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2012 BlogWorld Expo New York – How to Humanize Your Business

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 5, 2012

Blog post from Jamie Notter. In this session the authors of Humanize: How People-Centric Organizations Succeed in a Social World will explore how to create organizations that are more human, thus more compatible with social media. Related Links : BlogWorld information. Session information. Humanize , the book. Session slides.

New York

New York Business Slides Social Media

Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

I’m at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library. 100 Years of the flagship library in New York. Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library. 100 Years of the flagship library in New York.

Game

Game Culture Museum Change

Using Twitter to Build a Community and Recruit Volunteers

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2011

Last week, I had the opportunity to present at the 2011 Volunteer Management for Nonprofits Conference here in New York. Blog Posts. Please add your favorite blog posts or examples to the list, too! Trimet misses the bus on social media. Twitter for fundraising. Twitter (from We Are Media). Pew research on Twitter users.

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Twitter Volunteer Community Build

Philanthropy and Social Media

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 17, 2012

Date : January 17, 2012, 6 pm EST. Location : New York, NY. Blog post with speaking notes. Topic : Philanthropy and Social Media. Related Links : The Institute for Philanthropy. The Indigo Trust. Download the whitepaper (PDF).

Social Media

Social Media Philanthropy Media Social

2011 Volunteer Management for Nonprofits Conference

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 25, 2011

Location : New York, NY. The presentation will cover the ins and outs, as well as best practices and ways to get started using Twitter as a tool for communicating with, surfacing new, and recognizing volunteers. Blog post with slides and resources. Date : March 25, 2011. Related Links : Conference information.

Volunteer

Volunteer Conference Management Beginner

Community Engagement and Social Media for Public Media

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

I normally separate my post-presentation blog posts and slides but think it will be valuable to group them together this time. Just because everyone in New York, the US and the world can subscribe to the New York Times, does not mean that the world is the community. Defining Community. Engaging Community.

Social Media

Social Media Public Media Community

New on SSIR: A New Tool for Digital Storytelling

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is now posted – you can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR opinion blog , or in full below. It’s been a few weeks now; I’ve used it to share photos from a work trip to Portland, Maine, and to explore my neighborhood in New York.

Storytelling

Storytelling Digital Tools Classroom

Technology Toolbox: Learn from Occupy Wall Street to Occupy YOUR Street

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

As a community organizer and network weaver myself, I am incredibly excited by the #OccupyWallStreet movement that started in New York just over three months ago now (on September 17th) in response to a failing federal economy and political process that impact local, national, and international markets.

Technology

Technology Learning Audio Broadcast

Great reads from around the web on August 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 23, 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). He's a regular blogger on the Lithosphere's Building Community blog and previously wrote in the Analytic Science blog. 'What

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Web New York City Map Detroit

Mastering Social Networking as a Volunteer

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

Yesterday was the 2012 New York Cares Leadership Conference , and I had the distinct pleasure of presenting a session to volunteer leaders and inspiring community members. The session focused on using core social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to raise awareness and inspire others as a volunteer.

Social Network

Social Network Volunteer Network Social

Changing our vision of Change: Revisiting the Pollyanna Principles

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

Last week, the New York Times ran an article exploring a segment of the nonprofit/social impact sector that the author saw as a small minority of organizations, but one I care deeply about: those that plan to go out of business. The article featured Malaria No More, and their vision of the project’s work: to end Malaria.

Change

Change New York Exercise Chapter

Great reads from around the web on March 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 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). New Report: 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study | NTEN – "A high unsubscribe rate is bad, right?

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Web New York City Lebanon Benchmark

Great reads from around the web on August 24th

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

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.

Web

Web New York City Bookmarking Philanthropy

Interview: John Brennan of OpenAction

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

In June 2009, John decided to sell nearly everything he owned and set out for New York City (via San Diego). I left my 9-5 in San Diego on June 4, set out on a month long road trip with my brother across the United States to New York. It’s similar to how one subscribes to a blog. On July 5 the real fun began.

Interview

Interview San Diego Map Mashup

Great reads from around the web on August 11th

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). 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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Web Bookmarking Case Study Map

Great reads from around the web on October 20th

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Social Media and Technology: What Nonprofits Need To Know « Nonprofit Communications: Duck Call Blog - I really love the highlights Farra shares from the “Social Media and Technology: What Nonprofits Need To Know" panel she attended yesterday as part of #baruchnp, at Baruch College in New York.

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Web Bookmarking New York Blogger

Socialbrite: Social Tools for Social Change

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

A Free Photos Directory , Free Video Directory and Free Music Directory that offers nonprofits, cause organizations and Web publishers a guide to hundreds of online resources for adding legal, high-quality content to their own Web sites, blogs, podcasts, newsletters, printed materials or online presentations.

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Tools Change Los Angeles Social

SSIR Post: Swine Flu or Why Local Organizations Matter

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 5, 2009

I have a new blog post up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. In a recent Op-Ed piece in the New York Times , David Brooks compared the global response vs localized response to the outbreak. Visit the SSIR opinion blog here. Check it out here! The “Swine Flu” scare was fun, wasn’t it?

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Local Organization Comparison Global

Great reads from around the web on February 11th

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 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). Social Citizens Blog | Immerse. 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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Web Paypal Influence Teen

Guest Post on Tactical Philanthropy: Causes, MySpace and ideablob

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. to which New York Times reporter Stephanie Strom tweeted back “No kidding.”. “In recent days, Causes has left MySpace and IdeaBlob has shutdown.

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Myspace Causes Philanthropy Offline

New on SSIR: First and Foremost Know Your Community

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2009

You can read the post and participation in the conversation on the SSIR blog here! As profiled in the New York Observer , Danah talked to the data uncovered in her four years of research on new media use in a presentation at the Personal Democracy Forum. My newest post is now up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

Community

Community Myspace Social Network Demographics

Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

I live now in New York, but before moving there in the autumn, I was based in London for a few years. Who’s read a blog post about it? It is less about the number of people to retweet or like or blog. But they were transparent, and excited about all the potential the merger opened up. BlueGreen Alliance. Slacktivism.

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Build Community Technology Action

Great reads from around the web on May 28th

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 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). " The new JustGiving Facebook app is here « JustGiving blog – JustGiving has a new facebook application out!

Minnesota

Minnesota Web Howto Bookmarking

Nonprofit Technology

Amy Sample Ward

2012 BlogWorld Expo New York – How to Humanize Your Business

Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

Trending Sources

Using Twitter to Build a Community and Recruit Volunteers

Philanthropy and Social Media

2011 Volunteer Management for Nonprofits Conference

Community Engagement and Social Media for Public Media

New on SSIR: A New Tool for Digital Storytelling

Technology Toolbox: Learn from Occupy Wall Street to Occupy YOUR Street

Great reads from around the web on August 23rd

Mastering Social Networking as a Volunteer

Changing our vision of Change: Revisiting the Pollyanna Principles

Great reads from around the web on March 23rd

Great reads from around the web on August 24th

Interview: John Brennan of OpenAction

Great reads from around the web on August 11th

Great reads from around the web on October 20th

Socialbrite: Social Tools for Social Change

SSIR Post: Swine Flu or Why Local Organizations Matter

Great reads from around the web on February 11th

Guest Post on Tactical Philanthropy: Causes, MySpace and ideablob

New on SSIR: First and Foremost Know Your Community

Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Great reads from around the web on May 28th

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