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Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America spread #GoSilent across the web for Memorial Day

Amy Sample Ward

Just before noon, I decided to go online and see what those in my networks were sharing from their own celebrations or reflections, and immediately found the #GoSilent campaign from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). It pulled me in, and then everywhere I looked online I saw it was pulling in others! A simple commitment.

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Great reads from around the web on June 15th

Amy Sample Ward

We reached out to people we’ve never met and got them onboard. "Charities rarely make deliberate efforts to solicit young adults because they think people in their 20s and early 30s are unlikely to give. Feeding America has utilized numerous Call2Action Sparks. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Great reads from around the web on August 24th

Amy Sample Ward

" Interactive: How America Gives – How America Gives – The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas – The Chronicle of Philanthropy has launched a great new tool: an interactive map of giving data in the US. to respond to a quick survey about their own behaviors.

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Great reads from around the web on June 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

It's an interesting idea and I'd love to talk to people or organizations that have used it - have you? This week they are rounding up and highlighting examples of social media use by WWF, The Humane Society, Livestrong and Oxfam America - plus, you can add your organization to the list!

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Book Giveaway: Mazarine Treyz, The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising

Amy Sample Ward

When I was growing up, people loved to argue around the dinner table about how people could try to change the world, but every nonprofit was corrupt. (No People were living in concrete boxes with only a door, no windows, and sleeping on pieces of cardboard. Standing far away, I had no idea what people needed.

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2012 SXSW Interactive – #nptech Highlights

Amy Sample Ward

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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December 2010 Community Builder’s Chat Wrap-up #CommBuild

Amy Sample Ward

We heard from many people that there were too many holiday deadlines at work to make the chat so be sure to add your thoughts to the comments here after reading the archive to join in! In this month’s chat,we had some good discussion around social media guildines and online community moderation. Read the full transcript here!

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