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Facebook Campaigning in Romania

Amy Sample Ward

Earlier this summer, I had the huge privilege to visit Romania and help with the Local Philanthropy Workshop. The social impact landscape in Romania is complex and exciting – you can see struggle and hope, fear and enthusiasm mixed in every conversation and every presentation. The slides are below as well as some notes.

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The Power of Sport in Changing the World

Saleforce Nonprofit

Being in that room was one of the most impactful moments of my life, and I remember thinking about the important role sport played for me and its incredible potential. The role sport can play in society is greater than ever. These words became the philosophy of Laureus and the driving force behind our work.

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Live Blogging ONG Web 2.0 Conference in Romania sponsored by the Soros Foundation in Bucharest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am here in Romania for a conference hosted by the Soros Foundation as part of their pilot advocacy through blogging program. Social Media, NGOs, and Romania View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. A rating of 100 or more is considered good in Romania. Goal is to provide web presence for most ngos in Romania.

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Scrappy VS Strategic: Is there a generational divide in nonprofits around how to innovate using new technology?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As of this writing, there are 13 responses (ok, two are from me) from people who work (in some cases lead) the Morino Institute, Random Hacks of Kindness, TechSoup Romania, CROS, Meedan, the Gates Foundation, Beth Kanter, Campus Party USA, Vulcan Labs, and Fundacja TechSoup/Warsaw Social Hackathon.

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A Huge Thank You and My Next Steps

Amy Sample Ward

It was really my pleasure to work with you and support you in your ever-expanding role on the team. To all those that I had the distinct pleasure to work with in England (William, Richard, Sarah and others), Romania (Chris, Ruxandra, Zoltan and others) and Poland (Nick, Kris, Adam, Svetlana, Ellen, and others). Too many to list!

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Community-Building Tweet Chat on July 17: Contests and Challenges

Tech Soup

Our annual Digital Storytelling Challenge , Restart Romania , and NetSquared challenges are just a few examples of how we get our community members engaged at multiple levels. The CommBuild Community of Practice focuses on issues and topics relevant to those working in social sector community building or community management roles.

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I'm Headed for Nasscom Foundation's Indian Leadership Forum in Mumbai

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NASSCOM Foundation was set up to support the Indian IT industry’s role in nation building and to promote the underprivileged to help them become self-reliant and productive participants in the country’s progress. I'll be adapting my Social Media Strategy workshop which has traveled to Romania , Australia , and Cambodia.