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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 Twitter , look up hashtags that your community uses and follow them to track conversations. Here are some Twitter-specific tools: Twitalyzer. Creating Buzz. hashtags.org.

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Great reads from around the web on May 9th

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). "Whether connected or cold calling, you can build long-term, valuable relationships using LinkedIn. . "Whether Find out how easy it is.

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Four Recommendations for Personal and Professional Branding

Amy Sample Ward

According to Farra and Danielle’s survey respondents, Twitter is the top three platforms for both personal and professional use. Twitter doesn’t provide much room for a bio, but be sure to squeeze in a statement that “the views expressed here are my own” (or however you’d like to phrase it in your own way!).

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Listen First! Finding Networks and Connections in Social Media

Amy Sample Ward

Twitter: even if you don’t want to engage on it, you need to be listening there. Follow #10ntc.listen on Twitter for links and conversation from this session. Where are the conversations? Communities. Ning/Yahoo/Google. What to listen for: brand. sponsors and donors. supporters and evangelists. industry and local news.

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Join me on the 100th Episode of Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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Comment on this blog post or on Tony’s , use the LinkedIn group or Facebook page or Twitter. I told Tony that I’ll take on all social media questions for listeners’ charities. What’s your question? We’re up to it! We want your questions in advance.

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April 2011 Community Builder Chat Archive (#CommBuild)

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Some of the past chats have discussed strategy, philosophy, and best practices, but this time we were all excited to share our tips and tricks for measurement, goal-setting, and specific tools to help us do it all! Get the full archive here! Some of the tools discussed include: Hootsuite. Owly and htly. and so many more!

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Great reads from December 12th through December 13th

Amy Sample Ward

Pacific is First to Integrate Facebook and Twitter into e2Campus Emergency Notification System - Pacific University, in Forest Grove, OR, USA, is the first university in the US to integrate Facebook and Twitter into the emergency response system for alerting staff and students in times of emergency.