Amy Sample Ward

JULY 28, 2010

Twitter fail. It has become a regular occurrence for our monthly #4change chats to find Twitter not even working. This has meant some chats haven’t happened, some have stopped early or operated on a very slow conversation, and others (like last month’s chat) have moved off twitter and onto another platform all together.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2010

If you missed the session, you can revisit it via twitter, or video below! Using the hashtag #crowdx , we had an enormous conversation via Twitter during the session – you can see the recap captured from that time here: [link]. Tags: presentation crowdx netsquared nten sxsw video.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2010

In Ben’s words: CharityComms 2020 is a presentation where key figures in charity communications have teamed up to produce a snapshot of the most significant communications trends of the coming decade. View more presentations from Ben Matthews. Join the conversation by using #cc2020 on Twitter! Your Invitation.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

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). The more than 260,000 people who follow the American Red Cross’s Twitter account were promptly informed of the discovery. Accidentally, of course.

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Web Plugin Influence Award 123

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

Yesterday was the 2012 New York Cares Leadership Conference , and I had the distinct pleasure of presenting a session to volunteer leaders and inspiring community members. The session focused on using core social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to raise awareness and inspire others as a volunteer. Creating Buzz.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

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). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

If you want to contribute to the conversation, you’ll need to have a twitter account (it’s free). To follow the conversation (whether you are planning to contribute or not), use [link] or another application to search on Twitter for #4Change. Jump in to the conversation by adding #4Change to your Twitter message. Feeling brave?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Last month, Farra Trompeter of Big Duck and Danielle Bridgida of National Wildlife Federation presented at the Bridge Conference last week about personal and professional branding. In preparation for their presentation, they circulated a survey to over 200 nonprofit professionals, asking how they use various social platforms.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2010

Whether it’s Twitter or email or a social network, people often find it difficult to ask hard questions online because it could be seen as overly negative or critical, maybe the shared glossary of terms don’t match up and the question is misunderstood, or there’s details that one side or the other don’t have access to.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2009

iE Boston Marketing and TiE Boston Social Entrepreneurs present: The 140-Character Mission: How Social Media Revolutionizes Social Entrepreneurship. Already Twitter, Facebook, and the rest are revolutionizing the business and marketing of social impact. Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009. Location: MIT room 3-270 (click for map).

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 19, 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). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Check it out! Great slides.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2011

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). Today, on every measure of growth and engagement, Twitter is growing at a record pace. When did you join Twitter, or what has kept you from joining?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Fenton just released a terrific guide book focused on actionable metrics: “See, Say, Feel, Do: Social Media Metrics that Matter” It is tempting to imagine social media as its own communications island where Twitter Follower counts are valuable currency that can be exchanged for internal high-fives.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

Using a poetry slam format, each panelist will present a five-minute poem or story about how their organization has successfully implemented a social media strategy experiment and how they considered the ROI. PRESENTERS. You can follow the session on Twitter at: [link]. Beth Kanter - Beth's Blog. Holly Ross - NTEN.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 11, 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 a great online space to upload your presentations, notes and documents. Are you familiar with the tool?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2010

The team at TechSoup has brewed up a select menu of tools and strategies to provide a social media curriculum to conference attendees on how to explore Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and applications for engaging volunteers and supporters around the world. Get in Touch Via Twitter. Will you be at the NCVS? Elliot Harmon: @ ElliotHarmon.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2010

These three columns let visitors dive straight into content they are most interested in, like presentations (notes, information, links and slides), roundups (compilations of interesting content and conversations), and event popular blog posts (this is decided based on blog posts with the most clicks and visits).

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

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). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

Follow #KMUK10 on Twitter throughout today and tomorrow for more highlights that emerge from the conference! Tags: events presentation information kmuk10 knowledge knowledgemanagement sharing. There’s a great deal of misunderstanding about psychology, human nature, and incentives.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

View more presentations from womenwhotech. This is great for use in your Twitter messages but also in emails or even text messages. Your interested followers may actually be checking twitter during their lunch break, or in the evening, and not when you’re at work at posting! WWT 2010: Apps and Tools to Energize Your Base.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 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). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

Within 30 minutes, I registered a domain name, launched a fundraising site on CauseVox , and seeded it with key influencers on Twitter to help build momentum. We also used branded Twitter accounts ( @sxswcares and @sxsw4japan ) to promote the campaign.

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Raise Japan Interview Disaster 176

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

Last month, I presented at the NCVO Foresight seminar: Changing ICT – what does it mean for your charity with a focus on the future of online revenue generation for nonprofit organizations. You can review the slides from my whole presentation, as well as all of the speaker notes, here.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Community Case Study Haiti Social Media 207

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2009

" Flickr Photo Download: Twitter trending topics - Anatomy of a hashtag as trending topic from Meg Pickard on Flickr. Are you on Twitter? Well, #CharityTuesday was started as a way of creating visibility for orgs using Twitter, get them talking to each other instead of just broadcasting information, and more.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 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). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, or something else, you don’t have to be satisfied with a feeling: use your organization’s strategic plan to identify real goals and then track the data to show your impact.

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Blackbaud Conference DC Slides 100

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, or something else, you don’t have to be satisfied with a feeling: use your organization’s strategic plan to identify real goals and then track the data to show your impact.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2010

People follow people on Twitter, we have dozens of friends in Facebook, read many blogs, we take an idea about the people we admire, that surprises us, which enriches knowledge. To learn more about Ricard’s work with government transparency and community building, connect with him directly at: Twitter: @ricardespelt. Web: [link].

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

A first-of-its-kind Twitter widget that tracks tweets about nonprofits or social causes in real time. The Socialbrite site features dozens of videos, screencasts and slide presentations. Follow us on Twitter: @socialbrite. Socialbrite.org is launching with a rich set of resources: A directory of Web 2.0

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Tools Change Los Angeles Social 100

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Some people are beginning to use twitter for adverts…and doing ‘paid tweets’ Is this going against the whole ethos of SM and especially Twitter, when authenticity is the key?” The resistance for your organization, staff, leadership or board is probably the same that would come if you presented opportunity for any kind of change.

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Social Media Interaction Government Case Study 105

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Event highlights on twitter. Date : April 27, 2011. Location : Foundation Center, New York, NY. Topic : Nonprofits & Social Media. Description : Facebook? Foursquare? With so many channels, it can be hard to know where to start or if you’re doing it well. Related Links: Foundation Center. Video Interview. Event wrap up post.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. What is your real output?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 9, 2010

As I recently announced , I’m collaborating with Matt Chevy on a redesign of this website to freshen up the design, make presentations, resources and case studies all easier to find, and surface the rich conversations taking place in the comments. Here are some of the high-level key points.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 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). Some of the statistics were surprising, and the presentation was rife with practical tips for marketers we thought worth sharing."

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Web Bookmarking Philanthropy Facebook 126

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

The conversations, presentations and workshops were shared online in real-time thanks to a myriad technology set (including Twitter, blogs, video, etc.). You can also follow Chain Reaction on Twitter: use the hashtag #cr09 (you can also follow activity @chainreaction or @cr_events ). Learn more and connect with Chain Reaction!

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