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. The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Another example of indirect content is that of social networks.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Is data helpful if you aren’t using it? Establishing regular meetings or processes for metrics review helps position us to learn from the data we’re collecting and be better positioned to identify opportunities to improve. Is data helpful if you can’t change it? We collect a lot of data.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

I recently caught up with Mazarine and asked her, “If there was one example or story you could share that exemplifies why you wrote this book, and a few examples of the kinds of content and resources included in the book, what would it be?” And it’s helped readers too! All from water. Heather Davis, The Telling Room”.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The team of people currently working on the proposal for this new platform, asked me to help share some context about the role of Community Managers that could be included in the proposal narrative for funders who may be unfamiliar with community building best practices. Do you have examples to share? What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

The first time I focused on DIY Community Engagement Metrics and shared lots of templates and examples. Creating specific definitions for these terms which are often used in an overlapping way will help you and your organization ensure you’re all really on the same page. Any examples you can share with others?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

These five assumptions always help me remember the role and responsibilities a successful community manager needs to best serve and engage a community. Assuming you know the most about these tools means you have the opportunity and responsibility to share your knowledge and help the community be as savvy as you!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

We focused on principles for community building and community organizing, as well as examples of both short-term and long-term engagement. Would love to hear if you have examples or tips to share! Be sure you lead by example: interact with the community the way you want other organizations and the community members to do.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Social media is one of the most tangible examples of the real time web. . In 2009, for example, two trapped girls in Australia chose to post to facebook for help rather than dialing emergency numbers directly. Another great example is Epic Change. We want to share while we are doing and have people respond immediately.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

What’s your favorite example of technology helping people create positive change in the world? One example that I’ve blogged about before is the annual project from EpicChange: Tweetsgiving. Technology for Change. I think there are too many to count, really. To participate in the contest, follow these easy steps: 1.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 23, 2013

This 3-hour course showcases real-world examples to help you discover how best to protect, positively promote, and selectively manage your online personal and professional profiles, all while maintaining your connections to family, friends, colleagues and networks. Related Links : KAUST. Course listing in Acadox. Slides (coming soon).

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

Consider participating or even starting a Twitter chat – the Association Cha t is a great example of a weekly chat with an online archive. Regardless of which Facebook option you choose, track which kinds of posts or content your community responds to the most to help make the most engaging space you can. hashtags.org.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

There are examples of organizations succeeding with a certain campaign but when the campaign is over, they aren’t sure what to do. There are other examples of organizations finding some tricks and functionality that really help them make connections with supporters, and then Facebook changes the functionality.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Before exploring the questions around limitations and needs, I want to share a couple examples of things happening right now to remind us that even though it will take a lot of work, and honestly a good bit of time, that we are already moving. Instead, they are examples of what it looks like when we double down on our focus to make change.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Earlier this summer, I had the huge privilege to visit Romania and help with the Local Philanthropy Workshop. The way functionality changes so rapidly means that what you need to think about the options in so far as they can be helpful to what you want to do today, in case the way you want to use them is discontinued or changed.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

The vast majority of applications that have been built since 2008 match actions with related content: for example, by reading a blog post and searching the Social Actions dataset for related actions. You can see examples of this at [link]. It’s a difficult concept to explain, but hopefully this makes sense. Search for any phrase.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

During this time, I’ve help create community maps and strategic plans with my own team and with many other groups. But more than that, this exercise helps identify where you should concentrate efforts, where to distribute messages, and where you have the best chance of successfully engaging the community to support your work.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 7, 2010

Lead by example. If there’s offensive or inappropriate behavior, note it in public so others can learn what’s okay and what isn’t, and feel empowered to help moderate as a community. Ask for feedback and help. Asking for help or ideas means that 1.) So, help your community know its self. There are no short cuts.

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Community Build Report Online 123

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2010

As someone that has helped others to create, and has created many networks on the Ning platform, yesterday’s news that the company would be dropping 40% of it’s staff and dropping the free service was incredibly alarming. Please share your ideas, your stories and your examples. And I see it working.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

For example , if you are an organization working on public education policy changes, you probably recognize teachers as a core demographic to your work – both in supporting the changes you propose as well as helping identify the changes that can and should be made. But how does it help you move closer to your goal?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 5, 2013

This is the space where you can equip your supporters with your message and help them carry your campaign to their own networks. For example, start following the common hashtags, watch for popular retweets on Twitter, and check out the commonly shared images and liked Pages on Facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

In this session, we will discuss how co-creation unleashes online evangelists and strengthens cause-centric communities, and we’ll help you to do that as well. Toward the end of this workshop, we’ll work together to design a co-creation strategy to engage and motivate your online community and evangelists.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 19, 2010

Blood and Milk » Blog Archive » Ushahidi, Twitter, and the future of foreign aid – Alanna's post is a great example of the power of networks, social media, and open systems. As she notes, her example has luck but it is an example of a growing model of a changing world. What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

It’s something that I am energized by, passionate about, and take so much pleasure in helping others do well, too. My work with NetSquared and with Social by Social has helped shape so many of my beliefs about community organizing and has offered the opportunity to meet so many others doing it well. I love community organizing.

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Local Community Organization Netsquared 145

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

Semphonic President and Conference Founder Gary Angel says " What a gift to have the best minds in the industry to work together and the big bonus is helping 2 chosen non-profit organizations."" The Analytics Challenge is a ½ day event at X Change conference on September 13th. "" Apply today!

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The other panelists spoke about the projects they’ve been a part of, things they’ve developed and things they’ve helped produce. This can help prove the value and need, as well as begin the iteration and development with the community’s engagement from the beginning. Look to fund projects, not products.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 4, 2012

In this session, we will discuss how co-creation unleashes online evangelists and strengthens cause centric communities, and help you to do that as well. Towards the end of this workshop, we’ll work together to design a co-creation strategy to engage and motivate your online community and evangelists.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Engagement acts as a ripple effect so if a few people present responses or communications using their organizational profile, for example, it can set the precedent for others to follow profesionally. Look at the power of temporary collaboration, for example, in times of crisis response or large scale crowdsourcing. We need them both.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

This last bit of privacy/security flexibility will, I think, help people feel better about participating that were previously worried about sharing on Facebook for fear that people would push it across the network without them knowing. Google+ links for my account and my notifications appear in any of my Google account windows.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2009

First, let’s settle on an example we can use to walk through all 5 steps: you work for a small nonprofit that focuses on early childhood education, so you have lots of services for parents and partnerships with hospitals, child care facilities, and doctors offices. In this example, we are using a blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

There are also some great ways to help make offline action visible online like sharing actions or highlighting content like videos and photos from events online (try pulling content from across the web together on your website via Yahoo! Get the full transcript here! October Community Builder Chat. Time : 4 pm EST (1 hour).

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Here are some example searches using NetSquared as the organization. NetSquared.org - putting this URL in the search term area of the alert means that if someone wrote out our URL on their blog, for example, I would get alerted. The URL you are given will look pretty weird (see the screen shot example below). Twitter Search.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2009

We want to help people in the public and third sectors do more good, by showing them the power of these technologies and how to access them. But I want the catch to be beneficial to all of us to further surface great examples, share knowledge, and surface organizations you may want to learn more about. That’s it!

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Social PDF Case Study Social Media 150

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 2, 2010

Last week I announced that I’m [finally] doing a redesign of this site – and I need your help to make it as valuable as possible. Figuring that piece out means that Matt and I will be able to highlight content for you, design the site to feature what you’re after, and even help me write more of the interesting stuff!

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Content Case Study Slides Search 156

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

So, if your organization serves or engages with youth and you want to think about moving into social networking spaces, here are a few pointers to help you get started! how about information - if you provide mental health services, for example, post information about how to get help if you need it, or how to help a friend, and so on.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 3, 2010

Check out the Meetup Everywhere site to see examples of how organizations and causes, like the Gulf Coast Benefit for Fisherman and Wildlife , are taking off. What examples do you have to share? There are various tools for hyperlocal searching, and one I’m looking at recently is called Sency for Cities. What do you think?

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Local Global Tools Case Study 143

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

For example, my Twitter bio links to [link] instead of my website’s home page. Ensure that your Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and any other online profile you have includes a link back to your organization’s website. This can build trust, but can also increase engagement by providing relevant calls to action on the very first click.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2010

. <br /> <br /> Our goal with this site is to help nonprofits and other volunteer organizations grow and thrive by giving them easy access to the<br /> resources they need to better manage their time and volunteers. <br "<br /> <br /> Check it out and provide your feedback!

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