Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

So, when Lynne Johnson from Fast Company asked me to blog a list, I thought I'd create a nonprofit technology category and acknowledge the work of these awesome women: Nonprofit Technology Marnie Webb is the Co-CEO of TechSoup Global and creator of Netsquared and was voted most valuable person in the nonprofit technology field in 2008.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008. On one of the pages, amid all the charts on who volunteers and what they do, is a big banner depicting the following result: "33 percent of Arizona adults volunteered in 2008." One in three. But is it right? One in four.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. With email newsletters and emails as part of your campaigns you can move your supporters up the ladder of engagement to take more actions and help you more and more. Facebook General Growth data: More than 200 million active users.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 13, 2008

Social Actions is a nonprofit initiative that helps you find and share opportunities to change the world. I started 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa with the simple goal of working fulltime on Social Actions by July 1st. Peter Deitz is the man behind Social Actions and here’s is how the $20.09 Go Social Actions!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. There's quite a buzz right now about whether or not " Slacktivism " doing activism online, all the time - can effect change. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. A panel of experts will debate the pros & cons of couch potato activism. Let's discuss: join us!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. It was organized by Ed Schipul. Let's discuss: join us!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

This has been a steady upward trend since 2008. This helps to address the problem that 100 million Americans do not have a broadband connection. Amy Sample Ward, NTEN's fearless leader, has a different view. Or the connected fitness and activity trackers, such as Fitbit , which have. Image 5: Amy Sample Ward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

The goal is to encourage nonprofits to make New Year's resolutions to that help them more efficiently and effectively move people to support their organizations. I'm drilling down into the concept of " streamline " to brainstorm 52 ideas to help make your organization's social media strategy and use more effective and efficient.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Although it is a slow time of year and the busy fundraising season is still several months away, there's been lots of activity in the social fundraising judging by these roundups of links from Peter Deitz and Tom Watson (not to mention all the items tagged in the nptech tag stream ). possibly related classroom projects???

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

The following riffs can help you determine whether or not the Causes application is a worthwhile endeavor for your nonprofit. We took a sampling from all of the Causes to get a sense of what the potential is. There are currently about 8,000 Causes, and we sampled about 10% of them. Is it a random sample? Crowd-sourcing.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. There's quite a buzz right now about whether or not " Slacktivism " doing activism online, all the time - can effect change. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. A panel of experts will debate the pros & cons of couch potato activism.

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Care2

JULY 24, 2007

The following riffs can help you determine whether or not the Causes application is a worthwhile endeavor for your nonprofit. We took a sampling from all of the Causes to get a sense of what the potential is. There are currently about 8,000 Causes, and we sampled about 10% of them. Is it a random sample? Crowd-sourcing.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

By Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN. The 2011 TMWL activity on Twitter was driven primarily by people very close to the campaign, whereas the first Tweetsgiving was driven by people Stacey didn't know yet or hadn't invested time cultivating relationships with. Epic Change is no different. from over 635,000 total followers. "No

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

In keeping with our coverage of video for nonprofits, we spoke with Ramya Raghavan, Nonprofits and Activism Specialist at YouTube. That said, there are some basic things that might be helpful to think about. we just want to help you get your message out to the worlds largest online video community.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

Incorporate a “Read More” link after a brief blurb on the topic you are highlighting, to help decrease clutter. by age, interest, activism level). You can get a feel for some relevant patterns by tracking (say) responses to appeals for simple online activism efforts. Headlines should be short. All rights reserved.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. With email newsletters and emails as part of your campaigns you can move your supporters up the ladder of engagement to take more actions and help you more and more. They were active and dedicated to making it work and raised 90,000+ friends.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

In keeping with our coverage of video for nonprofits, we spoke with Ramya Raghavan, Nonprofits and Activism Specialist at YouTube. That said, there are some basic things that might be helpful to think about. we just want to help you get your message out to the worlds largest online video community.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

And in 2010, online giving is expected to bring in more donations than ever, after having seen a 46% increase in online revenue between 2008 and 2009. Here are some sample bulletins: [link]. For more information and help creating a strategy that makes your project successful, read How to Run a Successful Fundraising Campaign on Causes.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

Building programs and services to support a community means not just learning about the problems they face, but understanding how technologies can help make a difference. By that point, the issue of gender-based violence and trafficking had crept into so many facets of my life, prompting me to make it my life’s work to end it.”.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2022

It’s helpful to reconnect with all the benefits giving has to offer. Giving to charities activates regions of the brain associated with pleasure, social connection, and trust, releasing endorphins that create a “warm glow” or “helper’s high” effect. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.”

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