Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 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). 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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Web Bookmarking Philanthropy Open Source 105

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

Blogs, wikis, social network platforms, forums, chats: aka user generated content, conversations, communities. BrightGreenLiving wiki: crowdsourced knowledge. Communities; twitter, rss, threads; in person; by affinities; passions. Tweetawatt: will send out information via twitter about energy usage, on Makezine.com.

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Social Media Media Social Green 100

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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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. Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

For those that follow the #4Change twitter-based chats, this is a post recapping and highlighting our latest conversation on social media application in the Climate Change movement. That’s the question that the monthly #4Change chats (that take place on Twitter) address, this month focusing on the Climate Change movement.

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Social Media Change Media Lesson 145

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

is that there is a wiki and polls feature that isn’t available on ning. I messaged Laura on twitter and her response (read from the bottom up): So the platform that touted itself as the free alternative to Ning is now no longer free either! Yes, although grou.ps can be a little clunkier. The added advantage of grou.ps

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Ning Phoenix Case Study Platform 194

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 12, 2008

Tools like Twitter, FriendFeed and social networking. Tools for individuals are great, but what we’ve seen in 2008 is that the tools that individuals like the most and use the most are the ones that create the most dynamic communities. Regardless of my predictions or anyone else’s, 2009 is going to be a very exciting year.

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Mashup Wiki Contact Issue 100

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Some people are beginning to use twitter for adverts…and doing ‘paid tweets’ Is this going against the whole ethos of SM and especially Twitter, when authenticity is the key?” We Are Media, a wiki-based community project curating resources about using social media in nonprofit organizations.

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Social Media Interaction Government Case Study 105

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. Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1.

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Tools Tech Map Case Study 100

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

If not, you can follow the conversation in real time on Twitter with the hashtag #crowdx. (We’ll If you’re here in Austin, do join us! We’ll put up more notes after the session, too!). Here are some of my thoughts going into the conversation and slides if you prefer engaging that way: Crowdsourcing for Social Change.

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Community Case Study Haiti Social Media 207

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 21, 2010

There’s a drupal/civicrm system in place and a community space that was a beta trial (that is closing down), plus knowledge/experience on the team of using tools like facebook, twitter and wiki platforms. Relationships with most all of the groups listed in “what already exists&# which is huge.

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Case Study Studies Charity Community 162

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 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). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Doing Good.

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Web Wikipedia Bookmarking Facebook 108

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

After the #TakeBackThePink twitter campaign during the Super Bowl, Beth prompted all of us to share lessons and reflections in a google doc to be captured and shared. 10 Lessons from Community-Driven Organizing. and Facebook, plus Stephanie’s graphic design expertise. I also created a customized bit.ly

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Reflection Doc Lesson Cancer 150

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 10, 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). 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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