Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

Today is April Fools, but instead of giving into temptation to play any tricks, I thoughts I’d focus in on the other April activity: Spring cleaning! But what about taking an inventory of your social media tools? Here are a few ways to get you diving in: Twitter. the names of your organization and programs/projects.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

IAVA’s #gosilent campaign is a terrific example of social campaigning because it uses tools and tactics that make it easy for the organization to track, measure, and evaluate success – in real time and after the campaign is over. Sharing across platforms – Twitter. Sharing across platforms – Instagram and Foursquare.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2009

" How Facebook turns active users into community managers – without paying a dime (video) | Powered by John Haydon – John Haydon has a great post and video discussing facebook's strategic design that empowers users to be community managers. "You "You want to develop a stronger, more passionate community. . "You

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2010

As social media tools like Twitter and Facebook become core components of nonprofit communication strategies, there is a corresponding need to assess how well programmatic messaging and organizational identity are propagating in those channels: “We Tweet; is anybody listening? Links to tools & info. Presentation slides.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Millennials want basic information and tools for action. Using a mobile app allows you as a nonprofit to have a tool where you can push messages out about how to volunteer/give, what the impact is, etc. There’s an application from the One Campaign and Bono called One that is focused on activism. Activism focused mission?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 20, 2010

tools and tactics that build a loop between offline and online activities. Visit: Launch the Chat (not active until the 16th). This time we’ll explore 1. migrating communities from one platform to another, and 2. Date: September 16th. Time: 4 pm Eastern, 9 pm UK (duration: 1 hour).

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Do to the lack of activity on MySpace, we’ve decided to focus our efforts on the Causes Application on Facebook.&# (To read the full message, click here.) Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Do to the lack of activity on MySpace, we’ve decided to focus our efforts on the Causes Application on Facebook.&# (To read the full message, click here.) Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 14, 2009

.)" The DigiActive Guide to Twitter for Activism | DigiActive.org - "Following the recent protests in Moldova, the value of Twitter as a tool for digital activism is more prominent than ever. " Penguin Day Agenda - pd.aspirationtech.org - Are you heading to the NTC this month?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2010

These kinds of groups can’t even be expected to fall in the same kinds of rubrics for use or application of tools between each other as they are inherently unique, every time. Many groups would much rather have an impact and involvement in the shaping of the tools they use than pay for something that others control.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

That's what happened with the Art Project—a new tool we're announcing today which puts more than 1,000 works of art at your fingertips, in extraordinary detail." – "The rise of social media has led to an exponential proliferation of content online and widespread demand for tools to filter that information.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

The conclusion was that building trust with your constituents is the closest you can come to a silver bullet for fundraising – not slick online tools or celebrity endorsements. Active Ways to Build Trust. But, how do you go about building that trust? Passive Ways to Build Trust. Share your data. Empower community advisors.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2011

This increased activity in a public channel is increasing search results on Google too. One of the new changes to Facebook is the expansion of Insights, the Facebook analytics tool. Ted Fickes’s guest post on the Care2 Frogloop blog explains how this new feature impacts the way nonprofits are sharing news and updates.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

—– Tools for listening: Goodbyebuddy – find out when people aren’t listening to you any more. Flickr and YouTube – monitor and subscribe to activity around you, not just your own. Check out listening tools at: [link]. Listen first and discover where the conversations are! Set up alerts and so on.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Participants will walk away with a set of guiding principles and tactics to develop media, events and activities that encourage connections and local leadership among your stakeholders to increase your organizational reach and impact. This session will include a presentation, discussion and small group scenarios.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

While some introduced alternative philosophies for measuring the nuances tied to social media, others wondered aloud whether ROI simply wasn’t necessary as the tools and methodologies for analyzing yields didn’t yet exist. . "Over the years, Social Media experts attempted to redefine ROI for a new era of influence.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Growing and cultivating an active community also requires that the community manager walk the fine line of personal and professional sharing. Measuring the ROI of these new tools can be tricky for many organizations, especially those not yet measuring the ROI of their other technology tools and investments.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 19, 2009

The site offers forums, a directory of 320 local nonprofits and a blog directory of 180 active local bloggers! There’s a lot of very cool activity happening lately around local websites. You can also connect with Oakland Local on twitter and facebook. Getting Local.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

There’s a great post on the Case Foundation blog that covers some great examples and shares, “Although activism may not look the same, it’s no question from these examples that social media and social networks can be used to motivate the masses into action, whether it be physical or monetary.&#.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

One of the core principles in community engagement is to use the tools your community is using. If they are using the tool, then join them. Ultimately, though Facebook and Google+ (or any other networking platform for that matter) are both social networking tools, there are important differences. It’s the same with any platform.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Facebook Charity Interview Questions – Earlier this year, John Carnell created a series called Twitter Charity Interviews that has over 40 interviews with nonprofits using Twitter talking about how, why, and what they do with the micro-blogging tool. Now, John is looking to replicate the process but focus on Facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

But to many people active in online social action communities, these events had deeper meaning. What is the difference between a community actively using a platform and one actively involved in the evolution of the platform? Do you know what the plans are for the tools you are using? What’s Next.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

For those who are not converts it does seem to be the latest in a line of social media tools that everyone thinks you should be using. " Tags: roundup activism bookmarks campaigning education fundraising internet list millennials nonprofits politics postalicious report research resources slacktivism socialmedia strategy twitter wiki.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Some people say we're in the midst of a revolution where the new tools of social media are reinventing social activism in vital ways. : Center for Social Innovation (CSI) – "Many of us enjoy a good debate, and there's an important one playing out on our doorstep.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

5 Ways to Collaborate on Documents Online in Real Time - London Net Tuesday's upcoming event on 3 March focuses on online collaboration tools and strategies. Here's a great review of some of the tools available for shared documents. Here's an interview with Danielle on NWF's use of Twitter. " - it's true!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2010

It makes accessible the tools you need to engage a community, offer services, scale up activities and sustain projects. Whoever you are, it shows you how to take technology and turn it into real world benefits. Social by Social isn’t a manual in the classic sense.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

It’s a wonderful opportunity for our community to share our collective wisdom with inspiring stories and practical tools that help women professionally and personally and of course, change the world. Don’t miss this year’s telesummitt. Click here view the full panel descriptions and register now!

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2009

It makes accessible the tools you need to engage a community, offer services, scale up activities and sustain projects. About Social by Social: “ Social by Social is a practical guide to using new technologies to create social impact. Whoever you are, it shows you how to take technology and turn it into real world benefits.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

The tool is meant to openly share and visualize the operations of World Bank financed activities down to as local a level as possible and compare these with actual need and monitor the effects over time." There are also indicator data including maternal health, infant mortality, malnutrition, poverty, and population.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

There’s More to a Millennial than Updating Your Profile « - Here is a great response to a recent PRSA blog post that, in my opinion, took the premise that Millennial staffers are great as tools for social media but, gasp, heaven forbit they represent your organization!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

I’ve been following the work of Rob and his team closely as they have shown not just interest, but passion and intent for engaging with the community at large to create a tool that meets the needs of nonprofit organizations and keeps us involved in making the tool better and better. Just create an on-going campaign.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

Components included video tutorials, suggested calendars of activity, sample materials, frequently asked questions, logos, and a Twibbon for Facebook and Twitter use. This touches back on the need for training—it is important to train participants on how to use online tools and platforms, as well as on understanding donor engagement.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I truly believe that invention or innovation, especially in the field of technology, is not just fueling the way we campaign for social change via social media tools, but is also driven by the social change we seek—there’s a back and forth, an exchange, a partnership in the two. Tools: Builders and Users.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2010

I have followed the development of Social Actions over the last few years and really believe in the work that Peter, Christine and the community have done to shape a collaborative, open tool that benefits so many people and organizations in all kinds of ways. Social Actions Transition: Request for Letters of Interest.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Using tools that allow reposting, sharing, emailing and so on will give anyone the options they want to push your content around the web for you. Sometimes what you want to do and the tools at your disposal just don’t match. The value of the tool grows as people value the tool and add more content.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 24, 2011

We’ve cracked the competition process open, leveraging a combination of workflows and social tools to produce a compelling experience of real participation in key activities.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2010

As organizations or community builders active online, working to practice and create quality engagement, we are often trying to guide, collect or herd conversations and interactions into spaces that we have created or monitor closely. Let’s discuss! First, let’s talk about permission. Now, what about peer influence?

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