Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Please support the SocialBrite team (or any other blogger) in the Social Media Challenge! And October is once again the month when bloggers step up to the plate for the Social Media Challenge , now in its third year. Last year, bloggers big and small raised $270,000 to provide 65,000 students with the resources needed to learn.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The challenge runs throughout October, with hundreds of bloggers and Twitterers rallying to support classroom requests on DonorsChoose.org. During last year’s challenge , more than 165 bloggers participated, including Fred Wilson , TechCrunch , Kara Swisher , Ars Technica , and Julia Allison.

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Social Media Challenge Classroom Media 129

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

Meanwhile, bloggers Leigh Duncan and Deb Ng were starting a grassroots effort to raise awareness and support for the Japan disaster too. Influencers – We grabbed session leaders, keynote speakers, bloggers, and social media influencers to extend our message across to their audiences.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

Stacey Monk and I exchanged messages last week, brainstorming the idea of pulling bloggers together to support Beth’s birthday campaign. We also smashed our goal of recruiting 53 bloggers, with 66 signed up and many more participating in other ways. And we wanted it to be easy to do – write a blog post! Amy (& Stacey).

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

John was reaching out to bloggers, asking us if we would write about the launch of the fourth annual CTK Foundation Heart and Soul Grant Award to nonprofit organizations. " Pew: Open government is tied to higher levels of community satisfaction | Gov 2.0:

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 2010

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 "Dina Rickman posed a question to me this week about the role of a reporter in our current networked age. . "Dina I thought I’d expand on my response, shown above.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

." 29 Nonprofit Bloggers to Follow on Twitter « Nonprofit Tech 2.0 - I'm so honored to be part of this list! "Last week I asked the followers of @NonprofitOrgs to nominate their favorite nonprofit bloggers. The list below is the result of that “Tweet Out&#.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 16, 2010

However, we will not tolerate the following: aggressive or personal criticism of the blogger, breach of copyright, obscene, defamatory, profane, sexually oriented, racially offensive or likewise objectionable comments. Check out t he full transcript as we also shared a lot of ideas around moderating and engaging with negative commenters.

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Community Guidelines Americorp Listserv 108

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I was interviewed recently by Petra Kroon , a blogger focused on social media and entrepreneurship in The Netherlands, in which she asked some really great questions, including what I thought the trend would be for social entrepreneurship in 2010 as well as where we may be in 25 years. Find out more about the conference here.

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Change Technology India Social 108

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Well, that’s certainly part of the information overload and wasted time that other bloggers like myself try to help with – come here and we’ll try to make things easy for you! When you Google search for a tool or a topic, you have so many results you don’t even know where to begin!

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Library Social Media Resource Media 117

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Well, that’s certainly part of the information overload and wasted time that other bloggers like myself try to help with - come here and we’ll try to make things easy for you! When you Google search for a tool or a topic, you have so many results you don’t even know where to begin!

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Library Social Media Resource Media 117

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2010

Nancy Schwartz, president of Nancy Schwartz & Company and blogger at Getting Attention , has just finished analyzing data from a nonprofit marketing survey of more than 900 nonprofit leaders, revealing that they are doing a poor job connecting with their audience and community.

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Report Marketing Organization Survey 145

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

My friend and engaging community leader for all those looking to have fun while improving the world, Britt Bravo, is doing a little experiment and asking a handful of bloggers to write short guest posts about how they have fun and do good. I’m thrilled to be included in the line-up!

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Fun Howto Tips Brain 105

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

I’m going to miss the tail end of Tuesday for my flight home…but hope to hear all about what I miss from all the other bloggers! Sustainable Food 2.0. Nonprofits: Be the Web.

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Austin Aggregator ROI Green 100

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2009

Whether it’s a Wordpress, Blogger, Typepad, or whatever, you have access to built-in web analytics or the option to use Google Analytics. Setting up Google Alerts for the blog address and title will help you catch whenever other bloggers or organizations mention the blog on their sites. In this example, we are using a blog.

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ROI Case Study Metrics Student 135

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Debra Askanase: I know that my blogger colleague W. Sue_Anne: We also share “success stories&# on our site and are trying to find ways to do this more — even little things community members are doing in their local area. Ching Ya has a “member of the month&# that she highlights on a custom FB tab. Here it is: [link].

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 23, 2011

He's a regular blogger on the Lithosphere's Building Community blog and previously wrote in the Analytic Science blog. 'What 'What I’m going to talk about today, are some of the network properties and social principles behind some popular social platforms.

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Web New York City Detroit Map 135

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

As part of HP’s Create Change initiative , they want to initiate a dialogue on how technology and individuals create social change – and to do that, they have partnered with bloggers like me that think we know a few folks with ideas on that subject! Looking at all of you readers, hint hint!).

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Contest Change Technology Case Study 143

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Wendy was hired “to make the bloggers go away.&# Three Themes from the Book: 1. Social Culture. Red Cross – started social media efforts shortly after Katrina when people weren’t saying very good things. Staff started to see the value in social media and it led to adoption of tools.

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Network Nonprofit Guidelines Social Media 173

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Traveling Geeks - The Traveling Geeks are an informal group of technology influencers and bloggers rooted chiefly in the San Francisco Bay Area who are traveling to London and Cambridge in July 2009 as part of Innovation UK. Follow them at tg2009.com! link] - "Lights.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

This is a guest post from Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared’s Global Community Development Manager.&#. to which New York Times reporter Stephanie Strom tweeted back “No kidding.”. But to many people active in online social action communities, these events had deeper meaning.

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Myspace Causes Philanthropy Offline 108

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 10, 2010

We’re hoping to inspire 53 bloggers to publish a post today that shares how Beth has impacted his/her work and shares Beth’s birthday wish with his/her blog audience. (Of How does it work? Of course, you’re invited to make a gift to make her wish come true as well!).

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Children Cambodia Bookmarking Foundation 143

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Some of the leading platforms you may want to consider include (in alphabetical order): Blogger. (There are lots of great posts out there about getting started and selecting a platform, including this one from ProBlogger.) MoveableType. Squarespace. Prepare to Change Directions.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2009

Care2 Adds Two Experts to Nonprofit Services Team - Taking the reins as blogger-in-chief of Care2’s "Frogloop" website (www.frogloop.com) for nonprofit professionals is Allyson Kapin, founder and principal of consulting firm Rad Campaign and a blog columnist for Fast Company Magazine.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 8, 2009

" Traveling Geeks - "The Traveling Geeks are an informal group of technology influencers and bloggers rooted chiefly in the San Francisco Bay Area. will screen the best of the over 130 documentaries, PSAs, shorts and feature length films submitted to the festival." " Facebook Users Are Getting Older.

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San Francisco Camera Web Bookmarking 100

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 19, 2009

The site offers forums, a directory of 320 local nonprofits and a blog directory of 180 active local bloggers! You can also connect with Oakland Local on twitter and facebook. Getting Local. There’s a lot of very cool activity happening lately around local websites.

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Oakland Local Case Study Studies 100

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

Other bloggers are also more likely to link to your blog posts than the home page (or services page) of your website, and those links can bring both referred traffic and a higher ranking on search engines. "Blog entries are a great way to bring people to your website.

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Web Bookmarking Charity Facebook 105

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

." Ask our Giving Guru: Katya Andresen on the 6 most miserable mistakes of social marketing - "Giving Guru Katya Andresen serves as Chief Operating Officer of Network for Good and is a well-known speaker, author and blogger about nonprofit marketing, online outreach, fundraising and social media.

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Web Bookmarking Hints Philanthropy 105

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2010

With a background in advertising, marketing, e-commerce, and PR, Matt has a passion for the online medium and works with small businesses, non-profit organizations, entrepreneurs, and bloggers in improving and establishing their overall web presence.

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Collaboration Chicago Comment Slides 129

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Blog Action Day is an annual event held every October 15 that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of sparking a global discussion and driving collective action. Learn more about TapIt, get the app for your phone, and start today with a disposable-bottle-free lifestyle at: [link].

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 13, 2009

Join hosts, John Haydon , social media coach for nonprofits, and blogger and internet marketing consultant, Chris Garrett , as they demonstrate how to get started with social media and the value this can bring your organization.

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Beginner Free Social Media Hosting 100

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Outside of NetSquared, I am a trainer, blogger and facilitator as well as the co-author of Social by Social: a practical guide to using technology for social impact. I’m also a contributor to Socialbrite, NTEN, Women Who Tech and other industry leading collaborations.

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India Network Netsquared Offline 126

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2009

Because of search, it no longer matters whether you are a blogger or a company, because search will sift the most active conversations to the top. Because of search, it no longer matters how many photos we post online or where we post them, because search can filter out our tags and codes.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Blog Action Day is an annual event held every October 15 that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. If you haven’t seen it, check it out here ! What’s Blog Action Day?

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Action Change Create Environment 100

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Not just monitoring twitter or tracking who the influential reporters and bloggers are that discuss our programs or issues. Whether you were here in Toronto or not, I’d love to hear your ideas, feedback, and goals for change! You can read her poem, Untitled, here. What is a movement?

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Build Community Technology Action 220

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

83 percent currently reach out to bloggers and the remaining 17 percent plan to in the future. People are talking online and the best way to influence what they are saying or how they are thinking about issues is to talk with them. The survey found that blogging and blog outreach was the most popular social media choice.

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Conversation Effective PDF Social Media 114

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Fundraiser and blogger Chuck English asserted that a tagline is nothing but a tool, and that approaching it otherwise diverts organizations from the critical work of strategy. In response, Katya Andresen, COO at Network for Good, commented, “Taglines are a great test of your strategy.

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