Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2010

Only knowing someone by their avatar or their username may make it difficult to share stories and ask hard questions, online. We all work hard to present ourselves online the way we want to be seen, either for our job/professional careers or to keep a line between personal life and work.

Tips 145

Tips Offline Lesson Avatar 145

Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2011

This removes the theory from the abstract and gives sample worksheets and questions to help you quickly arrive at practical solutions to help your organization futurecast, promote broader awareness, and achieve action-based results, while remembering that there is nothing wrong with celebrating the element of fun.

Review 66

Review Second Life Nonprofit Model 66

Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

After Jason Shim won the 2014 NTEN Award in March, I thought I’d have a look to see why Amy Sample Ward and company thought so highly of him. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. He is the first Canadian to win the award, and it turns out he's a pretty great choice.

Technology 93

Technology Canada Nptech Award 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2007

It's really hard to narrow it down to 5-10 projects, but here's a sampling of the diversity of projects and causes represented. Avatar Action Center. It's really worth taking a little time and read through this amazing list of projects ! Fair Trade Language Tutoring Via WebCam. Creative Commons suggests.

Netsquared 50

Netsquared Project Malawi Laos 50

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

I've included a sampling below, and hope that you'll add other events in the comments. The organization is asking supporters to change their Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook avatars at 1:10 on Friday, March 6th to the "oneten" avatar. For others, it is a day of political significance to raise awareness around women's rights.

Celebrate 40

Celebrate International Avatar Myspace 40

Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

After Jason Shim won the 2014 NTEN Award in March, I thought I’d have a look to see why Amy Sample Ward and company thought so highly of him. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. He is the first Canadian to win the award, and it turns out he's a pretty great choice.

Technology 64

Technology Canada Nptech Award 64

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

Online : that’s exactly what people are doing when they become a fan of your organization on facebook (adding your icon to their profile), add your twibon to their Twitter avatar (a little logo that is placed over the user’s picture), or even when sharing links or messages about your organization (even ones that you didn’t create) (..)

Social Media 102

Social Media Organization Media Fundraising 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2008

We created a wiki full of sample avatars, banners, widgets, videos, audio clips, etc. As for social media, we've tried to supply our online supporters with all the tools they might need to make it as easy as possible for them to help us get the word out that people affected by disasters need their help. that are easy to grab and use.

Social Network 52

Social Network Site Network Disaster 52

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

Sampling of nonprofits and green businesses on MySpace. Tools: Videos on Google Videos, podcasts on Gcast, blog posts on site, photos on Flickr, questions on Yahoo! on Answers, networking on Yahoo! Groups, and ONE T-shirts for Yahoo! I Love Mountains. Goal: Stop mountaintop removal. Sign a pledge and email it to friends.

Web 40

Web Vlog Green Podcast 40

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2007

We know there are lots of people out there who have been "peeking in" on Second Life for awhile now, reading the articles, seeing the videos, maybe even creating an avatar. I've spent the last month building some sample exhibits, as well as a tutorial on interactive exhibit design. A contractor, Involve Inc.,

Museum 20

Museum Virtual Tech Second Life 20

Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

And so what they did was they created an avatar and every kid that came through their program got a teddy bear so they would not feel like they were alone. You have to give board members scripts, you have to give them social media posts, you have to give them sample letters and emails. You have to create your advocates. ” Right?

Roles 119

Roles Resource Develop Video 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

This is just a sampling. The context at Blogpotomac was the question, "Did turning your Twitter avatar green in support of the Iraniian protests" really mean anything. It reminds of the thread on trust and knowing people that we got into after Andy Carvin's talk.

Community 91

Community Blogher Boston Conference 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2012

Or, why test with such a small sample size. We created an add with our AXIS avatar and the slogan “Change the way you think about dance forever… “Like us” on Facebook” Since it is our fist time working with FB ads, we decided to start small. Ah, that’s a lot of work you must be thinking.

Facebook 127

Facebook San Francisco Oakland Effective 127

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

I think there are people who say “yes, there are people who have said I’ve changed my avatar green…&# One of the things with Dean’s campaign initially was that they had huge amounts of online activism but had problems turning that into real life work. It can be broad but shallow.

Iran 152

Iran Technology China Government 152