Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Date : February 19th, 2011. Topic : Social Media in Disaster Response. Description : Social media tools allow for people to connect: broadcasting messages to real time communication, online networking to offline collaboration. Location : San Antonio, TX. Related Links : Conference website.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 15, 2011

Date : July 15, 2011. Topic : Building a Social Media Strategy. Description : Sure, social media is evolving at the speed of light and experimentation is important. Join Amy for her unique perspective on using social media for a higher social purpose. Location : Pittsburgh, PA.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2011

Date : April 28, 2011. Topic : Nonprofits & Social Media. I will join Laurel Hart’s class to discuss some of the key ways social media has impacted nonprofit organizations and the opportunities for the social impact sector to leverage the social technologies available today and in the future.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Date : November 9, 2011, 3 pm EST. Location : Online. Description : When it comes to social media, email marketing, or even online engagement in general, we often have a feeling when things are going well or when they aren’t. Notes and slides. Topic : Strong Connections: Linking your strategy, to goals, to data.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Date : October 4, 2011. Description : When it comes to social media, email marketing, or even online engagement in general, we often have a feeling when things are going well or when they aren’t. Location : Washington, DC. Topic : Strong Connections: Linking your strategy, to goals, to data.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Greg Ligon, our guest blogger for the Social Media for Nonprofits conference, is an online communications professional with experience in building a brand via online channels, social media communications, and website content development. Think Strategically About Your Social Media Presence.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2012

In our 2011 Online Giving Report we've combined findings from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving with additional multiyear giving data, which allows us to pull out a very rich set of insights. Key 2011 Online Giving Trends Include. of online giving happened in October, November, and December of 2011. of the 34.8%.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 19, 2011

Description : Social media, online campaigns, and community engagement can be tricky things to dive into and do well without measuring, monitoring and evaluating. Slides and notes. Date : January 19th, 2010. Location : online with Nonprofit Webinars. Topic : Do-It-Yourself Community Metrics. But what to measure? Blog post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

View more presentations from Kyoo Slides. Looks like 2011 is going to be the year for to explore and learn about how mobile integrates with social media and other communications channels. Is mobile on your organization’s radar for 2011? Certainly, these and other questions would be a good start for a survey.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

This year, we can't wait to connect with all of you at 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , so we're skipping the whole "waiting" part and introducing a new way we can all connect before we even arrive in Washington, DC. And it's included with your 2011 NTC registration.). But honestly, the bonus item IS the community.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

While's it's not quite as exciting in real life, getting your IT aligned with your mission can be your sliding down the cable moment, just what you need to send your organization from 88 MPH to, well -- okay, so the metaphor isn't literal. In Back to the Future , Doc Brown gets the cable plugged in -- yes, just in time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Assessment of 46 OE grants to networks awarded 2009-2011, conducted by Monitor Institute (2012). Interviews with 9 other foundations that conduct OE grantmaking (April-May 2012). Interviews with approximately 30 grantees (April-June 2012).

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

In the TechSoup premiere our new #NPLive interactive series of video events, join us to discuss The Future of Fundraising online in the social media matrix on Tuesday, May 24 at 11 a.m. Only having launched in March 2011, they just broke $25,000 in funds raised in ventures on their site, with donations ranging from $3 to $2,000.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Photo by Beth Kanter, Net Funders Conference, October, 2011. Joitske Hulsebosch who writes the Lasgna and Chips blog and writes about peer learning in ICD context and use of social media and technology. So, what from this delicious buffet should I put on the plate? 3. Social Media Integration. Techniques.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

There were interesting conversations at every turn and I also had requests to share my notes and slides. Below, you can find my full speech and slides, as well as links to address questions and requests from many of those I met with. http ://amysampleward.org/2011/01/20/diy-community-engagement-metrics /. Resources & Links.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

You can view and download all the slides here. I was particularly thrilled by danah boyd's excellent talk about the politics of how teens use social media and how the social web reinforces societal inequity and self-segregation. How do you interpret individuals' extreme loss in the context of a larger event?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 7, 2011

We needed to fit our bespoke program onto a PowerPoint slide and have everyone in the room understand our approach. Whether it’s paid media, social media, earned media or public relations – a strategic integration of branding will positively impact your acquisition rates. Engagement.

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2012

Now day’s every conference you go to has a HUGE social media focus. Just like direct mail, email isn’t going away just because some new thing called social media came along. adults use smart phones as of February 2012, up 11% from May 2011 and 10% said that their phone was their primary means of getting online.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Below, I’ve shared my keynote remarks and slides and I hope you’ll share your ideas and further the conversation in the comments. Don’t ever go for a new, shiny, cool social media platform or tool simply because you’ve heard others talking about it. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

That said, the following excerpt from Chapter 9 of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits will help your nonprofit get started with launching a mobile website or at the very least get the idea percolating and higher on your priority list for 2013. Limit the Use of Images.

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2011

You can see her full slide deck from the presentation on Slideshare here. Causes' goals for 2011 include a redesign and a deeper focus on key features. Causes is thoroughly integrated with social media, giving fundraising projects new ways to reach their audiences. Massive number of people. Distributed nature.

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