Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

There's quite a buzz right now about whether or not " Slacktivism " doing activism online, all the time - can effect change. And, if you submitted a nonprofit panel - and I managed to miss it while scanning 2200 in ten minutes - please add the link and description in a comment. How do you balance online action with offline engagement?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

You can read it and the comments on the blog here , it’s copied below. But to many people active in online social action communities, these events had deeper meaning. There are many who approach the online landscape with very different views than their offline business decisions. To some, these events were unimportant.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

The people who donate, listen in, connect with our programs by calling in, reading or commenting online, and coming to our offline events are our community. Just because you have your own profiles now, doesn’t mean you can stop listening to the community or replying and commenting. Start Joining.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

We are all so excited that Julia Smith has found a new opportunity to advance her career that allows her to work offline, in a real office, with other humans in Chicago. She will continue to be an active NTEN Member, so it’s not goodbye! She will continue to be an active NTEN Member, so it’s not goodbye! Leave a comment below!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Change the internet?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

If your community meets offline at a local watering hole to share opinions and make plans, don’t bother setting up a Twitter account with the purpose of influencing them. One of the core principles in community engagement is to use the tools your community is using.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Twitter Photo by Jennifer Barr @rjenbarr. Yesterday, I spent most of the day offline at the Wisdom 2.0 to college using my blog and later Twitter. I reached out to my network to ask for support, but using stories about her – not dry organizational stats. Healthy Mind Platter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Grantees get better results integrating Facebook, Twitter, and other social media channels best practices and measurement. This was designed as a peer learning activity – so it was the participants who were mostly the presenters. Content Curation on Twitter. Getting Started with Content Curation on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

Then I started to get emails from respected colleagues and a few hours later I saw references all over my friends Facebook newsfeeds and on Twitter. And so the debate on my Facebook wall continued with very thoughtful comments. Years of network building, offline organizing with young people. Simplicity and clarity of message.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " You do!

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

Charity and Technology in the Online Universe This infographic from Mashable and Shane Snow puts social good into better context with donation numbers, growth charts, and some comparisons to its offline counterparts. If you’ve seen some other good nonprofit infographics, then leave a comment.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 10, 2019

Further, Rand Fishkin shared a recent study of business engagement rates on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. If you want people to take you seriously on LinkedIn then you need to be active on the platform. This means commenting, liking and sharing DAILY. Let me know in the comments below! Guess what?

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 3, 2019

Further, Rand Fishkin shared a recent study of business engagement rates on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. If you want people to take you seriously on LinkedIn then you need to be active on the platform. This means commenting, liking and sharing DAILY. Let me know in the comments below! Guess what?

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

Kara Carrell (aka @Karitas ) pointed out that she has a "How I Roll" post that she links to and updates as her on and offline world evolves. That said, our home currently has 5 Macs in active use and 2 iPhones. . You can subscribe to the site via RSS , but when I post it does automatically feed out to Twitter and Facebook.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

Kara Carrell (aka @Karitas ) pointed out that she has a "How I Roll" post that she links to and updates as her on and offline world evolves. That said, our home currently has 5 Macs in active use and 2 iPhones. You can subscribe to the site via RSS , but when I post it does automatically feed out to Twitter and Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Learning was an individual, often solitary activity. for many of us, that learning style carried over to our work culture where we are rewarded for our expertise and to keep private what we don't know. I find myself doing this on Twitter more and more. Offline/Online Interaction. Twitter Training Notes and Audio File.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Amongst 11-25 year olds, Facebook is trailed by Bebo (28%), MySpace (25%), Twitter (12%), MSN (9%), YouTube (2%) and “other” (4%). Comment here, or visit the original post at SSIR here. There’s no reason to leave them out of your plan for connecting with young people in social networks! So, throw a party or two, and have fun!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2012

Post your comments in the form of a question. Respond to comments. The part that's still very tricky for most is measuring the impact of these activities. Try calculating a ratio of how many people comment and/or like and/or share your posts divided by how many like your page. You should use certain key words. Pin things.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 7, 2016

Twitter began as a way to connect with influencers. This rule really is the basis of creating connections offline. As your fans share this content, interact with them on social by favoriting, liking, and commenting on their posts. Virtually every social media platform was first created for and because of human connections.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

pull in hashtags from Twitter into the RSS reader (pull in the RSS of a search.twitter.com result). Examples: Yammer for internal sharing, it’s a Twitter for groups. Are there ways of catching offline datapoints? everything before lays the foundation, everything during and after helps you improve and change your strategy.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" I followed with a post to our blog , Facebook pages, Twitter and an email blast. on Friday Feb.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Make a calendar – outline all activities you want to share, plan activity that integrates with overall organization messaging and schedule them in advance (tip: make a calendar). Integrate – as in, integrate social media with other channels such as email, direct mail, web content and offline activity to maximize success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2009

Or in the words of Urban Dictionary, “the act of participating in obviously pointless activities as an expedient alternative to actually expending effort to fix a problem.”. Was this ad-hoc Twitter community a political movement? both offline and online. We want to get the best and brightest in a room at SXSW and go at it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

Click to see larger image I'm very tempted to start using Results On Insights for ROI thanks to Barb Chamberlain's comment in yesterday's post " What Are The Best I-Words For Nonprofits To Think About Social Media and ROI? " But what does that really mean? That happens when leaders model and encourage it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The steps include reading, commenting, and sharing stories of personal behavior change. grist.org’s key results are: Footprint: The reach of their activities, both online and offline. Says Erika, “We hatched an idea to host Twitter chats about this using a hashtag #climatehawk and point people over to their content.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Our community was very active, serving some 20,000 regular visitors and about 14,000 subscribers to our email list, and offline events complemented online activities well. Facebook, Twitter, GovLoop, LinkedIn, intranets, email? But the reality is that now, instead of one ?web and the list goes on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2009

They also have a @causes on Twitter and I hope they will use that to engage directly with the nonprofits who want to get better results rather than just tweeting about themselves. . I asked my Twitter followers for suggestions for questions , I tweeted the key points from the conversation yesterday. Here's the answers: .

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NTEN

JUNE 9, 2011

New Facebook users are barraged by emails alerting them to activities taking place in and around their profile. John has commented on your Wall." In contrast, Twitter allows seven. Ask them to comment on a recent conversation (list links to a few recent ones). Just look at Facebook. You have a friend request."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Charities outside the US can set up a profile. To generate a robust profile, your organization should be able to plug in existing social media presences (Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, Blog RSS Feed, Etc) so it seems to favor organizations that have already established a social media content strategy. What is Jumo? by Steve MacLaughlin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

User generated content is also at the core of citizen journalism, the notion that amateur users can perform journalist-like functions (accidentally or otherwise) by reporting and commenting on news. Collective action can take the form of signing online petitions, fundraising, tele-calling, or organizing an offline protest or event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Last week, I wrote about Twestival , the most recent example of fundraising on Twitter and a networked fundraiser of a scale we haven't seen before. I titled the post " Look Out Here Comes Everybody To Raise Money for charity:water on Twitter " with a wink to Clay Shirky's work. Says Ben, "We knew each other on Twitter."

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 25, 2010

How much is your online fundraising augmenting offline efforts? While the area of social metrics continues to evolve and grow, there are five main tips all organizations should follow when measuring social media activity for ROI: 1. Retweets, referrals to website and donations sourced from Twitter illustrate engagement.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

" Chiu was the first to launch a Twitter feed and currently has the most followers amongst the mayoral candidates. In the David Chiu world, it refers to a continuous feedback loop that includes both online and offline channels. Share in the comments below. Chiu crushed this one out of the park." Photo: Susan Chavez.

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See3

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Ask your supporters to share the video with their friends and give specific instructions about what you want them to do—email a link, post to Facebook, leave a comment. Besides serving as a hosting solution, those video sites also function as active communities where users discover new content. Talk About it Offline.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I heard some genuine concerns from some Federal staff (eg Forest Service) about the risk of them being swamped by public input/comments online if they move to make rulemakings or decision-making proceedings more open for participation. Active agency staff + sufficient resources are committed to the process. See Twitter on #opengovpb.

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Care2

MAY 31, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" on the eternal quest for the perfectly integrated online/offline fundraising database."

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