Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

." Wikispaces Blog " Blog Archive " How Non-Profits Are Using Wikis – The Wikispaces Blog has some great examples of organizations using wikis in their work. "This "This month, we bring you some great examples of how non-profits are using wikis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2010

The panelists include Amy Sample Ward, Holly Ross, David Neff, and Kari Dunn Saratovsky. And the best part - We'll choose three case studies to be featured at our SXSWi session and, of course, add the information to the WeAreMedia Wiki. I'm moderating a panel at SXSWi called " Crowdsourcing Innovative Social Change."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

You can add your ideas or pointers to resources here on the WeAreMedia wiki. I'm also tagging Amy Sample Ward , Nina Simon , Britt Bravo and Allison Fine who can point us to some of their posts on this topic or even share some current thoughts. What are the best emerging examples and early lessons learned?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

We sampled 201 ChatRoulette sessions, noting characteristics such as group size and gender. " Tags: roundup activism bookmarks campaigning education fundraising internet list millennials nonprofits politics postalicious report research resources slacktivism socialmedia strategy twitter wiki.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 13, 2008

Earlier this week, the WeAreMedia project we had an amazing phone call with some of the really smart people who are contributing the wiki (Michelle Murrain, Jocelyn Harmon, John Kenyon, Ben Sheldon, Ruby Sinreich, Amy Sample Ward, Sheetal Singh, and Katya Andersen). Amy Sample Ward has already volunteered for one of the modules.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.”

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Conference wiki: [link]. Description : The TSG Contributors’ Summit is a chance for the partner organizations, funders, sponsors and community leaders to come together to discuss new ideas, new opportunities, and new ways of leveraging technology for social impact. I’ll be speaking, facilitating and assisting with the event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

We've had some fantastic conversations and brainstorming on the wiki about the strategic issues, including how to know if social media is a good fit for your organization , strategy mapping , meeting resistance , storytelling , engagement skills , and ROI. that will take place in December. We have another series of modules.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2008

I'd just finished blogging about the book giveaway (reading Amy Sample Ward 's reflection about it). We offered free copies of Media Rules by Brian Reich and Dan Solomon to generate participation on the wiki for the NTEN WeAreMedia Project. KISMET - Andrew wrote the introduction!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2008

Twenty people made contributions - although 7 contributions were made by "guests" - people who didn't register for the wiki. Amy Sample Ward. I set up the wiki to have the lowest barrier to participation - anyone can edit and they didn't have to register. Why did you contribute to the wiki? Nancy White.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 14, 2010

Here’s the OxfordJam wiki. And they’re hoping to have some great minds there as the fringe event to Skoll. I’ll be there all day Friday helping with the social media sessions. Really hope to see you there! Follow along! Follow @OxfordJam on Twitter. Or follow #oxfordjam.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 18, 2009

As people register we will be posting proposed topics on our wiki. As sessions happen people volunteer to document the outcomes on a wiki (The notes of what was said is even better). All are welcome to put forward presentations or propose conversations that you would like to have with others and: questions you want answered.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Build your online homebase with a wiki, a website (like WordPress.com or Google Sites ), or a blog (like Tumblr or Posterous ). This level of personal connection inspires sharing and participation by those on the ground, and those following remotely. How To: Use Tech to Organize Today.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2009

Amy Sample Ward captured great notes. As promised, here are some of my collections of posts/resources on this topic: Social Media Listening Bootcamp Wiki (my personal learning space) Riffing on David Armano's Listen, Learn, and Adapt WeAreMedia Wiki Considering the ROI Listening Tool Box. The discussion was fantastic.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 12, 2009

" Knowledge Wiki Workshop - I really wish I could go to this event and hope there are some tweets, blogs, or videos we can follow online to get a peak into the conversations. "The "The wiki: a good tool for organisational knowledge management?"

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Three specific examples that are very different include: Connectipedia : a wiki-based platform that allows anyone interested in philanthropy or social impact in the Pacific Northwest (or beyond) to share research, resources, information, or data about people, places and topics.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 2010

Check out the Project Spaces wiki. The documentation explores Project Spaces conceptually as well as provides examples of how to hold a Project Spaces event. And I want to share it with you, get your ideas, and start a long-term process of collaboratively improving and refining this model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2008

currently very curious about the interplay of blog (as socially contructed time based creatures) and wikis (which. After reviewing the wiki documents and process so far, he has posed two questions so far. When do you as the wiki facilitator get out of the way? I responded with don't just poke - be a critical friend!

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 26, 2009

Visit the event Wiki for links to documentation, attendees bios, and links to the applications created after the weekend. PayPals new Beta Adaptive Payments API’s. Sneak Preview of other API’s. These are just some of the APIs that will be featured, there is no limit to the APIs that can be used. What we hope to get from the weekend.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

What’s important to note here is that unlike wiki or websites, the direct forms of content creation, with Ushahidi citizens only needed to know the number to which they send reports from their phone. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. http ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 7_July_2005_London_bombings. http ://www.noula.ht/index.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2013

TechSoup’s broadband wiki also has some great resources about developing tools, policies and resources for your IT infrastructure. You can view sample policies and a wireless policy checklist that other nonprofit organizations have shared. Tip: Look at similar. organizations to see what is included in their AUP.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2013

Hi friends, I've been inspired by this community for a long time - from being mentored by Britt Bravo when first starting a little Net2 chapter in Vancouver (which Elijah van der Giessen and team have turned into something huge and magnificently helpful), to being inspired by Amy Sample Ward to grow conversations and dig deeper.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Tags: roundup 2009 bookmarks casestudies community communitybuilder free fundraising gardeningbook interviews list onlinecommunity opensource philanthropy postalicious public report research resources socialmedia tools video wiki.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Amy Sample Ward recaps the lively discussion and shares some excellent resources like this Climate Debate Map , the Drupal.org profile of TckTckTck and the Climate Lab Wiki. Here's a few highlights: Social Media and Climate Change : #4Change, the Twitter-based chat, recently tweet-chatted about social media in the climate movement.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

See Amy Sample Ward's materials on Community Driven Social Impact for more details on strategically planning online communities.). A wiki is a great low-cost solution if your community is comfortable with it technically. Should you support their use of existing tools, or create a new space? What roles are needed?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

Blogs, wikis, social network platforms, forums, chats: aka user generated content, conversations, communities. BrightGreenLiving wiki: crowdsourced knowledge. The ability to maintain a certain process or state. We’re really talking about using no more resources than we can replenish. What is social media? - Jon Lebkowsky.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2009

Google Doubles Its Cartographers As Maps Continues To Go Wiki-Style - “As an online free mapping service, Google Maps is a great product. - Beth has a terrific post up for anyone who is confused by all the references to “hashtags&# on Twitter or wants to learn more about using them effectively.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2008

We created a worksheet with more detailed questions adapted and remixed from CCTV's wiki. Amy Sample Ward contributed a workshop group exercise based on Forrester's POST method. We used a map metaphor , inspired by and adapted a post by Chris Brogan. I like the framework that How To Develop a Social Media Plan by Mashable presents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

You'll have access to the chat transcripts and the content over at the WeAreMedia wiki. Amy Sample Ward has a great post about the WeAreMedia Webinar here. But, that's not all, we'll have a group of experts and practitioners in the back channel and break out sessions on other topics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

As a speaker and trainer , Slideshare, along with wikis, Twitter, and other tools are important part of my trainer’s social media toolbox. For example, Amy Sample Ward , Danielle Brigida , and Michael Edson. I also share my Slideshare content in my other social streams. And it isn’t just individuals.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 19, 2009

If you want to suggest ideas or features for the Facebook application, you can visit the Creative Commons wiki. Something to keep in mind: “Because of the way Facebook applications work, users cannot select a license per-photo or video, and must choose a CC license for all items of a particular type of media.&#. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Also, check out Lucy’s Digital Civil Society wiki for examples of open data used for the social good. .” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” Alliance Magazine, September 2012. A starting point for envisioning a future state in which data is the ‘GPS of philanthropy.’ Beth Kanter, “ Data Informed. Not Data Driven.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2010

We used a wiki and conference calls to check in as a group. You can dig deeper into the details over at the wiki as each participant shared a one-page “lab report.&# The experiments were very focused initial forays into social media. Here’s quick sampling: LA Universal Preschool. They were all amazing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

It wasn't in my wiki and so I just added. Recommend by LG Davitian : See Sample Policies in Appendix. Blogs, wikis, photo-sharing and other forms of online dialogue (unless posted by authorized Easter Seals personnel) are individual interactions, not corporate communications. I mentioned a link from IBM via Elsua (Luis Suarez).

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

is that there is a wiki and polls feature that isn’t available on ning. Yes, although grou.ps can be a little clunkier. For example, I find that changes that I make don’t appear straight away which is a little frustrating. The added advantage of grou.ps What was the work load like to switch?

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

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 Wiki's to Google Earth and Twittter. View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The resulting curriculum which will live on this wiki and will also cover important organizational adoption issues, strategy, ROI analysis, as well as the tools. The community will help identify and point to the best how-to guides and useful resources that cover all aspects of creating, aggregating, and distributing social media.

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