Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

In this role, and through opportunities to spur innovation and collaboration in local communities, with government groups, and with other nonprofits, I’ve learned a lot – and am excited to share 5 tips I’ve found to be valuable in creating successful competitions. Tip #1: Set the stage. We’d love to hear your examples!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

Creating Great Content. When it comes to creating great content, there are four important elements, especially with social media, as you can see in the image at the top of this post. Creating Buzz. Anyone in here want to share what you are now or want to start doing? Be sure to use relevant (but not spammy!) iPhone/Andriod/iPad.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 31, 2012

That’s right, a widely recognized nonprofit organization has created a parody so that it can propagate a meme. I suggest creating a still before sharing the video to ensure that the URL and message are correct. Many more groups joined in on the fun, recording videos and posting to YouTube.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

We covered how to do Community Mapping (identifying the segments and goals of the community), Content Mapping (creating a plan for which content goes where, and why), and Data Tracking (pulling all the numbers together). Instead, we have monthly reports that are created for two areas: content and community. Presentation.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

HOW TO: Create Custom iFrame Tabs on Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Page – "In March 2011 Facebook disabled the popular Static FMBL App that many nonprofits had used to create custom tabs on their Facebook Pages. Basic elements that should be considered in any campaign. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2008

Create The Media. Create Great You Media (my fav). NpTech - Grassroots media HOWTO. NpTech Social Media Empowerment Guide. NpTech Social Media Wiki. NpTech Social Media Tool Kit. NpTech Media Makers We Are The Media Your Nonprofit's Media. Make Your Media. Change Your Media. Social Media for Us. Social Media Makers.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

” That being said, their fears and frustrations can create chaos, and part of your job as community manager is to make transitions as smooth and drama-free as possible. Usually, they’re afraid of repercussions that could affect the community they care so much about—so, it comes from a “good place.”

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2011

We created the Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide to help organizations like yours determine what results and benefits you can reasonably expect from social media, and to guide you through the process of identifying the right channels for different goals. But what can it be used for—outreach and engagement? Event management?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

So, how do you create the sort of content that people are looking for and linking to?" Other bloggers are also more likely to link to your blog posts than the home page (or services page) of your website, and those links can bring both referred traffic and a higher ranking on search engines.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

He is one of the best teachers to learn howto use brand storytelling and social media to build your organization’s reputation, donor community, and social impact. He is offering a seminar (visit www.WeFirst13.com Creative content: Every company is burdened with the need to create more content to feed multiple social media channels.

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NCE Social Media

AUGUST 13, 2009

They are a great way to let your content travel, as well as share tweets created by others. Tags: Education and Training Microblog Tools howto twitter. Usually it’s done with the syntax RT @[username] followed by the exact text you are retweeting. Leave room for retweets.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

These can be useful internally and externally—you can share news with colleagues or create a dashboard of resources for your community. Once I put a handful of items on my page, I clicked Share and tweeted that I’d created the topic to my network. positions every user as a content curator. Just like that, it was out there.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

Taking advantage of mobile technology, Survivors Connect created SMS: Freedom which connects individuals and communities with experts and resources via text messages. How you can create an online collaboration space! Google Groups is a free tool to create an email group that is private or public.

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