Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

It is also a Twitter term that describes a keyword, prefixed by that symbol, that helps people track conversations on Twitter. The HashTags site, a centralized directory of hashtags on Twitter, also offers a good definition: Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

Here are some reflections about how we used crowdsourcing techniques for a very fast-moving campaign and lessons learned that may apply to your work. Lesson #1: Design an action and invitation that’s doable and interesting – while focused on your goal. And we wanted it to be easy to do – write a blog post!

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

Is it simply the number of followers you have on Twitter, or how many people "like" you on Facebook? With that in mind, the AIDS.gov team compiled some advice about what it takes to use Twitter effectively to engage with our audiences. Many of the lessons apply across new media tools. Plan ahead. Make it known.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2010

(This post was originally posted on the Beautiful World blog, here.). As part of a blog series leading up to the event, I was asked to share some thoughts on the event, especially for those coming along for the first time that may not know what to expect. .&# Lesson: Listen! Lesson: Ask! Lesson: Socialize!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2008

I've seen first hand how you can leverage your Twitter network to raise money for a good cause really fast. It's time update the history of fundraising on Twitter post I wrote that last month after the Tweetsgiving campaign raised $10,000 in 48 hours. The goal is to raised $10,000 on Twitter. Tags: twitter.

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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. So, what are the biggest lessons for using social media in a global movement?

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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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JULY 29, 2009

The recent theft of confidential documents from Twitter's Google Docs account points out the dangers of insecure passwords. NTEN's blog discusses the details of the break-in and lessons we should learn from it. The chief lesson: good passwords are key to good security. . Tags: TechSoup. Photo: Paul Linton.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Lessons for Listening: Don’t be afraid! Twitter: even if you don’t want to engage on it, you need to be listening there. Follow #10ntc.listen on Twitter for links and conversation from this session. Tags: liveblogging 10ntc events lisetning techsoup. Multi-channel conversations. Where are the conversations?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

They move with you to The Next Big Thing i.e., from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare. It’s a good thing I did or this blog and my communities on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and now Foursquare would likely not exist. Then in June 2008 I launched the @ NonprofitOrgs profile on Twitter.

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JUNE 15, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Kids know they can expect two things from us: sports and God.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

On June 25, 2009, I announced on my blog that I was five days away from a cross-country move and knew it would disrupt my routine, including my blogging routine. I didn't want the stress of writing posts or the stress of having a blog go dark and disappoint loyal readers. I've even lived blogged my vacations.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 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). " My favorite lesson? . "This " My favorite lesson? Digital Media and Learning Competition: Applications now open!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

The Net2 Secret Plan from Marnie Webb NpTech Tag New Year's Reflections, Predictions, and Best Ofs What are some of the ways that the social web marks the New Year? The Selfish Giving Blog by Joe Waters gives us some tongue and check predictions about Cause Marketing. Let's take a look. What are the nptech social media needs for 2008?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2008

The title of this post is a play on a book I read The Book of Learning and Forgetting by Frank Smith in 1998 when I was working with arts educators on integrating technology into their lesson plans. I'm not sure what Smith's book has to do with twittering and tagging , but there is a connection. and tag it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2007

I'm not as creative as Chris Brogan who wrote about 2008 needs or CogDog Blog's Top Zero List. What lessons have I learned that will stick with me for 2008?" " Here are my lessons: 1. Or following the twitter streams and blogs posts of people like Pistachio and Connie Reece. What would I do differently?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

#thankful4home: A Lesson in Project Based Learning & Gratitude guest post by Lisa Colton. Share your gratitude in Twitter or Facebook (or any other platform you wish), and tag it #thankful4home. Warmth on cold nights? Safety and security when you close the door behind you? Being with family? What does “home” mean to you?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

You can always reach me on email or Twitter - or follow this blog and my Twitter stream for updates. Lessons in Community Management. Tags: conference sxsw events. This is my first time attending the huge event and I’m already quite overwhelmed by all the people and conversations converging around me.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 23, 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). Fine Blog – "The Case Foundation has just released an evaluation of their innovative “Make It Your Own&# program.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. The lessons in social media are especially important for organizations working with the public, whether it’s public service or opinion. The survey found that blogging and blog outreach was the most popular social media choice.

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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). Selma vets and young activists must share lessons. Dave was a fellow panelist. Her round up includes the slides we used in the session as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Post, Post It Passion Exercise from Youth Noise, Youth Summit Blogging and New (to me) Blogs Blogging 101 Community Blogging describes how to avoid the slow hard agonizing death of a blog: Make it a team effort. This articles provides some excellent tips and strategies for a successful group approach to blogging.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

What reading level is your blog? Most NpTech blogs are high school level. As FrogLoop blog concludes in its recent analysis of MySpace, "Social networking sites are essentially a microcosm of the internet, and hosting a profile on either is akin to managing a website. This is a must-read. There are 18 articles.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

We chose two specific social media networks, Facebook and Twitter, to assist us. We quickly accommodated their needs using Twitter; live-tweeting so that they would be able to participate virtually. Tags: NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications.

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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). " Read all of the lessons Carol learned – and I'd love to hear what you learned! NonProfit 2.0

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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). This month's Net2 Think Tank asks you to share a lesson learned from online fundraising." That’s not a believable theory of change.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Oakland Local is launching in partnership with 35 local nonprofit, neighborhood & community organizations: it combines postings of partner organizations’ news and information with blogging and with reported stories from a top quality news team. You can also connect with Oakland Local on twitter and facebook. Getting Local.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2010

Stop by and chat with us on Twitter or watch the live stream. Our party goal: Make the Networked Nonprofit a top ten bestseller in Amazon.com’s business book section. During the next two weeks leading up to the virtual launch , I will be blogging daily brief posts about some of the ideas and concepts in the Networked Nonprofit.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2010

Results & lessons learned. People follow people on Twitter, we have dozens of friends in Facebook, read many blogs, we take an idea about the people we admire, that surprises us, which enriches knowledge. Tags: interview community building gov2.0 A mosaic of experiences, stories and projects with Web 2.0 Web: [link].

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 21, 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). " Tags: roundup bestpractice bookmarks campaigning community list lists nonprofits nptech organizing postalicious resources socialmedia sxsw tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

I hope to bring you live blog and tweet reports as I can - depending wifi and jet lag - during the conference's first day. You can follow along on the official conference blog or twitter account. The official conference tag is #NLIF and the conference will be covered by a cadre of influential technology bloggers: Anita Mani.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

Let's explore: First, some context: The survey was conducted in January of this year, and marketers on social networks -- it was kicked off with a Twitter invitation to the survey -- participated. NTEN Blog article: The Three Dimensions of Social Media ROI. A total of 880 marketers took the survey. I thought that was amusing.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2009

on the Philanthropy411 blog. Kivi's Nonprofit Marketing Blog has a summary of Chris Brogan and Julien Smith's book, Trust Agents. I vote that we stop dismissing Twitter just because the majority of people who are joining its ranks are there to be social. Tags: change management. We like the fact that humans are social.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

That's the question that Kari Dunn Saratovsky asks in a post over at the Case Foundation blog , one of many blog posts and tweets about the controversy surrounding how the Chase Bank handled its online contest. The conversation provides a lot of good lessons for companies wanting to embrace selfish giving without cause washing.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

One of the things I've been wanting to do for a while is review my blog content for the year and select the "Top 10" posts or the "best of" posts. Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. Twitter As Charitable Gift Spreader. Twitter Demographics.

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