Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Lauren Cochrane has a great post today with ideas for lists organizations could create with Twitter’s new List function. You can read more about Lists on the Twitter Blog here. Think about the way Facebook Fan pages work, the way we see when others add a Fan page and we may join as well, and so on.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 30, 2010

I wanted to promote the the National Arbor Day’s Facebook Page on the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page. So, I searched Facebook for “Arbor Day&# and three Pages came up: 1) Arbor Day :: 79 Likes: www.facebook.com/pages/Arbor-Day/103129336394300. That competition would be… Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2010

An online database of Twitter Apps called oneforty currently lists almost 2,900 third-party Twitter Apps. While some nonprofits have been early adopters of Twitter Apps, the vast majority are not. The ten Twitter Apps listed below are 10 of my 25 favorites: 1. TwitPic : TwitPic lets you share photos on Twitter.

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Forum One

MAY 25, 2023

As a government entity, you may have joined Twitter years ago, using it to provide valuable customer experiences to your constituents and communities. But what if Twitter is no longer a reliable way to interact with your “customers”? The majority of Americans who use Twitter have taken a break from the platform in the past year.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Lauren Cochrane has a great post today with ideas for lists organizations could create with Twitter’s new List function. You can read more about Lists on the Twitter Blog here. Think about the way Facebook Fan pages work, the way we see when others add a Fan page and we may join as well, and so on.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 12, 2010

I like Facebook. But I am a fan of my favorite nonprofits on Facebook. I have donated to nonprofits that I have seen on Facebook (on their website). I have donated to nonprofits that I have seen on Facebook (on their website). I do like Facebook and I like nonprofits on Facebook. It’s great for that.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 14, 2009

There are thousands of Apps in the Facebook App Directory that Nonprofit Admins could experiment with on your organization’s Facebook Page, but below I have highlighted my five favorite Apps to get you started: 1. The Static FMBL App is the most important App on Facebook for Nonprofit Admins to master. Causes App.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

I also had the chance to provide a couple presentations to the NGO track, one focused specifically on using facebook for campaigning in Romania. The Local Philanthropy Workshop: Facebook Campaigning in Romania. When it comes to campaigning on facebook, the real question is page vs group. I’d love to hear how it went!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 19, 2010

As you know, I left twitter 3 months ago today. I never was very disciplined about turning twitter off, so I was constantly distracted. Need to share: I’m happy to leave the somewhat narcissistic impulse that Twitter feeds behind. Banter : Twitter is way better for banter than any other medium besides being in person.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2010

As soon as Facebook launched Community Pages , I knew this day coming. The Facebook Team. Link to your Facebook Page from your official website. Put a Facebook Badge on your website or blog. [ Done - even though I think it looks messy! ]. Please use the following link to authenticate your Page.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 26, 2010

The majority have moved on to Facebook and Twitter. They just don’t tend to be the same folks that regularly visit Facebook and Twitter. Another reason to sync your MySpace and Twitter accounts is that MySpace profiles more often that not still show up in the Top 10 search results on Google.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

This is an interesting social media networks fundraiser that asks donors to stop using Twitter or Facebook for a day (November 1st) to call awareness and financial support for autism. Social network users have become reliant and even addicted to platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Tags: Housekeeping.

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 31, 2009

A Wild Apricot reader left a comment on our post about how to publish your Facebook Page to Twitter, asking: “Is there an application out there to update a Facebook Fan Page’s status from Twitter?” The short answer is, yes, there are several ways you can do this. Here are three different tools that will do the job.(

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2010

Last week the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page reached the 10,000 fans milestone. In 2008, many of the friends of the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace migrated over to Facebook, then in 2009 and 2010 a good number of the new fans came from @NonprofitOrgs on Twitter. This was a Facebook litmus test for me.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Organic social is considered free, non-paid content created, uploaded, and shared within social platforms such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and YouTube. Imagine extending SEO principles to social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. That’s Social SEO at work.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 6, 2009

About the event: Already Twitter, Facebook, and the rest are revolutionizing the business and marketing of social impact. Follow the conversation on Twitter (the Hashtag is #TiESE ). Ask questions via Twitter - just include the hastag in your post! Twitter.Org: Twitter for Nonprofit Organizations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

With many ongoing marketing initiatives, whenever you see a boost in performance, it is fair to be wondering: was it that Facebook post that did really well, or are they all coming from the petition you’re running? . Maybe they heard about you on Facebook, or they signed a petition and you sent them an email. What are UTM s?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2012

I ran into John Haydon who helped me with my new Facebook brand page. He presented me with a copy of new book, Facebook Marketing for Dummies. One topic I’ve been researching is the answer to this Facebook question, “What free or low cost apps are there for nonprofit brand pages?”

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

However, just because your nonprofit has an active Facebook doesn’t mean you can automatically utilize Twitter or LinkedIn effectively. Build Your Following on: Facebook. Facebook is the most popular platform, boasting nearly 1.8 You’re also able to collect donations through Facebook. billion active users.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

While it’s easy setup a Twitter account and start tweeting, it’s much more difficult to tie that activity back to outcomes. These are ideas, tools, and techniques you can implement via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Foursquare, and other social media platforms. So, you have a social media plan…right?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 19, 2014

Here are a few of the hashtags I''ve seen applied to photographs of museum objects on Instagram lately: #heytherebigfella #biggysmallistheillest #forbrightfuture #myfavorite #instagood #bestday #withmyhomies #whatever #learnedfromthebest #revolutionary #nowicandie These tags all do a great job capturing the magic of exploring a museum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Note from Beth: While many of us focus our attention on FB pages, Facebook groups can be a good platform for nonprofits to use for informal peer learning groups, getting feedback from your post passionate fans , or to cultivate and support a brand ambassadors group. Making Facebook Groups Rock – Guest Post by Miriam Brosseau.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Currently, there are a few popular options that you might want to consider using: Facebook. You might want to hire a photographer for events, then get participant’s permission to tag them in photos on social media. on Twitter and $5.26 There might also be smaller sites. There are dozens of ways that you can do this.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2010

Topics include Facebook and Facebook Apps, Twitter and Twitter Apps, YouTube, Flickr, Animoto, LinkedIn, FourSquare, mobile technology, blogging on WordPress, as well as online fundraising and e-newsletters. Webinars are currently scheduled through the end of July: View Webinar Schedule.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2011

This week the beginner track got underway where 20 arts organizations will design and implement action learning experiments in Facebook , Listening , or Twitter to improve their social media practice. Facebook Custom Landing Tabs + Measurement = Best Practice. Facebook Custom Landing Tabs + Measurement = Best Practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

All communications were strictly limited to my blog, Twitter and Facebook. Two donors were former colleagues who also have Twitter accounts. I counted most on Twitter followers to spread the word. There were 44 followers that used the #floodofsupport hash tag or linked to the Crowdrise page or blog post.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 11, 2010

Although they are primarily written for the private sector, their writers seemingly have direct communication with companies like Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, etc. All Facebook :: www.allfacebook.com. Twitter N/A. Tags: Blogging Mobile Technology Social Media. aboutfoursquare. facebook.com/aboutfoursquare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

I've also added the pink ribbon to my Facebook profile. Facebook The Non-Profits on Facebook Group is for those who work for, belong to, or support nonprofits on Facebook. Why not join, upload your logo in the photo pool, and write a wall post promoting your latest your Facebook project! more about it here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

In January, after the Haiti Earthquake struck, if you were participating on social networks, you couldn’t help but notice the many, many Tweets and Facebook status messages about the Haiti Earthquake. I won’t be at the event in Washington, DC, but I’ll be participating via #crisisdata on Twitter and exploring Whrrl.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Facebook has, for a couple years now, committed to making their platforms “video first.” From Twitter to Pinterest to Instagram to LinkedIn, social networks are becoming environments where video content not only thrives, but is expected. Facebook recommends that you “design for sound-off, delight for sound-on.”

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2010

While the discussions on our Facebook page often lend themselves to dog clothes and bacon candy , September also brought us a few serious discussions. When we opened up 11NTC session voting, our followers on Twitter started voicing their concerns about session designers campaigning for positive votes on their sessions.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

We’ve talked recently about how to publish your Twitter updates to Facebook Page or personal Profile page. Now here’s a new Facebook application that can take your RSS-to-Facebook to a whole new level. Social networking Facebook RSS application social media. Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Web 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 18, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Facebook the last frontier? I decided to try out facebook when I kept hearing about the integration of other social networking sites into facebook. So we’ll see how it works.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

Sifry , the co-founder of Personal Democracy Forum, took a closer look at ROI for Facebook apps in his piece last week Facebook Haggadah: A Case Study in Viral ROI (Is This App Different From All Other Apps?) Here’s an excerpt from his post : Within a day his Facebook Haggadah was all over the web. for TechPresident.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

Randi Zuckerberg at Facebook invited me and Stephanie McAuliffe from the Packard Foundation to lunch at Facebook today in their new offices in Palo Alto, a former Hewlett-Packard Building. Is there an entity that publishes statistics on all money raised on Facebook? What is Facebook's burn rate? Donald Peterson).

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 10, 2010

Adina Levin has an absorbing post this week on the limits of Facebook for community organizing: In Facebook, if you don't know someone already, you might come across them in conversations in the discussion thread started by a friend, or the page of an institution that you "like." What's the difference? read more.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

Sharing across platforms – Twitter. IAVA have made it clear from the thank you page that they are concentrating their efforts on Facebook and Twitter where they have a large community and many people and many different organizations will also be promoting Memorial Day activities. Sharing across platforms – Facebook.

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