Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

When you post a call to action for people to share a message, be sure to include reference to how they can do so; or if you are asking people to create content themselves, be sure to provide instructions and examples to help them respond to your call. Photo credit: aflier Flickr ]. You know more about the cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

Simply enter your nonprofit’s name and Addictomatic then creates a page of all your search results for easy future reference. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Flickr: hellojenuine Member Appreciation Month, or MAM, as we affectionately refer to it around NTEN HQ, got off to a strong start last week with some great free for Members events, lots of #NTENThanks sharing, and of course, prizes!

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

I love Flickr Originally uploaded by jodi_tripp. The framers need a reference for the curved arch. For those who haven't seen it, Flickr is a photo-sharing site. So what makes Flickr so useful? Now I always use Flickr. On Flickr, they are searchable both by title and by tag. Okay, pop quiz. Where do you go?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Flickr Photo by John Grocki. During the discussion, someone shared a reference to the book, “ Researching Your Own Practice: The Discipline of Noticing &# by John Mason. The book provides a theory, practice, and framework on reflection as related to professional development. What works? What doesn’t?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Flickr Photo by Jason A. By getting to know these ideas, we blend them into our own frame of reference, creating something that is changed, if not wholly new. Guest post by Kate Wing. We’ve all been in a meeting where someone new to the field sits down at the table and says, “Wow – why don’t you all do it this way?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Matthew Field. These characters can then become common reference points for your team. We sometimes hear our clients reference their user stories in their day-to-day work like “well, this month’s newsletter is more for Josh or Sally than Maurice.” ” Facebook Ads as Filters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2014

Flickr Photo by Soyignatius. Look for additional references , quotes , reviews, citations or stories that can help complement the existing view. ” I love that phrase coined by my friends at Upwell. Searches: When you spot the awesome, spend time looking for more content and context to add to it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Flickr Photo by neoporcupine. Mario Morino uses the phrase “information-based introspection” to refer to using and applying data in context to excel. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of doing a webinar on measurement and nonprofit for Kivi at the Nonprofit Marketing Guide. One of the questions I was asked, ”Why Data Informed?

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Data Measure Culture New York 111

NTEN

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Flickr: Gaueko I love getting to this give-away during Member Appreciation Month : I get to trot out the Fifth Element reference to LeeLoo's Multi-Pass -- because that's what I'm giving away today! Well, the NTEN version, anyway.).

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Tags can also be used to find resources such as photos, slide presentations, and articles to reference for use on your site. 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. You're It!

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Tag Social Media Bookmarking Delicious 61

NTEN

MAY 11, 2011

Flickr: anythreewords Did you know that Fundrasing and Development staff was the fastest-growing constituency in the NTEN (read: nonprofit tech) community?

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NTEN Survey San Francisco Community 47

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2008

Alan was the winner of my 50th Birthday Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix contest in 2007. I refer people to his blog. His blog was one of the first I discovered and have been hooked ever since. And he loves dogs). I've learned a lot from Alan. I trust him. But we've never met face-to-face.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Flickr Photo by Mangee. He references the How To Say No podcast that gives you a method for saying no. Some of you in the nonprofit technology field may remember this wonderful cartoon " Time Management for Techies " created by Miriam Engelberg who we lost breast cancer about two years ago. Go read it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2006

I came across a study by the American Academy of Pediatrics that argues for the essential role of play in the healthy mental, physical, and social/emotional development of a child referred to in a recent editorial in the Boston Globe titled "The Hidden Power of Play" and elsewhere. The above example came from Museumr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

I celebrated my 20th anniversary in Flickr and with this video (darn the gown doesn't fit this year!) The original photo is on Flickr and caught the eye of an editor from Esquire Magazine who was looking for photos to illustrate a piece about wedding photos. We've been together for 29 nine years! It wasn't really a pitch.

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Blogger Twitter Relationship Flickr 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2011

For example, there is a simple way to use Flickr and a custom email address to aggregate photos from your constituents to then create a photo of the day similar to @CharityWater. Google Analytics – for free – can show you referring traffic from different followers on Twitter, it can show who sends quantity AND quality traffic.

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Data Measure Analytics NPO 95

NTEN

JULY 22, 2013

Flickr: theirhistory Summer sun and vacation days haven''t slowed down the NTEN community! They''ve just released the fourth edition of the Idealware Field Guide to Software for Nonprofits, a reference tool that covers 75 plus types of software for fundraising, communications, collaboration, constituent management, and more.

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Registration Research Report Free 57

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2006

I recently set up an affinity group over at NTEN called Nonprofits and Flickr as an experiment to see if there was an opportunity to set up a peer group not only share knowledge but the experimentation. There's been a great conversation about flickr and some experiences shared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2007

" (I referred to this book in one of my first screencasts in using flickr for presentations ) What I learned deeply influenced and changed my practice in presenting. That's a photo of me with Andy Goodman at the break during the Keynote workshop on Story Telling as Best Practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2008

Flickr Photo by Mike Monteiro NTEN's We Are Media : where the community is the curriculum ! We invite you to join the conversation each week as roll we out a new theme related to social media and nonprofits.

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Guyana NTEN Web Media 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2005

Not too long ago, a researcher looking at early childhood and technology asked me for permission to include a reference to my post, " Mommy, what's a blog ?" Thus inspired, I started a group on flickr called nptechkids. " Today, I discovered the future: Miniscobleizer ! Technorati Tags: nptech , nptechkids , net2

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

I was nervous because I've never been to Romania, so I didn't have a lot of time or a frame of reference to tweak and customize. Anyway, remembered that Flickr lets you upload 90 second video clips and this was perfect. This afternoon we played the Social Media Game. I hate that. Then customize the structure to the location.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

Flickr Photo by Sebr. The 18 minutes refers to the importance of creating a daily habit of reflection and focus on what you want to accomplish, knowing that you won’t get everything done. This book is a gem. Each chapter starts with a personal story that illustrates a concept related to managing unproductive distractions.

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Reflection Technique Journal Teach 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2006

Flickr photo by zen??? Today, I received an email with a reference to hamburger meat and at first I thought it was more spam. But soon realized it was from Hamburger Helper???s My Hometown Helper???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2010

Flickr Photo by Roberto Ferrari - Creative Commons License Some Rights Reserved. We engage in multiple social networks, some that you probably also use: Twitter , Facebook , LinkedIn , YouTube , Flickr , Slideshare , our own blog , and a few other networks. So, I’m going to explore this theme over the coming weeks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2007

They reference back to you (with nice words or scathing critiques!). Where is the paper you refer to located? What is your impression of the flickr stats feature? But in a world of networks and connections what is your impact beyond your immediate blog? They link to you. I call these Citations. Ripples of Influence. Is it here

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

That’s why so many nonprofit staff still do not understand what someone means when they refer to the Cloud. One of the simplest ways to significantly increase your nonprofit’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is to learn basic HTML. I didn’t even really grasp it and it’s potential until mid-2011.

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Social Media Media Management Social 244

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Charlene also references another important issue - the issue of your friending policies if you are using these tools to support or enhance a professional network. Flickr: On flickr, I pretty much friend people who request it. It made me think that I have slightly different approaches on different spaces.

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2010

Flickr Photo: Caro Wallis (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Deborah Elizabeth Finn provides a partially-tongue-in-cheek reference for technology providers to consider before addressing a small nonprofit. Members are in bold.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The first C, Content, refers to the idea that social media tools allow everyone to become a creator, by making the publishing and distribution of multimedia content both free and easy, even for amateurs. I believe that the tools are transient, the buzzwords will change, but the value system embedded in these 4Cs is here to stay.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

Beth's Flickr Stream. at the end of their try-before-you-buy audio tracks referring listeners to Magnatune; 2) Include credit information on the website or other source from where the content is being downloaded, for example, on the page for American Bach Soloists Favorite Cantatas album.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2010

flickr: Brit. The article is black and white: Gladwell is clearly oversimplifying the situation, creating a false dichotomy between (social) network based movements and the hierarchical system that helped propel the Civil Rights movement forward, specifically the Greensboro sit-ins of 1960 , which he references throughout the article.

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Social Media Structure NTEN New York 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

My Flickr Set: RootsCamp SL Machimina Session. The article includes a pointer to a YouTube video of a presentation of how Bells and Spurs (here's a pointer to the references in a photo I took of myself on the set several months ago) movie was made in Second Life.

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Machinima New Hampshire Tutorial Second Life 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Flickr Photo by Vox Photo. Spread the word through comments sections of online news stories; these comments became major referring source to our website for that week. They recently held a blog carnival and are sharing some reflections.

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Policy Goal Lesson Share 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

I connected with her through her amazing photos of Cambodia on Flickr when I was covering the Cambodian blogosphere for Global Voices over five years ago. I spent some time on the phone answering questions, referring resources, and later introduced her to colleagues. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

Flickr Photo by Pitel. As Britt notes in her live blogging guidelines: The main goal of your posts is to provide information about the Projects that voters can refer to when it comes time to cast their ballot since they won't be able to attend all of the sessions. We aren't just taking notes for ourself. Talk about pressure.

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