Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Worldchanging: Bright Green: Worldchanging Interview: Jean Russell on Thrivability - Great interview with Jean Russell at Worldchanging! After that talk (which you can hear via the above link), I asked Jean to join me in a brief but enlightening Worldchanging interview." Find me on Delicious for more!

North America 111

North America Web Interview Bookmarking 111

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Below are links to conversations with 48 big visionaries who I've interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast over the last four years. Please note that because the interviews take place over four years, some people's work and lives may have changed. The way they are titled below is how they were listed at the time of the interview.

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Podcast Interview San Francisco Director 41

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

We have set up a Web site, [link] , to share information and conversation about the ongoing review. Here is a partial list of what we’ve completed as part of this review: Program evaluation based on a sample of 169 OE grants closed in 2007-2009, conducted by TCC Group (2011). Interviews with approximately 30 grantees (April-June 2012).

Effective 96

Effective Program Work Review 96

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 9, 2009

" Look beyond the label - Refugee week 2009 - Interested in light-weight online campaigns that can really get people's attention and start conversations? If you are going to be in London July 6 - check this out! You can also follow it online at @RebootBritain and elsewhere.

Bookmarking 100

Bookmarking Web Delicious Profile 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

KD Paine and I had the pleasure of interviewing the Arlene McCrehan social media team at Goodwill for our soon to be launched book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Goodwill uses measurement and learning in its evolution into a networked nonprofit. ” # 150jobs – ow.ly/dm4V4.

Measure 103

Measure Twitter Campaign Celebrate 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2013

An online conversation led to a phone call, and in March 2009, Beth arrived here for what was originally envisioned as a nine-month Visiting Scholarship. If not more so. Luckily, two visionary colleagues of mine, Stephanie McAuliffe and Chris DeCardy, had the great good luck to connect with Beth Kanter.

Celebrate 116

Celebrate Foundation Chapter Social Media 116

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Second, in 2008 and 2009, when the economy dipped and membership renewal rates started to soften, we started to think more seriously about the emotional factor of supporting the arts in the community. This conversion is really important and it's just the beginning. It's true; this will extend the conversation in the lobby.

Interview 46

Interview Director Museum Arts 46

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

I have had the honor of working with Stephanie since 2009 when I arrived at the foundation as Visiting Scholar. Always had suggestions for someone to interview or a paper or book to read. When the book was published, she was one of the first people who posed with a photo of the book.

Wiki 101

Wiki California Philanthropy Boston 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Aliza and I ran into each other again in 2009 at the first Wisdom 2.0 This book is a manifesto for mindset change in our sector, raising the conversations about the importance of self-care. We are on a mission to identify and interview people who work for nonprofits about their stories of scaling self-care in their organizations.

Alaska 50

Alaska Nonprofit Internet Exercise 50

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

But I do love to share my ideas and experience with others and hope this is an opportunity to start many new conversations both with readers here and participants at the seminar. 2009 eNonprofit Benchmark Study. “I For more: Messages, Stories, and Conversations: Creating a Strategy for your organization and your supporters.

Social Media 105

Social Media Interaction Government Case Study 105

Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

On July 9, 2009 I interviewed David about Spot.us Below is an edited transcript of the interview which you also can listen to online , or subscribe to via iTunes. We started our conversation by David explaining what Spot.us We also did an interview with the reporter to get a feel for what went into the reporting.

Interview 40

Interview Fund Report Community 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

Jason Falls shares in a post about measuring engagement, " The problem with trying to determine ROI for social media is you are trying to put numeric quantities around human interactions and conversations, which are not quantifiable.". And, as stubborn as it sounds Mr. CEO, you don’t get money out of a conversation.". Do you agree?

ROI 74

ROI Social Media Media Measure 74

See3

JANUARY 21, 2009

On February 10th 2009 at the 3LD Art and Technology Center in New York City, social media guru Jeff Pulver is producing SocComm - The Social Communications Summit. SocComm will have a mixture of individual talks, on-stage interviews / conversations and a number of “group chat&# sessions. as of Jan 19, 2009).

New York 40

New York New York City Registration Journal 40

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Let’s start at the most fundamental place for this conversation. For this conversation, and those to have over the course of the next two days together at least, let’s work from the place that a movement is larger than coalitions. What is a movement? How many people hear that word and think it is just as generic as the word community?

Build 220

Build Community Technology Action 220

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Humberto Kam, Senior Manager of Online Communications for the Monterey Bay Aquarium, was kind enough sit down for an interview recently. The original Seafood Watch iPhone app was released in January 2009. The Pocket Guides are a great resource and conversation starters. Tell me about Seafood Watch. What are the program goals?

Mobile 111

Mobile Integration Strategy Green 111

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

FG 2015 takes this research a step further, exploring how behavioral segmentation, a reframe of the giving conversation, and use of select giving channels can increase and shift charitable giving. Because we live in a world where people want to express their ideas, share opinions and participate in the conversation.

Report 20

Report Donor Demographics Statistics 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

The following is a talk I gave about ROI for Social Media at the 2009 Social Tech Training in Toronto, ON. Forget brochure-speak — this is a world of conversations. It's up to you to go looking for the conversations you want to have. Choose timeframes that are small — having x positive conversations about your work per week.

ROI 50

ROI Social Media Measure Media 50

Care2

JANUARY 25, 2009

When: February 2, 2009 from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM. As part of the study they are inviting people who work in community organizing and progressive activist groups to participate in an online survey and an optional follow-up phone interview. When: January 28, 2009 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Check out the rest of the great panels here.

Case Study 28

Case Study DC United States Blogher 28

Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

For example, when NWLC’s Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights, Judy Waxman, was interviewed on MSNBC in a story about the failings of the individual health insurance market when it comes to women, we ran special ads on keywords we thought people might search for after watching the piece.

Google 31

Google Grant Adwords Social Media 31

Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

60) Search « Twestival: To Meet, Tweet And Raise $500K For Charity | Main | The Joys of Google Grants, Part 2 » Wednesday Feb 04 2009 Why Every Nonprofit Should Embrace the Web 2.0 February 5, 2009 | Emily I am not sure Id agree that CREATIVITY is so important. April 18, 2009 | Justin Farrow Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

Social Media 31

Social Media Web Advocacy Media 31

Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

so we had a particularly interesting angle for him on the story and I contacted him and was interviewed for the news that night. www.MHPonline.org April 22, 2009 | Rick Bernardo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com At Wellstone Action, its a running gag in our trainings that we say "Lawn signs dont vote!", All rights reserved.

Social Media 68

Social Media Twitter Action Advocacy 68

Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

60) Search « 5 Quick Steps to Better SEO | Main | Tech & Style Tips for Conducting Blog Interviews » Tuesday Mar 10 2009 Top 10 SXSW Interactive Panels Your Nonprofit Should Attend Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 05:27PM | by Allyson Kapin Are you planning to check out SXSW Interactive this year? Whitehouse.gov 2.0:

Social Media 44

Social Media Interaction Advocacy Online 44

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2010

Sunday, March 21, 2010 Do Exit Interviews Knowing why an employee leaves your company can help you to reduce your employee turnover rate. So, do an exit interview whenever possible with each departing employee. The book is a quick and handy resource for any leader, manager or Human Resource professional.

Interview 44

Interview Mentoring Kansas City Kansas 44

Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2011

Carol Baroudi is the lead author of the 2009 Wiley. ” TechSoup did a blog piece on the free HP sponsored shorter version of Green IT for Dummies back in 2009. Here’s my recent conversation with Carol Baroudi: TechSoup: Can you say a bit about your background before you started consulting with Redemtech?

Green 66

Green Authoring Interview Life 66

Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Mark’s infectious enthusiasm and evident passion for his cause make him an excellent story teller and his road trips have sparked a national conversation and movement. The UnRoad Trip - In summer 2009, Boaz Frankel undertook trip around the United States in 100 non-automobile forms of transportation and The UnRoad Trip was born.

Advocacy 72

Advocacy Community Build Storytelling 72

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around.

Interview 47

Interview Question Mentoring Kansas City 47

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

In September 2009, we launched mycharitywater.org , a website where anyone could give up a birthday, or run any type of fundraising campaign, for clean water any time of the year. But how are you measuring along the ladder of engagement – from awareness to conversion to donor. 3. What are your SMART objectives? Obviously $.

Interview 101

Interview Central African Republic Ethiopia Metrics 101

Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

In 2009 , students built a participatory exhibit from scratch. And the Xavier team took a photo of each visitor with his conversation and immediately uploaded it to Flickr , handing the visitor a card with a link to access the photo later. This year, we took a different approach. Dirty Laundry had buttons.

Participatory 51

Participatory Arts Audience Museum 51

Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

In this interview, she shares her insights into the strategic and the tactical information nonprofits might find useful as they consider their approach to using video to reach their communications goals. Has research been done to measure conversion rates, and, if so, what has it concluded? It depends on what your goals are.

YouTube 34

YouTube Social Media Video Advocacy 34

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Our conversation began with Laura explaining how the Secret Agent L project works. I started this project back in July of 2009 at the prompting of a friend who was out of state and was having a birthday. I remember, after I was interviewed on CNN , and the day after the CNN interview, I had almost 1,000 emails in my inbox.

Cancer 68

Cancer Photo Blackberry PDF 68

Care2

JULY 14, 2008

In this interview, she shares her insights into the strategic and the tactical information nonprofits might find useful as they consider their approach to using video to reach their communications goals. Has research been done to measure conversion rates, and, if so, what has it concluded? It depends on what your goals are.

YouTube 34

YouTube Video Social Media Advocacy 34

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

Submitted by Alan Levine, publisher of CogDogBlog Since it is already a week in the rear view mirror, this ought to be my last post about the 2009 NMC Summer Conference. Submitted by Alan Levine, publisher of CogDogBlog Since it is already a week in the rear view mirror, this ought to be my last post about the 2009 NMC Summer Conference.

Social Media 81

Social Media Media Social Flickr 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Note from Beth: I met Madeleine Taylor back in 2009 while I was Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. We draw a lot of network depictions on napkins and had an amazing conversation. I captured it in this blog post.

Evaluation 122

Evaluation Network Guide Foundation 122

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2009

Unfortunately, I had to cancel and asked Scott Henderson if he'd do on my behalf. I met Scott online over a conversation in the comments when I wrote some reflections about David Armano's personal fundraising campaign back in January. be prepared to converse and respond to people with little delay, and 6.

Causes 52

Causes Marketing Interview Pledge 52

Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

He was recently named 2009 Young Professional of the Year by the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. Below is an edited transcript of my Big Vision Podcast interview with Jose in late August. You can also listen to our conversation on iTunes. We interview the teams. The due diligence that we do is pretty extensive.

Oakland 61

Oakland San Francisco Companies Business 61

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

To do that, you need to ask specific questions that may not be ones you currently include in your exit interviews. Fortunately, Richard Finnegan, shares in his new book, Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad , four key questions you should include in your exit interviews: Why did you decide to leave us?

Mentoring 40

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Leadership 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone Every business leader should periodically call his/her company to observe how their customers are being treated by their employees -- because, all too often a phone conversation becomes a customer turnoff rather than a relationship builder.

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Service Mentoring Kansas City Kansas 40