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Philanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy

Amy Sample Ward

It could be checking in with people on a location-based social network. This focus on collective participation and 24/7 connectivity has impacted more than just our social lives. Their Tweetsgiving campaigns were fundraisers benefiting Mama Lucy’s school in Tanzania and connected the students to their supporters through Twitter.

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Women Who Tech Telesummit is almost here!

Amy Sample Ward

. • Transparency and Government 2.0. • Video Activism. • Launching Your Own Startup. • Breaking Through the Digital Ceiling. • Tech Marketing in a Recession. • Social Networks and Diversity Barriers. • Innovation and Tech Career Reinvention. • What Shirky Didn’t Tell Us. • Feminine Mystique.

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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. The conversations that begin with “We did this and this is what we found …&# can always enrich a workshop.

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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. Why Social Media?

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Is Your Nonprofit Too Old To Barf Rainbows on Snapchat?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The puzzling feeling reminded me of my first experience on Twitter ten years ago and that made me feel old.Plus, it takes more patience than doing Sudoku to figure out and use regularly, although it i s a snap for 14 year olds. Twitter is for keeping up with news and live events. My first experience was “What?”

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10NTC: Social Media Veterans Tell What Works, What Doesn't

Tech Soup

Howdy from NTC 2010 in Atlanta. The conference got started this morning, and I just got out of the Social Media Veterans affinity group, which was basically a crowd of about 100 social media-savvy folks chatting about how they effectively use Twitter, Facebook, and other social media tools at their organizations.

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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.). Networking: Weaving Online and Offline, Strong Ties and Weak Ties. I have been experimenting with how to deliver “networked&# presentations and workshops.

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