Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Tools and Apps to Energize Your Base. You need two key ingredients – people and tools to connect and engage with them. From “texting&# to location based apps like FourSquare this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest apps and tools organizations can use to effectively moblize and energize people online.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

There are so many tools out there and so many different options pulling us in so many directions that I’ve found many organizations, especially very small organizers, can feel like they are getting tied up in knots. Use this step-by-step guide for adding RSS feeds. Here’s an example: DIY Management Tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2009

This is a free web-based tool that is totally customizeable and can be used both privately or publicly.To Netvibes will let you track all kinds of things online, all by using RSS feeds or ready-built widgets. You can then click on the linked “Feed&# word that has the RSS icon next to it (the icon looks like a signal).

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2010

The focus included both a look at what social media tools are being used to do in organizations now, how funders are using technology, and what opportunities exist for funders to support or lead on. Hint: click through to view the slides on SlideShare.net to see speaking notes.). Social Media & Philanthropy.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Well, it can at least boost your internal staff knowledge and your positioning as a resource in the community! In this webinar we’ll discuss the fundamentals of sharing information with social media tools. We’ll cover social bookmarking, tagging, RSS and more, plus the tools you can start using for free to do it all.

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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. Definitely something we’ll be sure to tackle!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

In 2007, I realized that a much more effective way to aggregate interesting actions would be to subscribe to RSS feeds from trusted sources. I wrote about the potential for aggregating RSS feeds of giving opportunities in a blog post called, Why We Need Group Fundraising RSS Feeds. Originally, adding actions manually.

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