Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

Yesterday was the 2012 New York Cares Leadership Conference , and I had the distinct pleasure of presenting a session to volunteer leaders and inspiring community members. The session focused on using core social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to raise awareness and inspire others as a volunteer. hashtags.org.

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DECEMBER 6, 2012

For the past two days, I’ve been attending (and also a speaker ) at The Social Innovation Summit , a private, invitation-only forum that explores the frontiers of social innovation. It sounds like science fiction, but let me share a few examples I heard about at the conference.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The intent is to create an annual national day of giving on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving or this year on November 27, 2012. The campaign will encourage philanthropic activities that support nonprofit organizations. Think about all those marathons or walking events for social causes that have been around before Facebook.

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JUNE 13, 2012

MCON 2012, a virtual summit to help nonprofit leaders learn how to engage the Millennial generation as donors, takes place online on July 19. This session will feature examples from organizations building movements to engage Millennial through their peers, friends, and social networks.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

Don’t worry though, we have taken care of the heavy lifting at Frogloop and summarized our favorite “best of” lists that highlights strategists favorite trends and strategies from 2012. Nonprofit Marketing P osts of 2012. Best of 2012: Tops Apps for SmartPhones and Tablets. Full article here.

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MARCH 5, 2013

From sharing ideas to sharing rides to the NTC, this is an extremely generous community and the 2012 Champions Campaign is yet one more example. Neff Farra Trompeter Jereme Bivins John Merritt Jono Smith Lauren-Glenn Dividian Lisa Colton Maddie Grant Michaela Hackner Rachel Weidinger Social Good Tech Club Baltimore Steve Heye.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Users can share them on Instagram while also choosing to share them to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare. It was created in 2010 and purchased by Facebook in 2012 (more history here ). Nonprofit Examples and Getting Started or Rebooting A Strategic Approach. Ten Inspiring Nonprofits (2012) on Instagram by Mashable.

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Care2

APRIL 9, 2012

The 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study was just released and is packed with insightful data on advocacy and fundraising response rates across the nonprofit sector. The study also has some great data on how nonprofits are expanding their use of social media and mobile. Overall, email open rates held steady between 2010 and 2011.

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Care2

MARCH 18, 2012

It’s been close to two weeks since Invisible Children released it’s "Kony 2012" video, which quickly spread across social networks, blogs, and made headlines across major news networks and newspapers like the NYT and the Washington Post. Last week Frogloop asked readers "Can Viral Videos Really Create Social Change?"

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Also, check out Lucy’s Digital Civil Society wiki for examples of open data used for the social good. Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Explores the ecosystem of data for social problem solving and the role philanthropy can play. ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

There absolutely is a math to social and mobile media. then as your numbers grow on social networks so will your e-newsletter and mobile lists which in turn significantly increases your fundraising success. There is also a science to social and mobile media. Download Spreadsheet Template ]. Download Spreadsheet Template ].

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2012

A simple "no", for example, could have saved these companies a listing as one of the " 20 worst-named tech products, ever ". New for 2012: now with more scientific backing!). We mean, social media is only a few years old, and we're already shifting our strategies. Read more posts on our blog. Feeling overworked?

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Care2

JANUARY 21, 2012

Is it time to make some resolutions for 2012, so you can raise more money in 2012? Social action networks like Care2 and the Petition Site which has about 12 million unique site visitors per month, and is the 140th (on average) highest traffic website in the U.S For example, what issue were they first recruited on?

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OCTOBER 12, 2022

GivingTuesday is a “global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity” that began in 2012. Some examples are: . 10x our footprint on social media and grow our email subscriber base from 15,000 to 18,000. Sending multiple emails and posting frequently on social media are common and acceptable on GivingTuesday.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

There absolutely is a math to social and mobile media. then as your numbers grow on social networks so will your e-newsletter and mobile lists which in turn significantly increases your fundraising success. There is also a science to social and mobile media. Download Spreadsheet Template ]. Download Spreadsheet Template ].

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2012

Do you have passion for social good and want to step out and lead it? Or maybe you have a great idea to create your own business, but want to balance making a profit with creating social impact? They do it through corporate foundations, intermediary charities such as United Way, and by directly supporting social causes.

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MAY 18, 2016

Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. It may be time to rethink how these important social organizations are funded. What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models? Defourny et al.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

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? Even asking direct questions doesn’t result in replies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Building Capacity for Social Change 2.0 Most often these new experiments have grown out of frustration with the fact that, despite several decades of rapid growth in philanthropy and nonprofits, many of the same social and environmental problems persist, or are getting worse. Call this “social change 2.0”.

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JANUARY 8, 2014

I am leading a #Nettalks Webinar on “ Leveraging Social Media to Engagement and Inspire Alumni Networks ” at 2 PM EST today. On Monday, I shared a post about some network and strategy concepts. Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Using a CMS to Make Your Website Social by Laura Quinn. But a good CMS can also facilitate constituent relationships in a number of other ways, including facilitating comments, blogs and social media. This week Idealware released the much-anticipated 2012 edition of our free Consumers Guide to Low-Cost Nonprofit Management Systems.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

While generational cutoffs aren’t set in stone, Gen Z includes individuals born between 1997 and 2012. Members of Gen Z are digital natives growing up with tech, social media, and information available at their fingertips. Gen Z youth and young adults are inclined to be socially conscious and politically active. population.

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AUGUST 18, 2022

Black leaders driving social innovation is not a new phenomenon. . From the civil rights leaders and Black Panther Party to the Black social change leaders of today , Black communities have wielded social innovation as a tool to design and determine their own futures, build collective power, and achieve liberation. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

I’m thrilled to be spending a few days in London where I am keynoting The Future of Social conference hosted by Social Misfits Media. Gen Z Uses Digital Tools for Social Good, Not Social Currency. Gen Z have (social) entrepreneurial spirit in their DNA. Tips for Engaging Gen Z On Social and Mobile Channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

No doubt you’ve taken a “ selfie ,” a self-portrait taken with your mobile phone camera and shared on Facebook or other social media channels. Recent research suggests that taking and posting too many selfies on your Facebook profile (or other social channels) can be damaging to your relationships.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

An excellent example is last year’s “ Thank You from all of us from Ocean Conservancy ” video: 2) Add social networking pitches to your landing page. For example: Thank you very much for donating to Such-and-Such Animal Shelter! Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

I’ve been a huge fan of GivingTuesday since I first heard about it back in September, 2012 during a conference at Stanford. This isn’t just an isolated case – here’s an example of 10 big time philanthropists who are kids, including a 13 year old who raised $600,000 for charity. The Giving 2.0

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MARCH 4, 2013

Note from Beth: You need a identify a measurable goal for your integrated social media strategy that can be linked to your organization’s overall results and pick a data point or KPI that you will collect along the way to measure success. But bench learning can be richer than simply collecting numbers. By: Rebecca Shore.

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Care2

MARCH 11, 2012

As SXSWi showcases the breakout apps and products for 2012, I wanted to highlight three social apps that I think are worth checking out and could be helpful to the nonprofit community. Snoball.com allows people to create momentum around donations for their favorite nonprofit organizations. Here’s how it works.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

I’ve looked to meditation and reflection practices before – in fact – last year during a guest instructor appearance in Jennifer Aaker ’s “Power of Social Technology&# class at Stanford, I had the class do a reflection activity that involved eating a Hershy kiss. Examine all the reasons it was such a success.

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JUNE 5, 2012

We went through a similar process in 2012, although with a slightly different group of agencies. For example, our event takes place at a bowling center and for a significant number of our agencies, there’s only one bowling center in town. Here’s what we found: Only Ask Questions About Things You Can Change! Want to Learn More?

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JULY 30, 2012

Social Media: Getting Leadership Buy-In. Social media presents incredible opportunities for nonprofits, both large and small. Social Media 4 NPOs (@SM4Nonprofits) July 26, 2012. regarding social media #SM4NP @ dalvarez1 of @ sfgoodwill — Jennifer Bullock (@JennyBullock) July 26, 2012.

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JANUARY 19, 2012

On January 30th, I’m speaking at the Social Media for Nonprofits in New York City. I also think that 2012 will be the year of content curation. Jan Gordon curates Content Curation, Social Business, and Beyond at Scoop.It. Source: bethkanter.org via Beth on Pinterest. I have been following her fpr six months.

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Care2

APRIL 9, 2014

For example: Fundraising messaging response rates were down 11% from 2012 levels to 0.07%. Email lists are up 14% over 2012 levels. Online giving among study participants increased 14% since 2012. Online giving among study participants increased 14% since 2012. Speaking of online, what about social media?

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AUGUST 21, 2023

Created in November of 2012, GivingTuesday is a global movement to inspire generosity around the world. Many organizations use GivingTuesday as a social media campaign to increase fundraising and spread awareness for their cause. GivingTuesday is quickly approaching, meaning a big day of fundraising for nonprofits like yours.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2016

Note from Beth: In the decade or so that I’ve been doing social media, I’ve always been an advocate of the “Listen, Learn, Adapt” approach to doing social and a decade later, it is still very important for success. New Guide: How To Engage Your Supporters with Social Listening Guest Post By Roz Lemieux.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

What started in 2012 has exploded into the biggest giving day of the year, inspiring hundreds of millions of people worldwide to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. Create a Communication Plan – Social Media is a key part of #GivingTuesday. Use the #GivingTuesday Social Media Toolkit to get inspiration for your posts.

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