Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 23, 2008

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! In this webinar we’ll discuss the fundamentals of sharing information with social media tools. First, what’s a web-inar? Is sharing really caring? How you can join.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

makes it possible to pull together media of all kinds—blogs, news, videos, etc.—from You pick your topic, add a description of the collection, then you can begin searching for relevant articles and other media to include. button to your bookmarks bar). page by clicking on the bookmark/browser extension and scooping (saving) it!

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NetWits

JUNE 7, 2011

This study reveals that 31% of website referrals are from the “sharing&# of your content; including social networks, blogs, and email–and bookmarks. Here are some quick takeaways to consider: 1) The Ease of Social Sharing is Important. 2) Search is Still King.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Great piece from Allyson Kapin reminding readers that social media is "part of" a strategy. So we need to remember that with social media!

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 16, 2016

It should come as no great surprise that social media posts are a fantastic resource for anyone actively operating in the virtual world. Read on for some tips on leveraging the power of social media for widespread viral attention. Make a Connection. You can’t put a price on tapping into a reader’s emotions. Maintain Your Quality.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). And Michael Wolff explains why the new breed of media titan is forsaking the Web for more promising (and profitable) pastures."

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2009

Today was the first webinar in the Storytelling & Social Media series from NTEN and TechSoup Global. Here’s my slide deck: Social Media Building Blocks. If you are using Delicious, for example, you don’t need to create a list of tags or a taxonomy you have to stick to before you actually start saving bookmarks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

My early days in social media were spent immersed in tagging and social bookmarking. Marnie Webb introduced me to the NpTech Tag and a whole nonprofit tech community embraced it. My first screencast was about tagging and featured the social bookmarking service, delicious. I hope he shares it. Here’s the description.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

But what about taking an inventory of your social media tools? Delicious / Bookmarks. If you use Delicious , the social bookmarking tool, you can view all of your tags and how many items have been bookmarked to each of them. Tags: strategy analysis evaluation social media. We’d love to hear them!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

I'm drilling down into the concept of " streamline " to brainstorm 52 ideas to help make your organization's social media strategy and use more effective and efficient. Why Your Nonprofit Should Streamline Social Media Social media is still relatively new. My three words: streamline, weave, and Einstein. Good for you!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The Need for the 4Cs Social Media Framework. Over the last year, I have had to explain how social media works to diplomats, defense officials, and academics and students focused on fields as diverse as international affairs, management and sociology. I have found that first-timer find social media confusing because of two reasons.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Digital Media and Learning Competition: Applications now open! Submissions close January 22, 2010." Thanks for all that you are doing, ARC!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. According to the Open Data Project , of the 89% of nonprofits worldwide that use social media in their digital marketing and fundraising strategy, 75% of those use Instagram. That said, creating and managing effective social media advertising ads is an acquired skill.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " How Useful is Social Media to Nonprofits? The big question nonprofits ask is, how useful is social media?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as mobile media continues to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options that will be available to your nonprofit in coming years. Ideal for mobile social media managers, VoiceTexter is an iPhone app that instantly transcribes your voice messages.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

As social media grows in popularity, one fact cannot be ignored: if used well, it can generate impressive amounts of traffic and increase engagement around your cause or organization. These overall strategies aren't anything new in the marketing world: social media is just a new way to do old business. Know Your Goals. Be Out There.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

But, as most of us have discovered, creating a bookmark on a browser for each article and site that we want to read later can result in a huge bookmarky mess. However, if you’re reluctant to add a Firefox account for any reason, there are alternative apps that you can use to collect bookmarks for reading material.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Your lists will also appear in the Interests section of your bookmarks. As all good social media managers know, diversify your bran d and time spent across multiple social networks. According to Facebook Help: When you create a list, you’ll see the best posts from that list in your main News Feed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

A must-bookmark list of special days that acknowledge social good events and cause campaigns. Clipix makes bookmarking a.k.a. Nonprofit staff often need to manage and organize large quantities of web links for later viewing, and bookmarking via browsers is becoming cumbersome. A collection of economic and media trends and stats.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 13, 2008

Roundup: 50 suggestions for how President-elect Obama can use the Internet to govern | Social Signal - Interesting ideas, some more doable than others of course, for how social media could be put to use under the Obama presidency. Tags: roundup bookmarks. Check out how Tyson agreed to donate 70,000 lbs of food!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Social Media: To effectively promote your monthly giving program on social media, you’ll need to create a series of promo graphics that are properly sized for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. 2020 Social Media Size Guide ). Compare that to 36% that said social media and 19% that said print.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). "When most businesses and non-profits start using social media, they start with “small talk&# with their communities.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 21, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Tags: roundup bestpractice bookmarks campaigning community list lists nonprofits nptech organizing postalicious resources socialmedia sxsw tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2014

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Is For-Profit the Future of Non-Profit?

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Wild Apricot

MAY 3, 2013

Here are 5 of the latest non-profit and membership links we''ve bookmarked on Apricot Jam this week. membership Apricot Jam social media'

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 10, 2010

All bookmarked on my iPhone. Tags: Mobile Technology Mobile Websites Smartphone Apps Social Media Smartphones Apps. To reiterate, a mobile website can be easily viewed on all smartphones. 4) Social networking sites all have mobile websites and their traffic grows every single month.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Each radio program/live call allows 5,000 listeners and topics range from social media to philanthropy. Clipix makes bookmarking a.k.a. Nonprofit staff often need to manage and organize large quantities of web links for later viewing, and bookmarking via browsers is becoming cumbersome. CheckFacebook :: checkfacebook.com.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). The 2010 Social Networking Map / Flowtown (@flowtown) – I love maps and I work in social media; so I always love the maps of social media!

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

This spring, the New York City Elder Abuse Center (the Center) began its journey from a traditional, “non-social” organization to one that uses and embraces social media in both its communications and internal processes. In order to accomplish the goals of social media strategy, Deputy Director Risa Breckman knew that 1.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

She has a social media elevator pitch just in case she runs into one of the senior managers. But when you're just starting out, organizational culture can get in the way of embracing social media. See this IBM Social Media/Corporate Culture Case Study ). What's important is a social media policy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 15, 2018

Like or bookmark your own tweet so you can easily find it later). If your nonprofit is putting the time and effort into creating new content for social media, only tweeting your content once is severely limiting its exposure and ability to generate referral traffic. This is what we learned works best: 1. 4 Retweets, 13 Likes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

Each radio program/live call allows 5,000 listeners and topics range from social media to philanthropy. Clipix makes bookmarking a.k.a. Nonprofit staff often need to manage and organize large quantities of web links for later viewing, and bookmarking via browsers is becoming cumbersome. CheckFacebook :: checkfacebook.com.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Where does Social Media belong on the Org Chart? " Why Do You Participate in Twitter Chats? We spoke to Ms.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Earlier this summer we published a Sensible Social Media Checklist for Business.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2010

Everyday, we find great resources on the different uses of technology and social media in the nonprofit sector. We bookmark them, note them, share them, tweet or retweet them, and sometimes, we even blog about them. read more.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Here are my top trends in sustainable social media (hat tip to Reuters)."

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

The final installment of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays tweetchat series, an interactive companion to its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , covered the topic of tagging. Tagging, a feature found across many social media channels, is used to help surface content during searches.

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