Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

Semphonic President and Conference Founder Gary Angel says " What a gift to have the best minds in the industry to work together and the big bonus is helping 2 chosen non-profit organizations."" " Now that's a different question, one that's not as simple to answer for most of us. "" Apply today!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

While I have been doing content curation for the past twenty years that I’ve worked as a technology trainer, in July, 2011 I discovered the Scoop.It Jarche mentions some techniques from three different curators on how to add value. As Robin points it, this is a terrific checklist for the curator’s work flow.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2012

This kind of phenomenon can be seen in a 2011 joint report from Social Finance, Inc. The intermediary only pays the return on the investment for programs that work, based on the findings of independent evaluators. Outcomes were evaluated based on the number of times the ex-offender was reconvicted. The Role of Evaluation.

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Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Your project supervisor oversees every part of your gala, coordinating different team members to ensure your event sticks to your planned schedule. Tech experts are responsible for making sure your software is working and can step in to fix any technical issues that might occur during your gala. Activity coordinators. Tech experts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Beth’s Blog, September 2011. Upwell, an organization incubated by the Ocean Conservancy and that works in a different way to support Ocean Conservation is using social media data, campaign experiments, and failing fast and learning fast to get impact. Disaster work. Beth Kanter, “ Data Informed. Not Data Driven.”

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Care2

APRIL 18, 2014

The study looked at peer-to-peer giving across 39 organizations over the last 3 years (from 2011 to 2013). Does it work? This steady growth of peer-to-peer fundraising is a good sign for nonprofits, and Blackbaud asks you to consider a few insights to really evaluate the giving within your own organization.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 26, 2012

I re-evaluated the mission and audience of the organization and found a healthy mix. That’s what social media is about…using the various channels for something different and creative that brings a unique experience to your audience. The Facebook and Twitter pages had already been set up, but they were scarcely used. Like this article?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

There are three main types of crowdsourcing: Work, Input and Action. Each type dictates a different process and therefore requires different measurement and analysis methods. For clarification, “Work” means any process that requires actual efforts that are usually compensated in some way. Measuring Work.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2016

They wanted to help museums and galleries across the UK make significant, sustained changes in the ways they engage community partners and visitors as participants in their work. Dr. Bernadette Peters' provocative 2011 report, Whose Cake is it Anyway? Extra credit if you read the Our Museum evaluation (or its summary ) as well.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, April 15, 2011 Research Friday: What It Takes to Lead and Manage a Nonprofit Organization posted by Laura L. NMI students agree; however, they additionally rank high their interest in learning about strategic planning, board governance, grant writing, marketing, program evaluation, and social entrepreneurship.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The evidence flies in the face of some underlying, pervasive assumptions: namely, that people work primarily for money and that the best incentives to keep people motivated and productive are financial. It turns out that most people do their best work when they are motivated by something other than money. You probably knew this.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Note: the title of this post pays homage to Elaine Heumann Gurian''s excellent and quite different 1981 essay of the same title. It looks different in different types of institutions.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the September 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Though each tool is a little different, they all create opportunities for your organization to start conversations and to show the personal side of, and the personalities behind, your work. Working for what?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of a case study in the March 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. M+R Strategic Services has been working with Oxfam America, an international relief organization, since 2002. Then we planned a series of tests to evaluate everything from our messaging to nuts-and- bolts fundraising tactics.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

This morning, I had the huge honor of presenting the keynote at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, ON. 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. The full keynote and presentation are below.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Last week was the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference and not only did I have the pleasure of presenting a couple sessions, it was also my first NTC as a staffer, as I joined NTEN earlier this month. From listening, to creating to evaluating and then back to the listening again so that you can modify and then evaluate, and so on.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 18, 2011

Maybe it’s a little late to start thinking about resolutions since we’re already 18 days into 2011 but better to make them late than not at all, right? Resolve to… Listen to your users by conducting periodic reviews of your analytics data and/or surveying them about what works and what doesn’t work on your website.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 9, 2014

In 2011, we wanted to evaluate our Bowl for Kids Sake website to see what was working and what might need to be updated. We went through a similar process in 2012, although with a slightly different group of agencies. For us, this meant working cross-functionally within our office. Take it away Jennifer.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

But it would never work in my museum because my boss would never go for it.” The leadership environment Leaders (whether on a team, in a department or institution-wide) have to be open to taking risks, trying new things, evaluating and learning from failures. The leadership environment is key. You’ll have to be patient and persistent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Also, given the different benefits and limitations of different mobile platforms, I wanted to learn more about how they navigate different mobile platforms. The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program works to transform seafood markets in ways that create incentives for sustainable fishing and fish-farming practices.

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

These quotes and the rest found in this post are from the NTC evaluation.) Learning that other non-profits were working through the same issues my organization is going through, whether it be applying technology, buy-in from stakeholders, etc. The community showed up for the 2012 NTC. 1772 to be exact. Draw, don't write!

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2013

When I came to the museum in May of 2011, we were on the brink of closure financially. Being a strong community hub requires bringing people together across difference, encouraging bridging experiences instead of targeting a specific audience. At the same time, our community relevance was limited. More audience. More money. No problem.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Stacey Marie Garcia came to the MAH first as a graduate intern in the summer of 2011. Assess and Respond to Community Assets and Needs If you want to activate community engagement in your programs, you first need to work together with your communities to determine their diverse needs, assets and interests.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Friday, December 24, 2010 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Having a mentor is one of the best things you can do to advance your career as a leader. So, decide today to secure a mentor who will work with you during 2011. Plan to work with your mentor for no less than three months, and ideally for six months or longer.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls As the year comes to a close its likely time for many business leaders to tackle the annual performance appraisal process. So, here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2013

We also have 75 new friends, slightly bleary from the experience, which felt like one part intense work project, one part marathon, one part hallucinogenic love-in. It felt great to once again be working with people--brainstorming exhibit challenges, editing label text, even just messing around on the player piano together.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. There are a few core elements of the way communities work that we can learn from as a model for innovation as well. Why Community?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? To make matters worse, Charity Navigator seemed standoffish and unwilling to work with the field or adjust its approach despite some pretty obvious shortcomings in its methods. posted by Mark Hager, Ph.D. But thats okay.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, December 28, 2010 A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 I heard this advice quoted the other day and wanted to share it. Do more than dream: work. All great advice for leaders and managers as we start 2011. All great advice for leaders and managers as we start 2011. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011 "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks StLouis magazine is featuring in its January issue 60 companies that they deemed "great places to work". Helping those companies to earn that honor are the perks they give their employees, some of which you might want to consider for 2011.

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NetWits

AUGUST 2, 2012

In fact, in a 2011 report, consumers spoke very loudly that they expect companies to drive social and environmental change and that they will reward these efforts. They don’t work. Step 1 – Evaluate Your Assets. The goal here is not to be perfect – BE DIFFERENT. Then match to the right companies and get to work.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 19, 2010

Saturday, June 19, 2010 How To Help Your Employees Click More At Work Research from universities around the country show that employees who "click" with each other at work have more career success. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Sunday, September 26, 2010 How To Create A "Best Places To Work" Company Overland Park, Kansas-based author Leigh Branham, along with Mark Hirschfeld, recently completed a survey of 10,000 employees in 43 states to better understand what separates a "best places to work" company from other companies. Make conversation with your team.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

In the analog way of working, we have some really beautiful pieces. We thought about technology as something that took time, required a lot of maintenance and work, and was usually best kept confined to as few staff members as possible. If facebook was blocked, then start working on facebook at home. So let’s dive in!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

There is an important difference between giving your employees positive feedback and giving them praise. Praise, often one-or two-sentence statements, such as “Keep up the good work,&# without positive feedback leaves employees with empty feelings. I appreciate all the work you’ve put into it, as do your team members.&#

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2010

Sunday, October 17, 2010 What To Think About For Next Year Hopefully, 2011 will be better for most businesses. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Make conversation with your team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2010

ToneCheck , a software program that works with Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010, helps to ensure your tone is clearly communicated and understood. The program evaluates words and phrases for the intensity of eight primary emotions, allowing you to adjust the overall tone before you send your message.

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