Amy Sample Ward
AUGUST 3, 2010
The power of social media in a global context is two-fold: There’s huge potential with these news tools for real movement building, bringing organizations, campaigns and people together behind a movement and not just one brand or one call to action. Global use of social media is also a great way to amplify voices, ideas, and stories.
NTEN
OCTOBER 15, 2009
Today's Blog Action Day 2009 ! The debate about what impact the online world has on offline action gets smashed when you look at these numbers and think about the over 12 million people around the world who are raising their consciousness by reading more about climate change and how they can get involved with their local communities. .
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Amy Sample Ward
OCTOBER 14, 2009
Many social media tools are specifically designed for users to tell stories and voice opinions, others are built as aggregators and distributors of users’ stories. The power of social media and the authentic storytelling that takes place is in the opportunity for people to inspire other people to take action, which leads to lesson #2.
Amy Sample Ward
APRIL 22, 2009
As the numbers of users grow, so do your number of friends, and then in turn so does the frequnecy of news items, status updates, and general calls to action for your network. You can make friends and call them into action, but those actions and real engagement will link to and live outside of the platform. Good question.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 22, 2009
The second C, Collaboration, refers to the idea that social media facilitates the aggregation of small individual actions into meaningful collective results. Collaboration can happen at three levels: conversation, co-creation and collective action. The Second C: Collaboration. Wikis are a perfect example of co-creation.
NTEN
JUNE 29, 2011
Whenever you post an action alert, simply add &s_src=facebook to your link.) After some time on our list, Mathew pulls the information by source and aggregates what they gave, factoring in the cost of acquiring them. After all, we know that offline donors who are on our email list have a higher average gift.
Forum One
FEBRUARY 2, 2009
In particular, he reflected on five strategic uses of the internet which, when combined intelligently, have influenced the actions of the entire US Congress. Transparent scorecard reporting: After aggregating a "grade" for each policy maker, publish it on the Internet, with all relevant substantiating information.
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