Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2010

This past Sunday was October 10th, 2010 – also know as 101010, the Global Work Day for climate action supported by 350.org Part of working in the social impact space means thinking about the big picture, the long-term goals, and the multi-year strategy. org and others. Find more pictures and stories from #101010 and 350.org

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 13, 2008

I have been working closely with the team for quite a while now because I think that versatile connections online are the only way for independent platforms to really be successful. I started 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa with the simple goal of working fulltime on Social Actions by July 1st.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 9, 2009

I’m a woman, and I work in technology. Have an idea for a fabulous virtual workshop that every woman working in online communications or technology must participate in? I LOVE helping other women feel empowered to learn, share, and succeed in the technology sector, too. We want to hear about it. Submit your panel ideas at here.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Despite this, less than half (48%) of the 187 charities that were surveyed as part of nfpSynergy’s Virtual Promise (2008) report said that their organization used social networking websites. Are you an organization that works with young people, and are you using social networking sites to connect with them? What It Means.

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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? Real-time information delivery has changed the way that organization works in radical ways. When did RWW start focusing on the real-time Web? I was surprised to learn how broad this field is.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It evolves to meet our changing needs, to fit our changing lifestyles, and to integrate into the way we do our work. Working together, citizens could piece together news stories as well as facts from witnesses as they emerged to create the most complete picture of events. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Depending on your goals and your work, you may want to use a constituent management tool that is really good at tracking actions and activists, but not as good at other things. Or, you may need to get one that can work for many kinds of groups. They were active and dedicated to making it work and raised 90,000+ friends.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

I didn’t want the spotlight to go dark on Aashika and her work, though, so am posting it here! Our programs, services, and campaigns are successful, instead, when we focus on the community first, and that’s why Aashika Damodar’s work impresses and inspires me. I originally wrote this feature for the World Pulse magazine.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

data from edison research from 2008 on podcasting listenership. maybe one just for employees as an internal stream for updates on work and projects. they all have demo versions before you buy them to make sure they work on your machine. So, bring your iPods and earbuds, and let’s podcast! Chad: baudcast.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Since 2008, non-profits have cracked the $1 billion mark for online fundraising. " Five Ways for Human Service Nonprofits to Reset their Funding Models – "…most nonprofits have in effect two customers— the beneficiaries they are supporting, and the funders who are paying for the work. ."

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