Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2006

Nonprofit Use of Tagging Originally uploaded by cambodia4kidsorg. This visual is for the panel session at netsquared called " I tag the hand that feeds me: examining tagging in the nonprofit world. " If you have ideas, questions, or observations - leave a comment at the end of the session description.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. This month’s Net2 Think Tank question was, “What do you think will be the big changes, new technologies, hot applications, or successful campaigns of 2009?” Tags: community 2009 net2 net2thinktank. We had a great collection of contributions this month.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

NetSquared Local Reaches 70 Groups Worldwide! NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "In the last two months, we've had 5 new NetSquared Local groups join the scene, bringing the new official number to 70 groups worldwide! Below is a list of the new groups that have just gotten started.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

NetSquared’s Global Community Builder , Amy Sample Ward, will be at the NTC this year to connect and collaborate with friends, colleagues and new faces in the sector. Here’s how to find Amy and connect with NetSquared. A chance for local organizers to come together, network, ask questions, etc. Sessions and Events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2006

I'm tagging information related to discussion, examples, and comments about nonprofits using tagging (or not using tagging) to prep for upcoming session at netsquared.org with the tag del.icio.us/nptag. What would this visual look like if it was translated into a graphic of nonprofit tagging use? Emily's post ).

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. It was a tough question, but someone had to answer it: Idealist’s Scott Stadum! We post a question or topic to the NetSquared community and participants submit responses either on their own blogs or on the NetSquared Community Blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 8, 2009

I originally posted on the NetSquared blog. Do you know the answers to these common nonprofit questions? Third Sector New England wants to be sure you can find the answers, to those three questions and many more, in a way that’s engaging than searching and reading. How would you define capacity building?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2005

Netsquared is new project in its embryonic stages from Compumentor, the folks who have brought excellent technology resources to the nonprofit field. Content is also being added to the site through streams of aggregated content through the net2 tag. What is it? The community is facilitated or sparkplugged by Chris Locke.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2009

Brigham at SocialChangeNews answers this question in one word: indubitably! You can still answer the Net2 Think Tank question in the comments here or connect with either of the contributors above. Be sure to watch for the Net2 Think Tank question for next month! Can User Generated Content Create Unique Community Opportunities?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2006

There is a panel on nonprofit and tagging taking place netsquared. Even if you're not attending in person, you may have some questions or observations to add. Some of the questions: Why some people love discovery aspect of tagging and others don't? How can you use tags to organize and find content?

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions. Speaker: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. I actually had to look up the Muppets to answer this question! if you want me and the whole global NetSquared community, visit: [link]. - What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2009

Moderator : Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. The community will be invited to ask questions, share examples & ideas, and in general rock the discussion. Tags: mobile iphone social actions events. RSVP : be sure to RSVP to receive the link to the chat before the event. Rich Grote & Dave Angulo, iVolunteer.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

4Change will be structured around a series of questions which all participants can respond to. Send your questions to @tashjudd or post them below to have them considered. Article: NetSquared and the new wave of online volunteering. Tags: events 4change chat twitter volunteer volunteering. Rules for #4Change chat.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

4Change will be structured around a series of questions which all participants can respond to. Send your questions to @tashjudd or post them below to have them considered. Article: NetSquared and the new wave of online volunteering. Tags: events 4change chat twitter volunteer volunteering. Rules for #4Change chat.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2011

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. questions so you can begin to understand the conversations that are of. post a question or topic to the NetSquared community and participants. submit responses either on their own blogs, the NetSquared Community.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

—– Over on the NetSquared platform right now we are in the midst of the 2010 FACT Social Justice Challenge. NetSquared supports the community at the intersection of technology and social impact in a few ways, including open innovation competitions. These are just a few of the questions to consider in real time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2006

The question was - are there some no-brainer tools that you would recommend to client that didn't require a huge overhead of planning time, investment, etc. In a few weeks, I'm lucky to be going to the netsquared conference I signed up to go with the intent of being a sponge -- to learn more about all this stuff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2007

Gavin raises some good questions: What the hell is the "NPTech" tag and how would one use it anyway? The NpTech tag early discussions can be found here: [link]. How do you use the NpTech Tag? A brilliant reflection, if only presenting one point of view, but still worth reading! Do you have an opinion?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone? Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call next wed, thurs, or friday to discuss in real time the issues that have surfaced around the NpTech Tag. Bev Traynor builds on the list here and reflects on how it isn't quite a yes or not question. Cross posted at Netsquared Five Hot Conversations.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "The 3rd Digital Media and Learning Competition, from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications. Digital Media and Learning Competition: Applications now open! But it was also one of the best wake-up calls I could have asked for.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2006

The tagging discussion included an action learning exercise where we shared a lot of resources about tagging as well as explored the discovery aspect of delicious. group" about tagging and social-bookmarking. What central tag to use to get an item noticed? What tags to use to describe items, who decides this?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2010

Today Allison Fine and I celebrated the launch of the Networked Nonprofit at TechSoup Global in the space where Netsquared Meetups take place. Most importantly, the vision that Marnie Webb had over five years ago called Netsquared inspired me to keep blogging and explore social media and nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I also encountered quite a few people asking very similar questions, or looking for the same resources. Below, you can find my full speech and slides, as well as links to address questions and requests from many of those I met with. If you have other questions, or other ideas, please share them!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Amy's post spoke about the implications for individuals and communities , raising the question - " In abandoning MySpace, is Causes abandoning nonprofit groups organizing online with poorer users and people of color?" Justin Mass went as far as to say that the move was " social network redlining.". Tags: facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

The Net2 Secret Plan from Marnie Webb NpTech Tag New Year's Reflections, Predictions, and Best Ofs What are some of the ways that the social web marks the New Year? Britt Bravo at NetSquared summarized a community discussion about the "Best of the Nonprofit Social Web." Let's take a look. bubble would burst.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. NetSquared Community. for the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) beginning on May 29th. Like last year, conference participants are introducing themselves on their NetSquared Blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 19, 2010

Net2 Think Tank Round-up: Age Segmentation in Social Networking | NetSquared – "For this month's Net2 Think Tank, we asked you to share your thoughts and best practices for using social media with or for a particular age group. As she notes, her example has luck but it is an example of a growing model of a changing world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Netsquared Net Tuesday next week in SF is about " How Nonprofits Can Use And Build Online Social Networks ," featuring speakers from Change.org and Ning. over at her Netsquared blog about adoption of blogs and wikis in an organizational context and how these tools further organizational mission. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. Random Thoughts on Life and Work blog shares some planning questions about " Project SharePoint or how the organization will use Microsoft's SharePoint for internal collaboration and communication.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 17, 2009

Here's a great post from Ivan Booth who picked up on a question Joe Solomon posed on the NetSquared blog recently. " Tags: roundup bookmarks. Social change takes more than social media | Rootwork - If you don't read the Rootwork blog already, you should.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Here's a few sessions notes in the wiki: NpTech Tag , definition of Open API For-Profit/Nonprofit Software Collaborations and where are the biggest tool gaps ? ZdNet post raises the question "Salesforce.com pulls back on releasing subscriber totals; is that worrisome?" Privaterra blog showed up in the tag stream.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2005

Today, Mark is the manager of TechSoup's NetSquared initiative, a project designed to make sure the non-for-profit sector gets involved early and actively with the newest tools and trends in internet technology. And once we got through catching up, I admitted to him that I was just a bit perplexed about the NetSquared project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

Also, for the past year, I've been summarizing resources being shared through the NpTech Tag, I've felt frustrated that you didn't always know who had contributed the resource and while one could add brief annotations, there was not a space for conversation around those shared items. Can you answer it? And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2006

The question about nonprofit adoption of these tools for conversation. The triggers: A blog conversation on Jilliane's Smith blog that became a community blog conversation about nonprofit tagging on netsquared. " -- on the second post I pointed the nonprofit tagging conversation. What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Because the difference isn’t in using the tools per se, we all have the same functionality to upload, tag, comment, etc. How to contribute: Blog your answer to the question either on your blog or the NetSquared blog. For directions on contributing to the NetSquared blog, click here.). Tag your blog with “net2thinktank”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

The NpTech Tag Summary went on hiatus to give some space to. I'm moving beyond monitoring the NpTech tagged items and meta feeds to incorporate nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, friend feeds, and USG. The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

If you have thoughts, comments, or questions, let's discuss this over in the comments at the original post. In response to this post by Seth Godin on nonprofits and social media, I repeat what I said three years ago over at the Netsquared Community. Tags: change management.

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