Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2009

Today’s webinar focused on the building blocks of social meda; things like tagging, RSS and how to get started finding the conversations taking place online. Some of them, along with my answers, include: How much time a day do you spend reading (RSS feeds)? Here’s my slide deck: Social Media Building Blocks.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

Lastly, check out the various applications that LinkedIn integrates with – for example, you can pull in RSS feeds from your blog or the organization’s website, have your slide shows appear on your profile, and more. Mastering social networking as a volunteer. View more PowerPoint from Amy Sample Ward. What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

The creation and communication of this knowledge occurs in social networks of relationships, empowered by social media. Emergent, peer to peer conversations and sharing of knowledge. Sustainability depends on knowledge; social media facilitate knowledge production, processing and distribution. How are the two related? -

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

One of the biggest barriers to sharing our experience and knowledge, and learning as organizations is the belief that we are all so different we can’t actually share or learn from each other. I normally separate my post-presentation blog posts and slides but think it will be valuable to group them together this time. Defining Community.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 6, 2011

Manager of Knowledge Resources ASU Lodestar Center Welcome to Research Friday ! Take this quiz to test your knowledge. 7-8 — Sector Scholar - You are learned and knowledgeable about the AZ nonprofit sector. Disclaimer Friday, May 6, 2011 Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona nonprofit sector!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

The description: “ Talk with Michelle about internal software systems – document and knowledge management, CRM, client management databases, intranets, etc.&# I volunteered to be the “expert&# in residence for the “Program&# track of Office Hours. So, come join me.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 21, 2018

It’s absolutely crucial for marketers to keep pursuing industry knowledge. Google’s search optimization algorithm, your email marketing platform and your RSS feed are just a few things to pay attention to and learn from. There will always be an organizational story to tell, industry knowledge to learn and more to do.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

2] To better understand the skills and knowledge needed by nonprofit professionals, we conducted a needs-assessment study based on surveys of NMI instructors, advisory board members, alumni, and participants in NMI courses since 2007. We welcome your input and feedback. ^ [1] Wing, K. Research Friday: Really, Your Tax Exemption has be.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

The client is quite knowledgeable about their organization, mission, and goals for a project, but often not knowledgeable about technology. The role I play most often currently is providing a clear and understandable avenue between the client and a technology vendor (such as web or database development shop).

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2011

—. If you haven’t already, please consider subscribing via RSS or eMail to receive fresh content on a regular basis. —. At the heart of the 1% club is a belief that “If everyone would offer 1% of their time, knowledge and income, we can structurally solve poverty” according to their website. Think about it for a second.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 7, 2007

The topic is “Nonprofit Data Management: from slips of paper to CRM&# As you all know, I’ve been thinking about data management issues for years, and it would be great for people to share their ideas and knowledge. So, submit those posts by Sunday evening!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2011

I “met&# virtually Chris first through the NpTech Tag in 2007 and he kindly helped me clean up an RSS mess. Chris is the Director of User Experience for Meedan. Meedan’s founder Ed Bice and Andrea Burton were part of this great team. Chris lead us through a simple user design process based a book by Giles Colborne.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2009

It is a mashup of RSS feeds on one page that includes: The ten best or "must read" blog posts from selected blogs. The filtering of these posts is handled automatically is based on the number of comments, inbound links, and other signs of engagement. (Hmm. sounds like a mashup of RSS run through Postrank).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

In any event, I have a lot of other skills and knowledge besides databases and coding: skills and knowledge in teaching, in writing, in working with organizations, in facilitation, in religion and spiritual practices, and in working with people, that I want to use now. Perhaps I’m now more ready to wrestle those.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2007

It’s that there is a lack of really good support – responsive, empowering, educational, integrative, and knowledgeable about, and invested in, the sector. " Its not that there is a lack of technology vendors and support. For those of us who’d like to see organizations get better support – how do we do that?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2010

That you feel it is okay to spend some of your work day investing in your knowledge and you gather wisdom from your professional networks via social media channels. Attending to your professional learning using social media and networks requires making sense out of the leaves rather than being presented a knowledge tree.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 4, 2011

As a knowledge enterprise, the ASU Lodestar Center seeks to produce and disseminate relevant, high-quality research to our stakeholders. Our goal is for stakeholders to view us as the credible source of knowledge and tools for those who lead, manage and support nonprofits. We welcome your comments and feedback. Arizona Republic : A.1.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

use your RSS reader. How do you use a RSS feed like a rockstar? pull in hashtags from Twitter into the RSS reader (pull in the RSS of a search.twitter.com result). Clicking = good - a change in knowledge doesn’t equal a change in behavior; can you measure that? use monitoring tools. know your keywords.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

Changes in the application happen without your knowledge or consent. Disadvantages to cloud computing Depending on the vendor and the application, you are dependent on them to keep the application up and your data intact. Your data is not directly in your hands, but in the hands of a third party.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

We are much more successful when the stories come with a blurb than when they are simply automated RSS-feeds. Even better than the numbers was the knowledge nuggets shared. And, ah, I found the secret sauce: Simply Asking Questions That Allow People To Share Their Knowledge and Ideas sparks engagement!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

I use knowledge trees, outlines, and focused thinking to identify what I need to learn and questions I need to ask. Since I’m working on an array of subjects over the past five years, I have a lot of them in my RSS reader and Twitter lists or I find them via keyword scans.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

I’m excited about this project – it’s gathering the knowledge and expertise of a great group of folks, and it will provide a free source of information and case studies so that nonprofits can best figure out how to step into the frothy waters of social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Work Literacy is a network of individuals, companies and organizations who are interested in learning, defining, mentoring, teaching and consulting on the frameworks, skills, methods and tools of modern knowledge work. The topics they look at are what I might call social media literacy skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

His definition of the problem is that it gets in the way of sustained mindfulness in order to get something meaningful done. What is the solution? Is it human (habits and skills) or machine (technology/software) or a combination of both? Technology Approaches. Our minds, no less than our bodies, require periods of fasting.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

Although I am deeply experienced and knowledgeable in implementation of technology, from networks to web applications and databases (I really know how DNS works, can write a left outer join in SQL, and know the difference between REST and SOAP) since I don’t do implementation or coding anymore, I’m not wedded to one set of technologies.

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Forum One

JULY 14, 2009

Over 100 people showed up to talk about how we can make aid more transparent and do a better job of sharing knowledge and lessons learned across organizations, projects, topics, and countries. 4 - Making in the vast amount of development knowledge and experience easier to find, organize, mash up and use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

are a tool with a silly name, but a powerful tool that I think will be used more and more in coming times, whereby portable data is syndicated from one source, from one site onto another site, in an easy way for consumers without technical knowledge. RG: an RSS feed. Also a link to the WidgetBox.

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NTEN

JUNE 17, 2011

To achieve a beneficial social experience for members, organizations must monitor conversations on Twitter, YouTube, RSS feeds, Facebook and other social channels, and then respond quickly and appropriately. Constituents wield increasing power and influence, and a flawless member experience is crucial to enhance organizational causes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2008

A lot of educational practices seem based on the notion that there would be no knowledge if people didn't come to an expert or the teacher seeking it. " Corey P of the 501c3Cast uses a rss feed for "nonprofit" search with Terraminds. or join TweetScan and have the search results email to your daily or weekly.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2013

I use an RSS reader to aggregate articles to read, a bookmarking tool (pinboard) to save links of interest, and conversational tools (Twitter and Facebook) to share. Are there opportunities for explicit knowledge-sharing that are rooted in photographs and videos? But I live in a digital world in which text is still king.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 2, 2011

Tips, best practices and ideas from the event will be shared here for your knowledge building pleasure. Subscribe to Connection Cafe via RSS reader or email. For the next week, Connection Cafe will become your window in to the nonprofit rockstar genius that is converging in Baltimore. But it doesn't end with blog posts.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

The team also hopes to incentivize organizations to share knowledge and give beneficiaries a direct voice. Our application also automatically generates RSS feeds for their supporters to stay engaged throughout the life of the project. Where did the idea for OpenAction begin? It’s similar to how one subscribes to a blog.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Chapter 3 is a discussion on Peer production – it talks about how it is that people have come together to collaboratively create software and content – basically, knowledge production.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

This makes me think of something Gavin Clabaugh said recently in a brilliant post about RSS. Philosophical points aside, technically and operationally RSS presents a series of institutional problems, challenges, and questions: How could or should I incorporate it into the enterprise? t quite know what to do.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

These data are collected periodically through Knowledge Networks , a reputable firm that specializes in panels of Americans who respond to surveys online. What we ask and how we ask it makes for a big difference in estimates. The ASU Lodestar Center study was conducted as a dedicated wave of the Arizona Indicators Panel Study.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

He is also interested in approaches network learning and highlights knowledge management for development. (He " I have heard of interesting examples using mobile phones getting RSS feeds from blogs. tools in different cultures around the world. He did some terrific reporting from the Web2.0

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 27, 2011

Over the course of the day, there was so much communication going on — networking between nonprofits; sharing of ideas, knowledge, and experiences; and, maybe most thought-provoking, grantees and funders empathetically listening to each others stories and gaining a glimpse into the "other side" of the process.

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