Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. Below is the live blog or the archive of the live blog. The internet connection here is such that I don’t think a live blog portal will sustain itself. Can’t wait!

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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. Here are the four steps to creating a networked approach to a campaign, using we20 as our example. Visit the SSIR blog to add to this conversation!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

I’m at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! The Brain exhibition, for example, has a table where people can work together to put together the pieces of the brain neuron by neuron. The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton – Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

When people who work in services, programs, grant writing and fundraising, for example, all share their view of the groups in the community, not only can you start mapping the network but you can also have really rich discussions about the way different parts of your organization view the community. New grants or new programs.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

My guest post is up on Care2′s Frogloop blog; you can read the post and join the discussion there. For example, when I travel to a new neighborhood or city, I open the app as I walk down the street to explore photos and stories of my exact location across history. Posterous is a blogging tool, that is really so much more.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Refer to the slides below for examples. Refer to the slides below for examples. all-day for emails and blog posts. Here’s an example: DIY Management Tools. How to get started: I suggest using Netvibes , you can also try iGoogle or even Google Reader. Use this step-by-step guide for adding RSS feeds. Content Map.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2011

Blog Posts. Please add your favorite blog posts or examples to the list, too! And here are slides from a previous presentation: Twitter.Org: Twitter for Nonprofit Organizations. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Twitter Resources. 100,000 in 3 Days: Interview about #TeamAutism. Social media in disaster response.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2009

This month’s Net2 Think Tank question asks, “How do you stay up-to-date online?&# There are so many blogs, news sources, and conversations happening at the same time, every day, and the chances that you’ll be able to find them all without trying is pretty unlikely. Simply visit [link] to get started. Twitter Search.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2013

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog is up! . You can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog or below. —–. For example, maybe you notice that you check your email and then go to Facebook. Try this: Stop working for just five minutes. What do you do?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

What’s your favorite example of technology helping people create positive change in the world? 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. Enter the Contest.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

This post originally appeared on the NTEN blog – you can also read the full post and join the conversation on the NTEN.org website. A common example of this that I hear often is with volunteer engagement. —– I love data as much as the next person. Is data helpful if you can’t change it?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 23, 2013

This 3-hour course showcases real-world examples to help you discover how best to protect, positively promote, and selectively manage your online personal and professional profiles, all while maintaining your connections to family, friends, colleagues and networks. Blog post reflections. Related Links : KAUST. Slides (coming soon).

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2009

First, let’s settle on an example we can use to walk through all 5 steps: you work for a small nonprofit that focuses on early childhood education, so you have lots of services for parents and partnerships with hospitals, child care facilities, and doctors offices. In this example, we are using a blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 19, 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). As she notes, her example has luck but it is an example of a growing model of a changing world. Become a Bridge Builder. Great slides.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

Read the post and join the conversation on the NTEN blog. When you post a call to action for people to share a message, be sure to include reference to how they can do so; or if you are asking people to create content themselves, be sure to provide instructions and examples to help them respond to your call.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 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). Would love to see your other examples of annual reports that break the mold! Vivanista Hosts Question Session « Vivanista | Living Well. Doing Good.

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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. Interview. And the catch 22!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review’s opinion blog is up – you can read the post and contribute to the conversation on SSIR , or read it in full below. For example, my Twitter bio links to [link] instead of my website’s home page. or regular program updates.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

I’d love to hear your examples of campaigning on facebook! org but I know there are lots of great examples out there. In the slides, I highlighted some of the work of 350.org Has your organization campaigned specifically on facebook? I’d love to hear how it went!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I wrote about the potential for aggregating RSS feeds of giving opportunities in a blog post called, Why We Need Group Fundraising RSS Feeds. I wrote a blog post called, Mashups, Open APIs, and the Future of Collaboration in the Nonprofit Tech Sector. I knew I wanted to be in the session even without really knowing why.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

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). MyBlogLog is a service that shows blog writers and readers the faces and profile information of other MyBlogLog users that visit their sites."

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Specifically, we will reveal the latest research about designing online engagement, highlight the connection between the theory of relationship ties and online evangelism, and offer examples of organizations with successful co-creation strategies. Blackbaud nonprofit blog. Related Links : BBCon website.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

I’m honored to have a guest post up on Care2′s Frogloop blog today! Read the post and join the conversation on the Frogloop blog (or read the post below). Here are a few ways to do this, for example: Respond to questions and comments publicly whenever possible. We’re all learning as we go!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

And we wanted it to be easy to do – write a blog post! Here’s a copy of the initial email as an example: Subject: Help wish Beth Kanter a happy 53rd! If you’re interested, just: 1) Write your name and blog address on the signup form here: [link]. Hi friends-. 2) Publish your post first thing Monday morning.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Sean Stannard-Stockton has just posted my guest post on the Tactical Philanthropy blog. You can read it and the comments on the blog here , it’s copied below. “In recent days, Causes has left MySpace and IdeaBlob has shutdown. To some, these events were unimportant. This week our idea was up for the sprint and in the top 3.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

Consider participating or even starting a Twitter chat – the Association Cha t is a great example of a weekly chat with an online archive. Be sure to use relevant (but not spammy!) hashtags in your posts to connect them into related topics. Here are some Twitter-specific tools: Twitalyzer. hashtags.org.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

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. " Download the report! . "The

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 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). " How to Piss off an Online Community – 4 Recent Examples | Search Engine Journal – "People are resistant to change.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 3, 2010

My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. The Brooklyn Museum has done a lot with FourSquare, like sharing promotions and building visible community; check out the write up on the FourSquare blog or on the Museum’s site. What examples do you have to share? Meetup Everywhere.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 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). 3 principles for reporters and bloggers in a networked era | Online Journalism Blog – I totally agree that context is just as important as content. "Dina

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

There are bound to be many, many versions of this blog post as people from around the world start investigating the tool and sharing their impressions. For example, people are talking about viewing their Google+ circles in Tweetdeck or Hootsuite where they can already view Twitter and Facebook. Google+ Review on TechCrunch.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

This post is reposted from the #4Change blog. June #4Change Chat Questions: To keep the two-hour chat on topic, I’ll be helping guide conversation by using some of the questions below to drive us to share ideas, examples and resources. What are your favorite examples or case studies where this is really working?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Today’s CommBuild chat brought together some regular participants and some new ones for a rich conversation chock full of examples and ideas to share! Get the chat archive! The conversation in this month’s chat focused on these questions: How to best stay motivated and motivate your community team. Get the chat archive!

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The webinar was designed to offer an overview of the basics, best practices and examples of successful social media integration. For a presentation about blogging, facebook and twitter for blind or partially sighted people , visit: [link]. Social Media for Small Enterprises.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Before exploring the questions around limitations and needs, I want to share a couple examples of things happening right now to remind us that even though it will take a lot of work, and honestly a good bit of time, that we are already moving. Instead, they are examples of what it looks like when we double down on our focus to make change.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

What makes a Twitter chat different than a blog post, for example, is that the conversation is 1. A blog post has, like this, one person writing it and sharing it at the end for comments. I’m a huge proponent of blogs (obviously) but didn’t want to give up on the chat when Twitter was misbehaving.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 29, 2010

This week a great example of someone who has an idea and wants it to go viral has emerged – and you have the opportunity to join the discussion! 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.

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