design. They also have one with chairs with iPods for listening to music. So for this last piece, we look at going the other way: making museums more physically comfortable. There were lovely couches.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 14, 2007

At the Mary Baker Eddy Library in Boston, there is an inverted fountain in the Hall of Ideas on which projections of letters form inspirational quotations which swirl around the pool towards the center. There's a fun me activity--trying different instruments, and a clear we benefit--hearing more of the music. Two quick examples: 1.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

The Guitar Center “makes the gift of music available to people across the country by providing resources for music education programs. Our grants are awarded to schools, local music programs, and national music programs.”. Areas served: Boston, Hartford, New York City, Providence, Washington, D.C. Areas served: US.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 25, 2007

We support the arts with a busy calendar of music and spoken word events and gallery showings, film screenings, receptions, political events and meetings. I spent a few years back east at Boston University studying film, and ended up landing a job as a Production Assistant on a Hollywood film that was shooting back in Oklahoma.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 13, 2007

A museum experience I’ll always remember: In 2002, I worked at the Boston Museum of Science with a program in which high school students from a nearby charter school spent half their school time at the museum. We tried on clothes, listened to new music, and threw pennies in the fountain. But I grew up in L.A. I’m a valley girl.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Marquis Landon Cabrera | Foster Skills | Boston, MA Foster Skills provides emotional development and practical, transferable life skills programs for children and youth in foster care. ( @MarquisCabrera ) 14. Twitter: @PDXJrScientists ) 16.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences + Festivals offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. AFP / Boston, MA / Price varies. EverTrue / Boston, MA / $300. HubSpot / Boston, MA / Less than $1,000. Mar 11 - 20. SXSW / Austin, TX / Price varies. General / #SXSW / @sxsw.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 23, 2014

Elsewhere in podcast-land, Radiolab did a fascinating piece about cultural appropriation and gate-keeping in hip hop music. Finally, if you need a hit of inspiration and historical museum-making, I strongly recommend checking out the Boston Stories project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

A couple of major symphony orchestras, like the Chicago Symphony with 1336 fans and the Boston Symphony. The features on their Fan Pages include music player ( filled with symphony selections ), albums , photos , events , and videos. The Boston Symphony has been doing ticket giveaway promotions.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

HubSpot / Boston, MA / Less than $1,000. The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences + Festivals offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. Fast track your path to impact and join a movement of others passionate about changing the world. It is our turn to make history. INBOUND 2016.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

The last time we actually went to anything I think, it was the 2019 Boston Pride parade, always a favorite of ours and our family. But what works best, music, humor, entertainment, surprise, relatability. It’s focused on music and video effects. Boston Children’s Hospital, learn more about us. Learn more.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 29, 2022

In 1990, four months after being released from prison, Mandela visited Madison Park High School in Boston to address the community , and he expressed his deep concern about school dropouts both in South Africa and the U.S. After all, as Nelson Mandela said, education is the greatest weapon that we have to improve the state of the world.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 1, 2016

Spotlight , a film based on the investigative journalists at The Boston Globe that broke the monumental story of widespread child abuse that was taking place in the Catholic Church, was nominated for six Oscars and won two of them, including Best Picture. "Pope Francis, it's time to protect the children and restore the faith."

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