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Amy Sample Ward
Nov 10, 2010, 10:55:02 AM11/10/10
to Global Scale
Welcome to those who have already joined the Global Scale discussion
list!
I know that I speak for Bonnie as well when I say that we are quite
excited about the potential for exchange with this group and really
hoping it can grow to be valuable, engaging, and even fun :)
To get things started, I thought some introductions could really help
us feel like we know each other; and I'll start!
My name is Amy Sample Ward and I’m a blogger, trainer, and facilitator
working with nonprofits, community groups, campaigns and individual
changemakers to use technology effectively for social impact. I
strongly believe that the most sustainable way to make lasting social
change is to build strong communities; and much of my work is focused
on using social media to do just that. I also serve as the Community
Development Manager for a program area at TechSoup Global called
Community-Driven Innovation, where I manage, among other things, the
strategy and community for NetSquared.org.
I'm really looking forward to contributing to this group as a way of
sharing what I have and continue to learn from my work with a global
community through TechSoup Global/NetSquared and improving based on
what I can learn from all of you!
So, who else is on this list? :)
Amy
list!
I know that I speak for Bonnie as well when I say that we are quite
excited about the potential for exchange with this group and really
hoping it can grow to be valuable, engaging, and even fun :)
To get things started, I thought some introductions could really help
us feel like we know each other; and I'll start!
My name is Amy Sample Ward and I’m a blogger, trainer, and facilitator
working with nonprofits, community groups, campaigns and individual
changemakers to use technology effectively for social impact. I
strongly believe that the most sustainable way to make lasting social
change is to build strong communities; and much of my work is focused
on using social media to do just that. I also serve as the Community
Development Manager for a program area at TechSoup Global called
Community-Driven Innovation, where I manage, among other things, the
strategy and community for NetSquared.org.
I'm really looking forward to contributing to this group as a way of
sharing what I have and continue to learn from my work with a global
community through TechSoup Global/NetSquared and improving based on
what I can learn from all of you!
So, who else is on this list? :)
Amy
Bonnie Koenig
Nov 10, 2010, 11:21:04 AM11/10/10
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Hi everyone -
I want to echo Amy's welcome to everyone who has joined this list (and hopefully the wiki space as well)!
I am a former executive director of two NGOs - one that was engaging internationally, and one that had chapters in over 65 countries. For the past 15 years I have been a consultant to NGOs engaging internationally, many of which have been involved in some type of 'scale up' activity. I am thrilled that technology is now providing us with more cost effective ways of sharing our 'lessons learned' with each other to do more effective scale-up. (Thank you to Amy for providing her experience with technology to set up these tools for us!)
I hope that both here and on the wiki we can discuss scale up challenges we are working with, learn from each other, and leave an online 'footprint' for others to join our community of practice and/or access a resource when they need it!
Bonnie
Bonnie Koenig
Going International
E-mail: Bon...@goinginternational.com
Website: http://www.goinginternational.com
Blog: http://www.goinginternational.wordpress.com--
I want to echo Amy's welcome to everyone who has joined this list (and hopefully the wiki space as well)!
I am a former executive director of two NGOs - one that was engaging internationally, and one that had chapters in over 65 countries. For the past 15 years I have been a consultant to NGOs engaging internationally, many of which have been involved in some type of 'scale up' activity. I am thrilled that technology is now providing us with more cost effective ways of sharing our 'lessons learned' with each other to do more effective scale-up. (Thank you to Amy for providing her experience with technology to set up these tools for us!)
I hope that both here and on the wiki we can discuss scale up challenges we are working with, learn from each other, and leave an online 'footprint' for others to join our community of practice and/or access a resource when they need it!
Bonnie
Bonnie Koenig
Going International
E-mail: Bon...@goinginternational.com
Website: http://www.goinginternational.com
Blog: http://www.goinginternational.wordpress.com
Amy Sample Ward
Nov 17, 2010, 9:02:33 AM11/17/10
to Global Scale
Thanks for the introductions so far from Claire and Bonnie - would
love to hear from others who've joined the list!
:)
a
On Nov 10, 11:21 am, Bonnie Koenig <bkoe...@goinginternational.com>
wrote:
love to hear from others who've joined the list!
:)
a
On Nov 10, 11:21 am, Bonnie Koenig <bkoe...@goinginternational.com>
wrote:
> Hi everyone -
>
> I want to echo Amy's welcome to everyone who has joined this list (and
> hopefully the wiki space as well)!
>
> I am a former executive director of two NGOs - one that was engaging
> internationally, and one that had chapters in over 65 countries. For the
> past 15 years I have been a consultant to NGOs engaging internationally,
> many of which have been involved in some type of 'scale up' activity. I am
> thrilled that technology is now providing us with more cost effective ways
> of sharing our 'lessons learned' with each other to do more effective
> scale-up. (Thank you to Amy for providing her experience with technology to
> set up these tools for us!)
>
> I hope that both here and on the wiki we can discuss scale up challenges we
> are working with, learn from each other, and leave an online 'footprint' for
> others to join our community of practice and/or access a resource when they
> need it!
>
> Bonnie
>
> Bonnie Koenig
> Going International
> E-mail: Bon...@goinginternational.com <bkoe...@goinginternational.com>
>
> I want to echo Amy's welcome to everyone who has joined this list (and
> hopefully the wiki space as well)!
>
> I am a former executive director of two NGOs - one that was engaging
> internationally, and one that had chapters in over 65 countries. For the
> past 15 years I have been a consultant to NGOs engaging internationally,
> many of which have been involved in some type of 'scale up' activity. I am
> thrilled that technology is now providing us with more cost effective ways
> of sharing our 'lessons learned' with each other to do more effective
> scale-up. (Thank you to Amy for providing her experience with technology to
> set up these tools for us!)
>
> I hope that both here and on the wiki we can discuss scale up challenges we
> are working with, learn from each other, and leave an online 'footprint' for
> others to join our community of practice and/or access a resource when they
> need it!
>
> Bonnie
>
> Bonnie Koenig
> Going International
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