Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

For the last week, there’s been a rich discussion about Causes and the way that it abruptly, without much notice, left MySpace (deleting all of the related content, connections, communications, etc.). (To ideablob.com allows users to post business ideas.

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Myspace Award Platform Advice 165

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

For the last week, there’s been a rich discussion about Causes and the way that it abruptly, without much notice, left MySpace (deleting all of the related content, connections, communications, etc.). (To ideablob.com allows users to post business ideas.

Myspace 184

Myspace Award Platform Causes 184

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2009

Just take a glimpse at the excitement Beth Kanter and Amy Sample Ward are already buzzing about around this year’s NTC…). (An event, I might add, that might be seen as one of those “nice to haves&# in your budget meetings but is, of course, completely important to anyone working in nonprofit technology! Spread the Word.

Convio 100

Convio Money San Francisco NTC 100

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2009

MySpace has become the ghetto of the digital landscape,” Ms. Did you consider MySpace ? You may hear about Facebook, but if your audience is on MySpace, it doesn’t matter how much time and energy you put in. Boyd explained to the crowd. They won’t be there to find you.

Community 100

Community Myspace Social Network Demographics 100

Care2

JANUARY 18, 2012

. “When we are sitting in between the announcement and the actual change, we can go many directions with speculation - from hopes to fears," said Amy Sample Ward of NTEN. Personally, I see this acquisition as another link in a chain of events over the last few years that are sending a clear signal.

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Convio Blackbaud Myspace Sample 71

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

nfpSynergy, a leading nonprofit sector think-tank and research consultancy in the UK, “tracks a representative sample of over 1000 11-25 year olds throughout mainland Britain twice-yearly, gaining insights into their views and habits, both social and charity-related” in its Youth Engagement Monitor. The Research.

Online 126

Online Social Network Facebook Charity 126

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2010

Last November, Causes, a popular and free social networking fundraising application, ditched its Myspace widgets and Ideablob closed its doors. His post sparked a community plea to Ning to keep its service free for grassroots nonprofits and community groups and Amy Sample Ward also wrote about it. So, if era of free 2.0

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Ning Free Technology Adopt 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2007

In addition, some comparisons of the pros/cons between Facebook and Myspace policies and the larger organizational policy issue related to embracing Web2.0 Here's a sampling: Notes Tim Fullerton from Oxfam America, We had this same situation happen a couple weeks ago. They make it a lot harder to interact with people than MySpace does.

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Free Myspace Profile Digg 56

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2010

Last November we saw a few alarming events taking place in this social media for social good sector: Causes left Myspace and Ideablob shut down , both without warning or community support. In a guest post on the Tactical Philanthropy blog I started brainstorming about what was next.

Ning 208

Ning Causes Build Evaluation 208

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about the issues highlighted by Causes leaving MySpace and ideablob suddenly shutting down. One of the biggest issues that has come out of the blog posts and the conversations in the comments is the idea of data.

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Examples Support Case Study Myspace 117

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Now, admittedly the sample size is small, so this doesn't necessarily project to all digital natives, but I was surprised about a few things. They were all on Facebook (turned their noses up at Myspace), watch YouTube videos, and use IM applications, with more 20 people on their IM lists. Amy Sample Ward has a post here.

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RSS Twitter Digital Classroom 50

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

MySpace, Friendster, FriendFeed, Diaspora, Bebo, and others all offer plenty of fuel to the argument that comparing two social platforms has to go beyond the functionality of messaging, commenting, and connecting to your friends. Apples and Oranges.

Social Network 165

Social Network Network Strategy Guinea 165

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 11, 2010

Part of what sparked my exploration of this topic a year ago was the way Causes left MySpace, without public notice and leaving organizations unconnected to supporters.

Community 174

Community Ning Ipod Public 174

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2009

The goal is to use the power of "Social Influence" via Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Blogs and other online media to raise an unprecedented amount for our fund benefiting The Humane Society, LIVESTRONG, Oxfam America and WWF from June 1st until August 28th, 2009." " Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Iran Digg Web Bookmarking 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

The Web section offers a sampling of numbers only data. What is interesting is how the web metrics include a mix of traditional web analytics and social media metrics, in this case number of friends on myspace (454) and views (see above) on its youtube channel.

Indianapolis 50

Indianapolis Museum Arts Myspace 50

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

I've included a sampling below, and hope that you'll add other events in the comments. The organization is asking supporters to change their Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook avatars at 1:10 on Friday, March 6th to the "oneten" avatar. Post a Women for Women International digital badge on Facebook, MySpace, your blog, or your website.

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Celebrate International Avatar Myspace 40

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

For example, you don’t need to spend an abundance of time on MySpace if the service doesn’t match the demographic you’re wanting to reach. Below are a few simple thoughts of my own: Use the social media tools that are appropriate for your work and that will connect you to your target audience.

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San Francisco Netsquared Flickr Myspace 100

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

With recent events like Causes leaving MySpace and ideablob shutting down, social changemakers have had to re-evaluate the way they select and use “free&# social media tools that they cannot control.

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Change Technology India Social 108

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. A couple of examples: GreenPeace didn’t have everything they needed to conduct an email campaign so they set up a Myspace profile. Panelists: Natalie Foster, DNC ; Rebecca Moore, Google Earth Outreach ; Laura Quinn, Idealware.

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Tools Tech Map Case Study 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

Gregory Heller ) ( Sarah Marchetti ) ( Amy Sample Ward ) 4. Truly embrace social networking by encouraging your staff, your volunteers, your donors and your Board to join Facebook or Myspace and teach(!) Create an OPML of blogs your colleagues on staff might be interested in reading and import it into a reader for them, a starter pack.

Summary 50

Summary Nptech Tag Web 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Amy Sample Ward writes about the new plugin launched by Social Actions that will place ???possibly Amy Sample Ward , filling in for Britt Bravo, writes about several awards and competitions including the UK Catalyst Awards and Simon Fairway's pointer to the digital makeover contest. Heather Mansfield, Making It On MySpace.

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Nptech Social Fundraising Plugin 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

ve already partnered with 50 non-profits, like Care2 , Greenpeace , and Amnesty International The question it raises for nonprofits is, join an existing network like Facebook or MySpace or build your own social network or combination? Amy Sample Ward has an interesting take on adoption issues as related to micro-media tools.

Social Network 50

Social Network Nptech Tag Network 50

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2009

Just take a glimpse at the excitement Beth Kanter and Amy Sample Ward are already buzzing about around this year's NTC.). Just click the "Share" button to add it to your site, blog, Facebook or MySpace profile (most of our readers work in nptech so put your creative social media knowledge to use and share it throughout your many networks).

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San Francisco Share NTC Difference 25

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Culture change: NWF - social media is good for engagement but not always the engagement you expect, users on myspace and did a survey with all the members but only 400 responded and the boss wanted to discontinue social media work; don’t always need to hear what every person needs if you have that one person who will really tell you useful things; (..)

Social Media 102

Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

Social networking requires commitment -- you can't set up a MySpace profile and then walk away. the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content. Here's the key takeaways for me: * The capacity to be successful is an investment in time. the ability to adopt alternative identities for the purpose of improvisation.

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Participatory Teen Vlog Mashup 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

The sampling of some of the top rated resources this week: Death Threats Are Not Protected Speech. The Democracy in Action Blog has a wonderful post about the most common typos that people make. This queen of typos enjoyed that post quite a bit! It's moved. Update your bookmarks: [link]. Andy Carvin: Participate in Stopy Cyerbullying Day.

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Nptech Tag Ning Machinima 50

Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

We took a sampling from all of the Causes to get a sense of what the potential is. There are currently about 8,000 Causes, and we sampled about 10% of them. Lots of zero dollar donations in that sample (555 out of the 774 we sampled). Ive just one question: How did you select your sample of causes used in your analysis?

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Causes Facebook Social Media Advocacy 48

Care2

JULY 24, 2007

We took a sampling from all of the Causes to get a sense of what the potential is. There are currently about 8,000 Causes, and we sampled about 10% of them. Lots of zero dollar donations in that sample (555 out of the 774 we sampled). Ive just one question: How did you select your sample of causes used in your analysis?

Causes 48

Causes Facebook Social Media Advocacy 48

Care2

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

Participants will also be trained to make an impact in their blogs and on other Web sites such as Youtube, Myspace, Digg. For those of you who are interested, heres a sampling of what we learned: 1. Well report back in a few days. For now, its off to Boot Camp! Familiarize yourself with blogging lingo.

Social Media 28

Social Media Advocacy Digg Online 28

Care2

MAY 15, 2009

WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. In just 50 minutes Laura Quinn of Idealware , Natalie Foster of the DNC and Rebecca Moore of Google Earth Outreach talked about a ton of great tools to ramp up nonprofits online campaigns ranging from Wikis to Google Earth and Twittter.

Social Media 34

Social Media Tools Online Communication 34

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Notably, the Brooklyn Museum's heavy involvment with social networking sites like MySpace has extended the idea that museums are sites for discussion. It takes staff time to break into these communities, but it means that the sample is not based on people with visions of grandeur or "yes" folks.

Game 20

Game Influence Support Community 20

Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2007

There are plenty of people on the "these ADD boneheads have finally gone too far" bandwagon (see this representative sample from USA Today), as well as some legitimate concerns about how twitter is the ultimate example of the way that 2.0's s focus on networks and immediate connectivity erodes any hope for flow and deep relationships.

Museum 20

Museum Twitter Mashup Broadcast 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2007

Now that evangelizing has become as simple as posting a widget on a MySpace or Facebook page, they are promoting causes. At the time of his analysis, there were about 8,000 Causes, and Care2 sampled about 10% of them. There were many zero dollar donations in that sample (555 out of the 774 we sampled).

Report 50

Report Fundraising Widget Technology 50

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 16, 2007

The widget can be placed on a blog, MySpace, Facebook, or a website. Screenshot of sample Change.org widget from Change.org site. Pretty cool. If you are in the Bay Area, you can hear Ben talk more about Change.org at San Francisco's Net Tuesday on April 10th. Cross-posted from the NetSquared blog.

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Widget San Francisco Fundraising Missouri 40

Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2009

The first full session I was able to catch was “Tools Galore in Online Communications” moderated by Netsquared’s Amy Sample Ward with speakers Natalie Foster , Director of New Media for the Democratic National Committee , Rebecca Moore, Google Earth Outreach and Laura Quinn, Executive Director of Idealware.

Tech 20

Tech Communication Tools Online 20