Amy Sample Ward

MAY 4, 2011

It was nearly their last class of the term, and we had some great conversations about process and implementation of content planning and community engagement. I want to share the slides here and especially some of the links and resources. Presentation. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2009

It’s always a little weird to talk over the phone and not be able to hear or see those you are presenting to, but everyone was really great with comments and questions and responding online so I knew I wasn’t talking to myself! Here’s my slide deck: Social Media Building Blocks. tags: nonprofit nptech ).

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

I recently had the opportunity to present a webinar for the National Center for Media Engagement , focused on community-driven engagement, and present a session at the Public Media Development and Marketing Conference , talking about building a social media strategy. Defining Community. The questions he raised include: ??is

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

My presentation attempted to frame the day for participants, asking more questions than providing answers about how to start thinking about and creating strategies for social media and their work with young people. Here are the slides ( Hint: visit the slideshare site by clicking on the link below to see the speaking notes as well!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2010

In Ben’s words: CharityComms 2020 is a presentation where key figures in charity communications have teamed up to produce a snapshot of the most significant communications trends of the coming decade. portability – moving to the cloud; conversations and content moves seamlessly across platforms. Your Invitation.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

Yesterday, I had a very fun time presenting with my friend and colleague Debra Askanase at the 2 011 National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Here are the slides! Check out the slides below to examine four case studies of these principles in action: Community Organizing begins with Community Building. Case Studies.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

Yesterday was the 2012 New York Cares Leadership Conference , and I had the distinct pleasure of presenting a session to volunteer leaders and inspiring community members. On Twitter , look up hashtags that your community uses and follow them to track conversations. View more PowerPoint from Amy Sample Ward. What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2010

Yesterday, I had the fun opportunity to present a webinar session with Allen Gunn of Aspiration in part of the TechSoup Talks series. Use these links to access the conversation: All webinar resources. Presentation slides. Tags: presentation how-to listening social media techsoup training webinar. Audio recording.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

NetSquared’s Global Community Builder , Amy Sample Ward, will be at the NTC this year to connect and collaborate with friends, colleagues and new faces in the sector. Come chat with me about online communites, some of the topics of conversation may include: What have been some changes or issues recently with your online community?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 30, 2010

Beth Kanter and Allison Fine ‘s book, The Networked Nonprofit , is now out and starting lots of conversations. They engage in conversations with people beyond their walls—lots of conversations—to build relationships that spread their work through the network. Networked Nonprofit Slides. Getting Started. Learn More.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

The conference presents a great opportunity for fundraisers across the nonprofit industry to hear from thought leaders and Neon One experts, network with other nonprofit professionals, and hone their fundraising skills! Generosity Xchange is a two-day virtual conference hosted by Neon One. Cost: General admission is free.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

You can read the full post and comment on the SSIR blog or be part of the conversation below. Last month, I presented at the NCVO Foresight seminar: Changing ICT – what does it mean for your charity with a focus on the future of online revenue generation for nonprofit organizations.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery. Crowdsourcing for Social Change.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

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 August 24th).

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 23, 2008

NTEN & TechSoup have teamed up to deliver a series of webinars on storytelling and social media - and I’m the presenter for the first one! A webinar can be collaborative [ 1 ] and include polling and question & answer sessions to allow full participation between the audience and the presenter. Is sharing really caring?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

The Socialbrite team is made up of strategists with deep experience in offering social media consulting services, training workshops, conversational marketing, fundraising and outreach campaigns. Beth Kanter, Amy Sample Ward, Katrin Verclas and John Haydon are among the familiar names in the nonprofit tech sector who are part of the effort.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 11, 2010

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. It's a great online space to upload your presentations, notes and documents. Are you familiar with the tool?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 19, 2010

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. It's about having a CONVERSATION with people who care about your work and can help you reach your goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2010

My goal for conference presenting moving forward is to be on panels that I have designed or co-designed and that design involves the audience beyond a 5 minute q/a at the end. I realized that I enjoy presenting at sessions when the audience gets to share their knowledge with the room and each other. Photo by Geoff Livingston.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 11, 2009

At NTEN’s ‘09 Nonprofit Technology Conference a couple weeks ago, I participated in the Ignite Presentations which was a load of fun. An Ignite presentation is a five minute presentation, with 20 slides that change automatically every 15 seconds. Check it out below!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 17, 2010

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. Her round up includes the slides we used in the session as well.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 2, 2010

blog posts and conversations. presentations or speaker slides/notes. There are two focus areas below and some options for answers – please note there’s an “other&# listed for both as I’m sure there are things I haven’t thought to include and hope you’ll feel open to listing them!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

View more presentations from kanter. The hardest part of putting this presentation together was using the template because it reminds me why I think powerpoint is evil ! In an earlier post and presentation, I riffed on Armano's article and translated for a nonprofit context. Share Your Story: ROI, Social Media, Nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yesterday was the 3rd annual Women Who Tech Telesummit , bringing together over 600 women (and men) from for-profit and nonprofit organizations and technology start, connecting developers and techies with those new to the field, igniting conversations and long-term collaborations. View more presentations from womenwhotech.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 18, 2009

delivers the best of both worlds, offering great keynote sessions led by Amanda Rose, Founder of Twestival, but in an unconference way with no PowerPoint, 15 minute leads, and open questions and dialogue for fantastic conversations. information you want to share/present. NonProfit 2.0 Then from midmorning forward, NonProfit 2.0

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2013

Find your closest NetSquared group and join the conversation today! In 20 slides he tells us how modern conveniences, unconventional user interfaces, and unique innovations have been used in the past and present to help people with disabilities carry on with their lives. Social Media September is coming! Please save the date.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

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 March 2nd).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

We have set up a Web site, [link] , to share information and conversation about the ongoing review. Here is a partial list of what we’ve completed as part of this review: Program evaluation based on a sample of 169 OE grants closed in 2007-2009, conducted by TCC Group (2011). Interviews with approximately 30 grantees (April-June 2012).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2011

A lot of NPTECH folks raved about the beautifully simple “ friend management &# features that Google + offers through circles. Much easier to figure out how not to share everything with everyone or spend than Facebook as Amy Sample Ward writes about in her early thoughts on the platform. View more presentations from Ross Mayfield.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The photo or video taken on a phone and then posted to the web can change the conversation, alert news media to issues or new developments, and change the course of response. Here are my slides from the presentation. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Examples from Haiti.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2010

This website has been a great place for me to post ideas and share lessons learned, store content from presentations, and share resources. But I’d like it to be seen for what it is: there are tons of presentation resources (slides, notes, videos, etc.), Right now, this blog could really be categorized as a blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Here’s my latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review – you can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR Blog or below. I’m gathering my thoughts to start putting together my slides and presentation and wanted to stop for reflection and sharing. Who’s with me?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2008

Amy Sample Ward contributed a workshop group exercise based on Forrester's POST method. I like the framework that How To Develop a Social Media Plan by Mashable presents. If you attend any presentation on social media - you'll hear as the first step - listen. Were we able to engage our stakeholders in new conversations? ???

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

But I do love to share my ideas and experience with others and hope this is an opportunity to start many new conversations both with readers here and participants at the seminar. where are they online already and how do they want to interact with you online (is it in the same spaces or different ones, is it conversations or promotion, etc.)?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Yesterday, I had the huge honor and pleasure to present the keynote at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits ‘ NPTech Conference, eStrategy in an iWorld. There were interesting conversations at every turn and I also had requests to share my notes and slides. If you have other questions, or other ideas, please share them!

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

But there is no time like the present! It’s too easy for you to change course or let things slide if you don’t have a written plan, and that leads to lack of accountability. You need to have these 1-on-1 conversations to get the engagement from them that you’re hoping for, turning your Board into a fundraising Board !

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. See the slide deck below and notes from the panelists: WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore. View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. A great example of using Twitter for real information exchange and for conversation. The sessions are short (only 50 minutes!) Google Sketchup.

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