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How To: Create a Listening Dashboard for your Organization

Amy Sample Ward

This month’s Net2 Think Tank question asks, “How do you stay up-to-date online?&# There are so many blogs, news sources, and conversations happening at the same time, every day, and the chances that you’ll be able to find them all without trying is pretty unlikely. To get a feed of the Twitter conversations, visit: [link].

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Using Twitter to Build a Community and Recruit Volunteers

Amy Sample Ward

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Using Twitter for a Global Conversation. Here are my slides from the VMNC: Twitter Basics for Engaging Volunteers. And here are slides from a previous presentation: Twitter.Org: Twitter for Nonprofit Organizations. Twitter Resources.

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Wordpress Extras: My Favorites

Amy Sample Ward

I like this tool because it brings in conversation from Twitter to the comment stream for the relating posts. What I wish was improved was the tracking to pull in the full conversation, and not just retweets, etc. Tags: blogging howto plugins twitter wordpress. Tweetmeme ( Get this plugin ).

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Guest Post: My tips to Have Fun * Do Good

Amy Sample Ward

Here’s my guest post: you can read it and join the conversation on Britt’s blog here. Tags: otherblogs socialchange fun guest post howto. I’m thrilled to be included in the line-up! —– For me, there are lots of ways of having fun and doing good.

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Great reads from around the web on June 11th

Amy Sample Ward

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of June 11th).

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Designing Programs to Build Community: Case Study with Charity Technology Trust

Amy Sample Ward

Key Questions: The session was designed to be a conversation – with an avid note taker (me). I came with a list of questions that I used to steer the conversation to ensure not only were we focused, but also that each question pushed us closer to our goal of identifying opportunities for community-focused programs or services.

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Mastering Social Networking as a Volunteer

Amy Sample Ward

On Twitter , look up hashtags that your community uses and follow them to track conversations. Be sure to use @ replies to bring people into your conversation directly or thank them for engaging with you. View more PowerPoint from Amy Sample Ward. Be sure to use relevant (but not spammy!) What do you think?