Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

I’m also excited to announce that I’ll be giving away a copy of the book for free to a reader! I recently caught up with Mazarine and asked her, “If there was one example or story you could share that exemplifies why you wrote this book, and a few examples of the kinds of content and resources included in the book, what would it be?”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 5, 2009

We filed the following comments to the Copyright Office's request for comments on issues about access for people with print disabilities. The status quo is that people with print disabilities are experiencing a book famine. The irony of this was clear when I saw Microsoft file comments advocating for voluntary solutions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

I am very curious how nonprofits are managing their websites these days: Are you using a content management system offered by companies such as Convio , Blackbaud or eTapestry ? I ask these questions because I want to be able to suggest in the book the best website vendors and programs for nonprofits of all sizes and budgets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

On December 17 at 6:30 pm, I am facilitating a discussion and presenting at one of Scoop.It’s “ Lean Content ” events in San Francisco. The topic is “ The Unanticipated Benefits of Content Curation for Nonprofits.” Instead, content curation helps us keep focused.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Chris then spends about 8 hours per week responding to comments an building relationships with our viewers. He also puts a lot of thought into his responses to all of the YouTube and Facebook comments because he is on the front lines of changing the way people think about wild cats. Related Links: Book Research & Interviews. ?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2010

That said, in addition to being a great tool to build your e-Newsletter list , if your nonprofit is regularly updating Facebook and Twitter accounts, then your organization needs to be able to produce, contribute, and distribute fresh, quality content. If your organization serves children, write a review for a new children’s book.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2010

I can’t wait for your feedback, comments, recommendations for further improvements, and general reaction; but first, I need to share some thank yous and some background for all those who have followed this process. I can also add and modify this section as I write more books (that’s motivation for you!) Thanks, Matt!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

We track amount raised, number of donors, and number of action takers from social media, as well as some other social media-esque metrics like fan base growth over time, sentiment, and user engagement (number of comments, number of likes, etc). Related Links: Book Research & Interviews. ?Book Book Tour?. ?Book

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

During 2010, I been able to read, blurb, write reviews, do blog giveaways, or author guest posts and interviews for a lot of terrific books that would be useful to nonprofit professionals in the social media, marketing, and ICT areas. 1. I read the manuscript over the summer so I could blurb this book. Zilch by Nancy Lublin.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

Brainstorm which tactics, content, and communication channels will best engage each audience to increase the chance that they will purchase your product or service. Then, that page can include a link customers can use to book an appointment. likes, comments, and follows) Email open rates and click-through rates SEO performance (e.g.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2012

He presented me with a copy of new book, Facebook Marketing for Dummies. Networked Blogs app: If your organization is generating content on a blog, the Networked Blogs App lets you automatically post to your page. Please share in the comments and you could win a copy of John’s book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Note from Beth: Alison Zarella is the co-author of the recently published “ The Facebook Marketing Book.&# I received a review copy from O’Reilly. You’ve just co-written a book with your husband, Dan Zarrella called “The Facebook Marketing Book.&# But that’s just the way we are.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2010

In Grizzard’s new review series, Eric shares a video book review of the book! The design concept was to mimic the orientation of a web page within the book, so you could have comments, information boxes and so on in the side bar with the main column acting as the main content on the page, just like a web site.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

All that said, the following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of my book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. If your nonprofit has yet to start a blog or already blogs but struggles with ideas for fresh content, then hopefully the 11 blog content ideas listed below will help. Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open content business models December 1, 2007 I’m at the Open Translation event, and we’ve just had a great session on open content business models.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

This morning I learned a new word for information overload – “content fried” from a colleague at the Packard Foundation. It resonated. We have so much content in our professional lives. Then there’s the whole other world of organizational content that you need to consume or create to get stuff done!

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.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

Several years ago, my business partner Kevin Ordonez and I, wrote two books. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google, made this comment. But I doubt that when you began your journey up the ladder, you imagined that the top would be this precarious. Collaborative relationships are the future’s currency. An Association 4.0

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

We recently updated our book, The Resilient Organization: A Guide for Disaster Planning and Recovery. In this update, we wanted to make sure the information can be read from different devices as an e-book. E-books are essentially like HTML files, with special tags that makes it easy for devices to parse the data. Conversion.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2012

Read the rest of article, and the complete issue on "Content Curation" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ]. Becoming "content fried" is a potential hazard for content curators, and that can get in the way of being efficient. Let us know in the comments! By Beth Kanter, Beth's Blog.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Eighteen months ago, I posted the question “ What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To a New Manager ?” That question generated 603 comments and 690 recommendations. Some people suggested more than one book. Some during the course of the 18 months made the same book recommendations a couple times.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2014

For example, if your business creates a Facebook page for a special event, plan the content calendar as well as the number of likes, the number of comments, and the number of shares that would be considered successful. What book do you recommend business leaders read to help them navigate today''s world of marketing? Question 2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Note From Beth: The cartoon above is from my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” and was alluding to what I call the “ Cute Animal Theory ” that content performs better when you have a cute animal, a dog, a cat, or even a squirrel. Please share in the comments below.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Content Map Template: [link]. Books & Collections. Drop any questions or things to add to the resource list in the comments here for others to check out! Here are the slides from the session and links to get you started: Social Media in 30 Minutes a Day. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. We Are Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Note from Beth: Recently, Networked for Good offered a free e-book about how nonprofits can development a micro-content for their social media presences filled with useful tips and best practices. Carie Lewis gives an excellent mini case study of how to leverage micro content during the holiday and get results. Carie Lewis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The new generation of smart phones come equipped with excellent cameras and for many it means that they can easily shoot from the hip and capture moments in your organization’s work that make for great, socially share able content. I’ve included a select list of resource blogs, books, collections, and additional curated lists.

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Forum One

JUNE 9, 2009

And I found especially interesting his mentioning of "what bibliophiles call book discovery.". He talks about the benefits of both putting book content online *and* also allowing people to engage/comment/mashup the text. This would massively improve what bibliophiles call book discovery.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Okay, you read that same book, but then life happened. Post engaging content, share success stories, and ask for support. If your organization’s social media engagement is lacking, why not ask your board members and volunteers to post your content on their social media channels? We welcome your questions and comments.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2015

Your nonprofit could have a wide variety of excellent blog content , but if your blog’s design doesn’t make a positive first impression, then few will read it – much less share it with their followers on social networks. Information overload requires online content creators to package their content effectively.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 7, 2012

E-books and e-readers are a growing part of the attention ecosystem. Nonprofits struggling to communicate complex issues in 140 characters can benefit from deploying e-books and other long-form content as part of a thoughtful mobile and social media strategy. The audience for an e-book may be larger than you thought.

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NetWits

JULY 11, 2012

Get 10% off your books. Based on research done by Buddymedia and official comments from Facebook we know that what you post on your page only lasts for about three hours and shows up to a skimpy seventeen percent of your audience. Building Weight – Comments have a higher value than a Like. Content type weight: Videos.

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Forum One

APRIL 18, 2023

When the customer calls to make an appointment, the corresponding backstage step is the salon staff utilizing their scheduling system to book the new customer’s service. The National Council for Mental Wellbeing (NCMW) was struggling with their content development workflows.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Ben Rigby of Mobile Voter, and the folks from Rock the Vote have just written a new book, Mobilizing Generation 2.0: I haven't received my copy yet, so no review (yet), but Ben has kindly offered to give me a book for a book giveaway. Here's the table of contents if you want to learn more about what's inside.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Books needed for elementary students). Any other ideas to fill the social media content queue with? Add them in the comments section for all the socla media world to benefit from. Next year’s walk or gala) Online donation form Cost of service you fund (ex. $5

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Content Map template (remember to recreate your own as everyone is looking at this template and probably doesn’t want to delete to all your content if it is saved publicly!). Social by Social : a handbook for using social technologies for social impact – you can read the full book for free online or download in PDF.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

You may risk your content getting lost in the crowd. When you book a headliner act or keynote speaker, feature them in a sneak preview of your lineup. Tag friends in a post or comment on one of your posts. Take time to review all the content you have captured and that others have shared. Conduct a lineup countdown.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

Too often new media managers are bogged down by a strategy or content approval process that saps them of their creativity. To effectively work with image and video content, your new media manager must be adept at using photo and video editing software. They need to be given creative freedom and trusted to act upon their instincts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Celebratory interactions should be a consistent part of your engagement and content calendar, so set up systems to capture and share alumni personal, social, and professional news. This has an added benefit of increasing your “people talking about” metric which gets the content into more newsfeeds. pic.twitter.com/PXdIUl0IIQ.

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