Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

The responses lean towards a reality in which our online presence is just as diverse as our offline personalities – people are connecting with a mix of others on difference platforms. Here are some helpful tips to keep you on your own message: Use privacy options to your advantage! Choose your own path!

Professional 185

Professional Personal Linkedin Profile 185

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

When I was growing up, people loved to argue around the dinner table about how people could try to change the world, but every nonprofit was corrupt. (No People were living in concrete boxes with only a door, no windows, and sleeping on pieces of cardboard. Standing far away, I had no idea what people needed.

Guide 233

Guide Fundraising Indonesia Asia 233

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

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. The people you want to talk to are closely connected to the goal and if one changes, the other may react. Creating Great Content.

Social Network 228

Social Network Volunteer Network Social 228

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

We heard from 209 nonprofit staff, consultants, and the people who love us–and some of the results suprised us. But now, it just may happen — after the coaltion (with a little help from their friends) gave us an impromptu course in how to run online rapid response." Be passionate. Be creative. Be creative. Be concise.

Web 137

Web New York City Bookmarking Philanthropy 137

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

obviously tied to the campaign, and reflective of the call to action means it is likely people will use it and engage. This will help them segment and personalize messages in the future based on service involvement, or civilian status. I think it is incredibly smart that they include the drop down menu for Veteran Status.

Iraq 239

Iraq Afghanistan America Arlington 239

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Last year, I had the unique privilege to help facilitate The Local Philanthropy Workshop with the TechSoup Romania team. But blogs can help your organization in a few key ways: Central Communication Hub. A blog can also help people find out more about you or find other ways to stay connected to you. Test Drive It.

Romania 237

Romania Create Organization Local 237

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Both of these organizations have both been able to figure out how to bring people together across ages, cultures, etc. Are there really that many differences between generations? For example, if two people had just had kids, regardless of age, they had more similarities than just age.

Discussion 211

Discussion Generation Donor Structure 211

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Bonnie and I saw a need for a shared space to pool questions, ideas, lessons learned and examples from the work of many organizations, campaigns, and even community groups were doing to try to scale success, especially across geographic boarders, to help create a better world. And we still see that need, and still think we can help.

Global 123

Global Project Wiki Lesson 123

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

There are so many tools out there and so many different options pulling us in so many directions that I’ve found many organizations, especially very small organizers, can feel like they are getting tied up in knots. Ensure people receive appropriate amount of messages. Follow this step-by-step guide for using the template.

Social Media 249

Social Media Management Media Social 249

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2011

Slacktivism, to me, comes down to two crucial points: 1) organizations play an important role in creating and endorsing the level to which people take action, and 2) “slacker activism” is really a gateway to more lasting change. I’ve had many people tell me that the Internet is ruining society, community, family, and everything else.

Change 194

Change Offline Lecture Student 194

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

NetSquared’s February series exploring “Online Community Organizing” includes three different interviews; I’m really excited to participate! I work in and support nonprofit organizations, and my focus on communities isn’t to suggest that organizations are “bad” or aren’t making a difference.

Community 179

Community Organization Online Netsquared 179

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

There are many different ways to build trust, but some of them are passive, or in other words, they become the foundation for more active trust-building communications or engagement. Sites like GuideStar and GreatNonprofits make it easy for people that are interested in learning about your organization’s data and history to find it.

Build 228

Build Community Celebrate Leadership 228

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Several websites were set up to help family members find out information about each other in the chaos.

Disaster 206

Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

You need two key ingredients – people and tools to connect and engage with them. From “texting&# to location based apps like FourSquare this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest apps and tools organizations can use to effectively moblize and energize people online. Want to build a powerful movement online?

Tools 162

Tools Tech Map RSS 162

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

The newest report, out today, focused on the use of social networking platforms by young people who are/aren’t also involved with charities. It also shows that those young people who are engaged or involved with charities are also those using social networking tools. Or, maybe not that statement exactly, but close to it.

Online 126

Online Social Network Facebook Charity 126

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

The news agencies were reporting that hundreds of people have died and tens-of-thousands were missing. Within 30 minutes, I registered a domain name, launched a fundraising site on CauseVox , and seeded it with key influencers on Twitter to help build momentum. There are two things we’d do a bit differently.

Raise 176

Raise Japan Interview Disaster 176

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

The chat used the #CommBuild hashtag to pull regular and new participants together on Twitter and elsewhere, though we found that having the chats take place on a platform like CoverItLive helped people jump in and follow the conversation and create instant archives people could share and review asynchronously.

Community 194

Community Twitter Widget Conversation 194

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

What’s your favorite example of technology helping people create positive change in the world? This year, the Tweetsgiving campaign also asked people to gather in person, offline and have gratitude parties, where people could also donate in person to the project. Technology for Change. Enter the Contest.

Contest 143

Contest Change Technology Case Study 143

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

This session is: Ideas, people and cold hard cash: why the way we make stuff happen is broken and how to fix it, from Anna Maybank at Social Innovation Camp. Think about 5 things: what’s the problem, what technology you’ll use, design sustainability, how will people come to use it and how will you distribute it.

Social 105

Social Grant Fund Model 105

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

Go Where the People Are. Different platforms have different users – be sure to do your homework by reviewing statistics and reports from various social media tools to know who’s really using them, and ask your community where they want to engage with you. Knowing your community also means you help it grow.

Community 253

Community Build Organization Case Study 253

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

My presentation attempted to frame the day for participants, asking more questions than providing answers about how to start thinking about and creating strategies for social media and their work with young people. Here are the slides ( Hint: visit the slideshare site by clicking on the link below to see the speaking notes as well! ).

Social Media 140

Social Media Generation Media Social 140

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

And engagement requires people. People are networked. It goes without saying then that no matter what our work or our sector or our cause, we need to get better at recognizing the power in networks and become the nodes that connect networks, conversations, and people. Individuals define networks.

Network 140

Network Influence Platform Offline 140

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

After the session, she asked to reuse the game locally and I asked her to just let me know how it went: I recently facilitated a day long meeting with a group of 7 different community media centers in California. My project this year is to create a collaborative among seven different community media centers (CMCs) in the greater bay area.

Game 195

Game Community Impact Media 195

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I describe Social Actions as an aggregation of actions people can take on any issue that’s built to be highly distributable across the social web. We pull in donation opportunities, volunteer positions, petitions, event, and other actions from 60+ different sources. That’s today. The Social Actions project began in 2006. was difficult.

API 186

API Action Open Data 186

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

This week, thousands of volunteers have signed up and over 10,000 hours have been pledged to make a difference in our communities, our world, our Web. This week - September 14-21, 2009 - we’ve asked individuals to step up and make a difference by using the Web to better their community. What is Mozilla Service Week?

Service 114

Service Tutorial Teach Pledge 114

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Oxfam is no different, but the way they are going about it is! They’ve created a space online where visitors can better understand some of the areas served by Oxfam, learn about the conditions and the needs of people there, and learn about the impact their specific gifts can make.

Case Study 114

Case Study Studies Fun Giving 114

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

It’s a case of letting technology lead (or, rather, the people behind the technology) instead of the communities on the other end. Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. What it Means to Communities. Looking Ahead.

Myspace 158

Myspace Technology Causes Application 158

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

It’s a case of letting technology lead (or, rather, the people behind the technology) instead of the communities on the other end. Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. What it Means to Communities. Looking Ahead.

Myspace 158

Myspace Technology Causes Application 158

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

Here are some questions that can help get people talking to start sharing the groups they work with. Instead of listing “blog posts,” instead, list what those blog posts are about: maybe job openings, volunteer opportunities, news about your work, examples of your services or people you have helped. Content Mapping. >>

Metrics 219

Metrics Community Map Template 219

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

What do you point to when funders, donors, board members and the community ask if you are making a difference? But how does it help you move closer to your goal? It’s the story you tell in a grant application, on your website, in an elevator, and to a room of volunteers getting ready to help you with a project or event.

Campaign 114

Campaign Design Impact Metrics 114

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The theme this year of digital inclusion is especially important now as the speed of iteration and advancement is faster than ever and yet there are huge numbers of people without access at all. with local networks working to create online spaces to bring more people online. Help Universal Giving Bring the Web to the Developing World.

Celebrate 164

Celebrate Web Digital Conversation 164

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2011

If you are going to organise an event, a conference or a public meeting, you should seriously consider organising a team of social reporters to help spread the information and stimulate conversations before, during and after the event." For many nonprofits, it’s far more obvious that such tools can be useful than how to use them.

Web 114

Web Bookmarking Social Media Advocacy 114

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2010

Not just seven people at the council give solutions. People follow people on Twitter, we have dozens of friends in Facebook, read many blogs, we take an idea about the people we admire, that surprises us, which enriches knowledge. More citizens can get involved to give their opinion, and of course, the council too.

Interview 155

Interview Government Proposal Spain 155

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

Just as the content distributed and conversations participated in are integrated into many different aspects of your organization’s work, so should the knowledge, access and responsibility to participate be integrated across your staff. This is really helpful in order to evaluate the appropriate tools for your work.

Social Media 190

Social Media Strategy Media Social 190

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

You may recall that the NTEN community recently helped us raise over $15,000 to host more local events throughout 2012. Donating products to charities helps corporate bottom lines, reduces waste in landfills, and provides relief for people in need. " Would love to hear what your experience and perception of email use is!

Web 117

Web Indiana Case Study Bookmarking 117

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

UNICEF Haiti365 – Be Their Voice – I'm really excited to see this new campaign from UNICEF – focused on the children in Haiti, and building on a multimedia effort to move people into engagement. "Haiti "Haiti 365 will continue to evolve as more people create videos and sign-up to show their support.

Haiti 123

Haiti Web Philanthropy Bookmarking 123

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

These are my links for January 16th through February 6th: How Twitter is Being Used By Companies | Mobile Technology in TAFE - Great post from Sue Waters about how different companies are using Twitter. Interesting to compare different styles and approaches. Here are some thoughts to help improve your back and forth."

Bookmarking 100

Bookmarking eBook Social Media Google 100