Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

If you work for the Red Cross, as an example, you can search in Causes for “red cross&# and find groups that are focused on the Red Cross but also those focused on specific disaster relief efforts and international projects. Delicious / Bookmarks. Happy searching! the names of your organization and programs/projects.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

She now uses Google Search, reads her news online, sends and receives email, and even uses Facebook to check-in with family and friends. These are the tools that I used to get my Grandmother started: Google Search - So simple! Just make sure you explain the difference between a URL and a search term. Getting Social.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2011

I’ve been experimenting with Scoop.It , a bookmarking and curation tool. It allows you enter your sources – specific blogs or keyword searches and easily add them to nicely formated stream. curators.

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Care2

JULY 5, 2010

Type in a search term and it will generate the latest news, blog posts, videos and even images around the keyword. After it generates results (using a variety of search engines, news sites and social networks) you can personalize the dashboard. Bookmark it and check it daily.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

The final installment of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays tweetchat series, an interactive companion to its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , covered the topic of tagging. Tagging, a feature found across many social media channels, is used to help surface content during searches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

WhosTalkin is a new social media search tool that makes it easy to search multiple social media sources. It has a clean interface where you quickly search, scan, and click through blogs, micro media, news, forums, social bookmarking sites, social networking sites, and other sources that are talking about you.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Search on Google , Google Blog Search , Technorati , Twitter Search , and Social Mention for your cause, the name of your organization (if you have one), and the URL of your website (if you have one). Search on Facebook too to see if anyone has already created a Facebook Page for your cause or organization.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2013

For example, you can search "nonprofit technology" to find related blogs, or you can peruse Feedly's curated "Technology Hub." The app hooks into your social networks so you can easily share interesting articles on your Facebook or Twitter accounts. The Old Reader (Web) has a very simple, minimalist look.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

This book was published through a social networking process - very interesting. He also pointed me recently to a tool called CoReap ( www.coreap.com ), a social search and bookmarking add-on for your web browser. 400 words ??? on the topic of ???conversation??? conversation???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Key skills and tools may include search on Google, social media channels, and bookmarks. I scan through my listening post (blog feeds and keyword searches) and daily email subscriptions looking for patterns. Her blog posts certainly get me to think! What role does social media play in it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

It's important search for the basics or what we call "ego searches." You'll also need to search on keywords or phrases that might uncover a client need or perception. To figure out your keywords, do a little brainstorming offline and then maybe use some online keyword tools. Do search at site for the first time.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Online social networking was just being born. The idea was to embed the functions of existing social sites like Meetup , Flickr , and del.icio.us. social bookmarking (now called Delicious ) by using their APIs on the site. (An Technorati (the first blog search engine at that time). Social Networking Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2011

I want to be able to bookmark or pick things out from the stream that I want to go back to so the items don’t get lost. Also, there’s search yet. We also talked about the need for better filtering, especially if more people are going to share and as Google opens the doors. Source: Quick Draw Comics - John Weeks.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Write titles with phrases that people are searching for (i.e. Provide a way for people to easily share and bookmark your posts by using something like AddThis or Add to Any. Bookmark your posts in del.icio.us, and other social bookmarking services. How to Bake a Cake). Write about current events. Post a list (i.e.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 13, 2007

Here's the description The site is an open source, integrated and localized social network which "promotes peace by linking people", putting Web 2.0 We can say MyPacis.com is a social network with a social mission. Can automatic translation tools, social bookmarks, news digging, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

Truly embrace social networking by encouraging your staff, your volunteers, your donors and your Board to join Facebook or Myspace and teach(!) Post that video on your website, any major sharing sites, and social networks -- then encourage people to share the videos far and wide!! them how to promote your cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2015

After a decade of embracing new social networks as they rise in popularity, in recent weeks it became clear that it was time to reassess the value of being active on so many social networks and to prioritize the social networks that most benefit Nonprofit Tech for Good. Quit a Social Network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Election Day Debriefs What we can learn about online politics from the 2006 Campaigns from e-politics offers some lessons and takeaways about social networking and other traditional technology tools deployed for political campaigns. Meanwhile Randal Moss gives us some food for thought about turnover in Social Network sites.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Word of mouth, etc. Leave comments on blogs.

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See3

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Because we believe that increasingly we will be seeing engagement move to these social networking models and away from email. Share and Enjoy: 4 Comments comment Social Networking News for Myspace / Facebook / Etc. » Why you need social media marketing. [.] … sucks. Link to the original story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

In " The Social Web Ain't Rocket Science " Worldchanging blogger Jon Lebkowsky reminds us that blogs, wikis, and social networking sites may not be appropriate for all nonprofits and that hype and pressure shouldn't drive adoption decisions or they may not be successful. Social Bookmarking.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

Social media is an area the nonprofit sector has been, in many ways, leading the way! . 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. A total of 880 marketers took the survey.

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See3

OCTOBER 7, 2007

RSS feeds and blogs, article comments, social networks… it’s all increasingly important. Some of what they found was on the low end — such as 17% of people using shared bookmarks (sites such as Del.icio.us). Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

social network and community sites. The new generation of social web sites coming online are only beginning to understand how to organize and present this content to users. The semantic web and the continued evolution of search, data design, and user interface design will help. Sort of an emergent taxonomy.

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Care2

MARCH 28, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" You can bookmark the calendar view at [link].

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2005

technologies and illustrate how using new socially oriented technological innovations can help the nonprofit community. How can you learn from others' Web searches? How can an online social network help your organization find volunteers? Eddie Codel , social networking technology advocate and Webzine conference organizer.

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Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « Care2.com 60) Search « Care2.com

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NetWits

JUNE 7, 2011

This study reveals that 31% of website referrals are from the “sharing&# of your content; including social networks, blogs, and email–and bookmarks. Takeaway: Ensure your website has sharing functionality integrated for easy social sharing, such as those offered by free services, such as ShareThis or AddThis.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Share breaking news within your field Chances are someone on your staff is already bookmarking and forwarding news stories about your issue each day. Example: Anyone can publish a blog post on the NetSquared Community Blog and Social Actions' social network, my.socialactions.com. There are two ways this can happen: 1.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The Data How was it collected? Is the blog used and updated?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

" World Grows Wide blog talks about the Google Custom Search feature. Social bookmarking in plain English! " If you are wondering about whether you should integrate social features in your web site , here's a good article that explains the benefits. Commentary from Michelle Murrain Allan Benamer.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The Data How was it collected? Is the blog used and updated?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

Search for your institution on Yelp and TripAdvisor. Go to Technorati or Google Blog Search and put the name of your museum (or exhibit, or program, or.) in quotation marks and hit search. Search for people or institutions of interest to follow, and the followers will come. Check yourself out in the blogosphere.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 4, 2007

Parents want cute pictures of their kids (and if you search "children's museum" on Flickr , you'll find over 20,000 images). Take it to the next level, and museums could network these personal sites to create an internal, safe visitor social space where kids could view each other's work. But children's museums are another story.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Some may even bookmark it for browsing regularly. Link to Your Social Networking Profiles. There are also e-newsletter and text icons available through most icon portals, like IconsPedia.com and IconDock.com, that can be placed next to your social networking icons. content on a mobile website. This is a big one!

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 20, 2009

" Social networks for a good cause – growth, culture and impact : crisscrossed blog - A great post from Christian! If you are interested in social media for real social impact, it's a must-read. "If But how should nonprofits track their social media? Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2008

The Museum Computer Network and Museum Software Foundation have teamed up to bring you MuseTech Central , a site where you can share your own technical projects and search through a growing resource list of others. Do you see this evolving more into a social networking site, or a reference that people use as a resource when needed?

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