Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 11, 2010

An open letter to companies planning online communities | Community Building – I love this "open letter" from Martin Reed at CommunitySpark – it touches on so many "cultural" and infrastructure needs that organizations should think about BEFORE creating an online community space.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

Yesterday was the 2012 New York Cares Leadership Conference , and I had the distinct pleasure of presenting a session to volunteer leaders and inspiring community members. On Twitter , look up hashtags that your community uses and follow them to track conversations. Anyone in here want to share what you are now or want to start doing?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

NetSquared supports the community at the intersection of technology and social impact in a few ways, including open innovation competitions. I serve as the Community Development Manager for TechSoup Global’s CDI (Community-Driven Innovation) program, which includes managing community and content strategy for NetSquared.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

He is one of the best teachers to learn howto use brand storytelling and social media to build your organization’s reputation, donor community, and social impact. He is offering a seminar (visit www.WeFirst13.com Specificity on your part will help to clarify your alignment or provide that company with much need specificity.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

How to Prepare Your Community for a Major Change « The Community Manager – "Change: it’s the one constant in life. Whether you’re introducing a change in ownership, new staff, policy change, technical update, or something else, community members sometimes resist change.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 23, 2011

Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog – Really excited by projects that help close gaps, provide accessibility, and increase portability of all things webby. He's a regular blogger on the Lithosphere's Building Community blog and previously wrote in the Analytic Science blog. 'What Introducing WebAPI ?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

The Giving Effect – I love this campaign because it makes participation easy, let's participants feel like they are making a difference but also helping directly, and can be done from anywhere. Get free postage and mail books you can spare to a child in need. | Basic elements that should be considered in any campaign.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 31, 2012

But beyond that, contributing to a popular meme can help make your brand and even your staff more visible. For others, it means being aware of what the root of the meme is, why people are remaking and remixing the content, and how your community will respond.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

Please help us select a winner for the Care2 Impact Prize! "We "We invite you to cast your vote to help pick this year's winner of the second annual Care2 Impact Prize, which recognizes individuals in the nonprofit sector who have made an outstanding impact on the field of online advocacy, online fundraising or both.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2008

Yesterday, Holly Ross, NTEN Executive Director, posted this discussion thread on the wik i: We've hit a snag in the road, and we need your help to get past it. Can you help us brainstorm? Encourage usage of the community resources?" This helps A LOT." Conversation of Community Become The Media.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

Every day I field questions from organizations and community groups looking to use facebook, Twitter or YouTube. Our programs, services, and campaigns are successful, instead, when we focus on the community first, and that’s why Aashika Damodar’s work impresses and inspires me. How you can create an online collaboration space!

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