Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

. —– Google+, the social network launched by Google nearly 5 months ago, has recently opened up the platform to organizations and brands with a profile type akin to the options for individuals and Pages on Facebook. So far, the demographics of Google+ skew toward American males working in technology. Community First.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Administrators of Causes accounts on MySpace received a notice via email stating, “Thank you for the work you’ve done on Causes on MySpace. The message indicated that all Causes-related pages and content on MySpace would be taken down at the end of the week. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Administrators of Causes accounts on MySpace received a notice via email stating, “Thank you for the work you’ve done on Causes on MySpace. The message indicated that all Causes-related pages and content on MySpace would be taken down at the end of the week. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2009

As profiled in the New York Observer , Danah talked to the data uncovered in her four years of research on new media use in a presentation at the Personal Democracy Forum. MySpace has become the ghetto of the digital landscape,” Ms. Did you consider MySpace ? I believe we have, and so does Danah Boyd.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Discover Your Groundswell Social Technographics Profile Your Result: Creator. Whether podcasting or maintaining a website, the amount of content you create makes your Groundswell Social Technographic group a valuable target for social media marketers. called "Discover your Groundswell Social Technographics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

AARP California Twitter Account Last week at the WeAreMedia Workshop, someone asked a question about babyboomers and social media use. Is it only younger people who are using social media. Some recent studies on social media and social networking use and baby boomers show that more and more are adopting social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Earlier this week, Leslie Poston invited me to participate on her podcast on Race and Social Media along with Shireen Mitchell , Liza Sabiter , and Rahsheen Porter. When I've do social media and nonprofit trainings, the audience consists of staff, board members, or volunteers from nonprofit organizations.

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