Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

We’re really talking about using no more resources than we can replenish. Blogs, wikis, social network platforms, forums, chats: aka user generated content, conversations, communities. BrightGreenLiving wiki: crowdsourced knowledge. One of the tools are social networks. What is sustainability? - Jon Lebkowsky.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Social Green 100

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Hopefully tomorrow the connection will sustain some real live blogging with CoverItLive (my favorite live blogging tool). Peter Campbell’s How to Decide session: Nonprofits have limited resources, which usually means that we have to make tough choices about where to spend our time and money. Buy Peter’s book!

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Newsletter Wiki Evaluation NTEN 100

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Citizen-Powered Response.

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

Some are using tools like Twitter or Facebook to invite listeners to a post-segment conversation with reporters, moving them from a passive action (listening) up the ladder of engagement to an active action of commenting and discussion. Google Analytics for your Wiki. Using Social Media. Building Your Social Media Strategy.

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Social Media Public Media Community 178

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Using tools that allow reposting, sharing, emailing and so on will give anyone the options they want to push your content around the web for you. Sometimes what you want to do and the tools at your disposal just don’t match. The value of the tool grows as people value the tool and add more content.

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Community Case Study Haiti Social Media 207

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Social media is a tool for you to use to help you achieve your mission. Including various social media tools in the way you do your work (whether it’s communications, fundraising, outreach, volunteer recruitment or service delivery) comes from strategically identifying the right tools for the right things.

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Social Media Interaction Government Case Study 105

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. 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). Doing Good. Have you made a video like this?

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Web Wikipedia Bookmarking Facebook 108