Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Wikipedia says: A webinar is a neologism to describe a specific type of web conference. NTEN & TechSoup have teamed up to deliver a series of webinars on storytelling and social media - and I’m the presenter for the first one! First, what’s a web-inar?

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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.). On our “ samples from the field ” section of our website, we have opted for a low-tech solution to shield against viruses and inappropriate content. Some are huge. Some are successful, but messy.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world. Connected Citizens: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks – This new report from the Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute explores engaged communities: "Ten years ago, a tiny web site asked people to volunteer to write their own encyclopedia.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Wikipedia offers this one : Intelligence has been defined as the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. Here’s a sample of the options on Coursera. Artificial intelligence is similar to human intelligence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

Alfred Sloan used ROI in the 1920's at General Motors Source: Wikipedia I'm in the process of writing about and prepping several workshops for nonprofits about Social Media and ROI, known as "Return on Investment." ROI processes, particularly as part of the budgeting process , are familiar to many nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

There are many other readers - here's a comparison of features from Wikipedia. Wrangling your RSS Feeds by Amy Sample Ward 4. Set up your Listening Radar and Response System Your radar will have different components: Ego Feeds: Search on your organization's name, url, or other specific identifier. Here's a few: Bloglines.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2012

You might recall a day earlier this year when you were greeted with an odd blackout message instead of the Wikipedia entry for poutine. Many became aware of the movement against the Stop Online Piracy Act after the January 18 service blackouts started by Wikipedia and Reddit (with support from Craigslist and Google ).

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving powered by social media, peer pressure (the good kind!), and the good feeling you get when you contribute to an organization you love. The day has grown into the world’s biggest giving movement and gets bigger every year. Donors gave an astounding $2.7 billion to nonprofits on Giving Tuesday in 2021.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JUNE 16, 2006

The post attacks the enthusiam for massively collaborative web projects, in particular, Wikipedia: The hive mind is for the most part stupid and boring. The problem is in the way the Wikipedia has come to be regarded and used; how it's been elevated to such importance so quickly. Why pay attention to it?

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