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. Where's the conference tag? NpTech Community.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

to which New York Times reporter Stephanie Strom tweeted back “No kidding.”. This is a guest post from Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared’s Global Community Development Manager.&#. The only bread crumbs to find were some business reports about Advanta declaring bankruptcy, like this one , that don’t even mention ideablob.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. What should Netsquared's Facebook strategy be? The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Late last night (or early this morning), Amy Sample Ward reported that Causes notified 184,725 users that its MySpace app will be removed from MySpace as of today. 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 17, 2007

According to an email from Ben Rattray, Change.Org founder, "This is not at all meant as a replacement for the profiles organizations have on MySpace and Facebook, which I think are great for reaching younger supporters. But these sites have two important limitations that give nonprofits reason to look for additional tools.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

A lot of nonprofit blogs have come on the scene in the year between these events and I feel like it is time to revise and update my "10 Ways" post to include not only ways that nonprofits can use blogs, but also engage bloggers to support their cause. 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause 1. From Yahoo!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2010

This morning, NetSquared hosted a special unconference at NTC on open data. Where are the reams of data from funders on the cost and ROI of projects they've supported? On the other hand, some people suggested that funders should be the first place to look for more openness. Tools Web Building.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

Stacey Monk and I exchanged messages last week, brainstorming the idea of pulling bloggers together to support Beth’s birthday campaign. Thank you so much for your help, support and participation! Some posted to community blogs like NetSquared. And we wanted it to be easy to do – write a blog post! Some tweeted.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2013

It originally appeared on NetSquared. It summaries what was mentioned in the White House’s recently released Smart Disclosure And Consumer Decision Making report. The names of organisations have however been anonymized. Strengthening the Demand For and Use Of Open Data Initiatives.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2009

Of course, the folks participating would have to be comfortable using FriendFeed and make a habit of it - but might be a good way to support a team listening effort with free tools. How To Use FriendFeed To Keep Up On Nonprofits - (Netsquared). Tags: friendfeed. What do you think? FriendFeed Resources.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

I wanted to use today to focus in on a question recently posed by my good friend Joe Solomon on Twitter : What are the nonprofit/orgs that are working 2 wire the green movement, like what @ netsquared does 4 nonprofits, @ sunfoundation for politics; which orgs are working to expose data, leverage soc media, connect the orgs together?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Photo by Mr. Clean1982 The NpTech Tag Summary is a weekly compilation of resources tagged with "nptech" by those who follow all things nonprofits and social media. million to support a project based on feedback from the online community. Christine Herron suggests the Electric Company. Alternative Approaches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Netsquared featured project WiserEarth In Ode Magazine Social Media Resources. In Technology Support as Teaching , Michelle Murrain raises the question "Is providing technology support simply just an end in itself, or is it also a means to empower clients in appropriate technology use to further mission?" What's next?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. The tagging community that lies beneath the npdigg structure has taggers, consumers, aggregators, and meta aggregators. Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

We provide a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights. Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Sustainable product and solid support from a nonprofit specialist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. Let's discuss: join us!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. Let's discuss: join us!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2006

Susan Tenby from TechSoup demos the virtual TechSoup Office during the Netsquared Conference while Ruby Sinreich and Deborah Finn (Cyber-Yenta) blogged about it. Blogger Wagner James Au who reports on Second Life is seated next to Susan.) So, my avitar joined the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Virtual Support Group in Second Life. (You

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Here's a very simple example: You may have a goal of distributing 10,000 copies of a report via your web site. A basic BI strategy would certainly provide a way to tell you how many reports have been downloaded. Ongoing support. Tags: bi business intelligence dashboards data IT Staff NPTech NTEN. Myth #2: BI is Expensive.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. Let's discuss: join us!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

I originally wrote this post for the NetSquared Blog. How to Start a Nonprofit Blog) Tag your posts in del.icio.us, ma.gnolia, etc. Advertising your blog in your email signature, e-newsletter, printed newsletter, annual report, social networks, business cards, etc. Below are their questions, and my quick answers.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Technology was not something we considered as a strategic option or as something that could support our programmatic strategies; technology meant simply “IT” and was left to those with IT in their title. For example, why track how many events are taking place for our own reporting only? Digital Paradigm. Holistic Tools.

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