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Social Media in 30 Minutes a Day

Amy Sample Ward

Today, at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, I had a ton of fun leading a session and discussion around making the most of social media in just 30 minutes a day. Here are the slides from the session and links to get you started: Social Media in 30 Minutes a Day. List of Social Media Management Systems.

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2011 MyCharityConnects Conference Workshop: Social Media in 30 Minutes a Day

Amy Sample Ward

Topic : Social Media Success in 30 Minutes Per Day. Description : The world of social media expands every day, supporting all those arguments. This session will review some of the primary components of social. media strategy building, online engagement, and even how do get started. CanadaHelps.

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Using Twitter to Build a Community and Recruit Volunteers

Amy Sample Ward

Social media in disaster response. Journalists using social media in Egypt. Trimet misses the bus on social media. Twitter (from We Are Media). . $100,000 in 3 Days: Interview about #TeamAutism. National Theatre screws up, what we can learn from mistakes. Atlanta Councilman chooses Twitter.

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Great reads from around the web on May 28th

Amy Sample Ward

In this interview, Jennifer Ford Reedy, VP for Strategy and Knowledge Management, at the Minnesota Community Foundation shares the how they designed this online social good contest for success." By integrating Google moderator, YouTube has brought real time engagement features into play and made it 100% more engaging."

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Wordpress Extras: My Favorites

Amy Sample Ward

A recent comment from Ichi (working on social media for good in Japan w/ SocialCompany.org ) asked after the tools I was using on this blog to bring in comments via Twitter. Tags: blogging howto plugins twitter wordpress. There are my three most-used Wordpress plugins : Postalicious ( Get this plugin ).

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Mastering Social Networking as a Volunteer

Amy Sample Ward

The session focused on using core social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to raise awareness and inspire others as a volunteer. When it comes to creating great content, there are four important elements, especially with social media, as you can see in the image at the top of this post.

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Great reads from around the web on December 8th

Amy Sample Ward

2009 Year-End Fundraising Guide – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – “Is your nonprofit sending out 8-10 online fundraising appeals this holiday season? The paper will be open to comment til the end of January 2010.&#. Sitting right there.

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