Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

There’s been quite a lot of talk in the last year about the opportunities for fundraising online, generally, as well as the best practices for organizations leveraging social media for campaigns (as well as the idea to use free tools to raise money in hard economic times). Fact : 400,000 users have contributed to a cause at least once.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

There are more than 65 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices and that number grows daily. MySpace estimates that 50% of its Website traffic will be mobile within 24 months. Many of those texts are being sent via Tweets on Twitter and Status Updates on Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

In 2008, the WWF was on Myspace and likely utilizing a Facebook Group and YouTube Channel, but those tools had not yet become integrated into their website design. e-Newsletter :: By 2008 nonprofits were beginning to understand and harness the power of e-mail marketing for online fundraising, branding, and cause awareness.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. Though Facebook had gone public nine months previous, Facebook Groups were only just beginning to be used as community-building tools by nonprofits and Facebook Pages didn’t exist yet. Compile stats to share with executive staff.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. Posting more than one status update a day on Facebook. I am a big believer that less is more on Facebook. Like us on Facebook! Craziness! Make a donation!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/thenatureconservancy. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Facebook and Flickr have been two of the most useful social media sites.

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Social Media Conservancy Interview Media 207

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Facebook: facebook.com/nationalwildlife. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Back in 2006 when I joined the organization we had a MySpace page with 25 friends. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Website: www.nwf.org. Blog: www.wildlifepromise.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/womenforwomen. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

They were on Myspace and organizing via Facebook Groups years before corporate brands, higher education, and broadcast and print media. Most mobile photo-sharing tools are integrated into Twitter, so your first step should be getting familiar with tweeting on the go. Select a mobile a mobile photo-sharing tool.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, there are some resources and tools that I continually refer to and use again and again, and others that I am still experimenting with that may (or may not) become integral to my communications routine.

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Fun Resource Stats Wikipedia 240

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

If your expectations of social media are minimal, then only having a Facebook Page is enough. There’s a powerful synergy that begins to occur when your nonprofit has a presence on multiple on social networks and unfortunately most nonprofits never get to experience it due to capacity issues. It’s not the tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/humanesociety. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? MySpace, back when it was cool. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs?

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United States Social Media Interview Examples 240

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

. —– Google+, the social network launched by Google nearly 5 months ago, has recently opened up the platform to organizations and brands with a profile type akin to the options for individuals and Pages on Facebook. One of the core principles in community engagement is to use the tools your community is using.

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Social Network Network Strategy Social 165

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2010

They may not even know the tools exist. Once you start browsing around and experimenting, you’ll quickly come to realize that there are a phenominal number of free Twitter tools now available to nonprofits – that can also be used to improve website, e-newsletter, blogging, and social media campaigns. Bit.ly : Bit.ly

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

We provide a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights. Here’s a run through of the Tools Galore session. See the slide deck below and notes from the panelists: WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

They usually have the staff, passion, resources, and training necessary to make a new tool succeed if it has any possibility of succeeding. Make new friends (Google+) and keep the old (Myspace). They move with you from one site to the next and maybe in the case of Myspace, back again. VIDEO: HTML All Writers Need to Know.

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Social Media Media Management Social 244

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

Donating is a pubic experience. on social networking sites see your giving and fundraising activity through widgets, Apps, and peer-to-peering fundraising tools, like fundraising pages. is all of the above except that the Web experience is no longer limited to desktop and laptop computers while stationary in one place.

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Web Newsletter Mail Mobile 198

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Experiments, snafus and stumbles December 17, 2007 I seem to have lost my head. Turns out, unlike Facebook, or Myspace and such, the “Spock Bot&# makes pages for people without their knowing. Creepy part: do I really want to know what’s on my ex-girlfriend’s MySpace page? tool to jump in.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

Over the last decade nonprofit communicators have been perfecting e-newsletters to drive traffic to their organization’s website, blog, Facebook Page, etc. Mostly I think it’s because nonprofits think mobile technology tools are too expensive. They are much more expensive, but have top notch tool sets.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/taprootfoundation. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Megan: MySpace was probably our first introduction to social media, but not sure the year we created the account. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Blog: taprootfoundation.org/blog.

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Social Media Foundation Examples Media 189

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits. You already know Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn et al???now The majority of the room had experience in social networking sites and tools, both personally and for their organization. How do you decide which sites and tools are right for your audience?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2016

Similar to the early days of Myspace and its users mastering HTML hacks and widgets, Snapchat has an equally dedicated user base of young people that pride themselves on becoming skilled at Lenses, Filters, Stickers, and other Snapchat tips, tricks, and hacks. Do not make snap judgments about Snapchat. Do not be lame on Snapchat.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

With so many tools out there, and different options for individuals and other organizations to engage with you, how do you manage it all? Do you provide different content or appeals to your Twitter followers than to your Facebook group? Speak directly to your users and interact with them; they have amazing stories and experiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

Some participated in the formal experiment I designed which involved a quick knowledge sharing task. Marnie mentions one downside to FriendFeed - that she is unable to process the information as quickly or as seamlessly as she can with other tools that she is regularly using for social bookmarking, feed reading, and causal interactions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Using Social Networks for Social Change: Facebook, MySpace and More View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Ivan is one of a small number of nonprofit early adopters in social media and social networks - he has a couple of years of experience under his belt - so his wisdom is priceless.

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Social Network Network Social Slideshare 69

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. I have been having curmudgeonly thoughts about social networks in general.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

The technique is to illustrate the issue through the experience of an individual. ve brought huge amounts of new visitors to our site through these tools and have worked hard to develop engaging communities on them at the same time." Something to lobby Facebook for, and we at NTEN are in touch with them about this already.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Social Networking Sites, Online Communities, and Experiments. Jason Z at DIA bog writes about the launch of " Make It Your Own: Case Foundation's Experiment in Citizen-Centric Philanthropy " which includes both MySpace and Facebook. More about social media tools for philanthropy from Tactical Philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2007

tools and websites. video and photo-sharing sites like Youtube, Flickr, Dailymotion; blogging platforms such as Blogspot, Livejournal, Typepad and Wordpress; social networking websites such as Facebook, Orkut, MySpace, Wikipedia, VoIP services; etc.); tools and websites (circumvention techniques, online petitions and campaign.).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Readers understand that one era compliments and empowers the previous one and that the set of tools associated with each era are not meant to be replaced by the tools indicative of the the era that follows. Chapter 2 :: Experiment with Social Media Dashboards. Chapter 2 :: Deciding What Social Media Tools to Use.

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Social Media Social Chapter Media 267

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

ve already partnered with 50 non-profits, like Care2 , Greenpeace , and Amnesty International The question it raises for nonprofits is, join an existing network like Facebook or MySpace or build your own social network or combination? The Wild Apricot Blog has published a nice list of ten examples of how nonprofits can use Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

I'm getting ready to a workshop later this week, I did a simple pre-workshop assessment, asking folks about their level of experience/comfort and their burning questions. " It does take more time in the beginning if you're just acquiring the skill with a particular tool. Also, the categories have overlap in terms of tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2008

He summarizes the internal control issues elegantly: New media tools can give housing associations better ways to provide information, and support communication and collaboration within and outside the organisation. However, if the tools are in the hands of the resident/customers, that changes power relationships. You can't give up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2008

I found this slideshare show by Michael Weiksner, BJ Fogg, and Xing Kin Lui from a class at Stanford called " Creating Engaging Applications on Facebook." The visual shows the results of a pattern analysis of the 100 most popular Facebook applications (video of lecture here ). Need to go digest.

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Forum One

APRIL 9, 2008

youre a funder in the philanthropic sector, and youve concluded that online collaboration is a great tool for solving issues like. In part one, we looked at determing the value of creating a collaboration community.If

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Influence Social Media Internet Web 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. So, thought I'd take an opportunity to query my network via Twitter and Facebook and see what's new. Everyone is a Curator. They ask judges to self-define their art knowledge.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Tips for Promoting a Cause on Facebook If you build it, will they come?

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