Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

From corporate social responsibility to social business to social investment, previously limited to charitable activities and workers' rights, social is on the march to becoming the new green. And as with green we have to smarten up and learn to ask the right questions. " ."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

I “live the open source lifestyle.&# A new site was launched called “ Green Nonprofits.&# I come across a lot in my varied net wanderings, and people send me stuff, so it’s a nice way to talk about some of it, without having to go into too much detail. I was profiled on Linux.com. That’s kinda fun!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

This time we’ll report on some climate change news, the TrashOut app, the difference between cloud backup and cloud storage, the heartbleed bug, a green energy innovation in Latin America that works – and another one that doesn’t, and the epic digital inclusion drone wars being waged by Google and Facebook. Recycling.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 25, 2006

Siel writes about all things green in LA and in particular about The Starbucks Challenge and Fair Trade coffee and chocolate. I use Wordpress , mainly because it's open source. Yay open source! Photo courtesy of Green LA Girl. green Los Angeles women blog Why did you start blogging?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Speaking of personal fundraising campaign, check out the " luck of seven " - an open source journey around the world documenting free culture, social innovators, and global change from noel hildalgo, a new york city-based activist, organizer, blogger, and barcamper. to track personal fundraising campaigns.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Her success fighting against a plan to build a waste transfer station in Hunts Point and then spearheading the South Bronx’s first open-waterfront park in more than 60 years was a turning point. open source design or DIY manufacturing) to create customized products in small batches and the global reach of the Internet to sell them.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

In a time when climate change and developing the green economy are somewhat passé, nonprofits have not given up on the mission. Find out how they're greening the planet and using the leanest greenest IT possible. They have no infrastructure beyond that, which is why cloud computing is regarded as green IT.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

The platform provides training and open-source tools and resources for climate activists, links activists to local groups and campaigns, provides a platform for rapidly evolving content, and also supports a Coal Tracker as the group seeks to end the reign of dirty coal in Africa. University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Read more about it from Green Miles blog and a summary of reactions from other nonprofits here. " Geeks for Good and Green Geekery Ruby Sinreich facilitated a session at BarCampRDU on how geeks can use their powers for the forces of good and has a wiki with resources. See 1,010 Favorite Tools on the TechSoup Blog. Global NpTech.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

OFM: A Model for Partner Participation in Open Source Community Projects. Serial entrepreneur and co-founder of the luxury chocolate brand, Green & Black’s, Jo Fairley is an inspirational businesswoman who paved the way for others to follow her sustainable business model. Don’t Configure Technology, Configure Its Users.

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Care2

MAY 8, 2012

Don't miss the panels Using Technology and Social Media to Build Social Movements with Amy Sample Ward of NTEN, Michael Silberman of Green Peace International, Claire Diaz Ortiz of Twitter, and April Pedersen of Salsa Labs.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

(In the jargon of OA advocacy, journals charging subscriptions but permitting this kind of author-initiated self-archiving are called “green&# , while journals giving up subscriptions and providing OA themselves are called “gold&#.) About 70% of traditional, non-gold, peer-reviewed journals are green. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2012

For more nonprofit- and library-specific apps, also see: Open-Source Mobile Apps for Social Change from the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Green Apps. Learn Why Apps are Green. Arts Organization Apps. Office Apps for Smartphones. Library Apps. Apps for Every Organization. More App Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

As reported by the Executive Director of N-TEN, Katrin Verclas earlier this week, The Antonio Pizzigati Prize was awarded to George Hotelling , an open source software developer who built CitizenSpeak. By day I'm a principal at Green Machine PR , a marketing and public relations firm that specializes in high tech and green tech.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

It is a nonprofit tech company that develops free and open-source software for information collection, visualization, and crowdsourced interactive mapping to help mitigate disasters. Connecting to the Internet Digital Divide GreenTech International Networks Green IT WiFi tsgreentechnology BRCK Ushahidi'

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world. It's quite incidental that it's a green technology in that it allows people to have significant impact without needing to travel to stricken areas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

These were (as captured by blogger Marcia Stephanek ): Open Green Map , offered up by Holly Ross, helps communities map their eco-friendly spots, whether it's a bike rack or a solar-heated apartment complex or a public herb garden. Then, we asked the panelists to pick a few to share during the panel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Tools and Strategy Google Earth for Green Activism. Here's a set of best practices for Green Activism with Google Earth. Technovist tells us how to be a green blogger and Emily's World gives a great list of environmental blogs. Enjoy this post about nonprofit open source software. Social Bookmarking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Now here's a new term: Green Philanthropy. It's an open source free web meeting service. hidalgo is on "an open-source journey around the world documenting free culture, social innovators, and global change." The topic is how to do have fun and do good! Hurry the deadline is today! It isn't dumb dumb.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

Grab a free printed copy of our Open Source Content Management report, our most popular articles, or more. Patrick’s Day and what’s more green then a crisp $100 bill?! Our experts will also be on hand to discuss the Informz difference and give out other “green” prizes! Informz It’s St.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

The woman wearing the green t-shirt played the role of my daughter. The day before the conference, I spent some time at the Open Institute , the NGO that hosts the KhmerOS (Open Source Software) project. I got to spend some time with incredible women who run technology related programs at Open Institute.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Besides being a launch pad for shiny new gadgets, MWC has also been a forum for green technology news, digital inclusion efforts, low-cost smartphones, and other mobile for good innovations. In open source news, ZTE announced two smartphones that run Firefox OS 1.3, the Open C and the Open II.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Shannon Turlingtion blogs about wikis , Open Source, and changing the way we "manage" participation. Oh, and while this isn't tech-oriented, I was happy to see NTEN member organization Green America (formerly Co-Op America) featured in the January issue of ASAE's magazine for their "lunch cooporeratives" initiative.

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AccelEvents

JULY 16, 2021

One unique feature that Streamyard includes is Chroma Key capability for speakers with green screens, similar to Zoom’s “virtual background” feature. . Open Broadcaster Software (OBS; Application-Based Program). This software is free but is limited and has no professional support because of its open-source nature.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

An easy example is green technology. People are open sourcing their metrics, and building taxonomy. In the spirit of demystification here is a definition and a couple of resources about the social capital market. The social capital market is the arena that allows investors to "do well by doing good."

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 24, 2009

Cheryl Dorsey, the President of Echoing Green , a nonprofit that provides seed funding and support to social entrepreneurs, talked about how providing capital for social innovation can: Provide incentive for individual and collective engagement around social problems. Trusting in the importance of new ideas. Cross-posted from BlogHer.com.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

For those nonprofits working on health issues - In Uganda the Electronic Mobile Open-source Comprehensive Health Application (eMOCHA) has been developed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education and it enables health workers to build HIV awareness and provide prevention information in rural areas. increase in a.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways June PDH Lunch — Incorporating Green Infrastructure. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Bellevue, Washington: Microsoft Azure IoT Workshop. Monday, June 5, 2017.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

She is a favorite on TechSoup for Libraries because she is always open to new technology. For instance La Conner has been using thin clients since 2008, and recently installed an open-source integrated library system. Like most libraries, La Conner Library provides public access computers to patrons to use however they wish.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

She is a favorite on TechSoup for Libraries because she is always open to new technology. For instance La Conner has been using thin clients since 2008, and recently installed an open-source integrated library system. Like most libraries, La Conner Library provides public access computers to patrons to use however they wish.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2009

Green for antagonism. I also love that they are opening the site in short iterative stints so that they can continue adapting the platform as they learn how people are using it. Maybe they'll open source the platform at some point so that anyone could use the system to play out their own what ifs. Red for positive.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

Thanks to the Internet, open data efforts, and open source software projects, a variety of free and low-cost tools are now available that allow NPO/community group staff to dive into mapping. Until recently, these tools were too complicated and expensive for most nonprofit staff to use.

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