October, 2009

Amy Sample Ward

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Twitter Lists for Nonprofits

Amy Sample Ward

Lauren Cochrane has a great post today with ideas for lists organizations could create with Twitter’s new List function. If you haven’t heard about Lists yet, you’re not behind! They have only been rolled out to around half of the users so far. You can read more about Lists on the Twitter Blog here. Lauren outlines 7 Lists that organizations may find useful, including: Your organisation’s chapters and campaigns.

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How To: Create a Listening Dashboard for your Organization

Amy Sample Ward

This month’s Net2 Think Tank question asks, “How do you stay up-to-date online?&# There are so many blogs, news sources, and conversations happening at the same time, every day, and the chances that you’ll be able to find them all without trying is pretty unlikely. There are hundreds of millions of blogs according to Technorati, and that’s just blogs!

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Twitter Lists for Nonprofits

Amy Sample Ward

Lauren Cochrane has a great post today with ideas for lists organizations could create with Twitter’s new List function. If you haven’t heard about Lists yet, you’re not behind! They have only been rolled out to around half of the users so far. You can read more about Lists on the Twitter Blog here. Lauren outlines 7 Lists that organizations may find useful, including: Your organisation’s chapters and campaigns.

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Social Media, Nonprofits, and the Role of Individuals

Amy Sample Ward

This morning I had the pleasure (and some anxiety, to be honest) of presenting to the SANGONeT Conference taking place this week and next in South Africa. My presentation includes some brief highlights from research done in the US and the UK around social media use by nonprofit organizations (including the Nonprofit Social Networking Survey and the eCampaigning Report ).

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350.org Day of Climate Action: From Lake Como

Amy Sample Ward

I’m so honored to be here in Lake Como at the Rockefeller Bellagio Center. A group of technologists and social entrepreneurs/ Ashoka Fellows have gathered here for a 3 day conference to discuss and implement social technology tools into the social impact work for projects around the world. Day 2 of our event is the International Day of Climate Action so even though we are not in our home towns to take part in local actions, we couldn’t let the opportunity pass.

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Social by Social: Book Giveaway!

Amy Sample Ward

I just got my first copy of the Social by Social book I co-authored earlier this year with David Wilcox , Andy Gibson , and Nigel Courtney and Clive Holtham from Cass Business School. That’s the book next to the SocialBySocial.com website where you can read the book for free or download the free PDF. And I’m going to give it away! About Social by Social: “ Social by Social is a practical guide to using new technologies to create social impact.

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New on SSIR: #4Change Examines Social Media for the Climate Change Movement

Amy Sample Ward

My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. For those that follow the #4Change twitter-based chats, this is a post recapping and highlighting our latest conversation on social media application in the Climate Change movement. There are lots of great pieces below that I think can apply to all sectors and I’m eager to hear your thoughts!