Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 17, 2012

Date : January 17, 2012, 6 pm EST. Location : New York, NY. Description : To launch the whitepaper, Philanthropy and Social Media, presented by The Institute for Philanthropy and The Indigo Trust, this panel discussed the impact of social media on philanthropy and giving from various perspectives. Topic : Philanthropy and Social Media.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

According to the Foundation Center’s analysis of data from the National Center for Charitable Statistics, there are approximately 1.5 Blackbaud says it still gets calls from GiftMaker users, and we get questions from GMP users on TechSoup’s forums ( here's one from June 2012 ). That discussion continued on my blog. That’s about.026

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DECEMBER 6, 2012

The audience includes top corporate CSR executives, venture capital investors, government leaders, foundations, nonprofits, and social entrepreneurs. The agenda includes discussion and presentation of the innovative projects and approaches and the challenges of scaling social change.

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MARCH 29, 2012

The 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference kicks off on Tuesday and the event to attend is the Science Fair! In celebration of our 40th birthday on April 1, 2012, CDS Global is bringing the party to NTC 2012! The Foundation Center. Our experts will also be on hand to discuss the Informz difference. CDS Global.

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MARCH 21, 2018

The 2012 State of the Work Report shows that “people of color make up 37 percent of program offices at foundations…21 percent of U.S. managerial/professional workforce, but only 10-17 percent of CEO and board leadership at foundations” (Ryan, 2012, p. Council of Michigan Foundations. 2017, October 5). Trower, C.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Foundation Review (Vol 5:3) Makes the case that most foundation strategies are unfolding in complex and dynamic environments, and foundations need a more committed approach to learning and strategic adaptation. Larry McGill, “ Data for Good.”

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

Many thanks to our generous hosts including the Foundation Center/SF, Zero Divide, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, TechSoup Global, and Stanford University. October 23, 2012 at 10 am PST/1:00 PM EST. October 23, 2012 at 10 am PST/1:00 PM EST. Workshop: Washington, DC Foundation Center. Keep them coming.

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JULY 23, 2012

Note from Beth : This is an ongoing series from the Organizational Effectiveness Program team at the Packard Foundation about developing their program funding strategy in an open way or what has been dubbed “Learning In Public.” Guest Post by the Packard Foundation OE Team. Goals and Strategies for the OE Program.

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MARCH 25, 2012

Lynda Frost from the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, Becky Hayes Boober from the Maine Health Access Foundation, and Karen Linkins from Desert Vista Consulting led a fabulous session showing how three different health initiatives have successfully integrated services and advocacy to achieve true systems change.

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MARCH 18, 2012

My worry is that, too often, we do not root our discussions in the essentials of goals and strategy. Discussions about tactics and approaches – from PRIs to capacity building to scaling to networks to use of social media – happen outside of a context of clarity about the most fundamental questions: What are our goals? To What End?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

Last conducted in 2008, this study of primarily US foundations found that there was little to no change in the degree to which grantmakers incorporated practices deemed important to the success of grantees. The survey will be one of the centerpieces of discussion at this year’s GEO conference being held in Seattle, March 12-14.

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MARCH 15, 2012

Lynda Frost of the Hogg Foundation talked about funding integrated mental health services and how that Foundation was able to be the neutral convener of stakeholders to discuss policy. Colby, Vice President, Research and Evaluation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Can you have your cake and eat it too? When does it work?

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MARCH 14, 2012

The GEO 2012 conference is off to a great start. At the “Learning in Public” breakout session, Beth Kanter, Jared Raynor (TCC Group) and Kathy Reich (David and Lucile Packard Foundation) sharing the Packard Foundation’s experience with learning in public. How many hours could be freed up across the foundation?

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

stephen blyth (@sablyth) October 9, 2012. October 16 from 10-12 noon, SF Foundation Center – Measuring the Networked Nonprofit Workshop. October 17 from 4-6 pm, Book Party and Discussion – hosted by ZeroDivide, Northern California Grantmakers, and the Levi Strauss Foundation. measure-networ… DM me.

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MAY 23, 2012

In past posts we’ve discussed some ways to create an experience during an event to let these repeat performers know they’re highly valued, but remember that you can achieve this same effect online as well. Another way the folks at the Maine Cancer Foundation support their fundraisers is through their email “Trophy Case”.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. While driving to work recently I heard an NPR report about philanthropic giving in the US; but it was not the numbers I had just read in Giving USA 2012 published by the Giving USA Foundation and compiled by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.

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MARCH 16, 2012

GEO’s 2012 National Conference shares a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and presents opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. Carrie Avery is president of the Durfee Foundation , a family foundation in Los Angeles, California.

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MARCH 15, 2012

During the facilitated discussion session at GEO’s National Conference in Seattle it was my great privilege to convene a group of brave pioneers. Yet foundation staff charged with organizational learning responsibilities are still charting a new course in our field. How to set aside time for reflection and learning.

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NTEN

JANUARY 23, 2012

To help you find rides and roommates, we’ve started a couple of discussion threads on myNTC. >> Join the Ride Share discussion on myNTC here. >> Find a roommate in this discussion on myNTC. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Nonprofit Seminar at the 2012 NTC. CiviCon 2012. >> Looking for a ride?

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

I was in NYC over the weekend and Monday to attend and speak at the Mashable Social Good Summit , a three-day conference featuring discussions and presentations with global social activists, organizations, and new media experts. Al Gore (@algore) September 23, 2012. Sharifa Al-Barami (@OmnEntrepreneur) September 22, 2012.

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MARCH 12, 2012

I am doing a session called “ Learning in Public ” with Kathy Reich, Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, TCC Group. The conference is sold out and if you want to keep up with all the ideas coming out of the conference, you can follow the discussion on Facebook, Twitter (use #2012GEO, the official twitter hashtag).

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2012

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. They do it through corporate foundations, intermediary charities such as United Way, and by directly supporting social causes. Retrieved April 9, 2012, from Stanford Social -Innovation Review: Informing and Inspiring Leaders of Social Change: [link] [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

At the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, we had a paradigm shift. In a previous session at GEO, Marie Colombo said that the Skillman Foundation had to create a new job—program officer for change making— who does not give away grants, but is involved in social change. It didn’t involve young people or some of us dying off.

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MARCH 15, 2012

While I lead Evaluation and Learning at The MasterCard Foundation, part of my job is to help us be transparent about what we are learning. Among the many things I like about our Foundation, one of them is that we are working with all of our partners to build monitoring, evaluation and learning in from the start of each project.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. Some other foundations provide resources for nonprofits to develop their evaluation knowledge, such as the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook. Room for Improvement: Foundation’s Support of Nonprofit Performance Assessment. As part of a.

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MARCH 14, 2012

I went to the Learning in Public session expecting to hear that the process the Packard Foundation used to evaluate their capacity building work was wildly successful. Here are a few areas discussed I was challenged by: Challenge #1: At The Lumpkin Family Foundation , we developed our first comprehensive evaluation plan last year.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

” @ mmorino just finishing up talks in RI/Boston – some great discussions about measurement. Beth Kanter (@kanter) October 4, 2012. The St Luke’s Foundation in Cleveland realigned using the premises of Leap of Reason and has redefined its own role and purpose: Bigger Investments. That says volumes.

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MAY 31, 2012

I love this new video from the Case Foundation about the power of social media for social change. The numbers illustrate how far the field has come in adopting social media, although not 100% adoption. The video reminded me of the classic video, “ The Machine is US/ing Us.” Field-building work remains critically important.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

A federal district court ruled against the Authors Guild in October 2012, finding that HathiTrust’s process was fair use under U.S. Before this case, I’m not aware that there had been an explicit discussion of the legality of the practice of granting individuals with disabilities access to images in alternate formats.

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MARCH 14, 2012

“Stand up if you use all the data your foundation collects,” said Jarod Raynor of the TCC Group at a GEO2012 session on “Learning in Public.” Packard and the TCC Group collaborated on an alternative approach evaluating the foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program.

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MARCH 14, 2012

At the Durfee Foundation, we bring together nonprofit leaders from different fields to work on intractable problems in the Los Angeles region. Carrie Avery is president of the Durfee Foundation , a family foundation in Los Angeles, California. Don’t Bring Your Phone in the Shower – guest post by Carrie Avery.

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MARCH 13, 2012

Yesterday, I participated on a session called “ Learning in Public ” with Kathy Reich, Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, TCC Group. I often think of the above exchange when foundations talk about learning. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. What have you learned?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

When we convinced Patrick to move his team to Benetech from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and HRDAG became a full-fledged project of Benetech’s Human Right Program, we discussed a three-to-five year timeline to spin off his own human rights group.

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MARCH 18, 2012

Myth Busting around Scale - Guest Post by Adene Sacks of the Jim Joseph Foundation. For me, sitting where I do at the Jim Joseph Foundation, this myth busting could not come at a better moment. Adene Sacks is a Senior Program Officer at the Jim Joseph Foundation.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2012

Looking at the foundation-nonprofit relationship : A forum discussing the unique relationship between foundations and nonprofits. Date and Time : Thursday, September 13, 2012. Event highlights include: Health care reform : What does it mean for nonprofits as employers? Learn more about the speakers and sessions here.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

Pacific time for a special Digital Storytelling Challenge edition of the weekly CommBuild discussion on Twitter. Have questions about storytelling with data you'd like to make sure we cover during the discussion on Twitter? He served as a mentor at SXSWi in 2012. Join us on Tuesday, April 9, at 10:00 a.m. How to Participate.

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