Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Last night, I had the great opportunity to interview Clay Shirky , the author of Here Comes Everybody. Because the difference isn’t in using the tools per se, we all have the same functionality to upload, tag, comment, etc. Which organizations are charting the way, navigating the new tools well?

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APRIL 13, 2007

Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. Andy Carvin and Jonnie Goldstein interviewed a person from one of two projects based in Cambodia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. February’s Net2 Think Tank sprang from an interview with Clay Shirky, the author of Here Comes Everybody. Watch the interview and check out these responses! You can watch the video interview with Skirky below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The second network, Netsquared , in contrast was more loosely controlled with a lower risk in failure. The Netsquared Network which has grown to over 27,000 people world wide through its self-replicated face-to-face events has grown quite differently. Here’s some points that Marnie mentioned: -Allowed the people to be the starts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Marshall goes on to quote an interview he did with Peter Cashmore from Mashable on Netsquared who questioned whether MySpace was a place for "social media for social good.".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 It includes case studies, tools, and how-tos. blog shares an interview with entitled " Camera Rwanda: Storytelling using Flickr." tools into your PR messaging?

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

This summer I've been interviewing the innovators behind the 21 Projects that went to the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) this year (I'm the Community Builder for NetSquared). I was particularly touched by my interview with Deron Beal, the Executive Director and founder of the Freecycle Network , so I thought I'd share it here.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

From TechSoup Global Labs: NetSquared. Alex considers an interview with Paul Levinson on the future of media and human interaction. Tools Using the Web and Internet. Chris discusses virtualization with Monique Sendze of Johnson County Library. Don't forget about the Human Rights Center Mobile Challenge!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

NetSquared DC organized a panel discussion on Engagement Strategy: Empowering Champions* and Influencers* on November 3, 2015, to delve into this question. NetSquared DC Engagement Strategies Panelists — Maddie Grant, Andrew Nachison, and Dale Pfeifer (left to right). Or, find a new tool. The panelists included.

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NTEN

MARCH 5, 2010

The March 501 Tech Club in NYC will be a panel on " Texting for Good: Trends, Tools, and Tips for Nonprofits " with Katrin Verclas (MobileActive) , Jed Alpert (MobileCommons) , and George Weiner (DoSomething.org). Deborah Elizabeth Finn announced the prototype of a tool that will search and. Full details and RSVP here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

My colleague Geoff Livingston says that “Shiny Object Syndrome&# makes nonprofits and individuals to adopt the latest cool social tool based on peer pressure, buzz, or a strange desire to be one of the first. Momsrising is an early adopter of online tools currently exploring the Google + platform and discussing it in team meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2006

on July 18th and subsequently had a chance to interview her at her fabulous virtual office in Second Life. At the netsquared conference , I spoke with someone from a small nonprofit about Second Life. At the end of the interview, we chatted about the best places to shoes, hair, and clothing in Second Life. But if you don???t

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. NetSquared Community. for the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) beginning on May 29th. Like last year, conference participants are introducing themselves on their NetSquared Blog.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 8, 2006

A couple weeks ago, I did an interview for the NetSquared Podcast with Leda Dederich, the creator of the dotOrganize project, and co-author of the report "Online Technology For Social Change: From Struggle to Strategy." Below is a transcript of the interview. They don't know what tools are out there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2006

(See resources below) He also shared an interview from the 501c3Cast for Nonprofits. See YouTube interview for more). Brad Stephenson gave a very good overview of the process and the tools. At the conference, Brad was recording interviews with the important (not me) and those will also be posted on the camt blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. Katya Andresen has written a fantastic five minute guide to social networking tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

If you, like Jon Stahl and many others, are interested in seeing more tools play well together, go sign it right now. buzz at the UK National Circuit Riders Conference this week was not tool talk, but issues related to adoption of the tools. Comment, Blog it, tag it NpTech, and/or start a blog over at the Netsquared site.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

Rose Aguilar from Bay Area Business Woman interviewed me recently for an article entitled, "Women's Voices Boom in the Blogosphere." You are looking for a new communication tool for your organization or business. Use your blog as a marketing or advocacy tool. Know what type of blog is best for you. *

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Superstar NTEN member Amy Sample Ward interviews Clay Shirky -- NTC09 Plenary Speaker and author of Here Comes Everybody -- about how social media will affect the future of nonprofits, specifically about how nonprofits are (and should be) communicating with their members/supporters. One tactic is going online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2008

Alex Steed is a self-described millennial activist and he has just announced his Millennials Changing America: The Next Generation of Organizing where he will visit over 30 cities across the United States to meet, interview and report how young people are using the Internet to leverage their social and political power. s Alex Steed.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 28, 2010

I found the project so interesting that I wanted to share it with you here in an interview, covering some key questions from Kedar. Thus came along the idea of a personal ecological footprint measurement tool that helps people make better choices and transform lifestyles, Picky Polly. What’s your goal for the new tool?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones. How can we do that? Now we have technology catching up with our responses times.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" His firm, Avencia , is an award winning GIS consultancy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

TechSoup publishes Soha El-Borno excellent post " Promote Your Cause on Facebook in Six Easy Steps " and do check out her interview with Carie Lewis from the Human Society about their work on Facebook. He did a video interview with Dirk Slater , too! Check out the nonprofitmanagement wiki ! Powered by ScribeFire.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

" I used the technique two years ago for a presentation at the first netsquared conference called " I Tag the Hand that Feeds Me " or what I should retitle "Meet Sally." I was just reading an interview with The Nature Conservancy's Jonathon Coleman on Treehugger. Here's another one called " Meet Charlie."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge ! With streaming video tools that are free - like Ustream.TV - I imagine we'll see more people video streaming from professional conferences like next month's NTC Conference in New Orleans. Check this recent interview to learn more about Jonathan's secrets to using social media tools for success.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

Paul Rice, the founding president and CEO of the Oakland based nonprofit, TransFair USA , answers these questions and others in an interview for the Big Vision Podcast. So I moved back and went to business school and got some tools and then launched TransFair a few years later. It takes longer to re-tool supply chains.

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Care2

OCTOBER 7, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" His firm, Avencia , is an award winning GIS consultancy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

Tools Here's yet another post declaring the death of email due to Facebook and Myspace. tools to adopt. It's an online collaborative mapping tool. tools, you need to change your mindset. Wild Apricot Blog has a post about using Meebo , an instant messaging tool, to engage your supporters. Listening is important.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2006

As if you don't get enough of my holding forth here, Marshall Kirkpatrick interviewed me the other day for Techsoup's Netsquared project, and posted it here. Around the same time, Marshall also posted an interview with Beth Kanter. You can read the interview here. It was a really enjoyable, rambling conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Here's a few sessions notes in the wiki: NpTech Tag , definition of Open API For-Profit/Nonprofit Software Collaborations and where are the biggest tool gaps ? Tools Creating Passionate Users Blog asks " Are our tools making us dumber ?" " and offers some advice to tool makers, teachers, and users.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

To learn more about Twitter scaling issues read this interview by Jesse Stay. Marnie mentions one downside to FriendFeed - that she is unable to process the information as quickly or as seamlessly as she can with other tools that she is regularly using for social bookmarking, feed reading, and causal interactions. And if you???re

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

The field of Business Intelligence (BI) is growing by leaps and bounds as technology tools make getting, combining, and visualizing data easier than ever before. Our friends at NetSquared have a great podcast interview with Steve Williams of Business Objects that provides more good examples. Myth #2: BI is Expensive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

But these sites have two important limitations that give nonprofits reason to look for additional tools. You can learn a lot about that more through this informative interview by The Buzz Bin with Steve Bridger on the Buzz Director. May be created and consumed using mobile technology and distributed using other social media tools.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Platforms like Genius Rocket and NetSquared provide nonprofits an opportunity to crowd-source a communications or technological need. When interviewing for any position at your organization, make sure to ask about the applicant's familiarity with social media. Another approach to the online contest phenomenon is to run your own.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. Michael Stein has an interview with Jonathan Coleman about his success building a donor base on Facebook. The article profiles Networked For Good's Six Degrees of Separation. Which one worked best?

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