NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Here’s a sample for NetWits that I ran a few months back that will give you an idea of what to expect. If you’re using Facebook pull in your Blog, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr accounts so that you page fans can see where else you participate. Think about ways to bring what you do together. Think about incentives.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

I think this is a hard concept for many to agree with because of the process by which the social media tools are most often adopted in organizations: for example, Jane really likes taking pictures and usually posts them to Flickr (an online photo sharing website) as a way to store them, sort them, and share them.

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NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2012

Flickr: diskychick There's been a flurry of activity lately in the NTEN community and it's easy to see that change is in the air! Ushering out those dog days of summer is some exciting news from around the sector; from acquisitions and survey results to emerging leaders, there is no shortage of fresh perspectives this week.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. —– Photo credit: richardjingram on Flickr. We covered how to do Community Mapping (identifying the segments and goals of the community), Content Mapping (creating a plan for which content goes where, and why), and Data Tracking (pulling all the numbers together). Presentation.

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NTEN

MARCH 28, 2011

And, here are all the photos on Flickr tagged "11NTC" ! Don't fear, you can find all of his conference sketches pulled together on the Social Signal site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

Flickr Photo by alshepmcr. Once the blog carnival went live, we provided sample tweets and Facebook updates about the blog carnival to our bloggers and partners and encouraged everyone in the coalition to share the links with their networks. This proved to be fruitful. Lesson #5: Craft those thank you notes!

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to! Sign up for the event or learn more here.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Nonprofit guru Amy Sample Ward just co-authored a new book called Social By Social , which serves as a great “how to&# guide on how to use technologies to create social impact. Within weeks, and at minimal cost, more than 2,000 people had signed up to support the campaign.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Flickr Photo by Trainer62 You may have noticed there's a lot going on at the NTEN court as of late -- new nten.org (just look around), release of the NTEN Data Ecosystem Report , NTC Scholarship Campaign , the NTC , and a great line-up of webinars ! Hosted by: Amy Sample Ward. Consultants RoundTable. Hosted by: Jeffrey Forster.

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NTEN

MAY 8, 2009

Flickr: Chad_Norman The 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference was a blast, but it sure felt like a whirlwind of information and people. Amy Sample Ward logged some great notes on her blog. We're lucky that so many attendees took photos, blogged, and tweeted to capture and share their conference experiences.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Flickr: visit~ fingerlakes Where I come from , there's a lake , and every year on the Saturday before Labor day when the sun goes down, everyone who lives on that lake turns off their house lights, lines their waterfront with lit red flares, and builds a bonfire. Amy Sample-Ward was kind enough to break it down for us back in February.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Matthew Field. Note from Beth: One of the most common questions I get at workshops or webinars is, “Should our organization be on XYZ social or mobile platform?” ” My answer is: ”Don’t ask me, ask your audience.”

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NTEN

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Flickr: kalabird) Nancy Schwartz announced the 13 Annual Nonprofit Tagline Awards winners , and we are so proud to see NTEN member organizations Earthjustice and The Houston Food Bank included. Members are in bold. NTEN is People! Beverley Pomeroy ( Pinc Productions ) is a finalist for the 2009 Stevie Awards Best Canadian Entrepreneur.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2010

Flickr: Chad Norman (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing. And Amy Sample Ward spoke on a panel at the SXSW conference (along. their nptech awesome. Members are in bold. See what they had to say here. Matt Koltermann shares his top 10 take-aways for nonprofits from his.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Flickr Photo by Nutmeg66. Amy Sample Ward - Live Blogging: 09NTC Mapping Your Social Media Strategy. Online, I spend time listening , attempting to separate signal from noise. This started when I was in high school. Occasionally, I would egosurf , or search for my name on the Web. We Are Media - Module 1: Listening.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2008

Flickr photo by Terry Bain. I was searching for the perfect illustration for "five" in flickr and since you all know how much I like dogs , I couldn't resist this photo. Amy Sample Ward contributed a workshop group exercise based on Forrester's POST method.

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NTEN

MAY 6, 2011

Flickr: vnoel It's member round-up time again and this week we're seeing members looking at the big picture, whether it's for the work they do or the work we can all do together. Smith from Idealist , Farra Trompeter from Big Duck, and Amy Sample Ward from NTEN. Have more news to share? Plus: Two New Books! Moss and David J.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Invite everyone to join the movement by sharing pictures, stories, and signs to spread your message (try Flickr or Tumblr ). Keep people connected to live video (like Livestream or Vimeo ), regular audio updates (like CinchCast or Audioboo ), or live feeds of text from a Twitter hashtag or an open chat like CoverItLive.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 19, 2009

Maybe you use Flickr and share your photos there under a CC license as well. Why not license that as well so that your Flickr photos AND your Facebook photos are both included. Why Use Creative Commons in Facebook ? Facebook has a great deal of content you are creating, uploading, posting, and sharing. How do you get started?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Amy Sample Ward recaps the lively discussion and shares some excellent resources like this Climate Debate Map , the Drupal.org profile of TckTckTck and the Climate Lab Wiki. The Climate Change movement has embraced technology for all the good it can do. . Disclosure: I am a member of the Board of Focus the Nation.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Photo: Flickr gazeronly. Razoo also has gift cards you can purchase online and email to recipients, and instead of giving to a classroom project like DonorsChoose.org, Razoo cards can be used to donate to over 1 Million organizations!

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2009

Flickr: Chad_Norman I'm a little late in getting last week's round-up up, but better late than never, right? Our friends at TechSoup Global are getting ready for N2Y4, and Amy Sample Ward announced the opportunity to become a N2Y4 Project Champion and get a free ticket to the event.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Flickr and YouTube – monitor and subscribe to activity around you, not just your own. Mixed Reality events – conference going on in Second Life with a live streamed video into Second Life, it expands the audience exponentially. Conversations take place in both places separately and together. Multi-channel conversations.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Flickr: Juushika Redgrave This past weekend saw the first offical day of fall which means we can all look forward to months of potted mums, candy corn, and annual conferences.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2009

" Flickr Photo Download: Twitter trending topics - Anatomy of a hashtag as trending topic from Meg Pickard on Flickr. So i quit my job and set up Talk About Local to bring locally created and locally owned websites to communities across the country." charitytuesday is your charity taking part on Tuesdays?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2012

Flickr: reid. Thank you, Debra Askanase, Chris Bernard, Rick Birmingham, Britt Bravo, Barbara Buswell, Gavin Clabaugh, Martin Dooley, Deborah Elizabeth Finn, Paula Jones, John Kenyon, Kivi Leroux Miller, Julie Macalik, John Merritt, Laura Quinn, Amy Sample Ward, Ash Shepard, and Michael Stein !

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Photo credit: Flickr billiejoesentourage ). Really looking forward to this topic and hope to continue the conversation after the webinar with all of you here on the blog! Thoughts, ideas or case studies from your organization that you think are especially relevant and should be included? Leave a comment and let me know!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Image credit: Flickr muir.ceardach ). What do you think? How do you advocate for or describe the work of a community manager in your organization? Do you have examples to share?

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Nptech resources can be found on delicious , flickr , slideshare , and Twitter. See Amy Sample Ward's materials on Community Driven Social Impact for more details on strategically planning online communities.). That can make it difficult to navigate. Marnie Webb introduced the nptech tag to help aggregate nonprofit technology content.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2009

Flickr: cwalker71 The 2009 Women Who Tech panels were announced this week, and we're glad to see so many NTEN members representing the women who nptech! That's a long flight, y'all! Fellow Aussie NTEN member David Jacquier has already made the long trip to the US to attend the SxSW conference in Austin.

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NTEN

MARCH 27, 2009

Flickr: bensheldon Allyson Kapin summarizes some key findings from Convio 's 2009 Online Marketing Benchmark Inex Study , and cites some analysis by Superstar NTEN member Robert Weiner. Amy Sample Ward invites you to join her for the "140 Character Mission" event. You don't even have to attend -- just follow along on Twitter.

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2009

Flickr Photo: _ES Amy Sample Ward lays out 5 strategic steps for measuring the ROI of social media for your organization. There are no easy equations, but this is sound advice on how to go from identifying the problem (or goal) to measuring the impact of a social media strategy (or tool). What do you know, NTEN made the news!

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

In case you missed it, See3 staff have been guest-blogging on Care2 's Frogloop NTENny Beth Kanter captures online crowdsourcing, of a kind (Flickr: Cambodia4Kidsorg) this week. NTEN rockstar (and official NTENny) Amy Sample Ward has a guest post about 5 steps to social media strategy success for nonprofits. .

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 11, 2012

Photo credit: Flickr rburtzel). An organizational culture that emphasizes evaluation, feedback loops, learning, and intention improvement doesn’t happen by accident. For most nonprofit folks, the limitation isn’t about resources but about how serious they are about improving.

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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. Amy Sample Ward has a new article for the SSIR blog ( re-posted on Amy's blog ). Members are in bold. I didn't get a round-up posted last week, so I have an extra long one this week! (Tip: Nice example!

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2009

Flickr: daveiam I've got lots of goods this week, so without further ado, let's get to the members-online round-up: Beth Kanter raffled off a complimentary NTEN membership, courtesy of thePort. Let's all welcome the Surfrider Foundation as a new organizational member!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

Photo credit: aflier Flickr ]. Well, those are my five; but I have no doubt there are many more lessons and assumptions out there. Would love to hear what more you’d add to the list!

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