Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Topic : Listening & Engaging: DIY Tools for Social Media Management. Date : February 22, 2012, 3 pm EST. Location : Online.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 7, 2009

Where: Twitter (search for #4Change ). Topic: Revolutionary social media: Exploring social tools for revolts, upheavals & protests. Throughout the world activists, organizers and non-profit professionals are exploring how best to use these tools, and sharing the results using the tools themselves. And beyond.

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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. Here’s a run through of the Tools Galore session.

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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. Follow us on Twitter: @socialbrite. Subscribe to our blog updates: [link].

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

But what about taking an inventory of your social media tools? Here are a few ways to get you diving in: Twitter. Want to find new followers and receive useful statistics to improve your Twitter usage? It’s easy to use: all you have to do is follow the Mr. Tweet twitter account and messages will be sent to you via DM.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

The session focused on using core social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to raise awareness and inspire others as a volunteer. Your tools are defined both by the goal of what you want to do, but also by the people – are they tools that that audience uses and likes? Here are some specific Facebook tools: Edgerank.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

IAVA’s #gosilent campaign is a terrific example of social campaigning because it uses tools and tactics that make it easy for the organization to track, measure, and evaluate success – in real time and after the campaign is over. Sharing across platforms – Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

Social media tools work because they are powered by people, and people are social. Lots of organizations, campaigns, and even individuals are now using social media tools to organize online and offline – bringing local communities together in new and powerful ways. What tools have been most unsuccessful? Feeling brave?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

The chat used the #CommBuild hashtag to pull regular and new participants together on Twitter and elsewhere, though we found that having the chats take place on a platform like CoverItLive helped people jump in and follow the conversation and create instant archives people could share and review asynchronously. So, what do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 25, 2011

Topic : Using Twitter to Recognize Volunteers and Build a Following. Description : This session is targeted at beginner and intermediate knowledge or experience with Twitter and other social media platforms. Katherine Snider, Executive Director of Baby Buggy will join to share her case study of using Twitter with her organization.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

There are bound to be many, many versions of this blog post as people from around the world start investigating the tool and sharing their impressions. As always, when it’s just the first trickling of people joining up, the way the tool is used, the depth of some functionality, and the technical issues are all a bit out of proportion.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 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). We know that tools (aka tactics) are what help us implement a strategy, not what it is built around. Twitter beta-tested a spine."

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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). Or are social media ranking tools an example of more kool-aid mix being added to the overflowing punch bowl? Are you a leader or a follower?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2010

There are so many tools we can use to try and enhance offline events. Which Social Media tools are best suited for covering live events? Join the Twitter chat: If you want to contribute to the conversation, you’ll need to have a twitter account (it’s free). Where: Twitter (search for #4Change). Feeling brave?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 5, 2013

For example, start following the common hashtags, watch for popular retweets on Twitter, and check out the commonly shared images and liked Pages on Facebook. to check for those sharing your website or campaign uRl on Twitter and then see what the tweets say. You will start to see certain people and organizations rise to the top.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

A recent comment from Ichi (working on social media for good in Japan w/ SocialCompany.org ) asked after the tools I was using on this blog to bring in comments via Twitter. Automatically retrieve Twitter Replies and/or Twitter Retweets to your Blog’s Posts. Tags: blogging howto plugins twitter wordpress.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 3, 2010

The January #4Change Twitter Chat will focus on the use of Twitter and other social media tools in campaigning. Join the Twitter chat: If you want to contribute to the conversation, you’ll need to have a twitter account (it’s free). Jump in to the conversation by adding #4Change to your Twitter message.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

—– Tools for listening: Goodbyebuddy – find out when people aren’t listening to you any more. Twitter: even if you don’t want to engage on it, you need to be listening there. Check out listening tools at: [link]. Follow #10ntc.listen on Twitter for links and conversation from this session.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

Last week, I had a fun time moderating the June #4Change Twitter Chat on Online Community Building. Note on platform : During last week’s Twitter chat, not unlike previous chats, we dealt with some major issues around lag and load time. What’s the point in using “global” tools (social media) for local organizing?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 19, 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). SignOn.org Beta – Have you seen the new petition tool from MoveOn.org? "SignOn 30 Super Useful Nonprofit Hashtags – Twitter Chats, Too! «

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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

APRIL 12, 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). Twitter, Facebook and Google tools have already been used for market research, sales predictions and targeted advertising.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 18, 2010

Because social media may be about networks, communities, and collaboration; but it is only possible because of the dynamic and powerful tools individuals are using. Collaborative tools are valuable because of the options for bringing individuals working on a project into a shared space. I want to share that story!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 14, 2012

They did keyword searches on Twitter to talk to people they have something in common with, began engaging people on Facebook with conversation topics, and pinning images on Pinterest to get the sharing going. Ideally, you want to get to the point where supporters quickly respond to your calls.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Tools and methods are being customized, adapted and remixed for various educational contexts. Where: Twitter (search for #4Change). If you want to contribute to the conversation, you’ll need to have a twitter account (it’s free). Jump in to the conversation by adding #4Change to your Twitter message. Feeling brave?

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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. It eventually garnered 45,000 users who took advantage of the easy-to-access tool to place reports. Why Social Media?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2010

As social media tools like Twitter and Facebook become core components of nonprofit communication strategies, there is a corresponding need to assess how well programmatic messaging and organizational identity are propagating in those channels: “We Tweet; is anybody listening? Links to tools & info. Audio recording.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 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). " Why Do You Participate in Twitter Chats? " Why Do You Participate in Twitter Chats? on Twitter and Facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 23, 2010

Tweetnotes is one of the newest tools from The Extraordinaries. You can see the embeded versions of the tool on my blog here and here , or you can see examples on the original site for the SXSWi session, Net2 Open Space session, Community Building session, or the Online Campaigning session. I also think it can be better!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 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). There are so many other tools and platforms that are exciting, innovative, incredibly engaging, and beautiful. " Check it out! ."

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Description : Social media tools allow for people to connect: broadcasting messages to real time communication, online networking to offline collaboration. Location : San Antonio, TX. Topic : Social Media in Disaster Response. Related Links : Conference website.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2011

The April Community Builder chat zeroed in on data and tools. Some of the past chats have discussed strategy, philosophy, and best practices, but this time we were all excited to share our tips and tricks for measurement, goal-setting, and specific tools to help us do it all! Some of the tools discussed include: Hootsuite.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 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). – Pew Research Center – "Eight percent of the American adults who use the internet are Twitter users. Who Tweets?

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2009

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). … So in this post my hope is to share with you what is unique about measuring one such channel, Twitter. .

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

It’s now been a few months and I wanted to check in on the status of the platform, the impact it’s had on communities using the tool and organizations supporting those groups. Or will it fizzle into the growing ocean of tools that put all users at a loss from lack of control and transparency? Phoenix or Fizzle.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 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 US will use Twitter and Facebook to issue terror alerts – "The U.S. What does it mean for community change?"

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Over half of the organizations surveyed reported that they do not use Twitter and do not intend to, with only 24% reporting use of the tool. Twitter is part of the real-time Web, meaning it enables people to communicate, share information, spread news, and distribute links in “real-time&# as it happens. What do you think?

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