Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

The session focused on using core social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to raise awareness and inspire others as a volunteer. For many organizations, we provide guidance or goals for using social channels to our staff, but this session was for the volunteers who want to make a difference from outside of the organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2015

After a decade of embracing new social networks as they rise in popularity, in recent weeks it became clear that it was time to reassess the value of being active on so many social networks and to prioritize the social networks that most benefit Nonprofit Tech for Good. Quit a Social Network.

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NCE Social Media

JUNE 17, 2013

There is now an anti-social media network that uses social media to allow you to avoid people you know. But is it so bad that you use social media to do it? Well, it’s come to this. Here’s a video about the project: What are your thoughts? Here’s a video about the project: What are your thoughts?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

Social networking communities are migrant communities. Social media skeptics often say that it’s a waste of time to utilize social networking sites because they are here today, and then gone tomorrow. Social networking communities are migrant communities. Five Lessons Learned.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

This mini-webinar begins with an introduction the Mobile Web and then moves on to highlight the importance of utilizing mobile social networking tools to empower your nonprofit’s social media practitioners to report live, on-location from anywhere at any time. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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NCE Social Media

MAY 4, 2012

Here’s a video of Jeff Patrick , president of Common Knowledge , being interviewed by Melanie Mathos at the 2012 NTC conference explaining the 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. Jeff goes over topics in the report such as ROI, value of a new fan/follower, commercial social networks, and resources for strategies.

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Social Network Benchmark Report Network 109

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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Social Network Network Strategy Social 165

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 10, 2020

In a world with a multitude of social media platforms already out there on the web, why would the world use one more dedicated to support nonprofits? There’s no denying the power of social media and its ability to harness the power of the internet. The decision to launch a new social network, namely Flixxaid , was obvious.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Social media changes so frequently that unless your NGO has a full-time social media manager who has the time to consistently research and adopt emerging trends, odds are your NGO is using social media in ways that are no longer effective. It was the final presentation of the social media excellence webinar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2011

A colleague recently shared this video that pokes fun of the “always on, gotta share everything on social networks&# lifestyle for many people here in America. Social networking sites like Facebook make it easy for sensitive information about us to be made public unintentionally.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2020

2) Move beyond social posting to targeted social advertising. Social media sites are for relationship building. Surely, we should be looking at social networks as a “cultivation” and “relationship-building” tool in the same sense that we do offline in person.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2012

Blackbaud, NTEN and Common Knowledge just released the fourth annual 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report [INFOGRAPHIC] guest post by Frank Barry. 6 KEY FINDINGS FROM THE 2012 NONPROFIT SOCIAL NETWORKING REPORT…. Tweet It!]. Tweet It!].

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Social Network Benchmark Network Report 107

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In our increasingly interconnected world, about 82 percent Americans use some form of social network. Social media has become an important channel nonprofits can use to boost their outreach and fundraising capabilities.

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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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NTEN

APRIL 3, 2012

Another NTC means more great studies about nonprofit technology released, including the 2012 " Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmarks Report." for yourself: > Download the 2012 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report. It's free! >

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Social Network Benchmark Network Report 91

Care2

JUNE 25, 2011

Did you know that women also dominate social networks? According to a Pew study, in 2008 women comprised 53% of social networking site users. Over the past two years, women have increased their social networking usage and now comprise 56% of the social networking consumer base.

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NCE Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

This video is short explanation of social networking websites and why they are popular. Tags: Education and Training Video networking social. I’ve added a short video for today’s installment of the Video Friday series. Something simple to cleanse the palate. Something simple to cleanse the palate.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 6, 2019

On Tuesday, June 4 Tereza Litsa ( @TerezaLitsa ), co-founder of the #ReclaimSocial podcast , will takeover @NonprofitOrgs for 24 hours to lead a conversation about the importance of being positive on social media. Your experience and advice on how to counteract the negativity and trolls on social media. How to Participate.

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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. LinkedIN : The professional, serious, network.

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TechImpact

MARCH 7, 2014

Social media continues to take greater stake in every nonprofit’s marketing, public relations, and advertising strategies. With 10+ major, free, social networking channels to take advantage of, nonprofits have a smorgasbord of opportunities available to connect with constituents, donors, and potential volunteers.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

“Social networks will be like air.&#. 3 things need to make social networks like air: Identity - who are you? pick your friends once - social networking fatigue. calendar, call, sms, facebook, twitter, address book = level of closeness of social data. most social ads require explicit action.

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Care2

OCTOBER 31, 2011

traffic it’s social networks networks like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter that dominate, according to Quantcast, one of the biggest analytics companies for measuring websites. Women dominate on social networks like Facebook and Twitter. The most diverse social network is YouTube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. The above visual is a social network. Each dot represents a person or in network jargon, a node. Source: Monitor Institute.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) Jon Stahl pointed me to a great article , also about opening up the social graph.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 9, 2009

Today I received spam from a site called Frens Zone that will allow me to make money off my social network. Last month I posted about how Facebook was making money by datamining my friends. earn instant cash by just referring your friends. The more you referred, the more you earn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

I love this new video from the Case Foundation about the power of social media for social change. The numbers illustrate how far the field has come in adopting social media, although not 100% adoption. The video reminded me of the classic video, “ The Machine is US/ing Us.” ” I often used [.]

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

At the end of the Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits is a nine-page “Nonprofit Tech Checklist” which I have copied and pasted below. That was my number one priority when writing the book… to create a comprehensive, useful social and mobile media how-to guide for nonprofits. 1) Website.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

The 2011 NTC saw the release of the latest " Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report ". > Download the 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report More than 11,000 nonprofit professionals filled out this year's survey, sponsored by NTEN, Common Knowledge, and Blackbaud, generating a veritable cornucopia of data.

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NTEN

APRIL 20, 2010

The second annual Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report, a joint project of Common Knowledge, thePort, and NTEN, has hard data and insights on the trends surrounding social networking technology as part of nonprofit organizations' marketing, communications, fundraising, and program services.

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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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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

The 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report was released at 12NTC yesterday and it’s already stirring up discussions about how nonprofits are leveraging social networks as part of their fundraising and communications strategy. Top 12 Social Media Insights for Nonprofits in 2012. Twitter Accounts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Many nonprofits need social media training - they just don’t know it. There’s always room for improvement and unfortunately overconfidence in social media skills prevent many nonprofit staff from getting training that could significantly increase their social media ROI (Return on Investment). Google, etc.

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NetWits

JUNE 28, 2010

When push comes to shove, there are really only two different social networking strategies for nonprofits: Reaching out and rounding up. You are reaching out when you extend your organization into existing networks, building your brand off-site and tapping into the existing user base of The Usual Suspects (1).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2014

The amount of time that a nonprofit can invest in mobile and social media depends on capacity. Mobile and social media are powerful, but when implemented on a small scale, the power is overshadowed by other more traditional online campaigns. The argument against doing this is that budgets are too tight and inflexible.

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NetWits

OCTOBER 29, 2009

This is a follow-up to Creating a Social Networking Strategy (Part 0) that originally appeared on my Connections blog and also as a guest post on Beth Kanter's blog. One of the key takeaways from Part 0 is that once you stop just playing around with social media then you need to start putting together a strategy.

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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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