Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

I’m so thrilled to share the news with you all that my blog post, Online Community Building: Gardening vs Landscaping , was the most popular blog post on the Stanford Social Innovation Review’s opinion blog in 2009. I’m so thrilled to be part of this community! Check out the Top 5 SSIR Blog Posts!

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Earlier this week, I posted a summary from this month’s #4Change chat that focused on social media in the Climate Change movement. Blog Action Day 2009 will be one of the largest-ever social change events on the web. Today is Blog Action Day and this year’s theme is Climate Change. What’s Blog Action Day?

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BoardAssist

JUNE 24, 2014

Not all social media channels are created equal. Read on for more about what every board member needs to know about social media. 3 Things Every Board Member Should Know About Social Media. Not a board meeting goes by where one of my board members doesn’t tell me about some cool new social media tool they are using.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. One of the ideas we explored is it possible through social media to share some of the findings in a conversational way to help prod more insights from the field.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2008

Click to see a larger image This is a cool visualizations of trends for 2009 in different sectors. It reminds me of the Conversation Prism from Brian Solis which was inspired by Darren Barefoot's " social media starfish " that he created for his book " Getting to First Base " which was a remix of Scoble's white board.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I was interviewed recently by Petra Kroon , a blogger focused on social media and entrepreneurship in The Netherlands, in which she asked some really great questions, including what I thought the trend would be for social entrepreneurship in 2010 as well as where we may be in 25 years. There are so many examples we could include.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 13, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. "Zoetica serves nonprofits and socially conscious companies with top-tier, word-of-mouth communication services.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. I read Chris Brogan's " Your 3 Goals for 2009 " and I loved his process. Think of how you want to be successful in 2009. Usability is a Conversation. Then, try to think in even broader terms.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Why Social Media? Citizen-Powered Response.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

2009 - Connected Action - Marc Smith - Social Media Network Analysis View more presentations from Marc Smith. In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine, we provide an overview of mapping your social network in Twitter and other sites using some of the social network analysis tools available. .

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2010

Reading the news in early January, I came across a few “Top 5” and “Top 10” lists for a variety of topics tied to 2009. Would it be possible to sift through a year’s worth of engagements as an independent marketing consultant and boil down the lessons I learned in 2009 into a series of “Top 5” lists?

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. These opportunities are typically open to all sorts of social entrepreneurs as well. Unconference here: [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2016

Note from Beth: In the decade or so that I’ve been doing social media, I’ve always been an advocate of the “Listen, Learn, Adapt” approach to doing social and a decade later, it is still very important for success. New Guide: How To Engage Your Supporters with Social Listening Guest Post By Roz Lemieux.

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MAY 17, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Fundraising Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Social media sites? Download the report now! . Looking to help your organization get better at raising money online?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources across the web ever day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " The Report | Think Social – "This is a ?rst " What do you think? ." It features concept de?nitions

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

I was impressed with how Pratham Books has used social media to reach out to children in rural areas who are the " Bottom of the Pyramid.". He offered to write a guest post sharing more about how their social publishing strategy. He offered to write a guest post sharing more about how their social publishing strategy.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Clay Shirky, the author of Here Comes Everyone , wrote in 2009 , “Digital tools don't get socially interesting until they get technologically boring.” These online conversational bots are best at answering the same questions over and again. “Is We have been here before. Smart tech is about to become boring. .

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

While many nonprofits have a social media presence these days, senior leadership is still struggling to figure out how to best integrate it into their communications plans. ” How much time should you spend on social media if you have limited resources? Social media is an incredibly active and social space.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Social Impact Nonprofit Social Media Survey View more presentations from Weber Shandwick Social Impact. The results of two new research studies about nonprofits and adoption of social media were released this week. Invest in social media capacity as a means of achieving brand building, advocacy and fundraising goals.

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

Social media has changed the marketing world, and Facebook Ads for nonprofits are an easy tool to increase your organization’s presence online. Since 2009, Facebook has provided the option to create featured ads on their platform to help businesses and organizations reach others’ newsfeeds.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

TechSoup Brazil teamed up with the UN Foundation, IBM, BrazilFoundation, and others for the Social Good Brazil International Seminar held on November 6 - 8 in Florianopolis, Brazil. Social Good Brazil followed on the heels of Mashable and the UN Foundation's Social Good Summit , which was held in New York City in September.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2009

I encounter a lot of social media skeptics who ask me pointed questions. What if your goal is large scale systemic change, why bother with social media?". They share the latest, and best peer-reviewed science through Twitter conversations. I love those questions - they are a real gift. . They rely only on credible sources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2009

There's an interesting conversation happening in the UK at a seminar on May 20, 2009 to explore digital inclusion for social capital, building on a paper written by Will Davies on The Social Value of Digital Networks in Deprived Communities. What are successful examples of outreach?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The Need for the 4Cs Social Media Framework. Over the last year, I have had to explain how social media works to diplomats, defense officials, and academics and students focused on fields as diverse as international affairs, management and sociology. I have found that first-timer find social media confusing because of two reasons.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. This project, housed on a social media enhanced micro-site allows people to commit to a year of service via an email sign up.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 2009

This chat will cover the changing role(s) of teachers, institutions and learners – and how they are affected and transformed by new/social media. Date: December, 10th 2009. Topic: Education: How is social/new media affecting the future of education? Join the Conversation! Where: Twitter (search for #4Change).

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2009

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. I'm sure there are some resources, conversations and pointers in here that are new to everyone.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

How to Use the New FriendFeed Search for Social Media Intelligence - ReadWriteWeb - Have you tried using FriendFeed? Well, they launched a new search tool today that could help you "discover particularly interesting conversations or people in your networks? Want to pick out just the noisiest conversations online about your brand?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

NetSquared is the guest host of The Feast’s next Twitter chat about the power of social media for social good. We’ll be tweeting questions such as “how can we better leverage social media for less talk and more action?” We may be the host, but we need all of you to join us to make the conversation interesting!

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 17, 2009

Ready.gov Launches Social Media Preparedness Initiative - "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Ready Campaign, in partnership with The Advertising Council, is introducing a series of new social media tools today to further engage Americans in taking steps to prepare for emergencies. Find me on Delicious for more!

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

They'd have to pick up the phone or send letters, or have the topic come up in conversation, to spread your good word. . With the introduction of email, and now social media, that barrier to entry has been removed. social media nancy schwartz 09NTC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

It is also a time for us to reflect for a moment, say thanks, give back, and donate to our favorite charities. So, over the next few weeks, I will highlighting useful social fundraising resources and clever social good causes as well as featuring several guest posts. Those initial conversations tend to be awkward and creepy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 1, 2012

Gather a group of social entrepreneurs to brainstorm ideas to improve employment opportunities for people with disabilities, and you will harvest an array of innovative solutions. Recently, I had the pleasure to host Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) for exactly such a meeting of minds with ten fellow social entrepreneurs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, it reflects a year of research and analysis, including conversations with 300+ community stakeholders. And, the amount that Silicon Valley companies has given away has more than doubled since 2009, from $56 million to nearly $117 million. But many local residents are struggling.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In 2009, Clay Shirkey predicted , “For the next few decades, journalism will be made up of overlapping special cases.” million in 2009 to $687.6 The story is the starting point to create the conversations,” Chan added. He later suggested, “Create an interactive experience [with data]; data can change the conversation.”

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

As the night wears on, business conversation slowly turns into personal conversation. " The blur between our personal and professional identities on social networking sites may seem all too obvious, but the issue is becoming more prevalent as we use sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn as professional networking tools.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2007

" That blog entry came about because she and I had a long conversation about what kinds of skills nonprofit technology providers needed, and what we felt was missing. I realize that we’ve been having this conversation ever since NTC used to be called the "Circuit Rider Roundup."

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