Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Date :October 24-25, 2012. Understanding who you are working with and the kinds of content you want to create and share, will help you then build engaging and valuable social media channels. Location : Lexington, KY. Topic : Community-Driven Planning: Creating a Social Media Strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Then I build out the content and discussion questions. In reviewing the data and themes from the audience input, some terrific questions about engagement popped out: How can we become better at using social media so that our channels experience more engagement and convert people to get involved? How can we get people to talk to us?

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. The Center wanted to expand its reach, connections, and impact using social media and received grant funding in 2011 for social media planning and implementation through 2012.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

But first steps first… 11 New Year’s resolutions for nonprofit social media managers: 1) Create a “Thank You” video(s) for your 2012 fundraising campaigns. It’s for this reason that Accuracy in Media made my 2012 Favorite Nonprofits list. WWF Mobile. WWF Desktop. Wrap your head around the Cloud.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

M-Changa also makes it easy for NGOs to account for funds coming in from multiple paymnet channels with automatic reporting and statements. Matt first learned about crowdfunding when he was raising funds to volunteer in Southeast Asia in 2012. Other challenges for NGOs receiving payments include security, trust and misuse of funds.

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Care2

MARCH 12, 2012

The 30-minute “Kony 2012” video produced by the nonprofit Invisible Children , which generated over 70M views on YouTube over the past week, has caused a firestorm in the nonprofit community. This video is what we believe to be the first part of a multi-pronged approach for their 2012 campaign to lobby the U.S.

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2013

We use this analogy to help students remember that when interacting and communicating with others, there is much underneath the surface that remains to be discovered through conversation and engagement. In our experience, effective engagement and monitoring of social media in this way can help reveal the “hidden” 90%.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

I also wanted to learn what their techniques would be for using social media ambassadors and experience it as a social media ambassador first-hand so it could help me advise nonprofits. One channel that they are using is Giving Tuesday Google Hangout. Empathy is an excellent marketing strategy tool. What is a social media ambassador?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

This week Idealware released the much-anticipated 2012 edition of our free Consumers Guide to Low-Cost Nonprofit Management Systems. Allowing visitors to sign in using their Facebook and Twitter accounts can make it easier for them to share your nonprofit’s information with their networks and followers.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the June 2012 issue of NTEN:Change. By Laura Quinn, Idealware Odds are good that your organization is using multiple communications channels to reach people, from social media to direct mail and email to websites and blogs. Let’s look at them one at a time.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

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. "" Apply today!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Here is a short list of innovations that happened after online giving began in 1999: Airbnb, Android, Bitcoin, Chrome, Dropbox, Etsy, Facebook, Github, Hashtags, iPod, iPhone, iPad, jQuery, Kindle, LinkedIn, MySpace, Netflix, Oculus Rift, Pinterest, Reddit, Slack, Tesla, Twitter, USB Flash Drive, Venmo, Wii, Xbox, YouTube, and the Zettabyte.

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Care2

DECEMBER 30, 2012

According to the 2012 Nonprofit benchmark Social Network Benchmarking Report, 98% of nonprofits didn’t raise a dime on Facebook, which is second most trafficked site on the web in the U.S. Nonprofits appear to have had slightly more success raising money on Twitter with an estimated 14% of nonprofits raising between $1 and $1,000.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Their marketing has tangible results: in 2012 alone they raised $33 million, and over $8 million of that was raised through their online fundraising platform. You can then make each testimonial a piece of content for your social channels by quoting the best parts in an image. followers on Twitter and nearly 10k followers on Instagram.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

For example, when the first Kony 2012 campaign video was released and went “viral” it helped energize their own constituents. However, many people in Northern Uganda (who this was ultimately about helping) felt that it over simplified the impact Kony had on millions of people in the region.

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Givinga

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In 2012, total contributions stood at just $12 million; by 2017, they reached $274 million.¹ This will increase the number of participants, helping you get more (and bigger) donations to increase your impact. GivingTuesday, which trends on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram each year, is a key reason for the event’s rapid growth.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

As an independent filmmaker, Windy has produced and directed promotional videos, films, and documentaries, including “The Tillamook Burn” (2003), “The ‘D’ Word: Understanding Dyslexia” (Sundance 2012), and “The Eyes of Thailand” (2012). His forthcoming. employers in Brazil and the US.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The presentation draws from a 2012 survey of the “ Always On Generation ” that provides insights from experts on the benefits and drawbacks of a hyperconnected life and how it is rewiring the young people’s brains.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 4, 2012

In January of this year, nonprofit organization Invisible Children released “Kony 2012,” a video about Joseph Kony. Using Facebook and Twitter, signers have shared this petition with their followers and friends. Here are some helpful tips that will get you organized and help build a strong community online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels. For example, use Twitter lists to track alums and subscribe to their Facebook updates. The event also had a hashtag which makes it easy for those on Twitter to find and connect.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Since both apps allow you to share your video creations on other sites (such as Twitter and Facebook), Instagram and Vine videos are a low-cost and low-tech way to create and share short videos with any audience. You can also share Instagram videos on Facebook, Twitter, and other channels. Storymakers resources and how-tos.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

In the spirit of helping others, Amazon recently announced a new option for gift giving that benefits nonprofits and charities. Selling more online than its next 12 biggest competitors combined (see the Wall Street Journal story), this online giant took home $61 billion in online sales in 2012. attempt to alter shopping behavior.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2016

Social media listening (or social media monitoring) is the practice of paying close attention to digital channels when conversations relevant to your cause are being discussed. Whether the debate surrounds a keyword, organization or issue, understanding the dialogue can help you engage the people driving the conversation.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

As an independent filmmaker, Windy has produced and directed promotional videos, films, and documentaries, including “The Tillamook Burn” (2003), “The ‘D’ Word: Understanding Dyslexia” (Sundance 2012), and “The Eyes of Thailand” (2012). Aaron Bramley - Lights Camera Help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Using it as a diagnostic to help networks of similar nonprofits learn best practices from each other. Here’s a guest post about the a group of organizations and projects working Global Health and Development are using it. Social Media Benchmarking: Gauging Success for Project and Organizations in Global Health and Development.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Greg Ligon, our guest blogger for the Social Media for Nonprofits conference, is an online communications professional with experience in building a brand via online channels, social media communications, and website content development. Learn more about Greg on LinkedIn. Happy People Give More and Giving People Are Happier.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

Laura Quinn shared her ideas at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , in a session called More Than Apps: Affordable Program Delivery Through Mobile Phones. Quinn also discussed how mobile technologies can help you have conversations with your constituents in interesting ways. helps users make sustainable seafood choices.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

Photos that help tell your story. Great photos can help ensure your story gets picked up. Dozer had an official role in the Maryland Half Marathon in 2012 and 2013. Create a “surround sound” effect with Facebook and Twitter. Social media channels are essential tools for extending your reach.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 10, 2013

He has helped raised over a billion dollars for his clients. Some interesting and helpful data emerged, including some specific information about how each generation approaches social networks. Twitter use increased by 20% from our 2010 study to 59%. Twitter use increased by 20% since 2010 to 47%.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 13, 2012

From the annual fund to major gift solicitation, there is heavy lifting to do at every step of the process and any help you can get – especially in volunteer form – ultimately makes your efforts more fruitful. Check out what The University of Minnesota has done with its YouTube channel. Author: Guest Blogger.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 18, 2015

Back in early 2012, when we heard the first whisperings of what would become #GivingTuesday , it didn’t take much for me to say, “Now this is interesting… I’m in.” I love #GivingTuesday. If you know me, this doesn’t come as much of a surprise. ” (Tweet this). Why is this so important?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

What we learned from Tag and it’s follow up campaign, “ Follow the Leader ” was that for us, people that wanted to engage in a learning community around volunteerism were different from those that wanted to respond to a straightforward call to action. This insight helped us develop a ladder of engagement hypothesis for our community engagement.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

It has been described as the ladder of engagement, and has been used to famous effect by the Obama campaign in 2012. Here are 6 tips to help you create content that stands out from the noise: Make somebody accountable for creating great content. Publish and republish content in multiple formats and channels.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 27, 2011

Maintain them and help them grow through communication! And while youre at it, check out some of our other forum videos on the ASU Lodestar Centers YouTube Channel. It's satisfying to know that we've helped them get started on the discussion and because of that they will keep it going and act on what's discussed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2011

There are two cohort groups, one working on strategic use of a single channel and a more advanced group working on an integrated strategy. With both, the process begins with setting SMART objectives and Kami Huyse points out why this is important. It also helps to break down your goal into monthly or quarterly benchmarks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

In 2014, it rang in the new year with a new series of its Internet data reports , which aggregate a range of statistics to help make some sense of what’s happening in terms of Internet usage around the globe. It also appears that social media is now an engrained part of the lives of people across different demographic groups.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 9, 2012

It is critical that you clearly define which social media channels participants join your online communities compared to the resources available for them to use in their social networks. Be sure to make the webpage user friendly and clearly identify the actions steps needed for each opportunity. Include icons and links.

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