Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

The livestream – whether it’s video, audio, or just text – can be embedded in your online homebase and shared across social networks. Invite everyone to join the movement by sharing pictures, stories, and signs to spread your message (try Flickr or Tumblr ). Personalize It.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

Flickr Photo by Gary Hayes. Since networked learning happens in the context of an ecosystem, perhaps Gary Hayes Transmedia Storytelling model or Lini Srivastava’s Transmedia Activism model. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Flickr Photo by PCSO900. A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking with Vikki Spruill, Ocean Conservancy 's President and CEO and members of her communications team, Laura Burton Capps, and Dove Coggeshall about their recent experiments and learning on Facebook. David Armano describes this process as " Listen, Learn, and Adapt."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2010

Topics include Facebook and Facebook Apps, Twitter and Twitter Apps, YouTube, Flickr, Animoto, LinkedIn, FourSquare, mobile technology, blogging on WordPress, as well as online fundraising and e-newsletters. Currently, she has more than 500,000 followers, fans and friends on numerous social networks.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Engaging your network to create deeper connections and get your message out is important, but have you thought about how you might use social networks to deliver your programs? Photo credit: Flickr billiejoesentourage ). Leave a comment and let me know!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

Learn basic HTML. One of the simplest ways to significantly increase your nonprofit’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is to learn basic HTML. The best social media managers have a voracious appetite for news and current affairs. VIDEO: HTML All Writers Need to Know. Diversify your news sources.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Share what you do and ask for enewsletter subscriptions on social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc). In fact, we know that 86% of Blackbaud customers participate on social networks and over 90% of non-profits in the world participate on at least one social network. How To Write Effective Emails.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2007

Flickr Photo by Mission Control. I've been doing research for an article I'm writing for TechSoup about social networking tips, tricks, and tools -- once you've made the decision that it is right for your organization, how maintain a socnet presence without it being a huge black hole? Don't Forget Your Time Management Skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2008

Flickr Photo. Having a deep and reflective conversation in 140 character bursts where you can examine different points of view, think out loud, share insights, and learn something - can be difficult on Twitter. I thought Peter was saying Twitter will replace Facebook/Myspace or social networks. That's this Peter Campbell.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The media had made Myspace, and social networking in general, out to be dangerous, life-threatening even. Executives were terrified by the legal implications of using social networking tools. and then forward executives breaking news on social and mobile media. Find your competitors the Web. Get training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. I don't think there is a cookie cutter approach yet -- a fish to toss at you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2006

With all the attention on other social media tools, many people forget about the power of flickr, its wonderful community and rich photographs of the world. Take for example CARF, Children At Risk Foundation, which has just launched its " Reaching for a Star " Flickr Xmas fund-raising campaign for 2006.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

If your nonprofit is already on Google+, then the best practices below are meant to help you better learn how to tap into and inspire the Google+ community. Add links to your nonprofit’s website, blog, and social networking communities. If your nonprofit has yet to get on Google+, now would be a very good time to start.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

I am firm believer that social media will be the foundation of the Mobile Web and the book was written to help prepare nonprofits for the coming shift from desktop and social to social and mobile. Finally, there are icons for SMS that you can download and integrate with your social networking icons on your website and your blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Flickr photo from handsome monkey. When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation?

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Care2

DECEMBER 5, 2011

According to a study by Blackbaud , NTEN and Common Knowledge, over 92% of nonprofit organizations have a presence on at least one social networking site, but most raise very little money through their social activity. Conferences dedicated to helping nonprofits learn how to leverage social media for social good are popping up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Flickr Photo by John K. Note from Beth: Social networks allow to connect with people from outside of our community and it is easy to have your conversation get lost in translation. Here’s some good tips when your network is global. How to Approach Social Media Internationally Guest Post By Christian Arno.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Add links to your nonprofit’s website, blog, and social networking communities. There’s way too much marketing happening on social networking sites and not enough storytelling. To earn return on investment (ROI) from using social networking sites is a skill that requires an instinct for subtlety.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2008

Jayne listened to the podcast and write this post (and found the above photo in flickr). He and his buddies have been pissing gleefully ahead of the social networking curve for centuries??? concept of checking in at a location and declaring one???s s presence?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 21, 2015

Flickr Photo by Ale Nunez. ” Agility is defined in the dictionary as light and graceful or as a project management approach, but she defines agility as the ability for continuous learning and as a leadership competency in today’s complicated world. .” Source: Ann Friedman (Click for article).

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2009

If you are interested in implementing a social media program (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Digg) but are unsure how to measure the impact or know what success looks like, attend this free TechSoup Talks webinar on Thursday, August 13, 10 a.m. Tags: E-Learning E-Learning Social Networking Training Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Flickr Photo by WiserEarth - WiserEarth's team from Around the World play Peek-A-Boo With Book. I’d like to use this post to share some of the responses to the Networked Nonprofit at different book events and online during the past month and let you know about upcoming events in November. Networked Nonprofit in Vegas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

My Three Words for 2011 inspired by Harold Jarche's Networked Learning Model. For 2011, my three words are: Seek, Sense, and Share inspired by Harold Jarche’s model for networked learning. How these words will guide me in 2011: Seek: Seeking is the process of keeping up to date in your field.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 14, 2011

For example, I joined Google + on Monday and spent almost all of my social networking/marketing budget for the week in one day! I'm also learning how long things actually take and am adjusting my budget accordingly. Flickr photo Time Flies.* Check out my call for submissions for details. uploaded by Neal Fowler.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2011

Flickr Photo by JC Burns. It is process o f organizing, filtering and “making sense of” information on the web and sharing the very best pieces of content that you’ve cherry picked with your network. In the post I referenced a video interview with Robert Scoble by Howard Rheingold that Mari Smith highlighted in a google + post.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Whether you or not you understand how to use tags, chances are you have come across them if you have ever used blogs, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, or bookmarking sites such as Delicious. Donations were followed by an additional prompt to share on social networks to encourage others to participate through donations. You're It!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Photo from public photos tagged with macarthur in NMC flickr stream. This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. The environment for learning is no longer in the classroom and its online, and outside of school. local time).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Time Chart - See Flickr Discussion on Version 1 Wanna Remix it? About 5 hours a week once you learn how to use the tools and make listening a daily habit. (5 I'd also include your individual social networking profile which can be a great way to spread buzz (or spread yourself too thin.) (10-15 Download it here.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

As part of that work we get to connect with and learn from organizations using new media in the field -- and this summer we hit the road, attending the International AIDS Conference , CDC's Health Communication, Marketing, and Marketing Conference , the Ryan White All Grantee meeting , and the U.S. Plan ahead. Make it known.

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NTEN

MAY 2, 2012

We wanted to round up all your posts and resources in one place, so you can continue to collaborate and learn from each other. Nonprofits Chalk Up Big Gains in Social-Network Followers , Derek Lieu. Nonprofit Investment in Social Networks and Membership Continue to Grow , Business Wire and 4Traders. Up in the sky!

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NTEN

JUNE 2, 2011

Your nonprofit should learn from the successes of others. Are you new or seasoned at social media marketing? Even for social media gurus, the area is constantly changing. Read Mashable.com and other social media news outlets. Social media plans should support overall marketing plans. Do your homework. So keep up!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2009

Courtesy of Katya Andresen, publisher of Getting to the Point I am asked almost weekly how to convince nonbelievers in an organization give social networking efforts a try. This isn’t a crusade, it’s a learning experience for everyone. Flickr photo credit: cbcastor by CC Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

While the giants (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) are great for outreach and relationship-building, we’ve had surprising successes with StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Plancast and other sites. Right now our organization gets more than 20% of the traffic from the surplus of social media sites we are on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Flickr Photo by Kevlar. Note from Beth: You need a identify a measurable goal for your integrated social media strategy that can be linked to your organization’s overall results and pick a data point or KPI that you will collect along the way to measure success. But bench learning can be richer than simply collecting numbers.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2010

From the technologies influencing the digital divide, civic engagement, and online advertising to getting a leg up on social media tools like YouTube and Flickr to win an advocacy campaign, the two-day conference holds a lot of promise for new learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I've covered arts organizations and social media here and there over the past three years and last winter co-wrote a cover story article with Rebecca Krause-Hardie for ArtsReach. So, thought I'd take an opportunity to query my network via Twitter and Facebook and see what's new. ve found ourselves spending a lot of time in Flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2012

Kate Kilbourne is the Web & Social Media Manager at Camfed USA shares her experience. Camfed has over 13,000 images on Flickr. Winning at Pinning – Guest Post by Kate Kilbourne. I am a Pinterest convert.

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