Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up on the opinion blog – you can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog or read the full post below. Here are a few reasons why using multiple social networking platforms doesn’t just mean you repeat your effort. Community First.

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NCE Social Media

MAY 28, 2010

According to Google’s ad planner , social network sites now account for more than 50% of all unique website visitors. This list, which is based on April 2010 data, “excludes adult sites, ad networks, domains that don’t have publicly visible content or don’t load properly, and certain Google sites.&#

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. The brutal but honest — and hopefully well-received — truth is that the majority of nonprofits are making mistakes on social-networking sites that directly undermine their ROI.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 23, 2012

In the past 2 days I've received spams in the form of confirmations from MySpace, Habbo, Tagged, and Foursquare. Here they are: 1) Subject: Please confirm your Myspace account cancellation. Sender: Myspace (noreply@message.sease.com). See you around, Your friends at Myspace. (I Is it a trend or just me?

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 7, 2010

Facebook and Twitter took over as social media centers in 2009, while MySpace faded fast - but don't count MySpace down and out yet! In fact, the changes at MySpace have already started.( This summer, it's getting a major makeover with a new "content discovery" focus. read more ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Six months ago I came pretty close to complete social media burnout. I was running over 20 social networking profiles, logging in seven days a week, and at minimum pulling 60-hour work weeks. Even when I wasn’t at home at my desk, I was on my iPhone updating Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. This an important one.

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NetWits

MAY 21, 2008

One creative solution is social networking. Social networking technology” is the term used to describe websites that allow members to use their personal and business relationships for networking, hiring, and obtaining references. NetWits Newsletters Social Networking Internet Marketing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

Getting involved in a social network, whether it be something like Facebook or Myspace, or a content-connected social network like flickr or delicious (I’m starting to get used to writing that without the dots,) is pretty easy. I’m not bothering with MySpace, Orkut, etc.

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NetWits

JUNE 7, 2011

Here are some quick takeaways to consider: 1) The Ease of Social Sharing is Important. This study reveals that 31% of website referrals are from the “sharing&# of your content; including social networks, blogs, and email–and bookmarks. 3) Facebook Is Not The Only Social Network. 2) Search is Still King.

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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. Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. What it Means to Individuals.

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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. Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. What it Means to Individuals.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. I have been having curmudgeonly thoughts about social networks in general.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 26, 2009

If you missed The Chronicle of Philanthropy's June 23 online discussion Using Social Networks to Promote Good Causes , the transcript is now available.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 27, 2018

So, again, whatever your personal feelings are about Facebook, its fundraising tools are increasing in power and frankly, since nonprofits first began using Myspace in 2005, Facebook Fundraising Tools are the best collection of tools that any social network has ever created for the nonprofit sector.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The mobile web’s growth is exploding as well as the use of social networking sites on the mobile devices. Tags: Mobile Technology Facebook Flickr LinkedIn MySpace Twitter YouTube. The URL is: www.nonprofitorgs.mobi. The design is intentionally very simple so it’s easy to read on smartphones and mobile phones.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. As I said in the book and many times since, there are no cutting corners on the Social Web. Peer-t0-Peer Fundraising Networks (Razoo, Crowdrise, KickStarter, FirstGiving, GlobalGiving): 5 Hours Weely. Upload more photos.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

One of the simplest ways to significantly increase your nonprofit’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is to learn basic HTML. Make new friends (Google+) and keep the old (Myspace). They move with you from one site to the next and maybe in the case of Myspace, back again. Learn basic HTML.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

Earlier this week, an announcement on the Causes Application blog broke the news that over $20 Million has been donated since May 2007 via donors using the social networking application. You can read more about the MySpace/Facebook move here , here , and here.). Social networks are still for engagement, not money.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

MySpace and Facebook weren’t being utilized by nonprofits in 2007 (except for a few early adopters) and Twitter did not exist. Through blogging, nonprofits can share their stories, break news, and share resources quickly, easily, and successfully to their communities on social networking sites. Many do on my blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2010

I would argue that indeed “Nonprofit Organizations&# is a brand that I started building on MySpace five years ago. There is also the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace , the Nonprofit Organizations Twitter profile , the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel , and the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report provides some incredible data on how 11K+ nonprofits are using social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and others. Are nonprofits raising any money on social networks? Facebook is the most popular commercial social network for nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

In June 2007, I presented my first social media training to a small group of nonprofits in Lowell, MA. At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. The media had made Myspace, and social networking in general, out to be dangerous, life-threatening even. Get executive staff on a webinar.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

It’s also worth noting that social media, not even blogging, is not yet integrated into their website. In 2008, the WWF was on Myspace and likely utilizing a Facebook Group and YouTube Channel, but those tools had not yet become integrated into their website design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Late last night (or early this morning), Amy Sample Ward reported that Causes notified 184,725 users that its MySpace app will be removed from MySpace as of today. The email encouraged MySpace users of Causes to join the cause on Facebook. . One wonders what the motivation was ?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 3, 2012

Blogger, LinkedIn and Myspace all launched in 2003. We’re almost a decade into using social media and yet one of the most striking realities when I give in-person social media trainings is the wide variety of experience of the nonprofits in the room. blogs and social networking sites) campaigns into mobile format.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Hopefully from here on out any new social network that launches will learn from the mistakes made by Myspace, Facebook, Google+, and Pinterest and launch simultaneously with both personal and business/nonprofit accounts available for individuals and brands. first name Amnesty , last name International ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Nonprofit Tech for Good began as a “Nonprofit Organizations” Myspace Page in 2005. The time required to be active on those social networks is time well spent. Quit a Social Network. There is very little trackable return on investment from using the social network. After two years (!!)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The 1 st tool was MySpace back in 2007. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Who maintains your social media campaigns? 1) Using Google Analytics to track referrals to www.pancan.org from social networking outlets. (2)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2010

4096 Color Wheel : A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, etc. Creative Commons on Flickr : A great source for images for your organization’s website, blog, e-newsletter, social networking profiles, etc. oneforty : A gallery of over 2,500 (and counting) Twitter Apps.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

5% A social networking site (like Facebook). 7) Is your nonprofit monitoring your Website stats to see how much traffic is coming from Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn Groups, etc.? [ [link] ]. Which social networking sites does your organization have an “official&# presence/profile on? 9% MySpace.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 23, 2009

The speakers include: Danielle Brigida , the social-media outreach coordinator at the National Wildlife Federation, in Washington, DC where she manages the organization’s voice on online networks such as Facebook, MySpace, Care2, Change.org, Digg, and StumbleUpon. read more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

The successful use of social media requires a significant time investment. To be successful on the Social Web, nonprofits need to have a presence on mutliple social networks and should be consistently creating content that can be shared on the Social Web, such as blog posts, photos, and videos.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2010

All webinars are given by Heather Mansfield who has spent 50 hours a week for the last four years running the Nonprofit Organizations Twitter profile , the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page , the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel , the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace , and the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

Web 2.0 = Blogs, wikis, and social networking sites. It’s one person or organization publishing content to many on social networking sites who then re-publish your content to their friends, fans, followers, connections, etc. It’s one-way communication. At its core, Web 2.0 Donating is a pubic experience. You use Web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. As I said in the book and many times since, there are no cutting corners on the Social Web. Peer-t0-Peer Fundraising Networks (Razoo, Crowdrise, KickStarter, FirstGiving, GlobalGiving): 5 Hours Weely. Upload more photos.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 30, 2011

Similar to Myspace and Facebook in 2007 and 2008, there’s seemingly a geographic difference between Foursquare and Gowalla users. Related Links: Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Mobile Social Networking Tools and Location-Based Communities. to take possession of it. NonprofitOrgs on Gowalla.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

then as your numbers grow on social networks so will your e-newsletter and mobile lists which in turn significantly increases your fundraising success. Social Network Followers. If you post too often or at the wrong times, then you’ll likely lose as many followers as you gain and your social networks will stagnate.

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