Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2009

MySpace has become the ghetto of the digital landscape,” Ms. You’ve probably heard of Facebook ; you may even have set up a group or a fan page there for your organization. You’ve probably heard of Facebook ; you may even have set up a group or a fan page there for your organization. Did you consider MySpace ?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2010

Would it be possible to sift through a year’s worth of engagements as an independent marketing consultant and boil down the lessons I learned in 2009 into a series of “Top 5” lists? Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Social Media. This is probably the most difficult lesson to digest because old habits die hard.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Some of the results include: Facebook is by far the most popular social networking site amongst young people - used by over 7 in 10 (72%) of all 11-25 year olds; rising to 80% of 17-25 year olds, those of college/university age – and to 83% of those who are currently at, or who have already been to, university. What It Means.

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See3

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

In today’s NY Times is an article about Facebook and the difficulty of getting your data removed. So to really delete my entire life on Facebook would mean deleting data from many individual accounts. The lesson is, be careful what you put online and maybe, just assume all is lost on the privacy front.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Is it simply the number of followers you have on Twitter, or how many people "like" you on Facebook? Many of the lessons apply across new media tools. These are some of our lessons learned about engaging with people online, things we think are important as we plan for the future. Make it known.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2008

He quickly found me on LinkedIn, Facebook, and my blog. Here's what he did in the last few days: I have been posting on many Cambodian forums, from Khmerlife.com to myspace groups and I have gotten many different responses. Nhuong ends with some lessons learned that I have inspired me: So what have I learn from all of this?

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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

APRIL 20, 2007

From Ruby Sinreich at Lotus Media comes a pointer to the Findhabeas.com campaign on myspace and possibly other places. Katya Andresen has an entertaining post about Bourbon and extracts some lessons in nonprofit marketing. And, Rob gives us a second example of nonprofit organization on Facebook. " Findhabeas.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2011

The webinar, hosted by Jayne Cravens and Erin Barnhart , focused on four tools to use with volunteers — Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and blogs — with an emphasis that the recommendations could be adapted for any social networking tool, including those that may replace these four as most popular in the future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

Using Facebook and Linked but in the basic stages Gave an overview of some statistics of Internet usage/access of the world's population. They will be using Skype, Second Life, Facebook, and MySpace. She then asked us to talk in pairs about our experience with online networking and asked people to share. Need time and patience.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

framework, and David shared lessons learned from the huge range of projects the Holocaust Museum has initiated. create and manage a Facebook group or page, or a MySpace page. On Monday, David Klevan (from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum) and I spoke at the MAAM Creating Exhibitions conference about Web 2.0 and museums.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2008

Some of the most popular are LinkedIn (a professional network), Facebook (social and professional), and MySpace (anything goes). After all, one shot efforts to make a MySpace page, a blog, or a social network--no matter how cheap or costly at outset--are only as good as their continued growth and value. One for the toolkit.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2010

Lessons learned, what worked, what didn't work? We immediately got a blogspot set up for the bakery, and a presence on MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter. Can you talk about how you did that? After seeing how well that all went for getting us exposure for the bakery itself, we decided to extend that to the bake sale.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Notice that Facebook wasn't on that list? The lesson here: don't depend on a single social media presence. Instead of going to jail, "Go to MySpace. Go Directly to MySpace. " Poor MySpace, everybody's favorite whipping site. To wit: Social Media Monopoly. Do Not Pass Wi-Fi. Do Not Collect $200."

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

The same idea played out on FaceBook and MySpace. After a mis-step with one MySpace friend , the campaign showed a great willingness to let a variety of supporters create and distribute their vision of an Obama administration. The Obama campaign listened as well as it lectured.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 21, 2010

A month ago I launched a Facebook Page called Accomplishments of President Barack Obama. I have run a lot of online communities over the last 10 years, but never one as challenging as the Accomplishments of President Barack Obama Facebook Page. Lessons learned thus far: 1) If they use hate or racist language, report/block them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

I went to learn from thought-leaders focused on social media and its impact on politics, in the hopes that many of the lessons would be relevant for nonprofits, foundations, grassroots activists, and for our emerging networks practice at the Monitor Institute. Facebook now has 200M users, the majority of whom are outside of the US.

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