Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 27, 2011

A Few Words of Caution: Small to medium-sized nonprofits should take Facebook case studies and best practices based on the success of large nationally and internationally well-known nonprofits (with huge email lists and multiple communications and development staff) with a heavy dose of skepticism.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2010

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of participating in Twitter chat series #socialmedia. Q3: What are some of the best case studies of NPO’s using Social and what was the impact? The beauty of Twitter is that you can do a little bit of network weaving to bring other people in the thread. Can social help this & how?).

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 29, 2010

Christopher Fabian has a great blog post up on the MobileActive blog about the way the #1MillionShirts idea emerged and grew via social media, especially Twitter, this week. You can read the full blog post here. Mixed comments from those without. The power in the network is incredible.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 30, 2009

Here’s the April edition of the Nonprofit Blog Carnival. And here are some social media-specific posts that you might find interesting: Mark Pitman has “A Case for Twitter, Facebook, and social media for healthcare fundraisers.&#. This month’s theme was Raising Money Online. .

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Forum One

JUNE 1, 2009

This Wednesday I'll be a guest presenter in a two-hour Twitter-based discussion of environmental issues and social entrepreneurship. This follows on three recent press events with newspapers, radio and bloggers on similar topics, so it will be interesting to compare the Twitter results and my experience from these different media channels.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 3, 2010

The January #4Change Twitter Chat will focus on the use of Twitter and other social media tools in campaigning. Share your ideas now: You can share your ideas about the topic as well as any resources, case studies, examples, research etc. by leaving a comment on this blog post. About the Topic. Feeling brave?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

One example that I’ve blogged about before is the annual project from EpicChange: Tweetsgiving. You can see the numbers (from tweets, to dollars, to videos and more) on the EpicChange blog here. The winner will be announced here in an update at the bottom of the blog post that day. Enter the Contest.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

years, I have been providing lots of little tips on how nonprofits can increase their ROI through my Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , and MySpace Best Practices, but now that the vast majority of nonprofits utilize social media and have been for awhile, I think most of us are ready some more advanced strategies. Launch a blog.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

She leads social innovation, philanthropy, and causes at Twitter and Blogs at Claire.us.com. After our panel I got a few minutes to talk to Claire about her work at Twitter and how non-profits can use the information network for good. Looking to get more out of Twitter? Check out the video. Watch the Video from #bbcon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2009

Twitter has been used during the G20 protests , election monitoring and crowd-sourcing the location of a torch when it was passing through San Francisco. The recently published The DigiActive Guide to Twitter for Activism (Click here to download the PDF version) offers some mini-case studies organized by objective.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

I reached out to John Hawbaker, the editor of Chattarati , a local Chattanooga blog, to see if we could adapt Twestival to help Girls Inc. I followed with a post to our blog , Facebook pages, Twitter and an email blast. girlsincchatt ) and I ( @adrienneroyer ) are active on Twitter so we sent regular tweets about it.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

This post is reposted from the #4Change blog. What are your favorite examples or case studies where this is really working? If you want to contribute to the conversation, you’ll need to have a twitter account (it’s free). Jump in to the conversation by adding #4Change to your Twitter message. It’s true!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

How networked nonprofits use twitter. Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

There's a good round up of links to blog posts and articles by other nonprofit techies and SEO mavens. For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog. Twitter's CEO has learned that short is sweet, flexibility is essential, and applications shoudl work so that people don't have to be at their computer all day long.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2012

Ag Grantees Twitter Webinar. As a trainer, I strongly believe that learning experiences need to weave content delivery with participant interaction. Also, it is far more effective to have peers share their own case studies and experiential learning with others. Peer Case Studies.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Originally posted on the #4Change blog by Tash Judd. If you want to contribute to the conversation, you’ll need to have a Twitter account (it’s free). To follow the conversation (whether you are planning to contribute or not), use [link] or another application to search on Twitter for “#4Change”. Feeling brave? Stay on topic!

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Originally posted on the #4Change blog by Tash Judd. If you want to contribute to the conversation, you’ll need to have a Twitter account (it’s free). To follow the conversation (whether you are planning to contribute or not), use [link] or another application to search on Twitter for “#4Change”. Feeling brave? Stay on topic!

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The Social by Social book has How-Tos, Case studies, Jargon Buster and much more : [link]. If you want to explore Twitter chats , I suggest checking out what various hashtags mean and use this list for a directory of chats: [link]. Tags: presentation resources enterprise small business social media webinar.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2010

Two weeks ago I shared a couple reflections that I had on a recent #4change chat about community building – the major output from that chat and the follow up blog post was the call I heard for a regular opportunity to talk about community building. has twitter integration, 3. Monthly Community Builder Chats. Let me know.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2010

It was done through a series of blog posts called AGC Conversational Case Studies and encouraged the public to weigh in via comments to the blog posts, live CaseSoup video discussions, and Twitter. You find the report, blog posts, and archived videos over at the Case Foundation site here.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 12, 2009

Case Study: World Vision’s ‘Week For Children’ | Bright One - Check out this case study of World Vision's "Week for Children" - World Vision is a UK charity, and this case study discusses the use of various social media tools (include Facebook, Flickr, Yoube, Twitter, and Blogs) for the Week for Children campaign.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 5, 2009

Read the full interview with him on Britt's blog! I love case studies of this kind because it puts all of the abstract ideas and recommendations into a realistic context. Tags: roundup bookmarks. What do you think? Delicious Reborn as Real Time News Tracker - Are you a Delicious user?

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Web Delicious Bookmarking Case Study 100

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 5, 2009

I have a new post up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog and wanted to share it here as well because I think it could start some interesting conversation. Though, people could participate in other ways as well since we20 has a networked presence, meaning Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Earlier this year, Ning announced that it would be dropping 40% of it’s staff and dropping the free service which came as a shock to much of the community, including author of the Ning for Dummies book Manny Hernandez and spurring many forums and blogs to create lists of Ning alternatives that were still free. Case study: Chain Reaction.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2010

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). " Submit your Case Study to the Global Digital Activism Data Set! " Learn more and submit your case study today!

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Web Bookmarking Case Study Map 114

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2009

The Science Behind Social Change Might Be Better » The Buzz Bin - Alexandra “SocialButterfly” Rampy has a guest post on the Livingston Buzz blog discussing the science behind social change. Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: What are the most effective ways Nonprofits/Foundations can use Twitter #hashtags?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 17, 2010

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). Thanks for the post, Marcia! Dave was a fellow panelist. Her round up includes the slides we used in the session as well.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

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). JustGiving blog: Seven-year-old Charlie raises more than £100,000 for Haiti!

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Haiti Web Bookmarking Case Study 114

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

These are my links for February 11th through February 19th: Fundraising Kit from Red Nose Day - Check out this fundraising kit from Red Nose Day, complete with ideas, case studies, example forms and more! Tags: roundup bookmarks. Hat tip to Tessy Britton!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Given the Silicon Valley location, the audience would doubt have smart phones in hand and be likely to be posting on Facebook , Twitter , or checking into locations using Foursquare or the festival blog. Tags: Case Studies Experimentation. Each &# Social Media Builder&# as a profile on the site.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

." Non-profit’s Twitter Interview Questions | twitter-interviews | interviews TechnicaVita Social Media Advice - Does your organization use Twitter? John Carnell, from BullyingUK or @johncarnell on Twitter, is helping organizations share their twitter experiences with each other in this interview series.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

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 can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

Using Twitter, a digital camera and software that makes it easy to post photos to twitter and his network, he was able to quickly identify this mystery bird. United Breaks Guitars is just one recent case study of crowds being evil. What are the best resources, including blogs, books, and articles?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. For those that follow the #4Change twitter-based chats, this is a post recapping and highlighting our latest conversation on social media application in the Climate Change movement. Visit the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog or comment below!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

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). Seth's Blog: Random rules for ideas worth spreading – Seth Godin shares a list of rules for those times you develop an idea worth spreading. ."

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

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). This case study will walk through the process we followed to get the pages launched and equipped the authors to manage them."

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