Amy Sample Ward

JULY 16, 2009

Using hashtags lets you mark your message as pertaining to a certain topic, then automatically include that message in a stream with everyone else’s that include the same hashtag. Plus, it will provide a natural and obviously place to aggregate your content, thoughts, updates, and promotion of the chats.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

The Waffle Shop is a cafe and live streaming TV channel that serves a diverse audience of late night club-goers and locals in an urban neighborhood. is in conflict with (currently, Iran). You feel like you could be a part of something awesome there (check out their FAQ for copious examples of this). Waffle Shop (Pittsburgh, PA).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 18, 2011

The blog has been the key standardized staple that helps to regularly generate content for readers, which then is further shared via Twitter and Facebook. One unique consideration WITNESS has as a human rights organization is how much does an online platform provide for context as it is allowing for easy sharing of content.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 18, 2010

Three and a half years before we adopted Jonathan, Cathy and I had sat together, tears streaming down our faces, when we heard the news that Martin Luther King had been shot in Memphis. As the world grows smaller, as we get to know each other, our 50,000 year old fear and hatred of others is bumping up against 50,000 years of the Golden Rule.

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