Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2010

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). " Why Do You Participate in Twitter Chats? " Why Do You Participate in Twitter Chats? on Twitter and Facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2011

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.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Thousands of nonprofits use EveryAction every day to raise money, manage offline fundraising through pledges and grants, send emails, run nonprofit digital advocacy campaigns, and so much more. It's offline fundraising tools were built for development pros. Higher Conversion Rates = Raising More Money. Get support when you need it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

But this year, the buzz leading up to the November 15 event on Twitter and Facebook, as well as on sites like YouTube and Linkedin, was even stronger. Based on our post-event survey of more than 9,000 individual donors, 67 percent heard about the event via email, 23 percent via Facebook, and 4 percent via Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The current technology of live-streaming on the Web has been around for a few years, but only recently with the launch of smartphone Apps that convert phones into video cameras and social media integration, has the technology started to reach mass adoption by Web users ( its up 600% in the last year !). For example, www.ustream.tv/user/nonprofitorgs.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

In Making Event Participants More Successful with Social Media Tools , several key findings are revealed: Event participants who adopted integrated social media tools increased their fundraising by as much as 40 percent compared to their peers who weren’t using the available online tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Telephone, events, Facebook, Twitter, direct mail, website, mobile, in person, peer-to-peer , etc. Oh, and those who implement multi-channel fundraising strategies that take online donors to offline channels see up to 3X better fundraising results. Follow him on Twitter @franswaa. Mobile Fundraising = Growth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I’ll be on the Twitter back channel following the #netnon hashtag from the Independent Sector Conference in Atlanta.). Networking: Weaving Online and Offline, Strong Ties and Weak Ties. I asked folks if they were on Twitter or Facebook, most people raised their hands. Dancing on Different Sides of the Adoption Curve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

I started my talk with a story about why I liked Twitter: It allows me to connect with people in my professional field and have a great conversations or ad hoc collaborations that improve practice. He works for an NGO in Australia and we met on Twitter (via Eddie Harran ) prior to his visit to America to attend the Wisdom 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

We started with key results and worked backwards to technical assistance goals: Kids get health care coverage Policies are adopted More attention from policymakers. Grantees get better results integrating Facebook, Twitter, and other social media channels best practices and measurement. Content Curation on Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

The people who donate, listen in, connect with our programs by calling in, reading or commenting online, and coming to our offline events are our community. We are not actually engaging with every member of our service area, we don’t know who they all are or what they all do. Using Social Media.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

don’t embark on fundraising without a plan for using the funds, we can’t adopt a new fundraising approach without proper training. Components included video tutorials, suggested calendars of activity, sample materials, frequently asked questions, logos, and a Twibbon for Facebook and Twitter use.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The growth of social media and the rapid adoption of internet-enabled mobile devices have changed the way Americans engage in the political process. What’s missing is a way to effectively leverage FB, Twitter and the like. If you are looking to squeeze in a few events this week, check out my top 5 must attend events.

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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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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

Kara Carrell (aka @Karitas ) pointed out that she has a "How I Roll" post that she links to and updates as her on and offline world evolves. I consider myself an early adopter/adventurous techie, but I am not a developer. You can subscribe to the site via RSS , but when I post it does automatically feed out to Twitter and Facebook.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

Kara Carrell (aka @Karitas ) pointed out that she has a "How I Roll" post that she links to and updates as her on and offline world evolves. I consider myself an early adopter/adventurous techie, but I am not a developer. Follow me on Twitter. I loved that idea. So much so that I'm stealing, I mean borrowing it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

While there have been different surveys on nonprofit adoption, for example, these two recent studies I profiled last month, I wish there was a benchmarking study. I mentioned this on Twitter. Find him on Twitter @mcmvanbree. What are the returns? What are the valued metrics?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Claire Williams Diaz who works on social innovation at Twitter. She leads social innovation, philanthropy, and causes at Twitter and Blogs at Claire.us.com. Looking to get more out of Twitter? Why Twitter Matters | Getting Started with Twitter | Twitter 101 for Nonprofits. Meet Claire. Negatively?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

I find myself doing this on Twitter more and more. We are also learning in public when we engage in in-depth conversation whether it is offline or online, for example in the comments of a blog post or asking questions on Twitter. Know Your Audience’s Social Technology Adoption. Offline/Online Interaction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

They are asked to visualize the relationships – and who players are both online and offline. Since the goal is for participants to learn and adopt these practices, they are given “recipes” to do the mapping and then share with colleagues. Click to See Larger Image and Full Data by Marc Smith. NodeXL and Marc Smith.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Adopting a networked mindset is believing in abundance rather than scarcity. You need to let them know why you are making the introduction and these can be done both online and offline. These can be done offline and online. Adopting a networked mindset is believing in abundance rather than scarcity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Some tips to build capacity and benefiting from a fundraising contest: Get organized both online and offline. While they had a relatively smaller number of followers on Twitter or Facebook, they had focused on engaging their community online. They have connected with many organizations on Twitter. Designate a cheer leader.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2012

These things allow for more sustainable dialogue, contribute to long-term engagement, and add channels to network offline and opportunities for further community building. Capturing Moments in Mobile. Marie Macaspac is the marketing wizard behind Muttville Senior Dog Rescue’s mobile strategy. Watch my interview with Marie below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2009

While initially driven by "free agent" fundraisers (those not on the organization's board or staff, but who are fans and social media users), we'll begin to see more and more as nonprofits adopt social media as part of their fundraising tool box. There is a both an online and offline event that take place at the same time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Seattle Symphony created flashmob and promoted it with Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter effectively. She mentioned how useful Twitter is for connecting and following peers to get ideas to evolve pilots for social media initiatives. The full group discussion allowed people at different levels to share their experiences.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2011

This is a communiqué on the current state of cloud adoption in TechSoup's NetSquared international community from Marc Manashil, community evangelist for NetSquared. The NetSquared community consists of Local groups in 80+ cities worldwide that hold offline events for those interested in technology and social impact.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

The first steps are simple once you have policy/philosophy in place and the right mix of bottom up/top down adoption or acceptance of social media. Here's how the Red Cross handbook states it: Step 1: Get Social Media Savvy Initiate personal social media use: Explore the tools you’d like to adopt by using them in your personal life first.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Casey Foundation's " Making Connections " initiative Part of the Making Connections core approach uses (offline) social networks. This leads to better understanding of networks and social media and more effective adoption of the tools and network practice. This video is from a local site in Louisville , part of the Annie E.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

grist.org’s key results are: Footprint: The reach of their activities, both online and offline. Says Erika, “We hatched an idea to host Twitter chats about this using a hashtag #climatehawk and point people over to their content. If they aren’t successful, the consequences are dire. Or as Giller says, “The planet will get it.”.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Also, turn supporters into advocates by asking them to post links to your campaign on their Facebook or Twitter pages. Use Offline Channels to Drive Online Action. Both online and offline campaigns should flow together seamlessly, inspiring constituents to adopt your cause as their own.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2008

My most recent experiment involved Twitter, fundraising, and an integrated offline component at the Gnomedex Conference in Seattle. The 30% of repeat donors came from my blog posts and repeat donors who saw it on the Twitter stream. Click to see the larger image. By the end of the conference, the total had climbed to $3,774.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The panel will cover the various tools (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook) that are being used to elevate protests, examine the benefits and drawbacks of the internet's involvement and whether social media makes protests more or less efficient, and discuss the issue of authenticity in information dissemination. Come to this session and find out!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

He mentioned that they will be sharing the work process and issues around adoption of social media. Go where the people are - if they are offline - help them get connected. Twitter - micro blogging tool. Here's the summary of people using twitter for this conference. Paul Taylor gave an overview of their work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The panel will cover the various tools (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook) that are being used to elevate protests, examine the benefits and drawbacks of the internet's involvement and whether social media makes protests more or less efficient, and discuss the issue of authenticity in information dissemination. Come to this session and find out!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

It’s fairly easy to extrapolate that even with the poorest of clients, we’re seeing web adoption especially as traditional sources of information for job and apartment listings leave print media. But in many areas there will always be scope for offline delivery of a non-profit’s message. 8 Allan Benamer 09.21.07

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