Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

Blogs, wikis, social network platforms, forums, chats: aka user generated content, conversations, communities. BrightGreenLiving wiki: crowdsourced knowledge. One of the tools are social networks. The ability to maintain a certain process or state. We’re really talking about using no more resources than we can replenish.

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Social Media Media Social Green 100

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

For those who are not converts it does seem to be the latest in a line of social media tools that everyone thinks you should be using. " Tags: roundup activism bookmarks campaigning education fundraising internet list millennials nonprofits politics postalicious report research resources slacktivism socialmedia strategy twitter wiki.

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Web Wikipedia Bookmarking Wiki 114

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

NTEN’s gathered some of the top nonprofit social media experts to help your organization devise a solid strategy as well as learn the secrets of using a variety of social media tools. Experience a variety of social web tools that are essential in listening/engaging, storytelling, generating buzz, and online networking.

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NTEN Media eLearning Case Study 105

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.

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

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 12, 2008

We have seen plenty of mashups where a website is able to push together a mapping tool, some public data, and user-created content like comments. The mashups that will come out in 2009 are going to be ones that create hybrid spaces in between the different tools we are already using. Mashups are great. I love them! Community Movement.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2009

When I talk with organizations about how they are using social media tools to engage online, whether they’ve already started or not, I find that the most common approach is to set up that Facebook group, add a blog to the website, or even set up a wiki for an event. But that’s it.

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Life Learning Offline Social 100

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

How can we and how are we using social media tools for social change? “Social media is a storytelling tool, it’s let voices effected by climate change be heard around the world&# (@ amysampleward ). Social media is still the tool or the medium, not the change or the action. link] is a climate change wiki.

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Social Media Change Media Lesson 145

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Hopefully tomorrow the connection will sustain some real live blogging with CoverItLive (my favorite live blogging tool). we cover best practices in planning for technology projects, providing tools to help you make smart decisions about where to invest those resources. Contact me: Peter Campbell psc @ techcafeteria.com.

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Newsletter Wiki Evaluation NTEN 100

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. Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission.

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Social Media Public Media Community 178

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

JULY 21, 2010

As CTX operates through partnerships with donor partners, all those donors have their own resources and content about tools and services. This lead into a conversation about choosing tools and guiding creation of a space – is that something they decide or do they find a community builder and leave them to the decisions?

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Case Study Studies Charity Community 162

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 2011

And it doesn't have to cost a ton: this video is made with basic tools that are free to use. ." KnowHow’s impact — Knowhow Nonprofit – Here's a great example of how you can reinvent the way your organization reports it's impact! Have you made a video like this?

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