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Results from Widget Experiments

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am working on a screencast about nonprofit blogs and widgets. If you don't know what a widget is, here's an overview. I experimented with two widgets, linking them to content and conversation. Using widgets is not yet a common practice on nonprofit blogs. Maybe it will become clearer with more fundraising widgets.

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Social Actions’ Change The Web Challenge in Oxford

Amy Sample Ward

Through a search engine, Open Actions XML micro-format, an open API, and third-party tools and widgets, you can find and share ways to get involved in the causes you care about. Hack away on existing or new widgets, tools, and mashups. See you in Oxford, Peter Deitz, Romina Oliverio, Rolf Kleef, Amy Sample Ward.

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How to Use Pass-Through Parameters for Your Nonprofit Donation Page

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You can do so by adding a widget to your website that provides donors with easy access to your donation form. The screenshot below shows the donation form they’ve incorporated onto their website, as well as some sample information entered into the form. Embed a Donation Form Directly Onto Your Website.

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Great reads from January 12th through January 14th

Amy Sample Ward

The guide features 12 real-life strategies organizations are using right now to succeed during the downturn, in addition to tons of great tactical advice, creative samples and other resources. " I'm really excited to see how this widget gets used by nonprofits across the US, or replicated elsewhere.

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Socialbrite: Social Tools for Social Change

Amy Sample Ward

Beth Kanter, Amy Sample Ward, Katrin Verclas and John Haydon are among the familiar names in the nonprofit tech sector who are part of the effort. A first-of-its-kind Twitter widget that tracks tweets about nonprofits or social causes in real time. Socialbrite.org is launching with a rich set of resources: A directory of Web 2.0

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The Art of Saying Thank you: Amy Sample Ward, Darren Barefoot, and Michele Martin

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Amy Sample Ward put the Global Giving Widget on her Facebook profile. It brings up the issue of capacity which translates to time commitment. All that to day I'm behind two or three days with saying thank you to a couple of friends for helping out with the America's Giving Challenge.

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Win A HP Computer and Printer: What's Your Theory of Change for Social Media Use?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The social strategy includes the widget above that can be customized to show the charity and be shared on different social networking sites or blogs. They have created many social sharing opportunities, for example: Visit Create Change select a charity and share the widget with your network. Amy Sample Ward. Fine Blog .