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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Working together, citizens could piece together news stories as well as facts from witnesses as they emerged to create the most complete picture of events. As we saw with the Haiti response, language can be a huge barrier to response rate as we rely on people to help translate messages at an un-approachable rate. http ://www.noula.ht/index.

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Is social media helping you meet your mission? It can!

Amy Sample Ward

If your organization has a strategic plan or even a Theory of Change, you are already equipped with even more deliberate language that can help you get started. Look for patterns or activity that comes from other actions in the organization (do Facebook comments increase when a staff person attends an offline event? So, add them!

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[VIDEO] Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities

Bloomerang

So people that speak multiple languages or that live in different countries that have different ways of communicating and of seeing the world. And so I have more than five years of experience creating online and offline communities to support social and environmental causes as Steven said and I worked a lot in Latin America.

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The Evolution of NPTech: Keynote and slides

Amy Sample Ward

We didn’t even really have the language to use to create documentation, or, at least we didn’t think we did. The magical kingdom in which offline and online worked together, where strategies that were proven in one place were re-imagined in new ones. For those that can’t tell, this is a picture of a clock on the face of a coffee maker.

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[VIDEO] The Board’s Role in Fundraising & Resource Development

Bloomerang

That should be one of the expectations of the board members because that is going to give them a true picture of what it means to serve the clients in the community. And you have to think of the bigger picture as the executive director. You’re speaking my language. So they’re not getting off easy. ” Right?

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[VIDEO] Power Of Community In Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

We don’t have the language to talk about drug abuse and really aren’t equipped to be able to help them live a healthier lifestyle and address chemical use directly. And even though this is all standard strategic planning language, for some of you, you’re like, “I got this. We’re ready to do this, Julie.