Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2009

I’m really excited about the personal pages on Alltop - so much so that I created mine and want to share it with you! I’ve combined some of my favorite RSS feeds from the NPTech community, Social Entrepreneurship sector, and Philanthropy news. Just leave a comment with your recommendations and I’ll add it!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2009

It’s always a little weird to talk over the phone and not be able to hear or see those you are presenting to, but everyone was really great with comments and questions and responding online so I knew I wasn’t talking to myself! tags: nonprofit nptech ). Here’s my slide deck: Social Media Building Blocks.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. 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).

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APRIL 21, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. 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).

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JULY 29, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. 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).

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. 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).

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Not only can you share organizational news as it happens, you can also comment on how breaking news in the world relates to your cause, or organization. As a mention in your Twitter feed, and clicking through to read the rest. As an excerpt on your Facebook feed, and clicking through to read the rest. blog nonprofit net2 nptech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

Submitted by Amy Sample Ward, publisher of Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech When it comes to “nptech” or nonprofit technology, there are more blogs and organizations and resources than any one person can find, let alone keep track of! creates a chance to improve this collection of feeds by and with my community.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. 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). ""

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 6, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. 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).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Most NpTech blogs are high school level. Drop a comment or link back and I'll round it up for next week's summary. " The article refers to the Dunbar number - 150 - the ceiling on the number of personal contacts a human has the capacity to maintain. NpTech Global Kabissa joins Aid for Africa for the third year running!

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AUGUST 5, 2010

But then, you ARE doing good work, so the occasional, inevitable comment troll will be drowned out by all the folks who know you best. First-person stories: Clients, volunteers, donors and others share with the public, in their own words, how this nonprofit serves its community. Tags: greatnonprofits guidestar NPTech NTEN.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2008

The official view of learning is the belief that it only occurs when a person is taught. Chel Pixel has another method that shared in the comments. " Corey P of the 501c3Cast uses a rss feed for "nonprofit" search with Terraminds. However TweetScan is just as useful for tags like nptech. and tag it.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

These email updates share information on new followers, blog subscribers, comments, retweets, video views, etc., We also assess what's being retweeted and commented on as one way to understand the information needs of our target audiences. Make it personal. Tags: how-to NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications. Plan ahead.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 2, 2007

My tip: Allow non-registered users to comment – I imagine you’d get more comments that way. Also, a minor technological thing – the RSS feed is a bit wonky sometimes (strange formatting, and it’s not always clear when there are new items.) She has a fabulous, and up to date blogroll/link list.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 10, 2007

The best person to write an organization's blog is the person who is the most excited to write it. Being an organization's blogger involves not only writing for the blog, but also building relationships with other bloggers by reading them, linking to them, commenting on their blogs and inviting them to comment on your blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. 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). That is how change happens.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Listening by using rss feeds helps refine their services and help stay sharp and connected to experts in the field. Set up aside a small block of time to read your feeds everyday. Sink or Swim, Managing RSS Feeds with Better Groups by 43 folders. NpTech 101: How I read 2,000 Articles in 30 Days by Chas Grundy. Technorati.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Yesterday, I had the huge honor and pleasure to present the keynote at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits ‘ NPTech Conference, eStrategy in an iWorld. The Evolution of NPTech: Where we came from, and [maybe] where we’re going. The Evolution of NPTech. If you have other questions, or other ideas, please share them!

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

Not personal blogs about nonprofits, or by people who work for nonprofits, but by the nonprofits themselves. I'll send the first person to post the names of five amazing, effective, fun to read nonprofit blogs a Have Fun * Do Good mug or tote bag (your choice). nonprofit blog nptech net2 What are you favorite nonprofit blogs?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

I also got to catch up with more recent NPtech colleagues San McColloch, Erica Mills, and Peter Drury. NPtech Colleagues: @zanarama Zan McColloch Lussier @ericamills Erica Mills @seattledrury Peter Drury photo by Akhtar. How Feeding America Uses KPIs to Measure Social Media. It directly increased ticket sales.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

I found it because I have an RSS feed for a twitter search on the nptech tag. I also track an ego feed on Twitter through Radian 6 and caught wind of this tweet about best practices and twitter. It's like starting a blog without first following and commenting on others blog. Nonprofit Best Practices on Twitter.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Give your fans the personal touch by encouraging them to connect with you in lots of different ways. When they mention you on Twitter, comment on a Facebook update, or reply to your email newsletter, respond with a thanks or some other kind of encouragement. You Never Know Who’ll Come Clicking.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" email blast 1 Facebook invitation 7 personal asks (Girls Inc. on Friday Feb. 6, we went live.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2005

Meanwhile, on the West Coast, the thread continues from Ed Batista today with Baby Got Back(-End) where he fuses Ruby Sinreich 's and Kurt Voelker 's comments from the previous thread into a list of qualities of blogs (or bloggish web sites): 1. first-person -> authenticity. dialog (either between blogs and/or in the comments).

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" ” Post your comments! Never miss a post by subscribing to frogloops RSS feed.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

The messenger is the person, group, or organization that delivers the information to the audience. Filed under: General non-profit interest , nptech , Best practices , Non-profit Communications , training , publicity. Comment Notification. Subscribe to this posts comments using RSS. Leave a Comment. Rebecca Muller.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2007

I learned a lot from Andy Carvin about A Role and B Role - and interviewing techniques (like get the person to repeat their name and the whole answer and asking them to look into the camera). We gots questions about blogging platforms, feeds, distribution, video hosts, compression, editing software and more. It isn't very active.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2008

Integrate quick email interviews as you say thanks with donors, pattern analysis of comments or blog posts. Although I did learn from a commenter on Katya's post that I'm not alone - Flower Dust raised 1800 of it in 18 hours, 800 in 15 minutes). Can a company excite the passion and conviction, that personal connection that Beth can?

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Care2

MAY 8, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Reader Comments (3) I definitely agree. Social networking is generating very little revenue. (

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Care2

DECEMBER 28, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" You should have a clear message and a really thought-out strategy for fundraising.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" No doubt, this will be announced on their blog. com , Inc.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" No doubt, this will be announced on their blog. com , Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Monday, August 27, 2007 at 02:12PM | by James OMalley If Web 2.0 GEO always seems to be on the forefront.

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Care2

AUGUST 27, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Monday, August 27, 2007 at 02:12PM | by James OMalley If Web 2.0 GEO always seems to be on the forefront.

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APRIL 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" DZ: Is there more than one person that tweets for your organization? com , Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

I first "met" Marshall when he left a comment on my blog about the interview with Marnie Webb. Marshall now has the honor of being the first person I have interviewed who I haven't actually met face-to-face. Have you been reading awhile before you posted or did you find and post a comment? human aspects of technology.

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