Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery. What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

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. That’s the question that the monthly #4Change chats (that take place on Twitter) address, this month focusing on the Climate Change movement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2009

Over the past few months, you could view the development of the strategy on their wiki , most of the work was done on a wiki that was open for anyone to read. . Want to write a mini case study or guest post, please sign up here or leave a comment if you'd like to do an interview. Tags: transparency.

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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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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2010

We used a wiki and conference calls to check in as a group. You can dig deeper into the details over at the wiki as each participant shared a one-page “lab report.&# The experiments were very focused initial forays into social media. PreSchool California : Did an experiment using Twitter as a way to connect with journalists.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

The next set of modules, that are more tool based (with case studies) are next to be developed. A year ago, I was bear-ish on Facebook, and said I wouldn’t Twitter. Now, I tell my clients that they really have to think about a Facebook strategy, and that nonprofit staff can gain a lot from networks like Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Grantees get better results integrating Facebook, Twitter, and other social media channels best practices and measurement. Content Curation on Twitter. Next Bruce Lesley gave a virtuoso case study of how he uses Twitter to curate news articles and resources related to children’s issues.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Facebook was just getting its first venture funding, YouTube was just starting, and Twitter was still a year away from being founded. Tools social media Twitter NetSquared' The buzzword then was Web 2.0, which heralded a new, participatory web culture. Online social networking was just being born. Text messaging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

In a networked nonprofit, VCs might mine their personal and professional networks for ideation, best practices, and case studies to learn how organizations are engaging volunteers effectively. Training could also be done virtually with videos or through shared docs on a wiki. Opportunity Design. Outreach/Marketing.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Some people are beginning to use twitter for adverts…and doing ‘paid tweets’ Is this going against the whole ethos of SM and especially Twitter, when authenticity is the key?” We Are Media, a wiki-based community project curating resources about using social media in nonprofit organizations. Dealing with Resistance.

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Social Media Interaction Government Case Study 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

The add-on to my previous workshops were three "experiment in a box" modules which included Listening , Twitter , and Facebook Fan Pages. I created these for Twitter , Facebook Fan Pages , and Listening. . We'll have check-in conference calls as well as use the wiki and hashtag to provide just-in-time learning. How do you do it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

I asked for some recommendations on Twitter for the best practical sources for change management. I also wondered about the historical context of change management and technology tool adoption, asking on Twitter if there case studies about the adoption of the typewriter in the workplace. Tags: change management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

We also use it an opportunity for participants to get on Twitter as an individual and how to use it as a personal professional learning and branding tool. In India, the line between personality and brand is not strict as it is in the US – and the identities can be fluid. I wrote about the practice of Team Tweeting here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I also need to streamline the many wiki portfolios and resource collections that I've put together over the years. I will also continue to write case studies, step-by-steps instructional pieces, and trend pieces. One example recently was I post I wrote about a Twitter tool. A Guide to Creating a Minimalist Website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

Some examples: A follower on Twitter or someone you're following. For example, a one-way connection on Twitter is someone who follows you, but you don't follow back. A two-way connection is someone you follow on Twitter and follows you back. (BTW, Each dot represents a person or in network jargon, a node. Family members.

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Social Network Analysis America Network 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2008

tags: hawaii socialmediaclub ).   But we also had people in the room who were new to social media - trying to understand the concepts of listening, participating, sharing content, and online communtiy building - and who were just being introduced to many of the tools - like Twitter or Utterli.      Hmm.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

It uses sources such as how many delicious bookmarks, incoming links, how many times mentioned on Twitter, how many comments, etc. Twitter As Charitable Gift Spreader. Twitter Demographics. Twitter is the Second Highest Referral After Google. Donor Solicitation Techniques on Twitter. Twitter on Paper Icebreaker.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2010

blog, many case studies and design principles in the book will be new to even the most devoted blog followers. Tags: participatory museum Quick Hits. The second half focuses on participation in practice, looking in detail at ways that institutions can involve visitors while staying true to their mission and staff culture.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Tagged as: CMS , CRM , nptech , opensource { 4 trackbacks } What we’re reading, week of 1/12 « i On Nonprofits 01.15.09 Tagged as: CMS , CRM , nptech , opensource { 4 trackbacks } What we’re reading, week of 1/12 « i On Nonprofits 01.15.09 at 3:50 pm CiviCRM and Drupal (& Joomla) 01.26.09

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

We were also very lucky that Claire Sale volunteered to be our Twitter advocate who monitored the Twitter stream and verbalized important points and insights. . Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross came up with the " Social Media for Social Good Case Study Contest " and did all the heavy lifting to make it happen.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 10, 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). " This is a great case study for anyone looking for support in those hard buy-in conversations… George Weiner: Will You Marry Me?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2010

Promoting Transparency: What it Felt Like to Write a Book on a Wiki I wrote the first three drafts of the book--every word--on a public wiki. Writing the book on a wiki helped me imagine that there were people out there who actively wanted and were expecting more content. of the words on the wiki. But that didn't matter.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 10, 2010

I wrote the plans, outlines, and multiple drafts on a public wiki that was available for review, edits, and comments. 65 people participated on the wiki, though the vast majority of the activity came from a core group of 15 (more on that below). Streamline case studies, especially those in which I was personally invested.

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