Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 4, 2009

As you can see from the summary sheet above - click here for larger - the sequence was: we all brainstormed the characteristics of a south London borough, with its share of unemployment, health and housing issues, transport problems plus some very positive community activity on the arts front. Social by Social game cards.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Says Giller, “Environmentalists will lecture you much about how the polar bears on the Arctic ice cap are so hopeless that you’ll want to jump off the iceberg yourself or ignore the issue. The steps include reading, commenting, and sharing stories of personal behavior change. It means we have to be nimble and responsive.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Also found in the NpTech tag stream and a good backdrop to this conversation is " When the best tool for the job. A few comments over at Kikono too. Several commenters offer very good easons why they don't use their real names. For others, the concept of ???public public information??? isn't " from Kathy Sierra.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

My post is copied below but you can read it and join the network of readers/commenters on the Frogloop site, too! Something I like to encourage when this is a constraining issue, is for groups to create a new title that the collaboration or partnership can use to describe the work. And what’s the comeback line?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

The resulting curriculum which will live on this wiki and will also cover important organizational adoption issues, strategy, ROI analysis, as well as the tools. The inspiration for the process is what Michele Martin has done with her 30 days to better commenting challenges. lends itself to having people discuss these issues--i.e.,

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 2, 2007

I promise in April I’ll be right on time (oooohh, that could be fun, April Blogtipping on April fools day …) By the way, I think blogtipping is a great idea for our sector, and it’s a great way for me to think more about all of the blogs that I read. I like JP’s take on the development side of nonprofit issues.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

It can be fun to do on your own (like at NTC 2011 ), but it can have real benefits for your organization too. Is it to bring attention to a certain issue? At my organization, we try and limit our live-tweeting to cover events that align well with our key issues and messaging. Tag Team. Tags: NPTech NTEN.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

Last week, I had a fun time moderating the June #4Change Twitter Chat on Online Community Building. Note on platform : During last week’s Twitter chat, not unlike previous chats, we dealt with some major issues around lag and load time. A blog post has, like this, one person writing it and sharing it at the end for comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2009

(You can follow on Twitter – @djwesto and @t­_box , and of course @15andcounting) We exchanged resources and opinions at a furious and fun pace. . This comment struck me as well aligned with some made by Vikki Spruill from the Ocean Conservancy. Tags: network effectiveness. The site is in English, Español , Français and Arabic.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Pick one social networking profile and keep it entirely for fun and your personal life. Whether you want to use Facebook or another social networking site for fun, I strongly recommend keeping one profile where your personality can really come through. Tags: Uncategorized Facebook MySpace Twitter. This an important one.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Submitted by Britt Bravo, publisher of Have Fun • Do Good Should all nonprofits have a blog? Not only can you share organizational news as it happens, you can also comment on how breaking news in the world relates to your cause, or organization. In my book, there are two things all blogs must have: a way to subscribe and comments.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Not only can you share organizational news as it happens, you can also comment on how breaking news in the world relates to your cause, or organization. In my book, there are two things all blogs must have: a way to subscribe and comments. Now, I know that many organizations have a fear of being overrun with negative comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2012

Participants’ willingness to put these kinds of issues on the table furthered everyone’s learning much more than if I had formulated the questions. I recently wrote a book review on our blog and a member of the Book Club commented, “we should do a Book Club for this one too!”

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

Let us know what you think by leaving comments below. Be specific, define the issue, problem or idea, and let the answers pour in. Most people will just listen and view, and maybe comment. Make it fun and sociable as well as worthwhile to get more commitment. Really looking forward to this conversation! Don’t waste that.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Hopefully, if your nonprofit is getting started on Twitter, you’ve identified some goals you’re hoping to reach: raising awareness of your issue, connecting with current constituents, gaining followers and encouraging them to take action or donate, etc. Ask thought-provoking questions , ideally ones that relate to your issue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The 2009 NMC Symposium for the Future , the fourteenth in the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia (October 27-29th), will explore actual and potential applications of technology that could impact issues of global importance over the next five years and beyond. So, leave a comment and you might one of the passes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

And that can be fun too! Creating an environment for learning in public means that it is okay to say “I don’t know” about an issue or problem and to ask others what they think. I love the way they've made fun for the capture team to document the conference and their evaluation questionnaire. Tags: backchannel.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 6, 2008

Last week I announced a new weekly feature that I'm trying out on Have Fun * Do Good, Ask Britt , where you send in questions related to career design for artists and activists, and I'll do my best to answer them. I encourage you to add on to my answers in the comments. Tags: askbritt. Organize other local businesses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

A policy in of itself does not guarantee effective social media use, and if the policies magnify dysfunctional internal communications issues or silo culture, a policy may even get in the way of the organization owning social media. Intellectual property rights and other legal issues. with "just for fun."

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

A volunteer group put on a Fun Day. What may be just one fun photo of a staff member can destroy the professionalism of your office. A Federal case in New Jersey questions whether comments made by employees about their employer on a private site outside the office can be constituted as defamation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 6, 2007

What is the global issue BlogHer's members should focus on this year? If you could tell the presidential candidates what is most important to you, what are the top four hot button issues you would ask them to address? You can also post your answer in the comments of this post. How exciting is that!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I’ve constantly stretching myself to learn new techniques that help nonprofits embrace and effectively put social media strategies and tools into practice as well as address the change management issues of becoming a Networked Nonprofit. Tags: Training Design. It isn’t about content, although that is important.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

As the issues became more public and more people started looking for others and taking action, it was necessary for an organization to form that could provide some of the infrastructure and administration of the community and it’s work. We have the very fun chance to put pieces together and connect dots that others aren’t seeing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

If it isn't vacations, it's photos of restaurant and a fun evening out. When I popped out of the reader to write a comment on this excellent post, I was blown away by the new site design. Alerted by "Tweet" (post on Twitter) from Andy Carvin, Michael Stein (East Coast) points to some privacy issues related to color printers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

So, now is the fun part. Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. A blog with the comments feature enabled allows or sharing photos in flickrs allows Extension program participants to discuss plans and programs. Explore popular blog, searches and tags.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

How much time, staff and money do you have to put into setting up your blog, writing your blog, answering comments, reading other blogs, and leaving comments on other blogs? How do you encourage comments? Make it easy to comment. Ask for comments. Answer comments that people leave. Who will set it up?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 14, 2007

There are a lot of answers to that question, but if you want to do outreach to bloggers about an issue you care about, here are a few tips: 1. for blog posts tagged with words related to your topic. If you have lead time up until you'd like them to write about your story, comment on their blog. Search del.icio.us Read blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

What are the organizational change issues necessary for implementing a successful social media strategy? Fun with Metrics: Measuring Success and ROI. The art and practice of blogging for nonprofits (planning, policy, writing, commenting). How to aggregating and distributing content using tagging and widgets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

The tools have changed, the issues remain the same and are similar for teachers as for nonprofit workers. Then I go to Marc Sirkin's blog Why not just jump off the cliff and have some fun experimenting? " Marc responded to my comment/question on the post about he finds the time to experiment. Technorati Tags: 2ndwave

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Eric Eckle left a comment about what lies beneath that fear -- how digital social networking can be more threatening "With online social networking, the individuals assume a higher profile vis a vis their employer than in the past. blog , creator of Charlotte , suggests in a comment that age isn't as much as a factor we all think.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

NpTech Tag Talk If you couldn't make to the NpTech Conference call this week, there are notes here. Many useful observations and questions raised about how to analyze the tagging data we've collected and how to move from a folksonomy to a taxonomy. I think the NpTech tag helps provides a needle and thread to sew these patches together.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

When you are creating your press list, be sure to search on Technorati and Google Blog Search to find bloggers who are writing about your organization's issues and send them your press release as well. You can also use reader comments, or posts by volunteers or constituents in grant applications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

Nedra Weinreich, Spare Change Blog Nedra Weinreich was one of the first nonprofit tagged blogs that I discovered while browsing the blogher blogroll a few months back. ve been teaching a course on social marketing at the UCLA School of Public Health, which has been a fun experience for me. Why did you start blogging?

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Finally, because of their social content, they are good places for community dialogue programming and comment boards (for example, consider the Levine Museum of the New South's extensive use of sticky notes and talking circles). Tags: Museums Engaging in 2.0 Children of the Lodz Ghetto ). Projects participatory museum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

In the comments , there was quite a lively discussion from nonprofit professionals raising some cautions and concerns. On February 12, 2009, Twitter users will meet up in over 100 plus cities to socialize offline, meet other Twitter users, enjoy some fun, have a few drinks, and raise money for charity: water. freeagent twitter.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 22, 2009

Peter commented, I did hear from several people that the museum folks who loved visiting the City Museum when they were in St. The further I go on my own personal design process, the less I care about this issue. I'm enjoying designing a place that I think is going to be successful and a hell of a lot of fun.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

When I talk about the hierarchy, I use the theoretical construct of an issue-based museum exhibit. At level one, the museum preaches to visitors about the issue. with the issue. At level three, the visitor is polled about the issue and sees her result compared to the cumulative aggregate. The setup is always the same.

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