Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

The 13 winners were selected from 60 finalists drawn from 1,702 nonprofit taglines submitted to the 2009 Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards competition. A great tagline can help people find you, too! 2009 TAGLINE AWARD WINNERS. 2009 TAGLINE AWARD WINNERS. Arts & Culture: Big Sky. Big History.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

I have been near Camden, Maine for the past few days at the PopTech 2009 Fellows Program as part of the PopTech 2009 conference ( streaming live ), which starts on Wednesday. I taught a very brief workshop in strategic social media using the social media strategy game. Having graphic notes during the workshop was an asset.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 9, 2009

I LOVE helping other women feel empowered to learn, share, and succeed in the technology sector, too. Women Who Tech TeleSummit: April 2009. The second annual Women Who Tech TeleSummit (which will take place in April 2009) is looking for panel suggestions. Ada Lovelace Day: March 24, 2009.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 10, 2008

In the last few months, I was involved in helping three organizations choose vendors for varied technology projects, and in the course of that time, I talked with almost a dozen technology vendors of one type or another. Also, in the middle of last year I participated in a ‘Running Small Group Sessions’ workshop.

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Evaluation Reflection Open Source Journal 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

For more in-depth learning experiences, I do a pre-workshop assessment, but for this mini-workshop I did a living assessment in the room. Contests have also helped inspire nonprofits—motivated by cash prizes —to dip their toes into the social fundraising waters.

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Community Giving Fundraising Contest 109

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The only way, in my view, to bring those you aren’t connected or participating online into the conversations, especially those on digital inclusion, to help shape policies and changes for creating one web that really does serve everyone. There are many ways you can participate in OWD09 and help celebrate the web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

GuideStar India - Networked NGO Workshops - Packard Grantees. In 2009, I was lucky enough to take a social network analysis workshop using a SNA free plugin for excel called NodeXL with Marc Smith , a sociologist specializing in the social organization of online communities and computer mediated interaction. Radio Bilingue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

For example, the game NeuroRacer can help the elderly improve their multitasking skills, with improvements in everyday activities that last for at least six months, according to a study published by a research team led by Dr. Adam Gazzaley. Games can also empower players to help solve seemingly impossible scientific problems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Here are six fantastic books that I read this year that help you gain 21st century skills like learning from failure, reflection, visualization, and more. This book will help. This book is filled with great tips on designing engaging learning experiences that help your participants connect, inspire, and engage. Schoemaker.

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Skills Network Technique Evaluation 105

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Can we help stimulate the creation of far more technology-for-good ventures? We want to help lead the charge into a future where the advantages of digital information touch the lives of all people, not just of the richest and most able five percent of humanity. How can our existing successful programs reach ten times more people?

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Literacy eBook United Kingdom Accessibility 158

See3

MAY 4, 2009

We’re back from 3 full days of the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference , and energized by meeting people doing such good work all around the world. Here is some help with links to all of our sessions and workshops at NTC09. You Made a Video, No What? New Video Platform. View more presentations from See3.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2015

We both had a front row seat at start of the Web Industry (back then we called it “New Media”), helping to shape how people use new digital technologies. Aliza and I ran into each other again in 2009 at the first Wisdom 2.0 Aliza was focused mostly in business sector, while I was focused on nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2011

It’s not every day that you come across high quality content shared freely with the community – it helps life all the boats. We’ve included red-letter dates to help spark your creativity on the conversations that will advance your cause via new media and traditional media opportunities. Flickr Photo by Yandel.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Hands-on Workshops for attendees. Three days of workshops, sessions, networking events and yes, BBQ from the Salt Lick (shout out to NTEN's Brett Meyer and his mad eating skills), left attendees ready to put their new learnings to action. Conference sessions are always great and full of tons of information.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 14, 2011

At Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), we use data to help us understand and communicate the financial reality facing nonprofit practitioners on the ground. In 2009, we conducted a broad financial overview of 70 domestic violence (DV) service providers, which was followed by a comparative financial analysis of 18 organizations in 2010.

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Research Data California Government 89

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Basically, if you click on the ads and make a purchase, I get a portion of the sale, which will help support my writing Have Fun Do Good, and my producing the Big Vision Podcast. I took Jennifer Lee's Right Brain Business Plan in-person, one-day workshop in November last year, and found it totally inspiring. class at Hipline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

In 2009, my three words were: Streamline, Weave, and Einstein. My sense is that becoming a master at networked learning helps you improve what you are doing in world that is changing so fast and is so complex. The process is simple: Think of how you want to be successful in the coming year. Then, try to think in even broader terms.

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Care2

APRIL 6, 2009

As part of a workshop on social media that I gave with Susan Mernit at the 2009 Women, Action & the Media conference, I pointed out Wellstone Action as an example of an organization that's doing great work on Twitter. DZ: Is there more than one person that tweets for your organization?

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Twitter Action Organization Broadcast 68

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 11, 2008

You can get involved with OTM's work by participating in an OTM workshop , becoming a member of their Ning social network , and taking the 2008 Seva Challenge. Suzanne of Suzanne's Seva Challenge was written up in her local newspaper: Yoga workshop inspires woman to help Cambodian kids. The second program is What's Your Tree?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 22, 2009

"It's been said that our true calling in life is where our heart's greatest gladness meets the world's deepest need." --First Lady Michelle Obama at the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service. We believe that the only way to build that new foundation for our economy is to establish a new role for service in this country."

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

After the workshop, I wondered how @wellstoneaction planned their Twitter usage-- were they really some sort of non-profit advocacy Twitter mastermind, as Id suspected? I said, "I dont know if this will be valuable, but it cant hurt," and any tactic that could help raise our profile was received well.

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Social Media Twitter Action Advocacy 68

Care2

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

There are a several great workshops, trainings, and webinars happening in the nonprofit world over the next couple of weeks. When: September 25, 2009 at 3PM EDT. Check out some of my favorites below! Integrated Social Media Strategy.Solving the Social Media Puzzle. Sign up at the New Organizing Institute.

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United States Case Study Social Media Storytelling 43

Care2

MARCH 6, 2009

This survey is designed to answer questions like "buy or build," to give nonprofits benchmarks, and to help move beyond anecdotal data about social network use. Integrated Online Communications Strategy Workshop. To help address this crisis, UNICEF launched the Tap Project.

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Synchronous United States Social Network Survey 28

NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

She is an in-demand keynote speaker and workshop facilitator. Named one of the most influential women in technology by Fast Company and one of BusinessWeek’s “Voices of Innovation for Social Media,” Beth was Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation 2009-2013. She is also a certified executive coach.

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Causes Nebraska North Carolina Lecture 28

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 27, 2011

Within an hour (and with a huge helping hand from social media), thousands had mobilized and gathered all over the United States to celebrate, remember, and embrace. It was completed and published in November 2009. Clearly, participation is in, and passive observation is out. Click here to download a PDF copy.

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Social Media Research Media Social 77

Care2

JANUARY 25, 2009

When: February 2, 2009 from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM. Wade Hudson, co-founder of the Progressive Resource Catalog and the Strategy Workshop , an informal association of activists and organizers, are studying ways to help progressive activists become more effective and get results. When: January 28, 2009 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 7, 2010

Last year I wrote about my Kumbaya Moments at the NTEN Conference in San Francisco and I’m looking forward to more this year, but I thought I’d start off with a few tips that I’ve found helpful to get the most out of the NTC whether you’re here or not. First off, watch for the #10ntc hash tag.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

AARP California Twitter Account Last week at the WeAreMedia Workshop, someone asked a question about babyboomers and social media use. It’s critical that nonprofits use 2009 as an opportunity to go where their target audiences increasingly are—which is online. Is it only younger people who are using social media. I answered no.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

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. A co-branded advocacy road trip could help you realize the seed of a larger partnership. They shared updates on the tour blog , Flickr , and YouTube.

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Advocacy Community Build Storytelling 72

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 25, 2011

Nonprofit Finance Fund recently completed its third annual "State of the Nonprofit Sector" survey with the help of nearly 2,000 nonprofit leaders nationwide. Since we started this undertaking in 2009, weve heard each year that demand is on the rise, and that remains the expectation for 2011. March 29, 2011 10:54 AM Kayla said.

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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. You might see an over representation of Point Lobos- this is because of the pre-conference digital photography workshop a few of us (including me!)

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Social Media Media Social Flickr 81

Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

But if learners don’t see the value in spending time on your content, it’s not going to matter whether it’s packaged into fifteen minutes once a week or a three-day workshop. Think of those Google Alerts you excitedly set up in 2008 and haven’t read since 2009. Plateau of Productivity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Given my right brained, non-linear and visual way of presenting ideas, I thought it might be helpful to write up a few notes about the above talk. Community Building and Social Networking: If you want to build an online community for knowledge or skill sharing, using social network tools like Ning will help you get there.

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Marketing Blackboard Social Social Media 70

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I''ve spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums. In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean''s book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions.

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Museum Question Participatory Evaluation 45

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

During the workshop, we will present traditional community organizing principles and methods of campaign mapping. Each group will present its campaign strategy and tactics to the entire workshop. Workshop leaders will offer feedback and evaluation. We’ll use the TSdigs event in October 2009 as a case study.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I've spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums. In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean's book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

In other words, don’t make a copies for a workshop, or for a colleague who isn’t inside your organization, and definitely don’t make a copy for your mother to read. If you want to help figure it out, I would be very grateful. Going green helps readers, of course. Below is his response.

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