Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

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). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Repair Interview: Joe Solomon of 350.org

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

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). Women Give 2010 is the first report to compare philanthropic giving between men and women across all income levels based on a nationally representative sample.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. An extension is actually good thing, gives us more time to look at all those projects!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

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). It's really interesting as far as mobile fundraising, but also just that the ARC are able to gather, analyze and share data like this in close to real time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Simply put, we are living an era of content abundance. A content curator offers high value to anyone looking for quality content because finding that information (and making sense of it) requires more and more time, attention, and focus. Content Curation Provides Value from the Inside Out.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

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). Seth's Blog: Random rules for ideas worth spreading – Seth Godin shares a list of rules for those times you develop an idea worth spreading.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

I had a really wonderful time, and the Community-Driven Social Impact session was terrific! Often times the community’s ideas or needs are shared in ways that require translation, of sorts—someone that can bridge the community and organization, listening to the conversations and identifying the opportunities for the organization.

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JANUARY 5, 2009

Do you want to feed the homeless or cure cancer? Help send me to the NetSquared Conference Okay, time for shameless begging and plugging… I’m really interested. We want to figure out how to do a better job letting people know who we are and why we matter in a way they’ll listen. Social Actions Blog. Weiner Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

To get the most out of Friendfeed you do have to put more into it than just feeding your stuff in and reading others' stuff. Works great for real time chat. As long as everyone participating has an account (and it only takes about 30 seconds to set up an account), Friendfeed is a great place for a lively real time chat.

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DECEMBER 6, 2005

As I mentioned in my November 3rd post , I am working as a Community Builder with NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup. You can hear last month's speakers, Chris Messina from Flock , CompuMentor's Marnie Webb and yours truly, on the NetSquared Channel on Odeo. I'm double blogging right now, here and on the NetSquared blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

She acknowledges that it takes time to listen and that there is no way around it. Add the feed to your RSS Reader. Follow the feed and leave comments when mentioned. News Feeds. Marshall Kirkpatrick's Article on Netsquared : How To Track Mentions of Your Organization. The Zoomerang Study of Marketers and Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

She acknowledges that it takes time to listen and that there is no way around it. Add the feed to your RSS Reader. Follow the feed and leave comments when mentioned. News Feeds. Marshall Kirkpatrick's Article on Netsquared : How To Track Mentions of Your Organization. The Zoomerang Study of Marketers and Web2.0

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 10, 2007

If they write for the blog on a regular basis, when it comes time to send out the monthly e-newsletter, or quarterly newsletter, they will have a lot of content to pull from. Have an RSS feed and comments. The number one mistake I see nonprofits make is to set up a blog that doesn't have an RSS feed or comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Mashing and burning feeds ? Netsquared featured project WiserEarth In Ode Magazine Social Media Resources. John Bell of the 360 Digital Influence Blog says " It's Time for Measurement of Social Media " which looks at the ROI and identifies some success metrics. What's next?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

A lot of nonprofit blogs have come on the scene in the year between these events and I feel like it is time to revise and update my "10 Ways" post to include not only ways that nonprofits can use blogs, but also engage bloggers to support their cause. Don't be afraid of RSS feeds. You can read Steve's blog at the Eye of Bakersfield.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Once you've got some ideas about the kinds of tools that you think might help you reach your goals, ask yourself, how much time, money, and in-house staff expertise do we have to learn how to use these tools, set them up, and maintain them? When will you decide whether or not to continue putting time, money and energy into using a tool?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" I youve ever wondered how mapping can help your nonprofit, this is THE webinar to attend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

" I used the technique two years ago for a presentation at the first netsquared conference called " I Tag the Hand that Feeds Me " or what I should retitle "Meet Sally." I've seen this style be copied by several users on SlideShare to explain enterprise2.0 Here's another one called " Meet Charlie."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

He set up the panel with a definition of Web 3.0 - it wasn't about the real-time web or semantic web. Never underestimate something that is fun and has short feed back loops. I loved what he said about Premal Shah - that he wanted to apply for a job at Kiva after hearing him speak. He defined it as: "If Web 1.0 Don't give up.

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Care2

OCTOBER 7, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" I youve ever wondered how mapping can help your nonprofit, this is THE webinar to attend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Netsquared Net Tuesday next week in SF is about " How Nonprofits Can Use And Build Online Social Networks ," featuring speakers from Change.org and Ning. over at her Netsquared blog about adoption of blogs and wikis in an organizational context and how these tools further organizational mission. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

For every online social network training we do, we actually present the ning site and demonstrate ways participants can create and customize profiles, syndicate RSS feeds, post blogs, photos and videos and more. I remember stepping into a Netsquared meet-up and meeting for the first time three people who I???ve It was as if I???ve

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

I originally wrote this post for the NetSquared Blog. How much time, staff and money do you have to put into setting up your blog, writing your blog, answering comments, reading other blogs, and leaving comments on other blogs? Many times you choose the one that meets your specific needs. What platform will you use?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 27, 2006

Maybe its because I am reading too many blogs (I have 92 feeds in my Bloglines account, eek) and am experiencing what sometimes happens to me when I go to a big bookstore and I think, is there really that much to say? Shouldn't people be spending a little more time outside?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2006

The question was - are there some no-brainer tools that you would recommend to client that didn't require a huge overhead of planning time, investment, etc. In a few weeks, I'm lucky to be going to the netsquared conference I signed up to go with the intent of being a sponge -- to learn more about all this stuff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2006

Dorine is currently involved a pilot project for KM4DEV where a community of practice is collaborating on sharing delicious feeds. Can anyone use this tag or do we want to create a special feed/account to provide filtered information? (BK: The next step in sophistication is to filter your feeds and be specific in your sources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2008

In an earlier post, I covered some tips for getting " conversation ready " from Alexandra Samuel's recent workshop at Netsquared. When ever there is a new comment, Commentful notifies you via email, RSS Feed or you can install an extension for Firefox. There are other services: CoComment. Co.Comments. Some excellent tips: 1.)

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 22, 2006

Many of these blogs have been mentioned on this blog before or on NetSquared. Example: NetSquared's blog is a community blog that anyone can post to about resources, events and information related to how nonprofits and NGOs can use the social web for social change. 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs 1.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

The live video feed was being streamed from the Netsquared gathering in San Francisco happening at the same time as the virtual gatherng in Second Life. Pathfinder gave a presentation to a small group in Cambridge , while his audio (some of the time) was streamed into Second Life along with his Powerpoint Slides.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

When you take the time to comment on a post, you become part of the blogger's community and if you are writing a blog, they will most definitely read your post and perhaps become a reader of your blog. world, reading and commenting on blogs, it's time to start blogging. news or web feeds ???? Consuming Reading Feeds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference. Who has time for Video? TechSoup has RSS feeds too! So, let's take a quick look at the most highly rated items this week - which are about money, content, software, jobs, and some geek humor. Follow the links from here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

But that really takes up time. The only downside is the additive nature of blogging, and it does consume a lot of time. Start when you have enough time to get a good regular schedule going, think about the topics you want to blog about. s blogs feed (if you can deal with an overflow of posts that is.) And Netsquared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

A good point made based on research was: " Social networking Web sites are relevant to people at different times in their lives." Steve Bridger posted a pointer over at Netsquared to his thoughts on "Buzz Director."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

It still requires a lot of attention, staff time, management and promotion." If you're short on time, read the abtracts and dive deeper into Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. This is a must-read.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

When it comes to innovation in civil society, there is nothing that can match the speed and ingenuity of communities that come together to make a change, develop a tool, or feed a need. Membership” isn’t official and moderated (beyond basic rules of engagement) and as such can change all the time, but so can the focus and the operations.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We thought about technology as something that took time, required a lot of maintenance and work, and was usually best kept confined to as few staff members as possible. We even forgot about our own website at times. The social period is a time when we start to relearn the separation between tactic and strategy.

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