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Beth’s Surprise Party: A Case Study in Crowdsourced Action

Amy Sample Ward

Here are some reflections about how we used crowdsourcing techniques for a very fast-moving campaign and lessons learned that may apply to your work. Lesson #1: Design an action and invitation that’s doable and interesting – while focused on your goal. And we wanted it to be easy to do – write a blog post!

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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some Reflections. From Conversational Keynote To Conversational Workshop. I’ve been playing with the conversational panel or conversational keynote models for short sessions (60, 75 or 90 minutes.) A conversational approach is not an expert or a group of experts talking the whole time.

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The Advantages Of Online Strategic Planning

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What if you had time to reflect, think and process between sessions? Conversations meander in unconnected directions. You want people focused on their strategic conversation not struggling to make the tool work. So for some groups Zoom and a google doc, and the occasional Jamboard, will be a perfect match. Creating Norms.

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DIY Community Engagement Metrics

Amy Sample Ward

In my experience, the more diverse group you can get together to have this conversation and work through this planning together, the more complete a picture you can draw of your community. These goals should primarily come from the Community Map where you have two columns’ worth of goals and actions. And that’s okay! Step 2: Goals.

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Observations and Reflections on #TakeBackThePink

Amy Sample Ward

Long-time supporters of both Komen and Planned Parenthood jumped into action. And just as quickly as people responded with outrage against Komen, the conversation changed to be about the women who would continue to need support and the services that help them. 10 Lessons from Community-Driven Organizing.

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Rebecca Leaman, Guest Post: What Else Can We Talk About? 10 Years Since The Cluetrain Manifesto

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ten years ago, Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger laid out 95 principles for communicating with customers online. Money is not the driving force for most people who are involved in charitable causes for the public good and social change and community actions. What else can we talk about? Simple as that.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Face-to-Face or Mediated Experience, Open Source Software Communities, and Blog Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. Organizing a community and serving it well has a lot of dimensions poorly reflected in webstats alone.