Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. The company said it employs "hundreds" of staffers in several offices around the world to handle the millions of user reports it receives every week about everything from spam to threats of violence.

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Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2009

Many people view online social networking tools, such as Facebook , LinkedIn , and Myspace as time-draining distractions. Tools Web 2.0 Tags: Networks Social Networking Web 2.0 However, if you haven't seen a use for Facebook for your organization, then you are not alone, and we are here to help.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Thus, over the next three weeks I am going to blog a series of fundraising and social media best practices specifically tailored for small NGOs with the hope that I can use my experience and my social networks to be of service. Before each training I review the Web presence for each NGO in attendance.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 8, 2011

My guess is that 99.99% of nonprofits (or more) have not yet been invited to beta test Google+ ( sign up here ), but if you are a regular reader of Mashable, TechCrunch, or The Next Web, you might be feeling like your missing out on the fruits of being an early adopter (before the site is even out of beta – craziness!).

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Like ‘how many times can I invite my Facebook friends to a fundraising event before it’s considered spam?’ Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of August 15th).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. Introduction :: Integrating Web 1.0, and Web 3.0. Replace the “Web 1.0: The Broadcast Web.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

MySpace was and still is (for some) the easiest social networking site to grow a community quickly. As a regualr MySpace user, there is no denying that MySpace is more diverse than any other social networking site. MySpace is also the number one accessed social networking website on mobile devices today.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Like its more well-known counterpart Facebook, LinkedIn is a social networking site geared towards professional networking and workplace circles. Due to its increasing popularity, there are now more concerted efforts to use LinkedIn lookalike spam to fool users in clicking links within it. Tools Web 2.0

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

They have since published a report on The Real-Time Web and Its Future. The Real-Time Web: it's more than just immediate delivery of Twitter messages to an always-on mobile device, disrupting the concentration that civilization is based on and bringing a rush to crazed social media addicts obsessed with the hottest new buzzwords.

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NTEN

JANUARY 24, 2011

Scenario: Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, bacon and spam. One of your web servers has been hijacked and has been sending out hundreds of thousands of messages from some fellow named "Wilson." It seems your baby steps into the world of user-generated content and social networking have turned on you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

One of the questions: How to address concerns about privacy, security, and avoiding spam overload that comes with social media and social network sites? He points out these problems with current social networking practices. (1) Understand how privacy controls work on social networks.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

for a while, people meant ‘facebook’ although that’s a social network of people you already know. What Twitter isn’t… Twitter isn’t a message board, or a social network of people you already know… So, is it a community? a boost to existing communities and content on the web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. How have social networking tools helped spread the word about your cause?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Note from Beth: Your web site is your home base is the heart and soul of your content strategy. A good CMS should also include a built-in Spam filter to keep obviously unrelated content from cluttering your comments sections.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

We provide a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights. spam filters: are you using spam-like words in any of your content? Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1.

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2012

Mark Zuckerberg is a pioneer of the social web. Despite how the web has transformed over the years, email is the one constant that has remained and is not going away anytime soon. Looking to purchase an item on the web? 188 billion emails are sent daily, though granted a portion of those are spam.

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2010

As social networks try and become profitable they are experimenting with new ad models and trying to drive more traffic to increase ad revenue. Since Twitter has experienced exponential growth in the past two years, their popularity has also meant more noise and spam in users streams – noise people filter out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

What is Web 2.0 by Iulian Commanescu The definitions are fluid when it comes to Web 2.0. He covered the following platforms: Blogs: It is more than a web site, built by one person or a small community or group of bloggers. Conversation is very important and the nature of Web 2.0. User generated content - Web 2.0

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See3

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman DEC 12, 2007 Why you need social media marketing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

I'm in the process of an article about tips for nonprofits on social networking sites for TechSoup. On one of my posts trying to digest the research , someone asked a question about strategies for doing outreach on social networking sites. It's also the very definition of "social networking."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2009

CNET's Caroline McCarthy published an article called " Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0 " based on an interview with Toby Daniels of Think Social and Scott Harrison of charity:water reflecting on how the landscape has changed for fundraising on social networks. How will you remain effective? .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2006

MyBlogLog is a social networking system for blog readers to connect and learn about each other around their favorite blogs - and for blog publishers to access detailed information about their readers. ve joined the community around one Gawker blog, MyBlogLog knows every other URL I visit on the web. I found that creepy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

welcomed everyone "The people on the end of your web site will be informed than the CEO. This year's program is heavily weighted to the "social web" and nonprofits. What if we demanded if everyone politician had a social web presence so we could poke them? was about access and Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Slide Share Show, " Putting the U in YouTube " although geared for higher education institutions provides some really good practical marketing tips for social networking sites that should be useful for nonprofits too. The Seattle's Net Tuesday Group has just launched a social networking site on ning. NetSquared.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2011

Technology and social networking means, according to Paynter, “Community has never before been more important for organization success.” ” The following are Paynter’s steps for growing an engaged online community: Create Critical Mass : Organizations can create critical mass with viral services and content.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" I believe that we will soon see a class of web 2.0

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" I believe that we will soon see a class of web 2.0

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

spam filters: are you using spam-like words in any of your content? Two tools include: Tags: Case Studies Conferences Online Advocacy Social Networking Technology Web 2.0 Things to consider and target include: sender line: who is your email "from". subject line: what are you saying before the email is even opened?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

In the comments of a post I wrote titled " Reports of Social Networking's Death Are Exaggerated ," Paul Caplan from Content to Be Different said I think the point about measurement/evaluation is vital as long as we don't get hung up on stats etc. At any rate, it is a good example of how NOT to spam the Flickr community.

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2011

It is considered a wise practice to not post too many updates on your page in one day as it could be construed as spamming and drive followers away. A good example of an organization that is doing this is Epic Change ; Epic Change achieves this with well-timed email reminders and notes across social networks.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

These services, by-the-way, are different from spam filtering services like Postini , GFI.com, or Spamcop. is collecting vast amounts of information from social networks and email accounts to look for terrorist activity. TwtPoll enables nonprofits to create polls that can be shared on Twitter or any other social network.

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See3

OCTOBER 29, 2007

While there are people who use YouTube as a pure social network, the majority of YouTube users are passive viewers of video. So connecting through the traditional social networking type of connections doesn’t have the impact on YouTube as it would on Facebook. In this way, no one would mistake their opt-in for spam.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Ro)bots (or spiders) are scripts or applications that search out information on the web. Search engines constantly scour the web for information using this method -- but bots are also used by those nasty folks on the web that like to steal your information or trash your website. leads to malware installation.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" What does this mean for you? To create a new comment, use the form below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2005

The growth of the web and mailing lists was explosive and I was very interested in remaining well informed. Then someone (I really don't remember who) suggested that I go ahead and publish those interesting bits on the web. The short version is this: One subsystem or another of my network pulls in about 50,000 messages a week.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 6) Social networking is fun – no doubt about it.

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