Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). New Report: 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study | NTEN – "A high unsubscribe rate is bad, right? Would love to hear your thoughts!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/PanCAN , twitter.com/Advocate4PanCAN. The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious. Organization: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. gid=104492.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Debbie Laskey: In the CORNER OFFICE section of The New York Times , there was a memorable interview on January 29, 2011, entitled, " Hey, Rock Stars: Take Your Show SomeplaceElse ," conducted by Adam Bryant of Michael Lebowitz, founder and CEO of Big Spaceship, a digital marketing and communications agency. Do you agree with this approach?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Note From Beth: Back in 2011, I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson and Jai Sen from Sen Associates where I learned about research study they were conducting about social media use in the arts. How Strong Is Your Social Net? Research Studies'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

One of the fun exercises I facilitated is a “Fishbowl” where a small group of participants go through the process of generating ideas for an editorial calendar based on their key goals and audience definition. A must for any organization of any size.” – Erin Fogg, 2011. The 2014 version – new and improved has arrived!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Twitter: twitter.com/nwf. While the giants (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) are great for outreach and relationship-building, we’ve had surprising successes with StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Plancast and other sites. Twitter was the most useful for connecting with individuals. What is on your To Do List for 2011?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

Last month, the Japan earthquake and tsunami occurred on March 11th 2011, the first day of the conference. Within 30 minutes, I registered a domain name, launched a fundraising site on CauseVox , and seeded it with key influencers on Twitter to help build momentum. —– Were you at SXSW this year?

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NTEN

JUNE 2, 2011

As Facebook reaches 600 million users in January 2011, social media continues to attract attention from nonprofits internationally. Don’t stop there; also check Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Tip(s): Twitter campaigns are a great way to drive donations around a specific event or campaign. Define your target audience.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " 2011: The Year the Check-in Died – "Early last year, "checking in" was the cool new craze.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Twitter: @ HumaneSociety , @ cariegrls. We’re using Facebook primarily, Twitter for feedback, dabbling in Foursquare, and starting our LinkedIn presence. Twitter is the one that surprised me the most. For us, Twitter is primarily a public relations/customer service tool. What is on your To Do List for 2011?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

According to a November 2011 study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project , 66% of adult Internet users are using a social networking site, up from 30% in 2008. Keep Your Audience Engaged. Social media networks like Facebook and Twitter enable organizations to connect with an audience through fans and followers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/taprootfound. Megan: We currently have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Jumo, YouTube and Vimeo. Twitter and Facebook have been crucial in recruiting new pro bono consultants and connecting with nonprofits that could benefit from our Service Grant projects. Website: www.taprootfoundation.org.

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NetWits

MARCH 11, 2012

Create content that attracts the audience you’re targeting with the goal of getting them to interact with you. He’s the 2011 March of Dimes National Ambassador. The app prompts users to share their photo matches with friends on Twitter, Facebook and on the Best Friend’s User Generated Content Dog Wall.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in the final #zoogood Twitter chat of 2010. Who is the target audience? What is your message and what do you want the audience to do? How do your all your communication channels work together to inform, engage, and motivate? Is mobile the best way to reach your target audience?

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Care2

APRIL 9, 2014

Check out the email list growth over the last few years of different sized nonprofits (orange: 2011, yellow: 2012, and blue: 2013) -. Social media audiences continue to grow at a much faster rate than email or website traffic. Social media audiences continue to grow at a much faster rate than email or website traffic.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 26, 2012

Besides a website, the musts of nonprofit social media include a Facebook page and Twitter account. The Facebook and Twitter pages had already been set up, but they were scarcely used. I re-evaluated the mission and audience of the organization and found a healthy mix. There’s really nothing to lose! Like this article?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Last week, I facilitated an interactive keynote in Seattle at 2011 Tech for Good Leadership Summit sponsored by Microsoft Community Affairs , in partnership with NPower Seattle. By all accounts , the event held the space for peer learning. Don’t Just Research Your Audience, Make Them Part of the Presentation.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. And I think where Millennials make the greatest impact is when they realize their capabilities to teach and that there's an audience that wants to teach. How can you engage a wider audience that isn't just the same audience?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

If you are wondering about the chart, it came a cool free tool called “ Export.ly “ It will analyze your Twitter audience, Facebook page, and even your email box by grabbing the data and dumping it into a spreadsheet. Top 10 Young Nonprofit Bloggers to Watch in 2011. I used it analyze the Facebook page.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 18, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Fear not, nonprofit professionals! May 11, 2011 2:34 PM Sparkplug said. Love, AN NPO professional who is headed to a tropical beach tomorrow and definitely not bringing the iPhone she can't unlock anyway :) ~Genevieve May 12, 2011 12:11 PM Aaron Stiner said. Great post, Aaron.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

Time Magazine provocatively named “The Protester” as its 2011 “Person of the Year” for its riveting influence on last year’s social and political events. Chalk up my vote for 2011’s “Best Debut Artist” and “Best Supporting Actor.”. Facebook, Twitter and text messaging are also in the pipeline.

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NTEN

JUNE 14, 2012

Last summer, we pulled together data from some of the country’s leading nonprofits to bring you the 2011 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook report, laying out basic benchmarks for nonprofit pages on Facebook. Feel free to ask us on Facebook or Twitter (with the hashtag #FBmetrics), or you can save up your questions for the webinar on June 26.

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Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and any other social media platforms your nonprofit uses allow your marketing team to quickly reach out to a wide audience at minimal cost. Make sure to be conscious of the expectations of each platform, so your team can design materials that will resonate with each audience. Social media.

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NTEN

JANUARY 7, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference ? What they came up with is amazing: 5 pages of audience breakdown, strategies, and tactics not just to market the event, but to engage participants -- both on-site in DC and remotely. We have a small event coming up. Maybe you've heard of it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

We used Dave Gray’s “ Board Thing ” online tool to crowdsource questions to discuss from the audience. ” She has a wonderful Twitter stream called “ Learning Flow ” that is a continuous learning stream of short activities (15-20 minutes) a day. He asked to reflect on our network map.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 29, 2011

The Online Community MeetUp ended 2011 by shifting the focus to the meetup organizers – the TechSoup Online Community and Social Media Team. With more than 5,000 Facebook fans, 12,000 Twitter followers, and 30,000 views on YouTube , TechSoup is doing well on social media.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Live-tweeting -- the kind of tweeting where you replay to your Twitter followers what people are saying at an event in real time -- is something that seems to be gaining popularity at conferences around the nonprofit circuit. It can be fun to do on your own (like at NTC 2011 ), but it can have real benefits for your organization too.

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NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

In his keynote address for South by Southwest Interactive in 2011, Seth Priebatsch of SCVNGR demonstrated how game mechanics can motivate real-world action by distributing different-colored cards to the audience, giving them rules (no talking, no moving from your seat) then having them exchange cards until each row had the same color.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

The cute animal theory has not gone unnoticed by nonprofits, even those that are not animal welfare organizations, zoos or aquariums are sharing content featuring cute animals on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Specific measurable objectives included: Increase page likes to 12,000 by 12/31/2011 (achieved on 12/1/11).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

I’m at the Innogive 2011 Conference today. Here’s a summary of the highlights of the conversation: Before I dive into the content, I had the pleasure of experimenting with a text polling app to find out the composition of the audience and their experience with the panel topic. Text Poll App from MobileCause.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2015

Many of these stories, however, are only as good as their delivery strategy or the platforms used to connect them to wider audiences. The act of bridging demographics and bringing audiences into your "virtual living room," wherever that may be, is a powerful tool in shaping and delivering your story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2010

At last year’s IS conference, some participants (mostly NGEN participants) used social media tools to share their learnings with their networks through tools like Twitter, Blogs, and Facebook. 2. To capture summaries of the 2010 conference to show the richness of the content as a means to promote the event for 2011.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

While they had a relatively smaller number of followers on Twitter or Facebook, they had focused on engaging their community online. They enlisted help from board members on Twitter, but being organized with a plan and timeline for asks was critical to their success. They have connected with many organizations on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

grist.org has succeeded in connecting with a younger audience that not only reads its content but is also inspired to take action. grist.org’s ladder of engagement is elegantly simple and illustrates how their audience makes this journey from passive consumers of information to sustainable living champions.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

The organization I helped found as Colorectal Cancer Coalition in 2005 officially became Fight Colorectal Cancer on Monday, March 6, 2011. Yes, that's Farra in the video doing a lot of the talking at the conference room table: Our annual Call-on Congress event had long been scheduled for March 8-9, 2011. Sounded perfect.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

So, let’s get out the nonprofit vote for the nonprofit panels at SXSW 2011 ! Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands. What should we be building to help artists make and sell art, engage their audiences, and connect to other artists?

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