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October Community Builder Chat – Connecting On and Offline Communities #commbuild

Amy Sample Ward

Today’s Community Builder chat focused on examples and best practices for connecting on and offline community activities, events, and organizing. TechSoup Global has an upcoming Digital Story Telling contest, getting orgs to put together 60 second vid’s about what they do/who they are. Recap: October. Upcoming: November.

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Real-Time Web Social Action Events: Blurring the Offline/Online Distinction?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My guess is as we enter 2010, might we see the invention of Real Time Web fundraising events As more nonprofit explore the possibilities of location-based social networks and fundraising , the distinctions between online/offline fundraising will melt away. It's real time and location based social networks are also impacting advocacy.

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Great reads from around the web on April 8th

Amy Sample Ward

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. org inspired him in ways he never imagined." These fall into two types: crises that originate in social media, and crises that originate offline. Repair Interview: Joe Solomon of 350.org

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Activating the Activists with Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How do we activate the online activists to take action offline?" I was not presenting, but decided to use Twitter crowd source some suggestions, screencapture them, and put those into my presentation later in the day. Deepen relationship through custom apps that improve on org activites (event fundraising, petitions).

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Great reads from around the web on July 29th

Amy Sample Ward

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " Where does Social Media belong on the Org Chart? I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. We spoke to Ms.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

org before? Positive reinforcement is one of the best leadership development practices you can build into your movement, whether it’s online or offline, on a facebook page, newsletter, annual fundraiser or neighborhood events. org and 1Sky to lead by merging. Have people heard of 350.org What about a fundraising tool?

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Live Blogging: 09NTC Mapping Your Social Media Strategy

Amy Sample Ward

How do you involve the org? Are there ways of catching offline datapoints? NWF - every program we have has an offline component, i try to integrate a social media strategy that leverages and encourages the offline part; like #nwf wildlife watch, raises your awareness offline if you can see something and tweet it, etc.