Amy Sample Ward

JULY 16, 2009

That’s part of the key to success when using Twitter for a Global conversation. Using hashtags lets you mark your message as pertaining to a certain topic, then automatically include that message in a stream with everyone else’s that include the same hashtag. What do those # mean? Build a landing pad. Consider your time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Nonprofits will soon be broadcasting their own live TV programs to households around the world simply with a Ustream channel and a smartphone. Start building your channel and live-streaming communities now. Those nonprofits that do will be the best positioned to be successful at Web television. for Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Now entering its sixth year, #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media. To register for future free webinars, please see the Nonprofit Tech for Good Webinar Schedule. Create social and media graphics in at least two sizes:800 x 800: Best for Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram. Countdown graphics.

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Judi Sohn

JULY 3, 2011

I couldn’t stomach looking at even one more new social networking/collaboration site that no one would care about in 6 minutes, much less 6 months. It’s a paradigm shift in large scale at-your-fingertips social networking. Established social sharing model (blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, etc.):

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Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

GivingTuesday is quickly approaching, meaning a big day of fundraising for nonprofits like yours. Many organizations use GivingTuesday as a social media campaign to increase fundraising and spread awareness for their cause. X, formally Twitter, has also had a lot of changes that may affect your strategy for the platform.

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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. My Google+ profile automatically includes a Google Buzz tab to see the stream from that space.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

There absolutely is a math to social and mobile media. If your nonprofit has a good content strategy in place and understands the power of integrating all your nonprofit’s communications channels (website, email, Facebook, texting, etc.), There is also a science to social and mobile media. Social Network Followers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

They are the respected voices who others turn to understand sector social change issues. Many nonprofit CEOs use their social media profiles to extend the reach of their thought leadership and connect with professional colleagues, media, and policy makers. Managing Boundaries on Social. What Kind of Social Animal Are You?

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 28, 2013

We all know nonprofit technology can be a complicated ideal for nonprofits, when the average IT budget only allocates 5% of the business and operational funds to technology–and most of the time it’s for tech maintenance. Currently, 55% of social networking happens from a mobile device.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2011

Before I can provide guidance to a nonprofit on a new platform, I need to get in play with it. What ever platform you are on, there are best practices for using social networks for professional learning. Put them on a list, in a circle, or group so you can focus on their stream and not get distracted.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2016

The puzzling feeling reminded me of my first experience on Twitter ten years ago and that made me feel old.Plus, it takes more patience than doing Sudoku to figure out and use regularly, although it i s a snap for 14 year olds. Twitter is for keeping up with news and live events. ” Nonprofits and SnapChat.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

For all the buzz about new media in the nonprofit sector, it is somewhat surprising how few nonprofits have integrated their new media campaigns into one of the most important pages on their website – the “Thank You for Your Donation!” ” landing page. That is, the page your donors land on after making a donation.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

One response on twitter from my great friend and colleague, Joe Solomon, has stuck with me and kept me thinking: “You can’t create new game-changing start-ups for social change anymore. But the action, the real social change, is offline. It should not matter whether I work for a nonprofit, or if I work at all.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Apps for Social Media Management. TweetDeck (Windows and Mac OS client, Android, and iOS) is a Twitter client that lets you customize your various Twitter feeds. You can create columns on your dashboard to only see tweets with certain hashtags or only see tweets within a designated Twitter group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2015

A champion is an individual that supports a nonprofit organization or cause. They are passionate about your organization and social change, and will talk about it to anyone who will listen. Nonprofit staff members, volunteers, and board members are some of your best champions. Nonprofit Examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2008

She also mentioned how they were beginning to experiment with Twitter. They are setting up twitter accounts linked to programmatic areas and affinity groups. This PBS station just started their social media experimentation less than a year ago and is already seeing increased audience engagement and visitors to their site.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 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). PDT Beth and Allison will celebrate with a virtual book party on U-Stream and Twitter (#netnon). NetSquared Local Reaches 70 Groups Worldwide!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2010

Join Allison Fine and me on June 21st at 1-2 PM PST/4-5 PM EST for the launch of The Networked Nonprofit. Stop by and chat with us on Twitter or watch the live stream. Our party goal: Make the Networked Nonprofit a top ten bestseller in Amazon.com’s business book section.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 7, 2009

Of course, everyone is still on Twitter, and Linked in, etc., Even though I tend not to blog anywhere near as much as most of my colleagues about social networks (because it’s really not my passion,) I’ve been a fairly early adopter, in the broad sense (of course, if I compare myself to Beth Kanter , I’m a laggard.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 7, 2009

Of course, everyone is still on Twitter, and Linked in, etc., Even though I tend not to blog anywhere near as much as most of my colleagues about social networks (because it’s really not my passion,) I’ve been a fairly early adopter, in the broad sense (of course, if I compare myself to Beth Kanter , I’m a laggard.)

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

You can always reach me on email or Twitter - or follow this blog and my Twitter stream for updates. Future of social networks. Nonprofit & Your Startup. Social Media Nonprofit ROI Poetry Slam. Social Media and Sustainability. Nonprofits: Be the Web. Let’s connect!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 10, 2010

But you then have no good way of finding more about them, and gradually making their acquaintance, since many public profiles are quite sparse, and stream that really gives you a picture of the person is often locked down for privacy. Adina lays out the distinctions between Twitter's asymmetrical connections and Facebook's symmetrical ones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

One of the reasons I made a commitment to blogging about professional topics regularly was because I was inspired by Marnie’s nonprofit technology blog, ext. Marnie also introduced me to social booking and tagging way back in 2004 as the originator of the NpTech Tag. Examples: San Jose Opera use of #Operaplot Twitter Hashtag.

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2010

As social networks try and become profitable they are experimenting with new ad models and trying to drive more traffic to increase ad revenue. Are these changes good for nonprofits bottom line too? Promoted tweets are what Twitter plans on offering to organizations that want to advertise on Twitter.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2017

Today, nonprofits have an opportunity like never before to reignite their partnership with supporters and provide platforms and opportunities for people to use their social networks to organize and advance your cause. 9 Ways to Ignite Supporter-Led Advocacy with Social Media: 1. This year, 6.8 Video Petitions.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 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). It's left some nonprofit professionals wondering whether these types of contests are a good idea." " Check it out! " Check it out!

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Care2

JULY 14, 2009

WOMM (word of mouth marketing) and earned media should be key components of any communications plan to market your nonprofit’s website. Check out these 10 tools and strategies to market your nonprofit on the web, connect with your members and reach new supporters. I have also ranked them from easy to moderate to time consuming.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Social Media and Technology: What Nonprofits Need To Know « Nonprofit Communications: Duck Call Blog - I really love the highlights Farra shares from the “Social Media and Technology: What Nonprofits Need To Know" panel she attended yesterday as part of #baruchnp, at Baruch College in New York.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience.

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

As we all know, the nonprofit tech community is loaded with smart and thoughtful organizers who give their time and efforts to help the rest of us do the good work we do. This was one of our most interactive webinars - it was filled with community organizers, after all - the Twitter stream and chat channel were delightfully out of control!

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NTEN

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. When joining, the presence of ad-recommending data was very clear. But, at least right now, you can still only have that one profile.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Starting Tuesday, September 15th, the Case Foundation will offer online tools and live streamed seminars aimed at helping nonprofit staff understand how to best leverage social media to create awareness for causes, raise funds, and engage with new constituents. using social media for fundraising and friend-raising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The most recent Pew Internet Project Internet and technology use studies show how immersed teens and young adults are in the online environment and how tied they are to the mobile and social sides of it. Some 95% of teens ages 12-17 are online, 76% use social networking sites, and 77% have cell phones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Net2 Houston, August Photo by Eschipul Nonprofits in Second Life Gala Opening Photo by RubyJi By looking at the photos tagged with NpTech, nonprofit techies were either on vacation or attending events. Holly Ross, after her 21-day experiment, now says she's an addict and others are trying to like twitter. million users.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

These phrases and others are becoming increasingly more common among marketing, development, and communications professionals at nonprofit organizations. Or you reach a couple thousand followers on Twitter. This mix of information about the community, as well as your organization, will make your social networking efforts a success.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2009

Are you a nonprofit that could benefit from some techie help? Summer of Social Good by Mashable - "Summer of Social Good is the first large scale online charitable campaign to raise funds strictly online through the power of Social Media and the Internet. These are some links I wanted to share from June 16th.

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