Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 27, 2012

Trusted experts and leading thinkers join Tony each week to tackle the tough issues facing small-and mid-size nonprofits. The whole show is devoted to using social media and social networks to help you reach your supporters and draw them close to your work. We’ll also give out prizes to live and archive listeners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2009

I have not been blogging because I've been at the NTEN NTC Conference , the premier event for nonprofit techies taking place in San Francisco. The NpTech Community has been early adopters of social media and social networks like Twitter. In a social environment and it is mysterious why one thing works or does not.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Effective social media managers enjoy engaging with and responding to comments on social media sites. They relish discussing ideas and issues online, and they do it with patience and kindness. Well-written, timely content is what drives the Social Web. Is friendly, patient and responsive. Thinks like a journalist.

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NTEN

MARCH 12, 2013

What kind of risks would your organization be taking if you adopt that new social network into your communications? This issue of NTEN:Change presents variations on that theme: tips and quizzes, inspiration and cautionary tales, examples and humor, all from peers and experts in the nonprofit and technology communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

The technique is to illustrate the issue through the experience of an individual. There was a great question about social networking and representing one's organization posted on the Social Networking Affinity Group at NTEN by K.E: Here's another one called " Meet Charlie."

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NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Many engaged in those events have continued to be involved in the issue, if not the organization, and some have taken up leadership roles locally or even nationally. Online networks have transferred the tools of organizing and programmatic leadership from organizations and placed them into the hands of the citizen/member.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2011

By Holly Ross, Executive Director & Brett Meyer, Communications Director, NTEN. That was certainly true for NTEN a few years ago. But since then, we’ve developed loftier goals for our e-news NTEN Connect , transforming it from a chore we had to cross off the monthly to-do list to a blockbuster driver of traffic to our blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

Vodafone Americas Foundation Announces Wireless Innovation Project Winners - "The Vodafone Americas Foundation announced the winners of its Wireless Innovation Project, a new initiative that identifies and funds unique innovations using wireless related technology offering the best potential to address critical social issues around the world.

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from a feature article that first appeared in the March 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] so you look good on your portal and social networking listings.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2010

NTEN is People! Flickr: kalabird) (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . > NTEN Facebook Page. Members are in bold.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Apparently, the data stays in the container (the social network site) and probably can’t move beyond it. We don’t want to have the same application on multiple social networks. We want applications that can use data from multiple social networks.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 17, 2010

The NTEN community finds strength in numbers -- and that starts with you. As the force that defined the field of nonprofit technology, NTEN supports not only its thousands of members, but countless others in the nonprofit sector. The NTEN Research Program is a vital resource for nonprofits using technology to meet their missions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Google has a number of partners, including social network sites like LinkedIn, Friendster and Ning, as well as Salesforce, which does have very interesting implications given the increasing use of Salesforce in the nonprofit sector. Basically, if the more social network sites that adopt OpenSocial, the more open the whole thing gets.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Teaser: The NTEN community finds strength in numbers -- and that starts with you. As the force that defined the field of nonprofit technology, NTEN supports not only its thousands of members, but countless others in the nonprofit sector. Support the NTEN Research Program by making a tax-deductible donation today.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

A story about Rapleaf in Clickz (a newsletter for online marketers) says this : Rapleaf allows you to quickly and inexpensively find out the social networking footprint of those you’re marketing to. Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), When is data public? How do we know?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

My question: Network for Good's recent Wired Fundraiser report talks about "superactivists" or the nonprofit equal of Seth Godin's Evangelists. Superactivists are individuals who raise money for a cause and have a large network that can be leveraged. Of course, the above activities take time to care and feed the network.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Basically, it means that the data that you put into social networking sites, like profiles, social graph (those who you are connected to,) media, etc. I’ll be doing an entry soon, sort of “how social networks could use open standards 101.&# These include Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and many others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Facebook’s grant will encourage users of the social network to learn more about service opportunities through ServiceNation’s Facebook Page and connect with MyNation, a new, online social-networking community on ServiceNation.org being launched in preparation for the first National Day of Service on September 11, 2009.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

Beth Kanter asks whether or not we can add some more steps to Chris Brogan’s fabulous 50 steps to create a social media presence. and social network guru for the nptech community. David Geilhufe ponders how technology solutions split communities, and issues of a lack of strategic vision.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Flickr Commons Project: Smithsonian Institution I've been neglecting my Member News roundups, but it's not because I don't care -- it's a combination of you guys all being super active and NTEN being consumed by NTC prep. Interestingly, social media comes last.). It's nice to see NTEN members playing well together!

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2013

Join me, Allyson Kapin, Co-founder of Rad Campaign and Blogger-in-Chief of Care2''s Frogloop blog and Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director of NTEN for this free webinar. Justin developed one of the first social network ROI calculators to help nonprofits plan and evaluate their social media efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

Photo by Terry Bain in Flickr I've been hearing a lot lately from folks who work in nonprofits asking for examples of "social media or social networking policies." But, if an organization simply cuts and pastes a social media policy without the internal culture change, it won't be effective. with "just for fun."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

Will there be improvements in Facebook functionality/design of groups and communities so they can find one another - what I call "distributed social good."? The big barrier right now is privacy issues, but our product team is hard at work on improvements. Privacy is the most serious issue here at Facebook. Eddie Harran).

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

But what about equally important intangibles, such as increasing your organization's influence or shifting the public debate on your key issues? Social network analysis can help you determine whether you are making an impact in these areas and help you more effectively target your efforts. Defining the Network.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

" The blur between our personal and professional identities on social networking sites may seem all too obvious, but the issue is becoming more prevalent as we use sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn as professional networking tools. Topics can include: Introduction to social media. Know the Risks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

There is also the issue of comfort - both with the technology and being transparent. Here are some good examples of CEO and Executive Director use of social media in the US social sector: Holly Ross is the executive director of NTEN, the nonprofit technology network in the US.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

It starts off with a brief introduction to what social media is, follows with how to set goals, gets into the specifics of what to do, and finishes off with how to measure your results. Tools touched on include: blogs, microblogging, social networks, social bookmarking, social news, Q&A websites, photography, video, and podcasting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

This interactive webinar experience will begin with a plenary session providing an overview of social media strategy, organizational adoption issues, capacity, metrics, and strategy execution. Explore the organizational change management issues that social media raises and how to talk about them. Online Networking.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

She’s a brilliant academic who studies social networks. On one hand, I’m excited to announce that my article “Facebook’s Privacy Trainwreck: Exposure, Invasion, and Social Convergence&# has been published in Convergence 14(1) (special issue edited by Henry Jenkins and Mark Deuze).

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Greater generational differences appear when it comes to reasons for social networking and selecting virtual destinations. But there is still the issue of income. In this environment, not only the phone, but email, social networking and text messaging have become integral means of staying in touch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Take a look at the NTEN Crowd Funding Campaign to raise money for scholarships to its annual conference. The StartSomeGood Blog , a crowd-funding platform, organizes crowdfunding stories into different types: The Issue Story: This story talks about the field or fields within which you work and how your project solves a larger social issue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2010

There has been an explosion in size of nonprofit sector over last twenty years, huge increases in donations and number of organizations, and yet needle hasn’t moved on any serious social issue. Growing individual institutions ever larger has failed to address complex social problems that outpace the capacity of any individual org.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Starting Tuesday, September 15th, the Case Foundation will offer online tools and live streamed seminars aimed at helping nonprofit staff understand how to best leverage social media to create awareness for causes, raise funds, and engage with new constituents. using social media for fundraising and friend-raising. Effective Blogging.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Except the door you opened was to your social network space. Trying to raise money, you increase your social networking, adding that responsibility to one of your employees, one who is paid with grant funds. What part of social networking can be charged to program funds? Close the door! Not really.

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Care2

JUNE 4, 2012

Earlier this spring, NTEN surveyed readers of the NTEN:Change Journal (a quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders) to find out how they were using their various communications channels (like their website, Twitter and Facebook profiles, as well as direct email). View more presentations from NTEN.

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Care2

DECEMBER 8, 2010

This compares to giving via giving portals and social networks, which starts lower and adds less to your fundraising bottom line over time. This will help you raise more money and deal with list churn, which according to the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services can be almost 17% per year for nonprofits.

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