Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Topic : Nonprofits & Social Media. Social media has fundamentally shifted the way we communicate, personally and professionally. Join the Foundation Center for an engaging event on the strategies and tactics that make social media an effective way to activate your community, and the results you can expect. Foursquare?

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Last week, I announced that I was going to give away a free hard copy of the Social by Social book. Hope that you will come back and give us some feedback, share ideas, and pose questions here that we can all discuss! To be in the drawing, interested readers just needed to leave a comment. The winner is: Kim !

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JANUARY 23, 2013

Topic : A Beginner’s Guide to Social Media. Description : Social media presents a confusing blur of personal and professional profiles. In a tightly integrated community like ours, social media use requires special consideration. Date : January 23, 2013. Location : King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

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Social Media Guide Lecture Media 105

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APRIL 5, 2011

Last month, at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , I had the opportunity to run the Community-Driven Social Impact game in a session workshop. To modify the steps of the game to help tell the story, here’s how Ericha used the Community-Driven Social Impact game with her network of Community Media Center participants.

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MARCH 18, 2011

Topic : Community-Driven Social Impact. We’ll address emerging best practices and discuss the associated opportunities and challenges of community-driven strategies. This session will include a presentation, discussion and small group scenarios. Date : March 18, 2011. Location : Washington DC.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Topic : Listening & Engaging: DIY Tools for Social Media Management. In addition, nonprofits have an increasing need to know on what blogs, websites and other online venues they and their issues are being mentioned and discussed, both favorably and less favorably. Date : February 22, 2012, 3 pm EST. Location : Online.

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MAY 26, 2010

It was an introduction to social media, especially focused on what organizations (regardless of size) can start doing today. I had a bit of fun with it, especially with the pictures on the slides, by using a party metaphor: Social Media for Organizations: Enjoy Your Own Party! Social Media for Organizations: Enjoy Your Own Party.

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APRIL 7, 2009

Over the last few months, I’ve been collaborating with Andy Gibson and David Wilcox , and Clive Holtham and Nigel Courtney from Cass Business School, on a book about using new technologies for social benefit projects. Below, you can find the 45 Social by Social Propositions. The 45 Social by Social Propositions.

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JUNE 3, 2010

Earlier this month, the Connected Generation conference brought lots of folks from organizations and direct services groups, as well as practitioners, educators, and researchers together in Bristol, UK, to talk about the use of social media in youth work. Connecting to Youth: Leveraging social media for work with young communities.

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JULY 7, 2009

Topic: Revolutionary social media: Exploring social tools for revolts, upheavals & protests. But the #4Change chats are open to everyone interested in discussing social media’s role in social change! Join me for the chat this Thursday - looking forward to discussing the role competitions play in social change!

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JULY 28, 2010

This morning I had the great pleasure and honor to present at Amplified Leicester about Community-Driven Social Impact, and run a short strategy-building workshop. Community-Driven Social Impact for Amplified Leicester. Tags: community presentation ampleic cdsi community driven social impact social by social.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

Every month, a group called #4Change organizes open & lively conversations about how web-connected communities and our use of social media tools are helping to create change in the world. 4Change Chats are hosted on Twitter – Read “ Join the Conversation ” below for ways to jump into the discussion. Details: Date: Oct, 8th.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

I have a guest post up on the NTEN blog discussing some of the ways social media was put into action as soon as the earthquakes struck in Haiti: When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. But the way we think about and turn to social media in a time of disaster is changing.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. 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. How can we and how are we using social media tools for social change?

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 23, 2008

NTEN & TechSoup have teamed up to deliver a series of webinars on storytelling and social media - and I’m the presenter for the first one! In this webinar we’ll discuss the fundamentals of sharing information with social media tools. First, what’s a web-inar? Is sharing really caring? How you can join.

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DECEMBER 24, 2012

so that we could meet in person to discuss the gift idea and ensure it is going to be perfect. I’ve also found with Etsy that sellers are eager and open to talk with you about the products they use and how they are working to be sustainable as well. Supporting real impact.

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MARCH 22, 2011

I had a really wonderful time, and the Community-Driven Social Impact session was terrific! Let’s start at the beginning: what is “community-driven social impact” anyway? Especially with the increased use of social media tools to help community building activity around causes or specific organizations. Presentation.

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MAY 4, 2009

If you are interested in mobile technology and its application for social change projects, this is definitely an event to check out. What is Mobile Tech 4 Social Change? Mobile Tech 4 Social Change Barcamps are local events for people passionate about using mobile technology for social impact and to make the world a better place.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2009

These monthly online discussions take place via Twitter - participants add to the conversation by tweeting messages and using the tag #4change; this lets people follow the conversation, whether they have a Twitter account or not, by following the tag #4change on search.twitter.com. You can see the recap of the chat here.

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MARCH 16, 2009

The creation and communication of this knowledge occurs in social networks of relationships, empowered by social media. Join us for a discussion and exploration of how social media are being used to accelerate our transition to a global sustainable culture. Jon Lebkowsky - Social Web Strategies. Jon Lebkowsky.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. Panelists: Wendy Harmon: social media manager, philosophy is to use social media to execute mission. Danielle Brigida: using social media to increase, reach, engagement and revenue.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

But what about taking an inventory of your social media tools? are you keeping the recent news, discussions, and links sections up to date? (an If you use Delicious , the social bookmarking tool, you can view all of your tags and how many items have been bookmarked to each of them. Social Actions. Delicious / Bookmarks.

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JANUARY 12, 2009

I have a new post up on the Standford Social Innovation Review Opinion blog and hope you’ll check it out! We want to create a social learning space or a social media space. It’s about using our social media tools in a way that goes beyond listening, goes beyond conversation.

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JANUARY 21, 2009

Today was the first webinar in the Storytelling & Social Media series from NTEN and TechSoup Global. Today’s webinar focused on the building blocks of social meda; things like tagging, RSS and how to get started finding the conversations taking place online. Here’s my slide deck: Social Media Building Blocks.

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MAY 6, 2013

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog is up! . The new book I co-authored with Allyson Kapin, Social Change Anytime Everywhere , looks at the way nonprofit organizations can use multichannel strategies for advocacy, fundraising, and community building.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Standford Social Innovation Review. The first thing I asked about was his view of the new role of nonprofit organizations in the social media or technology revolution that is well underway. Topic: What do you think the role of nonprofit organizations is in the changing world of social media? I asked Prof.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

Description : In this month’s edition of Social Good, Allison Fine, the host, interviews Amy Sample Ward, community development manager at TechSoup Global, and Estrella Rosenberg, founder and executive director of Big Love Little Hearts in Chicago and author of the blog Adventures in Philanthropy. Sample Ward and Ms.

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JUNE 8, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review’s opinion blog is up – you can read the post and contribute to the conversation on SSIR , or read it in full below. —– In a previous post, I discussed some of the highlights from recent reports about the impact of celebrities and data on Millennial donors.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

2009 Year-End Fundraising Guide – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – “Is your nonprofit sending out 8-10 online fundraising appeals this holiday season? Tags: roundup bookmarks discussion facebook fundraising google gov2.0 Thus today’s announcement is a very big surprise.&#.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Even though the majority of the attendees representing big brands, companies, and start-ups, the nonprofit technology contingency still had a strong showing with many socially good focused sessions on the agenda, the Beacon Lounge, and plenty of extracurricular events. Crowdfunding Social Ventures at SXSW. SXSW Recap and Highlights.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Description : Technology, access to information (and misinformation) and the changing scale of communications have definitely played a role in igniting social change and affected the way we build movements. Amid all these changes, what’s the role of nonprofit organizations?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Topic : Finding the Right Mix: A Strategic Look at Mobile, Social, and Web. This session will provide a strategic look at how to integrate nonprofit communications – mobile, social, and web. Description : Given budget constraints and growing technology demands, how can the average nonprofit keep up? The key is finding the right mix!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2011

Topic : Nonprofits & Social Media. I will join Laurel Hart’s class to discuss some of the key ways social media has impacted nonprofit organizations and the opportunities for the social impact sector to leverage the social technologies available today and in the future.

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

A group of technologists and social entrepreneurs/ Ashoka Fellows have gathered here for a 3 day conference to discuss and implement social technology tools into the social impact work for projects around the world. I’m so honored to be here in Lake Como at the Rockefeller Bellagio Center.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Topic : Technology and Social Impact. Description : The TSG Contributors’ Summit is a chance for the partner organizations, funders, sponsors and community leaders to come together to discuss new ideas, new opportunities, and new ways of leveraging technology for social impact. Date : February 15-17, 2011.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 29, 2010

This week a great example of someone who has an idea and wants it to go viral has emerged – and you have the opportunity to join the discussion! Christopher Fabian has a great blog post up on the MobileActive blog about the way the #1MillionShirts idea emerged and grew via social media, especially Twitter, this week. Please join!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2011

Some of the past chats have discussed strategy, philosophy, and best practices, but this time we were all excited to share our tips and tricks for measurement, goal-setting, and specific tools to help us do it all! Some of the tools discussed include: Hootsuite. The April Community Builder chat zeroed in on data and tools.

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