Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

Your tools are defined both by the goal of what you want to do, but also by the people – are they tools that that audience uses and likes? Similarly, the content is defined by the goal, but also by the tools at your disposal and the people who will consume it. Here are some Twitter-specific tools: Twitalyzer.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 11, 2010

" Nine Ways Networked Nonprofits Use Slideshare | Beth’s Blog – Beth has a great post up about how organizations can use SlideShare. Are you familiar with the tool? Here are 9 ways Beth recommends organizations try out the tool. What is a nonprofit network builder?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 21, 2010

This afternoon I had the pleasure and honor of spending a few hours with members of the Charity Technology Trust/Charity Technology Exchange team, part of the TechSoup Global network , exploring their options for creating programs or services to build and foster community throughout their network. What capacity/resources are in place?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Networked Nonprofit. Tools and Apps to Energize Your Base. Listening Dashboard: [link]. Books & Collections. We Are Media. Social by Social. SOCIALMEDIA NONPROFIT tweet Book01. Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission. 5 Steps to a Successful Social Media Strategy. Google Analytics for Facebook Pages.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

." eAdvocacy Readiness Assessment – A terrific round up of resources from Aspiration – if you're looking to get started with or ramp up your online engagement efforts, check out these tools first! "Welcome "Welcome to the pre-release version of Aspiration's eAdvocacy Readiness Tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2011

For many nonprofits, it’s far more obvious that such tools can be useful than how to use them. In addition to funding, the tools below can engage new supporters, constituents and future advocates. But what can it be used for—outreach and engagement? Event management? How about fundraising?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

So often I find that we are too quick to say that because a website doesn’t have our domain, a tool is downloaded to our computer, or a platform doesn’t have our developers working on it that we can’t be responsible for measuring and analyzing the way we use it. Step 3: Identify the tools. Do-It-Yourself.

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