Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2009

Yesterday’s post for Earth Day, about social media and the energy/climate change/green movement is already getting some tremendously insightful and interesting comments. It’s just the kind of conversation starter I wanted to throw out there! So that got me thinking about the idea of cause fatigue.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2009

New Marketing Summit 2008 - Events in San Francisco, Dallas, Boston, USA & Milan, Italy. Could This Be Your All-in-One Social Network? DiSO is the idea that a dashboard could serve as your all-in-one social media management space. Do what you do in different networks/platforms but all from one centralized space. "What

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 13, 2008

Social Actions is a nonprofit initiative that helps you find and share opportunities to change the world. Peter Deitz is the man behind Social Actions and here’s is how the $20.09 Peter Deitz is the man behind Social Actions and here’s is how the $20.09 Go Social Actions!&#. So, I gave $20.09

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Posted on Stanford Social Innovation Review’s Opinion blog. The newest report, out today, focused on the use of social networking platforms by young people who are/aren’t also involved with charities. Read the full press release here or download the Social Media data slides here.) Visit the original post here.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Part of working in the social impact space means thinking about the big picture, the long-term goals, and the multi-year strategy. TapIt water bottle refilling network was founded in 2008 to give New Yorkers free access to clean sustainable water on the go. But it also means thinking about today.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Every time you host an event, convene a conversation, design a workshop, or anything else, invite those who weren’t on the email list, or at the last event, or part of your local community’s “social media club&# to come participate, contribute, and learn. In 2009, we’re geared for events in over 50 cities in 20 countries!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Probably middle of 2008. How has the real-time Web already impacted nonprofit organizations or those focused on social impact work? How can nonprofits or social impact groups take advantage of the real-time Web? When did RWW start focusing on the real-time Web? As they say, “at the Red Cross, the real-time web saves lives.&#

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1. Email still gets a good response - if it will best help you reach your desired output, don’t feel obligated to short change your capacity there to try to use social networking or something else. Very cool project from 2008: Twitter Vote Report.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

—– Aashika Damodar & collaborative technology for social impact. In 2008, Aashika graduated from the University of California, Berkeley; she is now working on her Masters in Philosophy in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK where she’s a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Like the throngs of designers and developers that have flooded this social media outlet’s streams and sapped its API since its inception. INFOGRAPHIC] – "Everyone says it’s hard to measure social good success. Since 2008, non-profits have cracked the $1 billion mark for online fundraising.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

Then, we’ll look at various ways to market your podcast via your own website, the social web, and the iTunes Music Store. data from edison research from 2008 on podcasting listenership. Social networking - use it to promote. And finally, we’ll learn from a few case studies and go over some production best practices.

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