Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

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). Official Google Blog: Explore museums and great works of art in the Google Art Project – Take yourself on an art tour using Google Maps! "One

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2008

She also mentioned how they were beginning to experiment with Twitter. They are setting up twitter accounts linked to programmatic areas and affinity groups. For example, here's the arts programming account. I'm sure we'll see more particularly as Kevin Dando urged stations to get a twitter account with their name.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2013

But getting into the habit of regular tweeting, Facebooking, or experimenting with new tools like Instagram is another story. Says Stram, “Without that openness, I don’t believe he would be having nearly as much fun with Twitter as he is now.” How will social improve things you already KNOW and value?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Jay Cross is making a point (couldn't resist) about Twitter by referring to the art work of Georges Seurat who was a pointillist. Twitter is like pointillism. Stepping back and seeing patterns is an important skill when you use Twitter, particularly as a listening tool. type of Twitter user. mememememe???

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 4, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, March 4, 2011 Research Friday: "The Art of Data Interpretation" posted by Robert F. Research isnt just the science of collecting data, it is also the art of interpreting, within the context of all other available information, what that data actually mean. Ashcraft, Ph.D. Sources: ^ [1] Ryman, Anne. Arizona Republic.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Disclaimer Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Twitter Dashboards and the Dark Side of Tweeting posted by Kayla L. With the explosion of micro-blogging, the nonprofit world has a fantastic new tool to connect with the public in exciting and creative ways. Scandals have been all-too-common on twitter. Click here to follow us on twitter!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

I spend a lot of time listening on the social web using a radar that I've put together with a combination of free tools and the Stradivarius Violin of listening tools, Radian 6. It is based on real data pulled from a huge number of Twitter profiles of people who have used Twitter Grader. It doesn't work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

I've been observing how he uses the Chronicle of Philanthropy's Twitter Feed to participate. How is the Chronicle using Twitter to participate? Our use of Twitter has evolved considerably over the past few months. Now, Twitter has become a vital part of my daily online life. And it all started with Twitter.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 3, 2019

So, you’ve mastered the art of creating effective, engaging social media content. This doesn’t necessarily mean the person actually took the time to read it, but an impression confirms that it did, in fact, show up on their feed. Engagement is any interaction with your content, like Twitter favorites, Facebook shares and clicks.

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NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2014

The beautiful murals you''ll find throughout the streets of Philadelphia provided a perfect backdrop for this gathering of nonprofit arts professionals. The best part was the input we received from attendees about tools to help social media managers get organized and develop content without straying from their mission.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

With all the new tools out there to experiment with, why would individuals and brands want to start over on site with a bad brand name and tainted history? Related Links: Why Nonprofits Should Sync Their Twitter and Myspace Accounts. To me, this a colossal, baffling mistake on the part of Myspace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2013

The best social tools and techniques that leaders themselves and their organization can use to get results. In earlier post where I profile Udi Ofer, Executive Director of the ACLU-NJ and how he uses social media and mobile tools for leadership of his organization, several nonprofit leaders offered their views and tips.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

These best practices will also be demonstrated live in the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Twitter and LinkedIn. When your group reaches that size, it’s likely to produce more traffic to your website and new e-newsletter subscribers than 10,000 fans on Facebook or followers on Twitter will do. Don’t Use News Feeds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

It can be done simply as writing a blog post with links or sharing annotated links on Twitter around your topic. Take for example, how Bruce Lesley from First Focus uses Twitter to establish authority as a content curator on children welfare issues. There has been an explosion of tools and it can get overwhelming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2007

This campaign is mostly being run off of my blog, personal emails, a little Facebook and mostly Twitter. Twitter as a fundraising tool?!? So far, twitter has been great. Yesterday I raised several hundred dollars using Twitter in under an hour and got a few t-shirt donations. I follow them and write responses.

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NTEN

MARCH 15, 2011

By Carrie Spates, Design Manager, Siteworx Nonprofit clients I work with generally have mastered the art of engaging members and supporters once they are in the door. But with the ever-changing properties and tools on the Internet, that door has evolved into countless spaces, conversations, and opportunities that can seem tough to tackle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2010

Take Twitter for example. It is an in-person meeting of Twitter users. The benefits of hosting a Tweetup include deeper relationships, lead generation, or more exposure. It can be a good way to meet your Twitter followers or identify who in your existing audience is using Twitter. What’s A Tweet Up?

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Care2

APRIL 22, 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!" Deanna Zandt (DZ): How long have you been on Twitter? What inspired you to join?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

Why Twitter Matters View more presentations from Laura lee Dooley. Check out blog for in-depth posts on Twitter tools, for example this one about url shorterners. I'd like to point a few examples that were not on his list and share some good nonprofit Twitter resources. There is a terrific article on Mashable by Lon S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. MySpace was designed to be a marketing tool. Follow us on Twitter!&# It’s just false.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2012

My colleague, Devon Smith , pointed to a cool application called “ Art Finder ” that helps people discover their friends’ interests in fine arts. As users engage, the custom action appears on Facebook News Feed, and remains on the user’s Timeline ; e.g., Jane cooked a recipe from Best Recipes app.

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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.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants April 14, 2008 I like hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. Mostly, because I get to read blogs by people that aren’t on my list of feeds I read regularly.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2011

Second, use tools and practices. The cards focus on strengths-based reflections and are an easy tool to get meetings started on a positive note, even if you are discussing challenging issues. Remember, you are not alone and there are resources, tools and practices that you can access to help in your good work.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits February 14, 2008 These are tidbits of things I’ve gotten recently from vendors, or gotten via feeds or twitter. Kintera opens a Developers Challenge.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 6, 2011

Social media is a powerful marketing tool for businesses of all types, and it is especially useful for nonprofit organizations, which typically struggle more to reach a large audience on a tighter budget. It's an especially valuable tool for nonprofits, since it's free and offers a large, accessible audience. Click here to learn more.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Facebook Ad Platform November 13, 2007 It always takes me a bit to digest new Web 2.0 That shows up in user’s news feeds, and in their profile. That, of course, can spread virally. Well, it depends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Your organization has identified a social media objective, audience, strategy, tools, measurement, and experiment. You know your first step is listening, but before you jump into a river of conversations and keywords and even before you touch the tools, you need to be ready to listen. Getting Your Nonprofit Ready To Listen.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Welcome to the new blog! All importing requires now is just going to the Wordpress import tool and specifying the file. The feed should stay the same. That’s all. copied over.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

That means I am very comfortable with all sorts of cloud-based tools and I like to tinker with new stuff. I have a BFA in Graphic Design from the Savannah College of Art & Design , but I don't think I'm a very good designer. Follow me on Twitter. Check us out. I'm in the DC area once or month or so. I update quite often.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

That means I am very comfortable with all sorts of cloud-based tools and I like to tinker with new stuff. I have a BFA in Graphic Design from the Savannah College of Art & Design , but I don't think I'm a very good designer. Follow me on Twitter. Check us out. I'm in the DC area once or month or so.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Chrome September 4, 2008 The hiatus is over with a short entry about Google Chrome , the new browser from Google that I learned about on the twitterverse while I was stopped at one rest stop or another.

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Care2

MAY 15, 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!" WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 8, 2014

And Twitter? It’s a social bookmarking tool that comes with annotated notes, tags and links so you can save, organize and discover new content. This is a geolocation social media tool where people can use their smartphones to “check-in” to a location (aka your organization). You’ve got social media covered. Foursquare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

I use a variety of tools for this analysis, including Google Analytics, Feedburner subscriber counts, and manually tracking comment to post ratios (typepad doesn't have a nifty plugin like wordpress to automate that grunge work) A tool that use to evlauate my content is PostRank. You can actually go back and review your entire feed.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What is private? June 10, 2008 Today, someone on the progressive exchange list asked about a tool called Rapleaf. What is public? 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 ThomasT 06.11.08

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

I pulled these metrics from a tool called Postrank that uses a model called the " 5 C's of Engagement " in some email back and forth with Melanie Baker, the community manager for Post Rank, Sue Waters and I asked her if she could unpack the 5s a bit further and tell us a little bit about how it worked. 

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