Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

—– Google+, the social network launched by Google nearly 5 months ago, has recently opened up the platform to organizations and brands with a profile type akin to the options for individuals and Pages on Facebook. Here are a few reasons why using multiple social networking platforms doesn’t just mean you repeat your effort.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

Leveraging the networks and personal brands of your staff as champions can help your organization’s communications strategy have more impact. With a few guidelines and a little training, employees can use social channels effectively in service of your organization’s mission AND their own learning.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

What this created was a chance for people who use Twitter to come together offline to create community. It is for the community, by the community, all thanks originally to Twitter. If you are targeting your online network, you need to have an online space for interested participants to sign up, learn more, and connect with each other.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

What : An important part of your social media strategy should be listening for people and organizations who are talking about the issues you want to discuss.How do you know which networks will be most effective to reach your goals? Twitter: even if you don’t want to engage on it, you need to be listening there. Communities.

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NetWits

MARCH 25, 2013

by Beth Kanter, Social Media Expert and Author of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. by Amy Sample Ward, Author of Social Change Anytime Everywhere and Membership Director at NTEN. Follow him on Twitter @franswaa and make sure to download npEXPERTS. 3 Ways to Use Social Media in Your Next Campaign. Frank Barry is a Sr.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 7, 2009

4Change Chats are hosted on Twitter – Read “ Join the Conversation ” below for ways to jump into the discussion. Where: Twitter (search for #4Change. Starting the Conversations: Here are some questions to consider: How does online discussion and networking connect with and support offline action? Details: Date: Oct, 8th.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Maybe you’ve also taken the next step of strengthening your stakeholder community by engaging in back and forth dialog online – whether in existing social spaces like blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, or in a custom built online community. What is a knowledge sharing network? What are some examples of knowledge sharing networks?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 29, 2010

Christopher Fabian has a great blog post up on the MobileActive blog about the way the #1MillionShirts idea emerged and grew via social media, especially Twitter, this week. The power in the network is incredible. Tags: case studies events 1millionshirts development international mobileactive twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Twitter Lists: A Natural Evolution of Internet List Culture. It also enabled the WWW Virtual Library to scale in terms of server capacity and allow for a distributed network of volunteer librarians. Twitter lists lets you curate your followers and keep connected to smaller affinity groups of your choosing. Gopher Screen Capture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

Please join me on June 21st from 1-2 PM PST for the virtual launch of The Networked Nonprofit. As I was reflecting about Slideshare and thinking about the characteristics of nonprofits featured in our book, The Networked Nonprofit , I realized that Slideshare is a haven for them. 1) Networked Professional Development and Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2010

Social Media Lab: Becoming A Networked Nonprofit. As Visiting Scholar in Nonprofits and Social Media at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I am coaching grantee organizations and leading workshops and peer trainings on how to become a Networked Nonprofit. Here’s quick sampling: LA Universal Preschool.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

“Social networks will be like air.&#. 3 things need to make social networks like air: Identity - who are you? pick your friends once - social networking fatigue. calendar, call, sms, facebook, twitter, address book = level of closeness of social data. Prepare to integrate social networks into your organization.

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Care2

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Are niche social networks the best way to mobilize people and channel their energy into supporting nonprofits? “I don't see Jumo, at least right now, filling a gap,&# said Amy Sample Ward of TechSoup Global. Will it turn more people into repeat donors and committed activists?

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2010

It was interesting seeing which platform (Facebook, Twitter, email, face-to-face, etc.) Using Movember.com as a home base, participants are encouraged to use their email contacts, work colleagues, social networks, and any other means to promote the cause and raise money. Sample Communications Really Help. Being a Tease Helps.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 25, 2010

T he fourth guest post in my have fun, do good blogger series is by Amy Sample Ward. Happy Monday, Have Fun, Do Gooders! Amy is a blogger and trainer focused on supporting and educating organizations and changemakers in the use of evolving technologies that cultivate and engage communities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Prominently feature the date, hashtag, a fundraising goal, a “Donate” button , links to your social networks, and an e-newsletter opt-in. Provide sample email text and social media graphics and avatars to your ambassadors. You could also use Storify to archive your giving day and/or create a Twitter Moment. are still available.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

Their friends, colleagues, coworkers and family are the network – the people we reach through our community. The network knows about us but isn’t yet directly connected – maybe their friend told them about a story or a news segment they heard on our station, or they have family members that attend an annual concert.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2009

Time: Networking and dinner begins at 6:00pm. Already Twitter, Facebook, and the rest are revolutionizing the business and marketing of social impact. Followers become funders, messages become movements, and social networks beget social change. Tags: social media entrepreneurship conference events twitter socialmedia.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Here’s a sample for NetWits that I ran a few months back that will give you an idea of what to expect. Share what you do and ask for enewsletter subscriptions on social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc). Think about what social networking sites are right for your organization and go create an account.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2010

The NCVS conference is an opportunity for volunteer and service leaders to get together for in-person networking and learning. Amy Sample Ward from NetSquared. Get in Touch Via Twitter. Or connect with us directly: Amy Sample Ward: @AmyRSWard. If you’re going to be there, we’d love for you to get in touch!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 5, 2009

Let’s dissect a networked approach to an online presence and see what the core dynamics are. The Networked Approach: The networked approach to online campaigns is really a cycle, like most other strategies you’ll come across. Here are the four steps to creating a networked approach to a campaign, using we20 as our example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m packing my bags for a trip to India to lead a training for NGOs that are Packard Grantees to kick off a peer learning project called “Networked NGO.” After initially promoting the blog carnival on our network, which has a social media reach of 3.5 This proved to be fruitful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Now, admittedly the sample size is small, so this doesn't necessarily project to all digital natives, but I was surprised about a few things. None of them had heard of Twitter, let alone used it. I thought it would have been a cinch to get my wired family twittering like parakeets. Maybe Twitter isn???t ll twitter, ???I???m

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Teach Them to Fundraise and Provide Samples. Encourage them to use their social network. As Anthony Sicola’s recently mentioned, fundraisers who use who use social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube increase fundraising results by up to 40%. Provide samples of everything.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Beth Kanter, Amy Sample Ward, Katrin Verclas and John Haydon are among the familiar names in the nonprofit tech sector who are part of the effort. A first-of-its-kind Twitter widget that tracks tweets about nonprofits or social causes in real time. Follow us on Twitter: @socialbrite. Subscribe to our blog updates: [link].

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 25, 2010

Her “technology toolkit” and sample step-by-step plan are designed to help new nonprofit organizations get started with online marketing, outreach and fundraising — on a tight budget. Wild Apricot Blog is pleased to welcome a two-part guest post from media consultant Minal Bopaiah of Brevity & Wit , this week. read more ). read more ).

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2013

In July 2010, Amy Sample Ward wrote a blog post called Monthly Chats About Community Building: Are You With Me? How #CommBuild works Each week whoever wants to participate comes to Twitter, searches for the hashtag #CommBuild, and finds a conversation about topics tied to community management.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

Google+ , the latest iteration on social networking from Google, is here. Now, your sharing and connecting settings apply to much more of the web than just your social networking profile. For example, people are talking about viewing their Google+ circles in Tweetdeck or Hootsuite where they can already view Twitter and Facebook.

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 26, 2010

So your nonprofit has decided to take advantage of social networking opportunities, but you’re not sure where to start? Today, she suggests next steps and offers a sample step-by-step plan you can adapt to meet your own organization’s social media mission: Using your Technology Toolkit Now, of these 10 technology tools , the first three are.(

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 5, 2013

For many people, the decision to give money is influenced by our peer networks and personal experiences. This is the space where you can equip your supporters with your message and help them carry your campaign to their own networks. to check for those sharing your website or campaign uRl on Twitter and then see what the tweets say.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Complaining about the errors on Twitter along with @Kanter, @pgjones00 was Mark Mann: It is in beta, let’s not forget! “Amy Sample Ward wrote on her/her profile:&#. Building a Network. Tags: community networking jumo nonprofits social media social network. Isn’t that the point?

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NetWits

AUGUST 23, 2011

Include a sample email and talk about the impact of gifts ( Did you know just raising $25 can provide sick kids with a toy this holiday?). And fundraisers who use Twitter along raise 10x more than those who don’t. I haven’t received any gifts and frankly don’t have the time. Tailoring your communication is key. Simple as that.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 30, 2011

In that window of opportunity, I snagged an invite from NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward and have spent the last day playing around with it in between other projects. I don’t see any value there over Facebook or Twitter or here on my blog. There are lots of organized networking opportunities. I hope it stays that way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. Updates from Twitter: Ckreutz points to his del.icio.us

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

But there was something else at play for me this year, my fourth, celebrating my birthday with social media and a networked fundraising campaign for the Sharing Foundation. It makes you feel good to give and celebrate and be part of a network of people doing the same. He helped me with reaching my influencers on Twitter.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Nonprofit Technology Link Love July 30, 2008 Here are posts from a small sampling of bloggers I regularly read: Holly Ross shows her geek cred in a great post about DNS. Beth is, of course, THE web 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

Just before noon, I decided to go online and see what those in my networks were sharing from their own celebrations or reflections, and immediately found the #GoSilent campaign from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). Sharing across platforms – Twitter. Sharing across platforms – Instagram and Foursquare.

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