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How To: Create a Listening Dashboard for your Organization

Amy Sample Ward

Think of all the places your organization’s name, staff, projects, programs or focus area could come up in the news, in campaigns, or in online conversations. To stay on top of it all, I suggest you create a listening dashboard for your organization - and here’s how to do it! Getting Started. Twitter Search.

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Great reads from around the web on June 11th

Amy Sample Ward

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Here are 9 ways Beth recommends organizations try out the tool.

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How To: DIY Community & Content Mapping

Amy Sample Ward

I like to offer suggestions that any organization or community group can put to use regardless of sector, focus, size, geography, or budget. The tools and methods here are designed to be flexible and adaptable so that you can make them work for your organization and needs. Create a listening dashboard with this step-by-step guide!

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Designing Programs to Build Community: Case Study with Charity Technology Trust

Amy Sample Ward

Background: CTX services over 8,000 charity and community organizations in the UK and wants to nurture that network of organizations by providing more than just software and services, but also opportunities to build community. What capacity/resources are in place? What roles or resources are needed? Next steps.

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Great reads from around the web on December 8th

Amy Sample Ward

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Jerry Coltin on Arts Organizations and Podcasting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

See resources below) He also shared an interview from the 501c3Cast for Nonprofits. There was a lot of interest from the audience so I suspect this means we may be hearing a few more arts organizations in the nonprofit podcasting space. And, with Pittsburgh Podcamp coming up, maybe a few arts organization will check it out.

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Guest Post on Frogloop: 5 Tips for Running a Competition

Amy Sample Ward

This doesn’t mean you need to be promoting the competition as much as it means you have ample resources already on your website, blog, group, or wherever you’re hosting the challenge, so that people looking to learn more can do so without emailing you! Has your organization run a competition online or offline?

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