Amy Sample Ward

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Four Recommendations for Personal and Professional Branding

Amy Sample Ward

Create lists so that you can easily add people as you connect with them, and set your privacy settings to some secure options like none of your photos or photos that you are tagged in are visible to people in your “work only” list. Photo credit: Flickr hassmanm ]. You don’t have to mix your channels!

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5 Assumptions Every Community Manager Should Make Daily

Amy Sample Ward

When you post a call to action for people to share a message, be sure to include reference to how they can do so; or if you are asking people to create content themselves, be sure to provide instructions and examples to help them respond to your call. Photo credit: aflier Flickr ]. You know more about the cause.

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DIY Community Engagement Metrics

Amy Sample Ward

When people who work in services, programs, grant writing and fundraising, for example, all share their view of the groups in the community, not only can you start mapping the network but you can also have really rich discussions about the way different parts of your organization view the community. New grants or new programs.

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Great reads from around the web on May 20th

Amy Sample Ward

" Flickr Photo Download: Twitter trending topics - Anatomy of a hashtag as trending topic from Meg Pickard on Flickr. Have you seen hashtags (#) being used and curious what they mean - maybe for #FollowFriday for example. If you like charts for understanding trending and relationships, this is a great one!

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Net2 Think Tank Round-Up: Entry Points for Engagement

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For example, you don’t need to spend an abundance of time on MySpace if the service doesn’t match the demographic you’re wanting to reach. It isn’t vital that you post to Twitter AND Pownce AND Jaiku or that you upload photos to Flickr AND Picasa AND Photobucket. Your approach should be integrative.

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Net2 Think Tank & Social Innovation Review: Changing Role of Nonprofits

Amy Sample Ward

I think this is a hard concept for many to agree with because of the process by which the social media tools are most often adopted in organizations: for example, Jane really likes taking pictures and usually posts them to Flickr (an online photo sharing website) as a way to store them, sort them, and share them.

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Security and Control: Early thoughts on Google+

Amy Sample Ward

When you post a message, upload a photo or video, or share, you are given the option to select which of your “circles&# are able to view it. For example, people are talking about viewing their Google+ circles in Tweetdeck or Hootsuite where they can already view Twitter and Facebook. Circles are how you organize your contacts.

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