Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 25, 2011

Topic : Using Twitter to Recognize Volunteers and Build a Following. Description : This session is targeted at beginner and intermediate knowledge or experience with Twitter and other social media platforms. Katherine Snider, Executive Director of Baby Buggy will join to share her case study of using Twitter with her organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

38% regularly publish a blog. 72% have a Twitter Profile. Of those, the top three live reporting tools are Facebook (79%), Twitter (56%), and YouTube (23%). 77% agree that blogging is effective for their communications and fundraising strategy. Webinar Slides: Presented 2/2/17 to 1,600+ NGO staff. 3% use.NGO.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

While nonprofits have far more followers on Facebook and Twitter, TikTok continues to grow in popularity across the country. How nonprofit organizations choose to utilize trends can bring awareness to their organization, aid in calls to action, and even fundraising (we’ll save that for another day).

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

The session focused on using core social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to raise awareness and inspire others as a volunteer. For many organizations, we provide guidance or goals for using social channels to our staff, but this session was for the volunteers who want to make a difference from outside of the organization.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The slides are below as well as some notes. Not the best scenario for a campaigner or organizer, but it is the reality. In the slides, I highlighted some of the work of 350.org Has your organization campaigned specifically on facebook? The Local Philanthropy Workshop: Facebook Campaigning in Romania.

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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. The potential for how organizations can use a tool like this is endless – the ability to easily and accessibly put together your stories and content with the locations where it all takes place is so exciting!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

If your budget is limited, you can distribute the responsibility for using various tools among different staff members, but implementing an effective social media strategy that is dispersed among multiple staff members will require strict organization and disciplined leadership. All nonprofits should also experiment with Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

You can review the slides below, and click through to slideshare where you can view all of the speaker notes as well. 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]. Social Media for Small Enterprises. Anything else?

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2010

Speaker: Debra Askanase, Community Organizing 2.0. Session: Bringing Community Organizing Into Online Campaigns. I believe that nonprofit organizations should begin to plan now for how they will utilize the mobile web for good (such as smartphone apps, mobile text campaigns, mobile fundraising strategy, and so much more).

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Tools like mobile text/sms, facebook, twitter, and even Wikipedia have permeated the global community and in times of crisis are natural outlets for updates, news, and even cries for help. Related Links : Conference website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2008

This slide show from Stephen Collins make me think about teaching Internet Skills Workshops for Nonprofits that I used teach over dozen or so years ago. The slide show is from a session he did at BarCamp Sydney called " All You Do Is Talk Talk Talk." Awareness What is Twitter? | View | Upload your own. Is it worth it?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2010

As social media tools like Twitter and Facebook become core components of nonprofit communication strategies, there is a corresponding need to assess how well programmatic messaging and organizational identity are propagating in those channels: “We Tweet; is anybody listening? Presentation slides. Audio recording.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 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). Is your organization considered a content curator? " Pew: Open government is tied to higher levels of community satisfaction | Gov 2.0:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2009

Photo by Esparta A few weeks ago I did a book giveaway for the Twitter Book. Readers from nonprofits who wanted to a chance to win a copy of the book had to leave a comment saying how they were using Twitter and how they hoped to improve their results. Here's my shot at the answers: How is your organization currently using Twitter?

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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. Be passionate. Be creative.

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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. One of the biggest barriers to sharing our experience and knowledge, and learning as organizations is the belief that we are all so different we can’t actually share or learn from each other.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

Pitch to Your Website, E-newsletter, Blog, and Print Materials. This new page should then be linked near the e-newsletter subscribe option on your website and blog. Finally, there are icons for SMS that you can download and integrate with your social networking icons on your website and your blog. page on your mobile website.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Share what you do and ask for enewsletter subscriptions on social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc). Think about what social networking sites are right for your organization and go create an account. A few more resources to that should keep you moving in the right direction: 5 Reasons Why Your Email Got Deleted.

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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). " Add your thoughts or blog posts in the comments! Great slides. Marketing for Nonprofits: Want to Build Community Online?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2012

Last week I participate on a panel on “ Data Visualization for Nonprofits: A Picture Is Better Than A 1,000 Words ” with Johanna Morariu from Innonet and Brian Kennedy of ChildrenNow. The day of the panel, I published a blog post that shared our slides, wiki, and resources. Documentation of Session.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Finally, make it mandatory that the subscriber enter his their zip code only if your organization plans on doing advocacy campaigns via e-mail or group text messaging. An embedded video or slide show can add value to your text if it is relevant and well produced. Host Your Blog Inside Your Website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

The above slide show was created based on all the information I gathered from my network below. I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. More at TechCrunch and Technology in the Arts Blog. s Blog about?

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

The last time I was in Baltimore was in 2007, with Amnesty International at their regional conference, attending as a bright-eyed student organizer trying to learn how to more effectively spread the good word of social justice and human rights (the story of how I got involved in nonprofit marketing!).

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MARCH 31, 2008

5:15 PM EST Twitter! and how organizations can effectively use them to build community as well as as how to measure the real ROI???s. Some participants blogged about the webinar Christine Martell Jill Foster Connection Cafe | View | Upload your own. Later today, I am speaking on a panel at the WomenWhoTech Conference.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

How to follow along and connect: My blog will have live blog coverage and sessions notes. My Twitter feed will have quotes, notes and links. A chance for local organizers to come together, network, ask questions, etc. A chance for local organizers to come together, network, ask questions, etc. Sessions and Events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2010

So expect some live blogging, and reflections. My slides are here. My slides are here. Mark Horvath shared how he searches on Twitter for the words "homeless" and either educates or empowers. The conference reminded me of Blog Potomac organized by fellow Zoetican Geoff Livingston.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yesterday was the 3rd annual Women Who Tech Telesummit , bringing together over 600 women (and men) from for-profit and nonprofit organizations and technology start, connecting developers and techies with those new to the field, igniting conversations and long-term collaborations. WWT 2010: Apps and Tools to Energize Your Base.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2009

The Nonprofit Communicator blog has a round up of local reaction. Secret Sauce: Chicago Workshop Final Slides View more OpenOffice presentations from kanter. I added a new section about Twitter as Focus Group based on Nina Simon's work with the Smithsonian. How do you organize listening within your organization?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Knowing that not everyone could attend in person (like someone whose pic is in the top right of this blog) we decided to live-stream and record a number of the sessions. Claire Williams Diaz who works on social innovation at Twitter. She leads social innovation, philanthropy, and causes at Twitter and Blogs at Claire.us.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

Also to show the relationships to different clusters (related people or organizations) and nodes (a person or organization). The map above is a visualization of the Community Foundation of Monterey Twitter following using TwitterMap. Click to See Larger Image and Full Data by Marc Smith. NodeXL and Marc Smith.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

The site, which serves as a learning and sharing center for nonprofits and social change organizations, debuted today at [link]. There’s nothing else like this on the Web for nonprofits, social change organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and educators.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 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). " Nine Ways Networked Nonprofits Use Slideshare | Beth’s Blog – Beth has a great post up about how organizations can use SlideShare.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Anyone can be a landowner of this prime real estate just like the creators of Twitter whose property reportedly has a one billion dollar valuation. Conference 2009 – O’Reilly Conferences, May 19 – 21, 2009, San Jose, CA – Check out the video and presentation slides, too! "Indians "Hujambo from Tanzania!

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Anyone can be a landowner of this prime real estate just like the creators of Twitter whose property reportedly has a one billion dollar valuation. Conference 2009 - O’Reilly Conferences, May 19 - 21, 2009, San Jose, CA - Check out the video and presentation slides, too! "Indians As we inch closer to Web 3.0,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2009

I've been an strong advocate of Creative Commons for the last four years, have written many blog posts , and even taught a workshop or two on "Open Content.". (If They responded, " But what if the person who reuses your context slaps their logo on it and add a "All Rights Reserved" on the slide. Remix this Powerpoint.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

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. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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