Amy Sample Ward

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Security and Control: Early thoughts on Google+

Amy Sample Ward

With all of that as a grain of salt to this post, I want to share a few reflections focused on security and control – the items touted ahead of launch as the elements positioning Google+ on the other side of Facebook. Now, your sharing and connecting settings apply to much more of the web than just your social networking profile.

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Mastering Social Networking as a Volunteer

Amy Sample Ward

The session focused on using core social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to raise awareness and inspire others as a volunteer. On Facebook , as a volunteer you will need to consider the options of using your personal profile, creating a page, or starting a group. Here are some specific Facebook tools: Edgerank.

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Great reads from around the web on December 22nd

Amy Sample Ward

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). But in almost all cases, it turns out, the humble Facebook wall itself steals the show.

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Great reads from around the web on October 14th

Amy Sample Ward

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 another major partnership for Facebook who has announced numerous partnerships in recent weeks, including yesterday’s announcement with Bing."

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Great reads from around the web on December 8th

Amy Sample Ward

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). Tags: roundup bookmarks discussion facebook fundraising google gov2.0 Thus today’s announcement is a very big surprise.&#. Does Directgov Deliver?

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Interview: Marshall Kirkpatrick on the Real Time Web Report

Amy Sample Ward

Think of how Facebook notifies you that you have new messages without having to refresh the page, or the way your Instant Messaging client shows you new messages as soon as they are sent. Like people generally do, we thought about the impact that Twitter and Facebook were making on the web. Probably middle of 2008. I use Notify.me

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The Evolution of NPTech: Keynote and slides

Amy Sample Ward

We had simple goals, and defined our metrics only as they related to grant deliverables or obvious data, like: we will launch programs in 3 schools, or we will feed 500 families. All we needed to say was I heard they were using facebook; or my son has a YouTube account so I’ll have him set up ours.

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