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How To: Create a Listening Dashboard for your Organization

Amy Sample Ward

Think of all the places your organization’s name, staff, projects, programs or focus area could come up in the news, in campaigns, or in online conversations. To stay on top of it all, I suggest you create a listening dashboard for your organization - and here’s how to do it! Getting Started. Twitter Search.

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Designing Programs to Build Community: Case Study with Charity Technology Trust

Amy Sample Ward

This afternoon I had the pleasure and honor of spending a few hours with members of the Charity Technology Trust/Charity Technology Exchange team, part of the TechSoup Global network , exploring their options for creating programs or services to build and foster community throughout their network. This is both locally and globally.

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Great reads from around the web on March 30th

Amy Sample Ward

" Sharing photos online – a decision matrix for non-profit organizations : Social Media 4 Good – "Many non-profits, NGOs and International Organizations are of two minds when it comes to sharing photos on the internet.

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Guest Post on Frogloop: 5 Tips for Running a Competition

Amy Sample Ward

I serve as the Community Development Manager for TechSoup Global’s CDI (Community-Driven Innovation) program, which includes managing community and content strategy for NetSquared.org. You won’t position yourself or your organization very well for growth if you don’t stay positive and keep things in perspective.

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Using Twitter to Build a Community and Recruit Volunteers

Amy Sample Ward

And here are slides from a previous presentation: Twitter.Org: Twitter for Nonprofit Organizations. Using Twitter for a Global Conversation. Last week, I had the opportunity to present at the 2011 Volunteer Management for Nonprofits Conference here in New York. Here are my slides from the VMNC: Twitter Basics for Engaging Volunteers.

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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. Step 3: Identify the tools.

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Great reads from around the web on October 27th

Amy Sample Ward

The Complexity of Scaling Up « Aid on the Edge of Chaos – "Despite increased prominence and funding of global health initiatives, attempts to scale up health services in developing countries are failing, with serious implications for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Event management? How about fundraising?

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