Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

NTEN’s 09NTC just wrapped up in San Francisco and many conversations at the conference focused on social media use by nonprofits. How do you decide what kind of information or campaigns are delivered to your various community members on different social networks? Originally posted on the NetSquared blog.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

One of my biggest takeaways from last year's Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in San Francisco was this oft-repeated advice on social networking, specifically Facebook and Twitter: you can't make them come to you. Social media, indeed. Roger Burks, Mercy Corps. You have to play in their space.

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MAY 2, 2012

Nonprofits Chalk Up Big Gains in Social-Network Followers , Derek Lieu. Free Access to State Legislative Information Paves Way for Political Action , San Francisco Chronicle. Nonprofit Investment in Social Networks and Membership Continue to Grow , Business Wire and 4Traders. Garrett Bradford. Flicker Sets.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 21, 2009

We received over 100 submissions from nonprofits and libraries around the country (and world) who've shared their digital stories in video , photo , and GoldMail formats for the Digital Storytelling Challenge! Tags: Marketing Multimedia & Graphics Social Networking Software Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2014

Naples, Fl: Connecting Your Site to Social Networks – WordPress Walk-in-Clinic. North Richland Hills, TX: Nonprofit Geek Happy Hour & Networking. Using small wins to grow social media revenue. San Francisco, CA: Mix and Mingle at NTEN’s Inaugural Leading Change Summit.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Online social networking was just being born. You had to say something on the blog, or post a photo on Flickr, or organize a Meetup. Billy Bicket got the first Net Tuesdays going in San Francisco. Social Networking Web 2.0 Tools social media Twitter NetSquared' The Iraq War was raging.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

One of the big perks to being registered is the exclusive conference social network, NTConnect brought to you by the fine folks at Acteva. Within the groups, you can create meetups to make the most of your networking time in San Francisco! At this point you should have received your login to NTConnect. (If

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

Tomorrow, October 18th, Eric Leland of Leland Design , and I will be presenting about, "Internet Strategy on the Cheap" at the San Francisco Bay Area Nonprofit Boot Camp. We've compiled a list of Tools and Resources to share with participants, and thought that you might enjoy seeing it as well.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 4, 2011

The July edition of the San Francisco Online Community Meetup featured Meg Clark , community manager at ExactTarget, the parent company of CoTweet. looked at how brands are using social media tools, in particular CoTweet, for better listening and responsiveness. Photo: Realtime Report. Community Engagement.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 19, 2007

In San Francisco, Yoga Sangha is hosting a "Spiritual Activation Series" with lecture, yoga and meditation. You can also find lots of do-good yoginis on the social network, Zaadz. What are some examples you've seen of yoga for social change? Photo credit: Yoga by Mark MacLean. yoga activism activist

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Between the internet strategy teleseminar for the San Francisco Writing Conference I did on Monday, the blogging presentation I did for the Oakland branch of Ladies Who Launch on Tuesday, and the consults I had with individual bloggers on Wednesday and Thursday, I've been asked several times this week: "How do I increase my blog traffic?"

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Share who you really are (photos from the staff holiday party excluded). Example: When Kjerstin Erickson, Founder of FORGE, blogged about her organization's struggles on Social Edge , she received an outpouring of support, plus stories in the San Francisco Chronicle and Wall Street Journal. allow comments.

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2011

through social media as a way of communicating the ongoing impact of the BP oil spill and perils of oil dependence to citizens throughout the. The film, photos, and blog entries from the initiative can be. including: a product matching program, storytelling trainings, social. seen at [link].

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The Hacker Helper project is closely aligned with our NetSquared vision of bringing communities together to solve social problems – including nonprofits, beneficiaries, activists, technologists, concerned citizens. We are testing it out at hackathons this month in San Francisco and also in Sarajevo in Bosnia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

Similar strategy to what the San Francisco Symphony did with its blogger outreach event. Why not send us your own photos and join the discussion here at The Great Tate Mod Blog? The Shooting Script Colonizing Social Spaces , looked more broadly at the benefits and drawbacks of museums utilzing social networking sites.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2009

The Science Fair is the conference's opening reception -- an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out the over 90 exhibitors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector. The Science Fair doors will open at 3pm at the San Francisco Hilton. But wait, there's more!

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2009

As I wrote this post on the flight back from my third NTEN Conference I know I felt similar to many of the other 1,600 “NPTechies” (Nonprofit Techies) who are leaving San Francisco. Some people work one-on-one with organizations consulting on anything from technology budgeting to online social media strategy.

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Pinterest is a new(ish) and growing a image based social network and the newest darling of social media marketers. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has a Pinterest Board with items for sale in the museum store. We’re about to see Pinterest use among nonprofit organizations explode.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Flickr Photo: Mr. T in DC. Note From Beth: Next month I’m lucky enough to be doing the keynote at Social Media for Nonprofits Conference in San Francisco to share some ideas from my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” winner of the 2013 Terry McAdam Nonprofit book award.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Photo by Christine Beddia. It is also important to expectations. The magic thinking of “ everyone on social networks ” may not happen over night. .” View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you’ve got.”. Thankfully no.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 9, 2017

Due to the muted, auto-playing nature of Facebook videos (and nearly all social networks), videos must work with sound off. Using a handful of photos and video clips shot entirely on a mobile phone, ShelterBox created a video days after the landslides hit Peru and Colombia in an effort to drive donations in the wake of the devastation.

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2011

Strengths of the Causes Network. Ability to utilize social networks to drive a message. Weaknesses of the Causes Network. All of a sudden, this woman who lives 1,000 miles away is a volunteer for a company here in San Francisco." Photos: Amoration. Massive number of people. Singularity of focus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Amanda Rose at the London Twestival Photo was taken by @mikebutcher The Twestival combined online twitter fundraising with a groundswell of offline self organized events in 202 cities around the world on February 12th. Last week, I was in San Francisco leading a workshop and helped organized a group of attendees for TwestivalSF.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

In several different pilot studies, participants used cell phones to document aspects of diabetes treatment ranging from glucose readings to snapping photos of the meals they ate. Participants then sent the photos, readings, or other questions to a diabetes education center, where a diabetes educator could instantly respond to questions.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2008

The next level is to produce your own talk, via profiles on social networking sites, a twitter feed, flickr group, blogs, podcasts, or online video. Look at the BADM’s participation in the annual Gay Pride Parade in San Francisco. For example, HP maintains blogs on everything from printers to operating systems.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

million tweets and 914,000 photos shared, the Movember movement did something right. When Batkid saved San Francisco, the whole country watched. On Friday alone, there were 78,000 tweets and 10,000 photos shared of him. Now that’s social engagement #SFBatkid and it’s evidence to the power of social media.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Jessica Colaco who is the manager poses for a photo. Just to illustrate how spaces like iHub act as connectors, while I was setting up for the workshop, Tiffany von Emmel , a colleague from San Francisco was in the room! She kindly live tweeted the workshop and took some photos. Photo by Tiffany von Emmel - MissionFish.

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2012

When I share photos of my partner and I and a far-flung friend “likes” those posts, her entire network of friends now knows that she knows (and apparently likes) someone who is gay. This network effect breaks down barriers between gay people and those whom we can enlist as allies, or at the very least, as friends.

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