Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 23, 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. Introducing WebAPI ?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 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). An increase in email use, however, was visible in the 55+ age group, who used web-email 15% more in 2010 than in 2009.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 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). And much less than that (22%) reported that their organization had ever evaluated Return on Investment (ROI) of technology projects or programs."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Also, they have a very interesting ROI calculator for social networks that is worth a look. { Also, they have a very interesting ROI calculator for social networks that is worth a look. { OK, no, I’m still not convinced, but here’s an interesting take on Second Life from Frogloop. I’d love to chat sometime.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" ROI = (gain from investment - cost of investment)/(cost of investment). The irony).

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JULY 17, 2007

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NTEN

MARCH 12, 2010

Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010? Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" ROI = (gain from investment - cost of investment)/(cost of investment). The irony).

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011. It’s all about your return on your engagement; Return on Engagement (ROE) is the new Return on Investment (ROI). 1] Bango Annual Mobile Usage Study, Feb 2010. [2]

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

One of the simplest ways to significantly increase your nonprofit’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is to learn basic HTML. That said, way back in September 2010 I wrote a blog post on how to launch a TV station for your nonprofit using UStream (alternatively LiveStream has gained considerable market share).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As a sector, we’ve been addicted to the buzz about social media – and social media itself – for nearly 20 years, but if we take a step back and take a critical look at the big picture of social media, many nonprofits will discover that their return on investment (ROI) from using social media is minimal. Instagram: 1.4

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Care2

DECEMBER 28, 2010

I’m discouraged by the amount of time many nonprofits are spending on new tools (like Facebook and Twitter), which may or may not work for fundraising, at the expense of optimizing their own sites! Every nonprofit should turn its website into a kick-ass donation and/or e-commerce engine! Beth Kanter, Zoetica Media.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 19, 2010

The hashtag, as defined by Twitter , was created because Twitter provided no easy way to group tweets or add extra data. Since Twitter did not develop this capability into its system, the community came up with their own way: hashtags. When we attended the Texas Nonprofit Summit in 2010, the hashtag was #TXNS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

Recently I got my first full-on blast of the Networked Nonprofit at a session the authors presented at the 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service. For those orgs, Beth and Allison advise individuals at nonprofits to go small, try simple stuff , not focus on ROI, be willing to fail, and leverage small successes.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

Starting off 2010, the monthly #4change Twitter chat focused on the topic of campaigning with social media. I’ve tried to pull out some of the relevant tweets from the Twitter stream to help follow the flow of the conversation in case you missed it. There were quite a few participants and some really great conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 11-15, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands. When organizations use Twitter to promote themselves, it’s largely about playing a role.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

   As KD Paine , Social Media Measurement Goddess says in a recent article about ROI, most social media efforts fail because they fail to measure success (or failure).  created to mark their 2009-2010 Season of Belief.  " I like the idea of leveraging a networked effect of the swarm badge.  

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See3

MARCH 17, 2008

17 Jan 2009 See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Why I Use Twitter [.] Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! 18 Mar 2008 Recent URLs tagged Davidpogue – Urlrecorder [.] David writes the Personal Tech column for the NY Times.

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JUNE 5, 2009

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MARCH 23, 2009

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

But for the second largest Internet company in the world with 2010 profit estimates to be between $1-2 billion, is that enough? Facebook would do well to follow the lead of Twitter, MySpace and YouTube. 3) Facebook ROI is often overrated. 4) Twitter 5) LinkedIn 6) Facebook. There is ROI, but it is often overrated.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2016

Additionally, there is often a demand on advocacy’s return on investment (ROI) by nonprofit boards, donors, and CEOs. After a supporter sends their letter to their representative, you can provide them with an easy one-click solution to spread the word on Facebook, Twitter, email, etc. 3] Kingdon, J. 4] Zimmerman Lehman.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Stan @SonicPrint May 14, 2010 | Sonic Print Direct Mail Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! The SXSW Interactive Festival. The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! note: I was getting around to writing up my own notes about SXSW, when I realized Beth had done all the work for me, as usual!

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Care2

JULY 2, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Eight social media tracking tools: Act.ly: New tool to launch petitions on Twitter.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

At the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference, we -- Carie Lewis , Beth Kanter , David J. The Strategy by David Neff of Ridgewood: Ingenious Communication Strategies If 2009 was the year everyone and their mom jumped into the social media pool, then 2010 is the year of strategy. Get them on Facebook and Twitter. Be proactive.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 11, 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). Almost twice as many users got news from a mobile device compared with 2010, and almost three times as many got news from a social network."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

3) The vast majority of nonprofits don’t know how to monitor or measure ROI [Return on Investment]. I have been doing the social media thing for almost 4 years and I took granted that most nonprofits are doing the basics in terms of measuring ROI, but recent polls I presented on Twitter speak otherwise.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

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See3

MAY 25, 2007

Forbes, Twitter, Washington Post… are among the 70 companies that developed applications in time for the announcement. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! And my assumption is that people haven’t even begun to think about how they can use this.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 18, 2011

Twitter: twitter.com/witnessorg. WITNESS currently utilizes the following social media tools: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and “Video for Change” (blog). The blog has been the key standardized staple that helps to regularly generate content for readers, which then is further shared via Twitter and Facebook.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

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MAY 4, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Twitter Twitter, oh such a trendsetter these days between Oprah, Ashton Kutcher and CNN.

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