Amy Sample Ward

JULY 19, 2010

Net2 Think Tank Round-up: Age Segmentation in Social Networking | NetSquared – "For this month's Net2 Think Tank, we asked you to share your thoughts and best practices for using social media with or for a particular age group. What do you think? Check it out!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. NTEN’s 09NTC just wrapped up in San Francisco and many conversations at the conference focused on social media use by nonprofits. How do you decide what kind of information or campaigns are delivered to your various community members on different social networks?

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AUGUST 28, 2014

We recognize NTEN’s 501 Tech Clubs (local in-person groups) and Communities of Practice (CoPs) (online affinity groups) organizers are one clever and innovative bunch! Advocacy Communities of Practice community community organizing CoPs tech club tools webinar' We learn new community organizing tips and tools from them all the time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2010

And, also it doesn't give you the best practices and tactial tips. Creating a social media policy or any other organizational policy requires three steps: Establish the policy: Determine the policy and what you want to accomplish. Does your nonprofit have a social media policy? Social Media Policies. Have some thoughts?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

I was also an early member of Netsquared Community , another one of Marnie’s brilliant ideas that rocked the field. Marnie also introduced me to social booking and tagging way back in 2004 as the originator of the NpTech Tag. Theory and Practice. 4: Identify influencers on social media spaces and cultivate them.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

Learn more about networking hardware solutions from Brocade and online store creation and management from Shopify. From NetSquared. Get practical advice on live-streaming an activist event and making an all-star meme for your nonprofit. NetSquared is organizing technology-for-social-good events all over the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Slide Share Show, " Putting the U in YouTube " although geared for higher education institutions provides some really good practical marketing tips for social networking sites that should be useful for nonprofits too. NetSquared. The Seattle's Net Tuesday Group has just launched a social networking site on ning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Putting content curation into practice is part art form, part science, but mostly about daily practice. It is also good to learn from experienced curators and how they hone their craft. Netsquared recently published this summary of tips from nonprofit content curators. You have to be organized and know your sources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

and social networking tools? It is important to think about the benefits, objectives, and audience before jumping on the social networking bandwagon. If you can't wait, read Alexandra Samuel's " Best Practices for Social Networking Nonprofits ," a guest post on Katya Andresen's Nonprofit Marketing Blog.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2009

Vince is leading the 2009 NTC session, " Fundster: How Philanthropy is Adapting Social Network Practice " You may remember America's Giving Challenge. Or maybe you've already voted in the NetSquared Challenge. This is the sort of thing we're talking about -- transparent philanthropy driven by the people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Win $10,000 DonateNow Mashup Challenge at NetSquared. A Practical Guide to Using Web 2.0 Could a local social change site knock off Facebook for the social networking webby? Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

It recently launched a ning site - a branded social network for its community of nonprofits. Tell me a little about your organization's social media strategy for its ning (branded social network) site? s Ning online strategy began as a way to solve a very practical solution???keeping out of the box???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

We'll share big ideas for using social media for nonprofit program delivery and some good tips for crowdsourcing for social change. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Leif Utne.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. Use your blog or twitter or whatever tool to solicit practical ideas on how to use social media to make connections. Inspiration may come from outside our silo and together we'll remix it. Professional.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

We'll share big ideas for using social media for nonprofit program delivery and some good tips for crowdsourcing for social change. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Leif Utne.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

In " The Social Web Ain't Rocket Science " Worldchanging blogger Jon Lebkowsky reminds us that blogs, wikis, and social networking sites may not be appropriate for all nonprofits and that hype and pressure shouldn't drive adoption decisions or they may not be successful. Social Bookmarking.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1. Email still gets a good response - if it will best help you reach your desired output, don’t feel obligated to short change your capacity there to try to use social networking or something else.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Current best practices will serve nonprofits just fine in 2009. But a shifting communications environment and changing donor demographics could render those best practices ineffective at best, and obsolete at worst, as early as 2012. If four years of social media can transform the way U.S. This is a flawed assumption.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. " If you are wondering about whether you should integrate social features in your web site , here's a good article that explains the benefits. FrogLoop has a ROI calculator for social networking sites in a campaign.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

We'll share big ideas for using social media for nonprofit program delivery and some good tips for crowdsourcing for social change. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Ted Fickes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

What are some practical tips for using it? Beth Dunn shared Social Media Club: Join Our FriendFeed Room and Kill A Mailing List. Beth Mazur shared Keep Your Eye on FriendFeed It May Be The Google of Social Networks. Reed Stockman shared Is Social Networking/Causes the Next Big Thing? Exploring FriendFeed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

I happened to pop out of reader today and cruise through Marnie Webb's sidebar links from Ma.gnolia to land on an interesting article from Monday's SF Chronicle called " Social Sites Becoming Too Much of A good Thing." from Michigan State who is doing research on how younger people are using social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

There's an interesting post on the roles and behavior of online communities of practice. Alexandra Samuels has a terrific post on Best Practices for Nonprofits Using Web.2.0. The Technovist offers some 5 tips for nonprofits to get started with social networking sites. Small dots is an advocate for technology in the arts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Carie is a recognized nonprofit and social networking guru who was written up in the Chronicle of Philathantropy Blog for her organization's efforts on MySpace in June. Using New Technology to Enhance Grantmaker Practices " Lots of links to examples of foundation's using Web2.0 Powered by ScribeFire.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

With things like Blogs, Wikis, and social networking in general, institutions and organizations don???t over at NetSquared failed to turn up more than a handful of nominations. What were my options, what were the available tools and practices? t quite know what to do. Even a recent call for organizational examples of ???non-profit

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

They can go straight to work to create useful apps and other tools for solving social problems. The project was originally funded by Microsoft for the Transforming Communities of Practice grant. Hackathons are most often fast projects that last one to three days. Hacker Helper is all about not reinventing the technology wheel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

I brainstormed series of equations or theories that represent best practices that nonprofits are using to implement social media. Social Media and social networks allow for the quantum effects, paired elements at a distance. However, I think what he did say is very apt and important for your topic.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

I originally wrote this post for the NetSquared Blog. If there is cross-over in expertise, make it a practice for writers to check in before posting to make sure they aren't writing about the same thing. Advertising your blog in your email signature, e-newsletter, printed newsletter, annual report, social networks, business cards, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

Joitske Hulsebosch, who lives and works in Netherlands, writes a blog called " Communities of practice for development " where she writes about topics related to her work of facilitating processes at different levels; teams, groups, organizations, networks, and communities of practice. Communities of practice theory.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference. Cyberspace Innkeeping: Building Online Community by John Coate was first written in 1992 and will give you a good context of online community practice. More than $100,000 is on the table for innovate projects.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Example: Anyone can publish a blog post on the NetSquared Community Blog and Social Actions' social network, my.socialactions.com. So as a result, we have decided to take your advice and focus on something a little more practical." There are two ways this can happen: 1. allow comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Since conversations are getting more distributed and in addition to using the NpTech tag to discover, aggregate, and summarize resources, I'm incorporating nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, nptech friendfeed room, and networks. The article profiles Networked For Good's Six Degrees of Separation. And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2006

I didn't see that practically a week ago, Nancy White, tagged me with the NGO/NPO Memo. Netsquared and ConsultantCommons both from CompuMentor. On the social networking end, I would swim through the various frappr groups that are nonprofit technology related. NGO/NPTECH Web2.0 The N-TEN blog is an excellent source.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

" Jayne Cravens from Coyote Communications offers advice and commentary for nonprofit organizations about online social networking. 20 practices. Cross posted at Netsquared The topic is " How do Nonprofit Communicators Compete for Audience Attention? " Web 2.0, Need a chuckle?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I posted an announcement of the campaign on my blog and on Netsquared Posted a guest blog post at Katya's blog soliciting campaign advice in exchange to share my learnings. What is the best practice here? use your social network to help you with the campaign. . use your social network to help you with the campaign.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

We recently polled our TechSoup employees and NetSquared community on what they see as looming large in 2015. " The technology allows a single message to be shared en masse so that it rises above the noise of social networks. The software has finally moved to a place where mobile payments are actually practical.

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