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 ?

Community 100

Community Myspace Social Network Demographics 100

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

nfpSynergy, a leading nonprofit sector think-tank and research consultancy in the UK, “tracks a representative sample of over 1000 11-25 year olds throughout mainland Britain twice-yearly, gaining insights into their views and habits, both social and charity-related” in its Youth Engagement Monitor. The Research. What It Means.

Online 126

Online Social Network Facebook Charity 126

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

For the last week, there’s been a rich discussion about Causes and the way that it abruptly, without much notice, left MySpace (deleting all of the related content, connections, communications, etc.). (To ideablob.com allows users to post business ideas.

Myspace 165

Myspace Award Platform Advice 165

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. If they’re not, it’s OK to wait—especially if time and energy are scarce. The Price of Early Adoption.

Social Network 165

Social Network Network Strategy Social 165

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about the issues highlighted by Causes leaving MySpace and ideablob suddenly shutting down. Greenpeace International on facebook. When visiting the Greenpeace International facebook page, visitors see the Take Action tab as default, instead of the typical facebook wall or information pages.

Examples 117

Examples Support Case Study Myspace 117

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2009

Just take a glimpse at the excitement Beth Kanter and Amy Sample Ward are already buzzing about around this year’s NTC…). (An event, I might add, that might be seen as one of those “nice to haves&# in your budget meetings but is, of course, completely important to anyone working in nonprofit technology! Spread the Word.

Convio 100

Convio Money San Francisco NTC 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2007

Ranger Rick Image from Facebook profile. Facebook has been taking down organizational profiles for nonprofits, including Ranger Rick's profile. Your childhood hero, Ranger Rick, has been banished from Facebook. Your childhood hero, Ranger Rick, has been banished from Facebook. social networking sites.

Free 56

Free Myspace Profile Digg 56

Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 11:03PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins. If youve missed the launch of Facebook Apps Platform almost two months ago, youre already way behind the times.

Causes 48

Causes Facebook Social Media Advocacy 48

Care2

JULY 24, 2007

An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 11:03PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins. If youve missed the launch of Facebook Apps Platform almost two months ago, youre already way behind the times.

Causes 48

Causes Facebook Social Media Advocacy 48

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2009

The goal is to use the power of "Social Influence" via Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Blogs and other online media to raise an unprecedented amount for our fund benefiting The Humane Society, LIVESTRONG, Oxfam America and WWF from June 1st until August 28th, 2009." " Tags: roundup bookmarks.

Iran 100

Iran Digg Web Bookmarking 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Now, admittedly the sample size is small, so this doesn't necessarily project to all digital natives, but I was surprised about a few things. They were all on Facebook (turned their noses up at Myspace), watch YouTube videos, and use IM applications, with more 20 people on their IM lists. Facebook, for instance ???

RSS 50

RSS Twitter Digital Classroom 50

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

Do you provide different content or appeals to your Twitter followers than to your Facebook group? For example, you don’t need to spend an abundance of time on MySpace if the service doesn’t match the demographic you’re wanting to reach. Does the message you send depend on where people connect to your organization?

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Netsquared Flickr Myspace 100

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

I've included a sampling below, and hope that you'll add other events in the comments. The organization is asking supporters to change their Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook avatars at 1:10 on Friday, March 6th to the "oneten" avatar. For others, it is a day of political significance to raise awareness around women's rights.

Celebrate 40

Celebrate International Avatar Myspace 40

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. Facebook General Growth data: More than 200 million active users. billion minutes are spent on Facebook each day (worldwide). Panelists: Natalie Foster, DNC ; Rebecca Moore, Google Earth Outreach ; Laura Quinn, Idealware. More than 3.5

Tools 100

Tools Tech Map Case Study 100

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.

Social Network 50

Social Network Nptech Tag Network 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

Gregory Heller ) ( Sarah Marchetti ) ( Amy Sample Ward ) 4. Truly embrace social networking by encouraging your staff, your volunteers, your donors and your Board to join Facebook or Myspace and teach(!) application in your Facebook account. Or use nonprofit.alltop.com ( Sue Waters ) ( Allan Benamer ) 5. Johannes).

Summary 50

Summary Nptech Tag Web 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Michael Stein has an interview with Jonathan Coleman about his success building a donor base on Facebook. Amy Sample Ward writes about the new plugin launched by Social Actions that will place ???possibly " He describes some of the work flow issues related to nonprofit using Facebook causes. Which one worked best?

Nptech 50

Nptech Social Fundraising Plugin 50

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Sarah - presidential commition on women in legisltation, legislator read our email wanted to do it and wrote a bill, so to raise awareness and support we asked people in membership what they wanted to see, asked them to come to us, gave qualitative feedback, had a tweetcast with feedback on Twitter, used facebook and tracking membership and.

Social Media 102

Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2009

Just take a glimpse at the excitement Beth Kanter and Amy Sample Ward are already buzzing about around this year's NTC.). Just click the "Share" button to add it to your site, blog, Facebook or MySpace profile (most of our readers work in nptech so put your creative social media knowledge to use and share it throughout your many networks).

San Francisco 25

San Francisco Share NTC Difference 25

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

The sampling of some of the top rated resources this week: Death Threats Are Not Protected Speech. The Democracy in Action Blog has a wonderful post about the most common typos that people make. This queen of typos enjoyed that post quite a bit! It's moved. Update your bookmarks: [link]. Andy Carvin: Participate in Stopy Cyerbullying Day.

Nptech 50

Nptech Tag Ning Machinima 50

Care2

MAY 15, 2009

WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. Facebook General Growth data: More than 200 million active users The fastest growing demographic is those 35 years old and older More than 3.5 There are many people on Facebook; but far more people have the internet and are not on Facebook than those who are.

Social Media 34

Social Media Tools Online Advocacy 34

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2007

Now that evangelizing has become as simple as posting a widget on a MySpace or Facebook page, they are promoting causes. At the time of his analysis, there were about 8,000 Causes, and Care2 sampled about 10% of them. There were many zero dollar donations in that sample (555 out of the 774 we sampled).

Report 50

Report Fundraising Widget Technology 50

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 16, 2007

The widget can be placed on a blog, MySpace, Facebook, or a website. Screenshot of sample Change.org widget from Change.org site. Pretty cool. If you are in the Bay Area, you can hear Ben talk more about Change.org at San Francisco's Net Tuesday on April 10th. Cross-posted from the NetSquared blog.

Widget 40

Widget San Francisco Fundraising Missouri 40

Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2009

The first full session I was able to catch was “Tools Galore in Online Communications” moderated by Netsquared’s Amy Sample Ward with speakers Natalie Foster , Director of New Media for the Democratic National Committee , Rebecca Moore, Google Earth Outreach and Laura Quinn, Executive Director of Idealware.

Tech 20

Tech Communication Tools Online 20