Amy Sample Ward

JULY 13, 2011

Date : July 12-13, 2011. Conference information. Location : Portland, Maine. Topic : Knowledge Networks. Description : This closing keynote focused on the power of knowledge sharing networks and the tools that support them. Related Links : Natural Rural Health Resource Center.

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

Date : October 4, 2011. Related Links : Blackbaud Conference information. Location : Washington, DC. Topic : Strong Connections: Linking your strategy, to goals, to data. The next time your leadership staff ask why you’re spending all that time on Twitter, you’ll be able to show them why it matters!

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MAY 10, 2011

Date : May 10, 2011. Public relations professionals must have strategic, well-informed plans to meet their email campaign goals. Public relations professionals must have strategic, well-informed plans to meet their email campaign goals. Location : Nebraska. Topic : Email Campaigns: Know Your Audience and Get Results.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Date : February 28th-March 2nd, 2011. Libraries have access to information, engagement, and opportunity – it’s just a matter of setting sail. Location : Austin, TX. Topic : Keynote. Description : Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community. Hashtag #ERL11.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 15, 2011

Date : July 15, 2011. Related Links : Conference information. Location : Pittsburgh, PA. Topic : Building a Social Media Strategy. Description : Sure, social media is evolving at the speed of light and experimentation is important. But you still need a clear strategy, a sound plan of attack, and a method of evaluating your results.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2011

Last week, I had the opportunity to present at the 2011 Volunteer Management for Nonprofits Conference here in New York.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

[Note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the December 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. This person will take the helm on laying out tasks in a sequence, informing other staff of their roles and assignments, and providing assistance to people as they complete their parts of the evaluation. concerns, suggestions, strengths, etc.).

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Just over one year ago, on February 18, 2011, Planned Parenthood Federation of America launched the largest integrated campaign in its history. Throughout SXSW, Brian Reich , ShiftCast host and information strategist, pulled together small groups of people for interesting conversations broadcast live and recorded as podcasts.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2011

If you are going to organise an event, a conference or a public meeting, you should seriously consider organising a team of social reporters to help spread the information and stimulate conversations before, during and after the event." " 11 Innovative Crowdfunding Platforms for Social Good – "Why crowdsource?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

What’s interesting is that the information flowing out is a hybrid of the “old school&# reliance on reports from journalists on location and “new school&# amplification through the social web." What do you think the future of information filtering will look like?" There's a lot to dig into here.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

" Conversation is the New Attention – "This article is adapted from their SXSW 2011 talk, Toss the Projector: Redefining the Speaker/Audience Dynamic. " 2011: The Year the Check-in Died – "Early last year, "checking in" was the cool new craze.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

—– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. My latest post on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog is now up. You can read it and join the conversation on the SSIR blog , or read the copy below.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 16, 2011

"As of May 13, 2011, we are releasing the code for our community software platform, the Zanby Enterprise Group Family System, under a GPLv3 license. Open Source Zanby Announcement | Zanby.com – I'm so very excited to see this group/community platform go open source! Look no further!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

Salesforce had acquired collaboration tool company Stypi in May 2012, as well as social media monitoring platform Radian6 in March 2011." So today I’m really excited to launch the Knowledge Graph, which will help you discover new information quickly and easily. But searching still requires a lot of hard work by you, the user.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

That’s right, the session selection process is open for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference ! We believe traditional community organizing helps to inform an effective online campaign for social change, and will lay the groundwork for a sustainable, long-term movement. Vote today!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

The 2011 Millennial Donor report , the second in an annual series, focuses on engaging Millennials in fundraising. Opportunities to meet leadership - being transparent doesn’t just mean with information and data, but also in being accessible, put your organizations leaders in a place where they connect with the community.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2011

This is well and good for the information-consuming public; however, these results can spawn curiosities that are fun to dig into. That's the first time Facebook has lost U.S. users in over a year. The site also posted losses in Canada, the U.K.,

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

Last month, at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , I had the opportunity to run the Community-Driven Social Impact game in a session workshop. The room was full, and participants came up with some terrific examples and options for their organizations.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Facebook in Online Privacy Breach; Applications Transmitting Identifying Information – WSJ.com – "Many of the most popular applications, or "apps," on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. Really looking forward to hearing your responses!

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

I wonder, though, when looking at the campaign information and actions if participants or potential-participants see the connection between responding to the ask (upload your kiss – your kiss can make it better) and the real goal of tackling Malaria? . | Basic elements that should be considered in any campaign. What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

I’ve written about it , submitted a session proposal with colleague Debra Askanase to the 2011 NTC, and recently had the opportunity to start a conversation on the topic of engaging your community across platforms in a GroupVine message (more information about my use of the tool at the bottom of this post).

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. 70% said trust was in understanding financial information and how their donation would be used. 56% want information about fundraising events and about activities for your professionals. What did they find out in the Millennial Donor Report?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

I’m at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! There’s so much knowledge and information that they are intimidated when they come in the museum. So, finding games and interactions that make it easy for people to engage with the information. Syed Salahuddin – Babycastles.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Last week was the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference and not only did I have the pleasure of presenting a couple sessions, it was also my first NTC as a staffer, as I joined NTEN earlier this month. I had a really wonderful time, and the Community-Driven Social Impact session was terrific! The next step is finding the sweet spot.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Why focus on that instead of content, or knowledge or information or anything else? In an organization, when someone leaves, that knowledge is lost, but with a community it is shared so constantly and knowledge sharing is built into the way communities operate, that it is harder for information to disappear. Why Community?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

2011 Online Giving Report – “'2011 did not have the 35% year-over-year growth rate in online giving that happened in 2010, but online fundraising did not lose its mojo,' said Steve MacLaughlin, co-author of the Report and Blackbaud’s director of Internet solutions. 'Every

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

The Revolutions Were Tweeted: Visualizing Prominent Information Flows during the Tunisia and Egypt Revolutions – This is a very cool visualization from danah boyd pulling together twitter accounts and displaying tweets, reactions, and much more. Any others you'd add?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We don’t, though, have a lot of efficiency or shared information. http ://amysampleward.org/2011/01/20/diy-community-engagement-metrics /. In the analog way of working, we have some really beautiful pieces. We also have a lot of moving parts, a lot of maintenance, and a lot of (or perhaps, too many) options. Resources & Links.

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