Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

I recently had the opportunity to present a webinar for the National Center for Media Engagement , focused on community-driven engagement, and present a session at the Public Media Development and Marketing Conference , talking about building a social media strategy. Using Social Media. Building Your Social Media Strategy.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 17, 2012

Topic : Philanthropy and Social Media. Description : To launch the whitepaper, Philanthropy and Social Media, presented by The Institute for Philanthropy and The Indigo Trust, this panel discussed the impact of social media on philanthropy and giving from various perspectives. Related Links : The Institute for Philanthropy.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2010

Presentation: Community-Driven Social Impact. Tags: presentation socialbysocial community building community driven social impact conference event game ncvs social by social social media strategy. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Resource links: [link]. CDSI Game – Roles.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Topic : Nonprofits & Social Media. Social media has fundamentally shifted the way we communicate, personally and professionally. Join the Foundation Center for an engaging event on the strategies and tactics that make social media an effective way to activate your community, and the results you can expect. Foursquare?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 14, 2012

The Importance of a Strong Strategy. There isn’t a cookie cutter fundraising strategy that works for every nonprofit across the board. She’s also editor of Inspiring Generosity, a blog that gives nonprofits helpful resources on online community management and social media tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2009

My presentation includes some brief highlights from research done in the US and the UK around social media use by nonprofit organizations (including the Nonprofit Social Networking Survey and the eCampaigning Report ). Social Media, Nonprofits, and the Role of Individuals. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Nonprofit tech experts team up to help others master ‘social tools for social change’. Eight leading experts in social media and nonprofit technology have joined forces to create Socialbrite.org, a hub that showcases social tools for social change.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2009

Choose your moments : Timeliness is important, so is strategy and planning. Dancing my be contagious, but so is social change - go out there and dance with all your heart! Tags: community mission social change strategy. I big, heartfelt thanks to @EngageJoe for sharing the video.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

Over the last few months, I’ve been collaborating with Andy Gibson and David Wilcox , and Clive Holtham and Nigel Courtney from Cass Business School, on a book about using new technologies for social benefit projects. Below, you can find the 45 Social by Social Propositions. The 45 Social by Social Propositions.

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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. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Why Social Media? Citizen-Powered Response.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

Earlier this month, the Connected Generation conference brought lots of folks from organizations and direct services groups, as well as practitioners, educators, and researchers together in Bristol, UK, to talk about the use of social media in youth work. Connecting to Youth: Leveraging social media for work with young communities.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 18, 2011

Topic : Community-Driven Social Impact. Description : This session will focus on strategies and tactics to amplify the impact of mission-based programs through community-driven efforts. We’ll address emerging best practices and discuss the associated opportunities and challenges of community-driven strategies. Session page.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Topic : Social Media Basics. Description : Social media tools provide a lot of opportunities to make local, offline connections and build community. This webinar will introduce some best practices, strategies, and next steps for getting started with social media for you organization. Date : November 15th, 2010.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Topic : Listening & Engaging: DIY Tools for Social Media Management. I will also provide an introduction for social media goal-setting and a template for tracking your social media engagement. Date : February 22, 2012, 3 pm EST. Location : Online. Related Links : Nonprofit Webinars. Slides and notes. Webinar recording.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

I had a really wonderful time, and the Community-Driven Social Impact session was terrific! Let’s start at the beginning: what is “community-driven social impact” anyway? It means honestly that the ideas, shape and even strategy came from the community and you as the organization are the ones to support it or nurture it.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Topic : Tools and Options for Selecting Social Media for Your Organization. Description : The hardest part of getting started with social media is figuring out what tools your organization should use. Related Links : The Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide. Date : November 16th, 2010. Location : Readytalk.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Topic : Social Media Success in 30 Minutes Per Day. Description : The world of social media expands every day, supporting all those arguments. This session will review some of the primary components of social. media strategy building, online engagement, and even how do get started. Location : Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2010

From the newest member of the #4Change team, ChristinasWorld : In the wake of South by Southwest in Austin, and in anticipation of some exciting social media and social change gatherings coming up on the 2010 events calendar, we thought it could be useful to explore How Social Media Can Enhance Events as the topic for the March #4change chat.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Topic : Social Change Anytime Everywhere: Best Practices to Build a Multichannel Campaign Plan. Date : November 27, 2012. Location : online with Blackbaud Australia.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 28, 2010

This morning I had the great pleasure and honor to present at Amplified Leicester about Community-Driven Social Impact, and run a short strategy-building workshop. Community-Driven Social Impact for Amplified Leicester. To provide practical examples of how collaborative technologies can be exploited in a city context.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I have said it many, many times and so have lots of others—you’re probably tired of hearing about how social media is supposed to be “a conversation.&# And that’s okay! How can you create a strategy for your messages and campaigns in social media that respect this fact? They come from your supporters. .

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 2, 2009

I’ve been thinking about these lists in terms of adopting social media tools and think that most of the lists are hitting on the same exact things. Here’s my list that I think hits at the core of all the other lists for social media strategy. 5-Part Social Media Strategy Process.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 19, 2009

That’s the best part of social media: it is an equalizer of sorts. Why Social Media for Social Change? These social change projects rely on communities coming together to succeed (whether they are identified by a shared geography, issue, cause, or personal characteristic) in making a real difference in our world.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

What : An important part of your social media strategy should be listening for people and organizations who are talking about the issues you want to discuss.How do you know which networks will be most effective to reach your goals?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

“Social networks will be like air.&#. 3 things need to make social networks like air: Identity - who are you? pick your friends once - social networking fatigue. calendar, call, sms, facebook, twitter, address book = level of closeness of social data. most social ads require explicit action. open stack.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2013

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog is up! . The new book I co-authored with Allyson Kapin, Social Change Anytime Everywhere , looks at the way nonprofit organizations can use multichannel strategies for advocacy, fundraising, and community building.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

But, I hope 2011 will be the time when we funnel those frustrations into real steps towards a better, more collaborative, more effective, and more aligned sector of social impact. What if we moved from sharing which tools, tactics or campaigns were “fails&# or success to a focus on sharing which strategies worked or didn’t work.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

The creation and communication of this knowledge occurs in social networks of relationships, empowered by social media. Join us for a discussion and exploration of how social media are being used to accelerate our transition to a global sustainable culture. Jon Lebkowsky - Social Web Strategies. Jon Lebkowsky.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

But what about taking an inventory of your social media tools? If you use Delicious , the social bookmarking tool, you can view all of your tags and how many items have been bookmarked to each of them. Social Actions. Social Actions is an aggregator of 50+ social action-related sources across the web. Communities.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2009

I have a new post up on the Standford Social Innovation Review Opinion blog and hope you’ll check it out! The work, the thinking, the strategy building, and even the engaging stops mostly after the set-up. We want to create a social learning space or a social media space. But that’s it.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 15, 2011

Topic : Building a Social Media Strategy. Description : Sure, social media is evolving at the speed of light and experimentation is important. But you still need a clear strategy, a sound plan of attack, and a method of evaluating your results. Location : Pittsburgh, PA. Related Links : Conference information.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is now up – you can read it and join the conversation on the SSIR blog , or read the full post below. Remember Strategy First. Most organizations have a call to action, a campaign, or a fundraising push to promote on Facebook and other social media.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

Social Media: A Bubble About to Burst – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – "Are your nonprofit staffers addicted to social media? " Great piece from Allyson Kapin reminding readers that social media is "part of" a strategy. Doing Good.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Topic : Community-Driven Planning: Creating a Social Media Strategy. Description : This all-day workshop starts with the real foundation of social media engagement: community and content. Topic : Strong Connections: Linking Strategy, Goals and Metrics. Topic : Social Media Boundaries: Personal/Personnel Policy.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2010

A recent BusinessWeek article called "Twitter Twitter Little Star," describes social media as a booming industry which has caught the attention of corporations everywhere, and suggests the role of a "social media director" and what that person should do. " Where does Social Media belong on the Org Chart?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

" Sharing photos online – a decision matrix for non-profit organizations : Social Media 4 Good – "Many non-profits, NGOs and International Organizations are of two minds when it comes to sharing photos on the internet.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 2010

Looking beyond traditional online strategy, they're fundamentally transforming how they and their organizations work – shifting their entire perspective towards what we call "Web Thinking" – to better reflect the reality of our time. ." The first topic is blog strategy.

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