Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

So, to help myself narrow down the options, I look for the ones that aren’t just fun and enjoyable but are also interesting, will use my brain, keep me engaged and even help me learn something new. Tags: otherblogs socialchange fun guest post howto. Those are the things that are most fun to me, anyway!

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Fun Howto Tips Brain 105

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 11, 2010

I think it's great to revisit a list like this even if you are already working with your community online to be sure you haven't forgotten about some of the key foundations that will help you succeed.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

During this time, I’ve help create community maps and strategic plans with my own team and with many other groups. But more than that, this exercise helps identify where you should concentrate efforts, where to distribute messages, and where you have the best chance of successfully engaging the community to support your work.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2009

With Netvibes you can create tabs to help organize all these feeds, too! Tag your post with “net2thinktank&# and email a link to us to be included. Tags: resources rss webtools howto listening net2thinktank. Copy the feed URL and then jump down to “Add Feeds to Netvibes&# for next steps. Add Feeds to Netvibes.

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Create Organization Netsquared RSS 234

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 8, 2009

According to Mark Rovner and Alia McKee of Sea Change Strategies who led the recent webinar Procrastinator’s Guide to Year-End Fundraising with Kathryn Powers of Conservation International and moderated by Eric Rardin of Care2 and Rebecca Higman of Network of Good, this tactic has been helping organizations raise a lot of money.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Listening and paying attention will help you adjust quickly – whether it’s adding more information on the FAQ page, understanding difficult aspects of participation and finding ways to improve them, or simply understanding what those outside your organization think of your efforts. Are people participating or not?

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Tips FAQ Howto Netsquared 114

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 21, 2010

The CTX team members in the meeting asked some great questions about the way others have created community spaces before and what helped them be successful. Tags: case studies resources casestudy community communitybuilding ctt howto strategy tsg. This lead directly to the last question: What’s needed?

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