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Using Twitter to Build a Community and Recruit Volunteers

Amy Sample Ward

Last week, I had the opportunity to present at the 2011 Volunteer Management for Nonprofits Conference here in New York. I’ve presented about Twitter before, as well, so in addition to sharing some notes and resources, and my slides, from the presentation on Friday, I want to also round up other Twitter-related posts and links here.

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Tips for Remote Presenting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

View more presentations from Beth Kanter. This morning Liz Karlin, who works at the Packard Foundation in Grant Operations , and I did a remote presentation for the Foundation Financial Officers Group on Organizational Change and Social Media Policy development. In the past, I have presented remotely using skype audio and video.

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Reflections from Independent Sector and Blackbaud Conferences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit and Social Media workshop at the Independent Sector Annual Conference “ Forging A Stronger Future Together &# in Atlanta. Frank Barry organized a series of Ignite presentations about social media and Nonprofits.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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Networked Nonprofit Update: November

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In October, I presented on two panels at BlogWorld and briefly walked the exhibit floor to notice the book at the Wiley Booth and also ran into Kris Krug , a photographer and free agent. Independent Sector in Atlanta. Photo by KK. Flickr Photo by KK. Stay tuned for a video interview I did with him while in Vegas.

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Networked Nonprofit in Boston: A Story of Contrasts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ll be on the Twitter back channel following the #netnon hashtag from the Independent Sector Conference in Atlanta.). I have been experimenting with how to deliver “networked&# presentations and workshops. I asked folks if they were on Twitter or Facebook, most people raised their hands.

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Connect, Share, and Act at the 2010 NTC (And Show Your takeholders How To as Well)

Tech Soup

The Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) is here again and team members from NetSquared and TechSoup Global will be busy presenting, sharing, and connecting in Atlanta, and hopefully with you! If you have any questions, you can connect me directly on Twitter or on email. Follow the Conference Live. Live-streamed events.

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