- Connecting with your supporters
November 23rd, 2009
Amy Sample Ward shares an example of how Greenpeace International uses social media, data, calls to action and community with an in-depth look at their Facebook page. Read the article – Greenpeace: An example in connecting with your supporters.
- Jaded About Social Media For Change?
May 21st, 2009
Joe Solomon shares his and others responses with a collaborative conversational article over on the Netsquared blog – ‘Jaded About Social Media For Change? – Let’s Talk About It!‘
- The Dog’s Trust shares it’s successes with using social media
February 6th, 2009
Many charities are reaping the benefits and the value of using a mix of different media can reach out to supporters and help to raise awareness of their work. Earlier in the week, I read and mentioned Allan Benamers’ thought inspiring post on Build a Nonprofit’s Technology Assets from the Ground Up which starts at [...]
- Social Media Building Blocks, a webinar shared
January 21st, 2009
Amy Sample Ward, the vibrant Community Builder for Netsquared, shares her slides and notes from the first in a series of ‘Storytelling & Social Media’ series from NTEN and TechSoup Global webinars. See the slides and the full post at ‘Building Blocks of Social Media – Webinar Slides and Notes‘.
- Risks and opportunities for users of social networks
January 21st, 2009
Henny Swan explores and shares some useful insights of the risks and opportunities for disabled and older users accessing social networks across devices. Read more at Is it time for social networks to grow up?
- Turning a complicated plan into plain english
January 21st, 2009
Find local government consultations and plans hard to understand? Read how a group of bloggers have innovated by turning the Big City Plan for Birmingham into plain English so that residents can easily understand, feedback and comment on the plan. Head over to Parboo’s weblog to read Talking about the Big City Plan…
- Social Innovation Camp video
January 19th, 2009
The 2nd Social Innovation Camp took place in December. Head over to the site to see a 15 minute round up video of the event, meet the people who took part and see the evolving ideas that were developed to help with social change and to help make a difference.
- New Potentials for ICT in Rural Areas – publication available
January 15th, 2009
‘New Potentials for ICT in Rural Areas’ is a downloadable publication that shares fascinating case studies including those from Africa, Asia and Latin America. It provides insights into how Web 2.0 solutions offer people and communities in rural areas a platform for networking and knowledge exchange.
Read the full background article and download the publication from [...]
- Amy’s here to get Netsquared up and running here in the UK
October 15th, 2008
Amy Sample Ward who works with NetSquared helping non-profits get the most out of technology, is setting up Net Tuesdays in London, bringing together social changemakers of all kinds to discuss social media with the first one starting on November 4th. I hope that we can see lots of Net Tuesdays springing up across [...]
- Nonprofits on the net for Blog Action Day
October 15th, 2008
Today is Blog Action Day – a day where thousands of bloggers across the world commit to write on the same topic with the aim of creating awareness around that issue. The topic this year is Poverty.
I work with a wide range of organisations on their communications, branding and websites. When working together on [...]