Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

The session focused on using core social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to raise awareness and inspire others as a volunteer. When it comes to creating great content, there are four important elements, especially with social media, as you can see in the image at the top of this post. hashtags.org. Tweetdeck, Hootsuite.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Today, at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, I had a ton of fun leading a session and discussion around making the most of social media in just 30 minutes a day. Here are the slides from the session and links to get you started: Social Media in 30 Minutes a Day. We Are Media. Networked Nonprofit.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 11, 2010

" Nine Ways Networked Nonprofits Use Slideshare | Beth’s Blog – Beth has a great post up about how organizations can use SlideShare. Are you familiar with the tool? Here are 9 ways Beth recommends organizations try out the tool. What is a nonprofit network builder?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2011

" The Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide – "With more than 750 million people signed up for Facebook alone, there’s little doubt that social media can be a powerful part of most organizations’ communications mix. Social media is clearly becoming the new normal." How about fundraising?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

." eAdvocacy Readiness Assessment – A terrific round up of resources from Aspiration – if you're looking to get started with or ramp up your online engagement efforts, check out these tools first! "Welcome "Welcome to the pre-release version of Aspiration's eAdvocacy Readiness Tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2008

If you've been reading this blog, you know that last week I started to work with NTEN on a social media and nonprofits curriculum development. replace "Be the Media" on the text in the wiki. It seems the lawyers affiliated with an about to be published book aren't too thrilled about our title. Can you help us brainstorm?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Often in these chats, participants discuss the online tools they are using and new platform functionality, all with the hope of finding ways to increase community engagement. So when Scoop.it , a new content curation platform, hit the web recently, the #CommBuild network seemed like the perfect place to try it out. How it Works.

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