Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Last week I was down in Austin, TX, for the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive Festival. We’ve all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics “going viral” online before our eyes – the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

But first steps first… 11 New Year’s resolutions for nonprofit social media managers: 1) Create a “Thank You” video(s) for your 2012 fundraising campaigns. In 2011 I had gotten in the very bad habit of listening to (mostly) CNN in the background while working… all day long. Diversify your news sources.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

Dozer got his own Facebook page. Dozer had an official role in the Maryland Half Marathon in 2012 and 2013. Create a “surround sound” effect with Facebook and Twitter. Facebook: If a journalist checks Facebook for additional information, will they find facts, stories and other valuable information about your event?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. The Broadcast Web.” Introduction :: Integrating Web 1.0, and Web 3.0. Replace the “Web 1.0: The Static Web, Web 2.0:

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. The Broadcast Web.” Introduction :: Integrating Web 1.0, and Web 3.0. Replace the “Web 1.0: The Static Web, Web 2.0:

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

On the day that I submitted the final manuscript of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits to McGraw-Hill, Facebook launched Timeline for Pages. The Broadcast Web.” There was no time to get in any more final edits and I feared that the book would be terribly out of date by the time it was released.

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