Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2009

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. 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).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/womenforwomen. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and the Notes from the Field WordPress blog. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 25, 2010

While the area of social metrics continues to evolve and grow, there are five main tips all organizations should follow when measuring social media activity for ROI: 1. Retweets, referrals to website and donations sourced from Twitter illustrate engagement. Define success metrics before starting campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

There's quite a buzz right now about whether or not " Slacktivism " doing activism online, all the time - can effect change. And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! A panel of experts will debate the pros & cons of couch potato activism.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Seth writes “Take a look at the top 100 twitter users in terms of followers. The problem is same as the twitter resistance: The internet represents a change. with activity over the post. Like many of the commenters and blog post responses, I see this as a multi-faceted issue. None of them are non-profits.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

Questions, comments? You can also reach out on twitter @womenwhotech or our Facebook group. A big thank you goes out to them. FreePress , Democracy In Action , Rad Campaign , Convio , Care2 , NTEN , Massey Media and Network Solutions. Email Allyson anytime at Allyson@womenwhotech.com.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

billion monthly active users. *. Between the visual storytelling opportunities, real time update capabilities, almost all of the same advertising options as Facebook, and 1 billion active monthly users* – Instagram is a no brainer to me. Engaging with comments on your content. . Actively using Google Analytics.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. I was able then to tap into that community when I expanded into Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. 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).

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" ROI = (gain from investment - cost of investment)/(cost of investment). The irony).

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" ROI = (gain from investment - cost of investment)/(cost of investment). The irony).

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" ROI = (gain from investment - cost of investment)/(cost of investment). The irony).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Social Media: To effectively promote your monthly giving program on social media, you’ll need to create a series of promo graphics that are properly sized for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Facebook has the highest ROI and it is worth investing $100-500 in a test advertising campaign for your monthly giving program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

And, as always, if you have a favorite social media presentation to recommend to other nonprofits, please tell us about it in the comments. Return on Investment (ROI) Social Network Fundraising is a presentation by Justin Perkins, Director of Nonprofit Services at Care2.com, ROI of Listening: America Red Cross Case Study (Beth Kanter).

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" I followed with a post to our blog , Facebook pages, Twitter and an email blast.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

I republished the post on my blog and offered a free copy to a nonprofit who left the best comment about how their organization is applying these principles. We started using You Tube, FB and Twitter – saw the positive impact it had in getting our message out and then told senior management about it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

Take for example the Capital Area Food Bank where staff members are active on Twitter, each has their individual profile on Twitter. Drew McLellan puts it, "If you drop the f-bomb on Twitter, does your boss have a right to wince?" Do you think your boss has a right to censor your social media activity? .

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

They will allow you to plaster the event branding on whatever webinar, advertisement, or podcast that you’re sponsoring, showing the audience that you are a viable supporter of these partners and an active member of the community! . Use this time to re-direct those in the comments to your live stream for an exclusive look at the event.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. 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).

Web 117

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

    A few days ago, I asked " What are the best metrics to track your blog's ROI and make improvements? "   The areas of the blogging ROI analysis included:  author contribution, readership growth, reader engagement, authority, cost, and value.  Reader Sharing (bookmarked items).

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2012

Post your comments in the form of a question. Respond to comments. The part that's still very tricky for most is measuring the impact of these activities. Try calculating a ratio of how many people comment and/or like and/or share your posts divided by how many like your page. You should use certain key words. Pin things.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Last week, I wrote about Twestival , the most recent example of fundraising on Twitter and a networked fundraiser of a scale we haven't seen before. I titled the post " Look Out Here Comes Everybody To Raise Money for charity:water on Twitter " with a wink to Clay Shirky's work. Says Ben, "We knew each other on Twitter."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

Alistair Croll, Guest Post: Using Twitter for Fundraising - Lessons Learned from Beers for Canada. Engagement on PostRank is calculated with a number of metrics including commenting, clicks, sharing on google reader, retweeting, and saving on social bookmarking services. Beth Kanter, Red Cross Social Media Strategy/Policy Handbook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

User generated content is also at the core of citizen journalism, the notion that amateur users can perform journalist-like functions (accidentally or otherwise) by reporting and commenting on news. The notion of a community is really tricky because every web page is a latent community, waiting to be activated.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

Somehow the combinations of Alligators and Roller Coasters have helped me get back my flow known as the mental state of operation in which the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing, characterized by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity. What are metrics, measurement and ROI?

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

They will allow you to plaster the event branding on whatever webinar, advertisement, or podcast that you’re sponsoring, showing the audience that you are a viable supporter of these partners and an active member of the community! . Use this time to re-direct those in the comments to your live stream for an exclusive look at the event.

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Virtual Marketing Guide Stream 52

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2013

Your event website serves as an online landing point for your event and therefore, should also host a hub for your social media activities. We shouldn’t see the same post each day on our Facebook timeline or Twitter feed. Respond to comments and allow the conversation to unfold. Avoid Monotony. Related Posts.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

Starting off 2010, the monthly #4change Twitter chat focused on the topic of campaigning with social media. I’ve tried to pull out some of the relevant tweets from the Twitter stream to help follow the flow of the conversation in case you missed it. There were quite a few participants and some really great conversation.

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Care2

MAY 8, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Reader Comments (3) I definitely agree. Reader Comments (3) I definitely agree.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

Says Tom, "We don't talk about Facebook or Twitter. It often happens through the wall comments – we go through the discussion areas, comments, photos and videos and we take those stories to share with decision-makers." . Engagement is not really created by being a nice, genuine, caring and attentive sort of chap on twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2008

.  They monitor what is said about their brand and produces in real time in all types of social media - from Twitter to blogs.      What's the ROI of listening?    If you can collect and analyze fast, plus you activate responses - yo  u can calculate the return.  

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

LOLnptech Lot's of member news and activity online this week, so, in the order that I ran across them: NTEN member organization United Nations Foundation was mentioned in a Forbes article discussing ways nonprofits are raising money in tough times. UNF has a YouTube channel and uses Twitter to engage support online.

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Care2

APRIL 15, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Check out the full study here.

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Care2

MARCH 28, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Check out the full study here.

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Care2

MARCH 27, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Maybe success is as simple as providing something people want.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

But most importantly, please feel free to send in any chats or questions or comments along the way. You can also use Twitter. I’ll keep an eye on Twitter as well. And I’ll give you about 30 seconds or so to activate. I know people are transitioning from meetings and … so please activate the survey.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Receive monthly updates 7 Comments | by Share Article in Social Networking , Trends , Web 2.0

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