Amy Sample Ward

MAY 24, 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). " Twin Cities marketers queuing up with QR codes – TwinCities.com – A great example of an interesting way to use QR codes! "Visitors

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Adding tags to content, whether blog post; video; photo; and so on, helps content creators organize content and, more importantly, helps your intended audience find it on the Internet. Tags can also be used to find resources such as photos, slide presentations, and articles to reference for use on your site.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Fortunately, backing up your contacts, photos, and apps is easier than ever. Google's backup program includes your Android settings (such as your WiFi networks and passwords), your Google application settings (such as your browser bookmarks), and the apps you install from Google Play (formally known as the Android App Market).

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2009

" Flickr Photo Download: Twitter trending topics - Anatomy of a hashtag as trending topic from Meg Pickard on Flickr. Have you seen hashtags (#) being used and curious what they mean - maybe for #FollowFriday for example. Tags: roundup bookmarks. charitytuesday is your charity taking part on Tuesdays? - Are you on Twitter?

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

A tiny, inexpensive gift, such as a bookmark, sticker, or magnet. If you work with animals, can you have a fashion photo shoot involving holiday sweaters? For example, corporations love social media shout-outs! So, don’t buy a bookmark with your logo on it just so you can check “gifts for donors” off your to-do list!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2011

Flickr Photo by JC Burns. I’ve been experimenting with Scoop.It , a bookmarking and curation tool. Danielle Brigida’s Wildlife News (excellent example of how useful this could be for an organization’s content strategy). Aliza Sherman’s Crowdsourcing (She’s just published a book on the topic).

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MARCH 6, 2023

A sponsor who provides monetary donations or in-kind donations like services or a venue can be listed on all the marketing materials…banners…bookmarks…t-shirts and so on. Examples of Community/Fun fundraising events include: Fun runs/walks. Community/Fun Events are great for corporate sponsors , too. Other fun ideas.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

If you work for the Red Cross, as an example, you can search in Causes for “red cross&# and find groups that are focused on the Red Cross but also those focused on specific disaster relief efforts and international projects. Delicious / Bookmarks. photo by Collin Anderson. Have you already started your Spring Cleaning?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2008

Photo from Ian Kennedy. " An activity stream is a feed of recent activities by your blog friends on various social networks - blog posts, new photos, bookmarks on Delicious, Facebook updates, Twitter updates, etc. I love laptop stickers! I met Ian Kennedy who is the product manager at MyBlogLog, a blogger social network.

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NonProfit Hub

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Or, maybe you bookmarked it and still can’t sort through your tabs. It’s a social bookmarking tool that comes with annotated notes, tags and links so you can save, organize and discover new content. Just take the American Red Cross as an example. Snapchat is an instant messaging app for photos. If Instagram, then Dropbox.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

Flickr Photo by Lee Haywood. Take for example this thread about launching a start up at SXSW. Object Based Social Sharing VS Social Graph Sharing : Objects are things like photos, bookmarks, slide decks, or in the case of Quora, questions. For example, removing or revising questions so they are more open-ended.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For example, if you join a modern art museum, there is a good chance you won’t have to pay admission to other modern art museums. Photo and Bio. For example, a carved, sewn, painted, or drawn item by a regular volunteer or service recipient. Consult with an attorney if you plan to do this. Get creative. Program-Related Perks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Photo by Marco Wessel Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending one of NTEN's "Ask the Expert" calls and chats with Wendy Harman who is the professional listener for the Red Cross. She often writes social media manifestos, filled with examples, pros/cons, and shows tangible, measurable results from their social media strategy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

I've consolidated down to 8 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs, and added new examples. Example: The Environmental Defense Fund's blog, Climate 411 , "is the voice of the experts at Environmental Defense Fund, providing plain-English explanations of climate change science, technology, policy, and news." What "ways" am I missing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Photo by Monster Today is Information Overload Awareness Day. For example, are you bookmarking everything you come across into del.icio.us Use these filtering tips to make your social bookmarking and RSS reader more efficient. Here's one way you might celebrate. Take my information overload quiz.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2006

A couple of examples are the NCDD Blog , Technology In the Arts Conference , and WorldCafe Stewardship Dialogue Blog. Take for example, the netsquared conference. Both of the above examples are ones where the participants are especially comfortable with wikis and other Web2.0 or furl.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

If you are a visual person, check out photo or video sharing. YouTube , Vimeo ) Photo sharing (i.e. Facebook , Ning ) Social bookmarking (i.e. For example, videos can be embedded in blog posts, which can be fed into your Facebook newsfeed. A blog may be a place to start. Do you love connecting people?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Most users prefer to consume user generated content, by reading blog, watching videos, or browsing through photos. Some user curate user generated content, by tagging it on social bookmarking websites, voting for it on social voting websites, commenting on it, or linking to it. Wikis are a perfect example of co-creation.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

social bookmarking (now called Delicious ) by using their APIs on the site. (An An example of an API is when you put a Bing or Google Map on your website.). You had to say something on the blog, or post a photo on Flickr, or organize a Meetup. To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal.

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Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2013

We're all about photo- video-sharing apps here at TechSoup and think it is a great way for nonprofits to tell their story. For example, mobile payment services make it easy for nonprofits and charities to accept donations when they're out in the field and away from the office. Video-Sharing Apps and Super Smartphone Cameras.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

I have some examples that I often use, but would love to hear some of your favorite examples of nonprofits, NGOs and green businesses that are using the social web (i.e. blogs, podcasts, vlogs, wikis, news aggregation, social networking, social bookmarking) for marketing. Photo Credit: Symmetry by Petra Broda.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2006

Sometimes it is very useful to have fun examples of new technology. One of her entries, " The Softer Side of Social Media " shares the story of how a friend set up an email account for her niece to email the tooth fairy. when introducing it to people -- it made want to play with the idea -- social media and the tooth fairy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

My initial remix thought (wrong) was to look for examples that were related to agriculture, but the extension is so much more. looking at the ten steps and overlaying these themes in search of examples! Technorati tracks these links, and thus the relative relevance of blogs, photos, videos etc. An example? You aren??????t

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2008

It recommends links and photos while you write. I also didn't like the photos it recommended (and in fact one it suggested was all rights reserved). For example, I might not start with a specific a topic in mind. I recently discovered a blogging work flow tool called Zemanta , that according to its web site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

For example, last year's vacation in Florida and my encounter with an alligator on from an airboat on the St. I could have created guest author accounts, but I could not figure out a way where I could approve a post in draft and have it also include photos. I turned to my colleagues and solicited guest blog posts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

1) Maximize your Instagram Profile Photo and Bio. First, make sure that your nonprofit uses a well-designed, visually-striking profile photo a.k.a. For examples of text-free avatars, see the United Way of Southwest Michigan and Amnesty International : Instagram Bios. Post Eye-catching Photos. Utilize Geotags.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

The examples would show how engaging with people changed them from complainers to fans. Here's but one example from a blogger: “I took an American Red Cross class I thought was less than satisfactory. […] Someone found my blog post and told the local chapter director. Did HSUS proclaim that photo competitions were a waste of time?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Lately, we’ve watched as images – from photos to infographics – have taken over the web. As photos take over Facebook newsfeeds and Pinterest explodes, I see so many people trying to accomodate an image-centric process into their digital curation. This is why: A Thousand Words Without a Photo. Stick with me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Flickr Photo by RedRaspu Convio invited me to share my number one New Year's resolution as part of its "Now is the Time" campaign. For example, are you bookmarking everything you come across into del.icio.us Use these filtering tips to make your social bookmarking and RSS reader more efficient.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2005

To see an example of one of these memes, view the front page of flicker.com. While browsing the nptech tag list for recent bookmarks -- which is sort of like browsing a flea market - you don't know what treasures you'll find -- I found the site: extisp.icio.us You can also do the same with your flickr photos. I couldn't resist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2006

There are people who are already bookmarking particular resources. For example, we found someone who was tagging photos of election themes. Also, with flickr, people need to realize that they you need more than 5 photos to be live. I have six tips on how to start a community tagging project: 1 Pick a compelling theme.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Tagging and Social Bookmarking Social Bookmarking Showdown is a quick overview/review of the major social bookmarking services. " These are examples of vlog or blog raising - raising money from people via your blog. Don't forget to tag your blog posts, flickr photos, videos, and tasty links with Nptech tag!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

A definition of screencasting, with real examples. All the research is done, you'll find links to my bookmarks on delicious). #2 do or organize a flickr walk and other collaborative photo sharing project that documents the NTC conference in some creative way. Top Three Takeaways. Overview of the tools needed.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 Yet another great example of using Web2.0 Randal Moss at fispace shares an example of the blog's role in word of mouth marketing on the Internet. tools into your PR messaging?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

The Digital Diner has an excellent post on photo management tools and the limits of consumer projects in an enterprise setting. The Bamboo Project points to two excellent examples of technology stewardship from the World Grows Wide blog. Update your bookmarks: [link]. This queen of typos enjoyed that post quite a bit!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I wanted to use more video examples, but only selected one that was more of a music video in case the audio didn't work. The ten steps was originally tailored for a nonprofit technology and nonprofit audience -- so some of the examples were not as relevant to the audience as the new ones that I had researched. Maybe not as many demos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

A photo of meeting Jayne Cravens face-to-face after following her work for ten plus years online. I'm really glad that she sent me this email because I had bookmarked one of her recent commentaries on nonprofits and online social networking. I've been a big fan of Jayne Craven's work at Coyote Communications since the mid-1990s.

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