Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2010

I’m really excited to [finally] announce that I’m going to be redesigning this blog/website. Right now, this blog could really be categorized as a blog. But I’d like it to be seen for what it is: there are tons of presentation resources (slides, notes, videos, etc.),

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

There's a good round up of links to blog posts and articles by other nonprofit techies and SEO mavens. For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog. Twitter's CEO has learned that short is sweet, flexibility is essential, and applications shoudl work so that people don't have to be at their computer all day long.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 4, 2014

To do so effectively, you’ll need a staff person whose sole purpose is tweet, post, share, blog, photograph, record, and interview during the event. On Twitter, don’t tweet or retweet more than 10 times per hour or risk overcluttering the home feed of followers. People are following the event, not the reporter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

38% regularly publish a blog. 72% have a Twitter Profile. Of those, the top three live reporting tools are Facebook (79%), Twitter (56%), and YouTube (23%). 77% agree that blogging is effective for their communications and fundraising strategy. Webinar Slides: Presented 2/2/17 to 1,600+ NGO staff. 3% use.NGO.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2008

BTW, the photo that graces the cover of this slide show was taken by Patricia). Also thanks to the many people in my Twitter, Linked, Facebook, and Slideshare networks who pointed me to good examples. I would like to give special thanks to Andre Blackman and Patricia Anderson who were immensely helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2007

That's a video blog post I did to demonstrate how a simple technique for creating effective videos using your cell phone or digital camera and placing it one the web, in this example, on YouTube. That is, it takes more than just throwing up a blog or myspace profile or start twittering to make this work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Creating Video Content : 15 Hours Weekly. As a starting point, all nonprofits should be investing time and resources in the “Big Three”: Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube. All nonprofits should also experiment with Twitter. Of the Big Three, Twitter requires the most time to utilize.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

You can review the slides below, and click through to slideshare where you can view all of the speaker notes as well. If you want to explore Twitter chats , I suggest checking out what various hashtags mean and use this list for a directory of chats: [link]. Social Media for Small Enterprises. Anything else?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The slides are below as well as some notes. In the slides, I highlighted some of the work of 350.org I had the opportunity to facilitate the IT track and had lots of fun poking, prodding, and supporting some really interesting conversations and sharing sessions. The Local Philanthropy Workshop: Facebook Campaigning in Romania.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Description : 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?” Slides and notes. Webinar recording.

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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. On Twitter , look up hashtags that your community uses and follow them to track conversations. Here are some Twitter-specific tools: Twitalyzer. Creating Buzz. hashtags.org.

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M+R

AUGUST 23, 2023

While nonprofits have far more followers on Facebook and Twitter, TikTok continues to grow in popularity across the country. This is a great way for your nonprofit to share facts, policy information, and “Did You Know” slides! We know that hopping on a social media trend can increase engagement no matter the platform.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

My guest post is up on Care2′s Frogloop blog; you can read the post and join the discussion there. With Animoto, you can put together photos, slides, and text with audio and video to create a compelling story from all the various elements you may have created separately or gathered at an event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2008

Twitter is having stress issues. What will the alternative to twitter Be? Let the backlash begin. I've seen it before and it here it comes again. Learn more from this interview by Jesse Stay. Maybe it???s it's not about the tools, it is about strategy and outcomes. but once those are in place, you have to explore the tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Tools like mobile text/sms, facebook, twitter, and even Wikipedia have permeated the global community and in times of crisis are natural outlets for updates, news, and even cries for help. Related Links : Conference website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2009

Photo by Esparta A few weeks ago I did a book giveaway for the Twitter Book. Readers from nonprofits who wanted to a chance to win a copy of the book had to leave a comment saying how they were using Twitter and how they hoped to improve their results. Here's my shot at the answers: How is your organization currently using Twitter?

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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?&#. Presentation slides. Audio recording.

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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). The more than 260,000 people who follow the American Red Cross’s Twitter account were promptly informed of the discovery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

According to PC World , Yahoo will shut down several of its Web properties, including Delicious, according to a leaked Yahoo presentation slide that was posted on Twitter. I queried my friends on Twitter and my library, museum, archivist, and educator colleagues suggested Diigo. I was hoping this was just a rumor.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 23, 2010

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. Tags: webtools 10ntc review the extraordinaries tools twitter. I also think it can be better!

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

Pitch to Your Website, E-newsletter, Blog, and Print Materials. This new page should then be linked near the e-newsletter subscribe option on your website and blog. Finally, there are icons for SMS that you can download and integrate with your social networking icons on your website and your blog. page on your mobile website.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Share what you do and ask for enewsletter subscriptions on social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc). Most social networking sites allow you to do some level of branding – whether it’s a a custom background on Twitter or a logo designed to work on your Facebook page you can make your brand presence known.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2012

Last week I participate on a panel on “ Data Visualization for Nonprofits: A Picture Is Better Than A 1,000 Words ” with Johanna Morariu from Innonet and Brian Kennedy of ChildrenNow. The day of the panel, I published a blog post that shared our slides, wiki, and resources. Documentation of Session.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 19, 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). " Add your thoughts or blog posts in the comments! Great slides. Marketing for Nonprofits: Want to Build Community Online?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

A good number of your Facebook fans, Twitter followers, and Flickr, YouTube, and Foursquare friends will come directly from clicks on social media icons placed on your website with “Follow Us” pitches. An embedded video or slide show can add value to your text if it is relevant and well produced. Host Your Blog Inside Your Website.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

I have a new post up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog and I’d love to hear your thoughts! You can read the full post and comment on the SSIR blog or be part of the conversation below. You can review the slides from my whole presentation, as well as all of the speaker notes, here.

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

The presentation slides have been uploaded to Slideshare. This was one of our most interactive webinars - it was filled with community organizers, after all - the Twitter stream and chat channel were delightfully out of control! Check out the event Storify Praan put together. Check out the event Storify Praan put together.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 17, 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). Her round up includes the slides we used in the session as well. Dave was a fellow panelist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2008

This slide show from Stephen Collins make me think about teaching Internet Skills Workshops for Nonprofits that I used teach over dozen or so years ago. The slide show is from a session he did at BarCamp Sydney called " All You Do Is Talk Talk Talk." Awareness What is Twitter? | View | Upload your own. Is it worth it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

5:15 PM EST Twitter! Some participants blogged about the webinar Christine Martell Jill Foster Connection Cafe | View | Upload your own. Later today, I am speaking on a panel at the WomenWhoTech Conference. Hot Or Not? Panelists share their opinions on the latest trends in Web 2.0 Panelists: Heather Holdridge, Care2.com,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2010

So expect some live blogging, and reflections. My slides are here. My slides are here. Mark Horvath shared how he searches on Twitter for the words "homeless" and either educates or empowers. The conference reminded me of Blog Potomac organized by fellow Zoetican Geoff Livingston.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

I normally separate my post-presentation blog posts and slides but think it will be valuable to group them together this time. Once you have a feel for who’s talking about what, where, start joining them by leaving comments on the blogs, pointing to content or discussions from your station’s website or blog, and so on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2008

Followers, Friends, and Fans: Expanding Your Online Community If you aren't on facebook, twitter, friendfeed, technorati, and delicious, should you be? tags: blogging nptech ).     I'm using my experience benchmarking my blog with key metrics.    Laura will focus on Twitter and measuring success. 

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

Learn more about the three common barriers that nonprofits often face on Nancy Schwartzs blog. To learn more about how you can use email marketing to support year-round online fundraising, Ive uploaded my slides to Slideshare. We also asked the audience what tools they would recommend through Poll Everywhere.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2009

I've been an strong advocate of Creative Commons for the last four years, have written many blog posts , and even taught a workshop or two on "Open Content.". (If They responded, " But what if the person who reuses your context slaps their logo on it and add a "All Rights Reserved" on the slide. Remix this Powerpoint.

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