Amy Sample Ward

JULY 21, 2010

Background: CTX services over 8,000 charity and community organizations in the UK and wants to nurture that network of organizations by providing more than just software and services, but also opportunities to build community. Key Questions: The session was designed to be a conversation – with an avid note taker (me).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

A few days ago, I asked for some stories " What is the value of listening through social media channels for your organization? " I wanted to see examples from nonprofit organizations engaged in listening and conversation and the value it has to their missions, programs, or marketing efforts. And you shared them!

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sgEngage

JUNE 13, 2022

This blog post draws on our own experiences at Candid as well as recent conversations with several funders. Central to Candid’s approach to data protection, and to that of the funders I spoke with, are concerns about the risks to people (versus risks to property or organizational reputation, for example).

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Classy

MAY 6, 2021

This change impacts any businesses that advertise mobile apps or optimize, target, and report on web conversion events from various business tools. Historically, organizations were able to obtain a 28-day lookback period on a user’s activity and track the process they went through before making a purchase or donation. Ernie Civic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2009

If you have written a post on this topic and would like me to consider it as a guest post, please fill out this form or if you know of a good resource on the topic, add in the comments and I'll aggregate. We can now discuss, highlight and organize around the initiatives that work. Who else should we be highlighting here at ThinkSocial?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 3, 2010

You can check out the post and conversation there , or read a copy of the post below. The power of social media in a global context is two-fold: There’s huge potential with these news tools for real movement building, bringing organizations, campaigns and people together behind a movement and not just one brand or one call to action.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 10, 2009

Starting the Conversations. Unfortunately for me, I will unable to join the chat this Thursday; so, I’d like to offer some conversation starters now to get you thinking of questions, ideas, and stories you want to share! Join the Conversation. for your work via social media use/presence?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

Today, we had an amazing conversation and interview with Cecile Richards and Tom Subak to learn more about Planned Parenthood 's Social Media Strategy and their movement building techniques. Activists are sharing their personal stories in their own words, images, and videos across social networks with little prodding from the organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2014

Content curation – the process of finding, organizing, and sharing topical, relevant content for your audience that supports your nonprofit’s engagement or campaign goals (or your professional learning) begins with “ Spotting the Awesome.” Take Crowdtangle as an example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2010

On the free side, Manny Hernandez mentioned NutShell Mail, software that aggregates comments and likes on your fan page and delivers it in one email. We engage in multiple social networks, some that you probably also use: Twitter , Facebook , LinkedIn , YouTube , Flickr , Slideshare , our own blog , and a few other networks.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Nonprofit credit card processing solutions are tools nonprofit organizations use to complete credit and debit card transactions securely and quickly. PayPal Best for: Nonprofits looking for a payment processor that prioritizes digital conversions. That’s because some fee structures work better for different-sized organizations.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 30, 2023

When’s the last time you heard a board member say, “Members want…” followed by an aggregate of the last five conversations they’ve had. Dig Below the Surface to Find Gaps in Member Retention It’s likely that your organization measures retention rates, but are you looking at the surface or digging in below the aggregate level ?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

For those that follow the #4Change twitter-based chats, this is a post recapping and highlighting our latest conversation on social media application in the Climate Change movement. Note: the @names provide links to the Twitter users who made specific comments, just in case you want to connect and continue the conversation!*.

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Social Media Change Media Lesson 145

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

connecting organizations for shared knowledge, partnerships and coalitions. If the goal of your organization is to educate young people about the effects and causes of climate change and motivate/empower them to start making changes, Facebook could certainly be a part of your organizations strategy. what is happening and 2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

The organization announced they will be making their data available to approved researchers, who must meet stringent requirements, including that research will help more people in crisis. .” For example, researchers can answer questions like: what is the relationship between weather patterns and depression?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

As soon as the question is live, you start seeing the impressions and the responses, aggregated in real time. And I often feel that organizations don’t provide a way for me to give, in a way that I think could be valuable, unless it’s financial. For example: “Have you changed to energy efficient light bulbs?&#

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

We also discussed the aggregation and publishing side and some initial goals for the NPTech Community site. we should add some questions to our NpTech Tag research about how people are aggregating and republishing content tagged with the NpTech Tag. The topic is " How do Nonprofit Communicators Compete for Audience Attention?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Please join us for a spirited conversation that includes Bradford Smith , president of the Foundation Center, Phil Buchanan , president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, as well as a panel of foundation leaders including Christy Pichel , president of the Stuart Foundation, and Emmett D. Where do you draw the line?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

One of our best conversations was with Katherine Clark who is the state administrative secretary for the Church of God in Virginia. That’s not surprising since faith-based organizations are all about community. Church Tech Blogs is exactly what it sounds like: a blog aggregator site. Church Technology Listservs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The second C, Collaboration, refers to the idea that social media facilitates the aggregation of small individual actions into meaningful collective results. Collaboration can happen at three levels: conversation, co-creation and collective action. Conversations create buzz, which is how ideas tip, become viral.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

According to the Brookings Institute , nonprofit organizations are showing a surging interest in tapping into the capabilities of not only artificial intelligence (AI), but also machine learning (ML) and data analytics. AI-driven solutions can help organizations advertise, screen, and hire prospective staff members. Human Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2005

There is no official organized nonprofit blog census, npo blogroll or a bridge blog like Global s. Npoblogs (aggregated content) created by Carnet Williams , with LotusMedia taking it forward. Npoblogs (aggregated content) created by Carnet Williams , with LotusMedia taking it forward. Some examples: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

What I’m most excited about is “networked learning&# – it is part peer learning, part content-delivery, and another part engaging people in the room and not in the room in conversation through the use of social media. From Conversational Keynote To Conversational Workshop.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 16, 2018

From your board members requesting the latest donor stats to your digital director asking for email conversion rates, tracking your data can be hard. Any good reporting tool should have the ability to aggregate numbers based off the category of your choosing. But it doesn’t have to be. EveryAction makes that possible (and super easy!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The social business sector has shared metrics and understanding of being data-informed. That changes the conversation for nonprofits. It also will change the types of skill sets that nonprofits will need now and into the future, for example “Data Analysts.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Listening Listening is knowing what is being said online about your organization and your field. It becomes part of your organization's culture. It can be hard to retool an organization's culture to do listening as a daily part of the work flow, particularly if it isn't valued or there are concerns about negatives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2016

But for now, Listening and feedback loops are important skills for nonprofit leaders and for organizations to get better results. They use a variety of methods including focus groups, surveys, and one-on-one conversations. Since 2014, we have made grants to over 40 nonprofit organizations to help them systematically collect feedback.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Another example of indirect content is that of social networks. Examples from Haiti. Direct Content. Indirect Content.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Aggregating data over time will give you a much clearer picture of your subscribers' interests. Let's say you work for an animal welfare organization. If you start broadly, sending every message to your full list, you should be able to go back and aggregate the clicks they generate across your subscriber base. E-mail Metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Photo by Bradlauster Note from Beth: One of the things I love about blogging is the conversation in the comments because it always leads to understanding, insights, and learning. Let's look at why and where crowdsourcing can be useful when organizations (private, public or not-for-profit) are facing important new or emerging issues.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Whether your nonprofit organization provides services or advocates for a cause, your stakeholders have common interests. What are some examples of knowledge sharing networks? For example, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) created a space for a Training Officers Community of Practice. rating items.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

The examples were all around us, not just in the voices of speakers but in the physical sites where we met. The host venue was a living, breathing example of how museums can serve as community catalysts. I felt like I made new friends in aggregate, a whole community of people who I look forward to seeing again.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

If you set up you presence when Google + first launched, but you didn’t organize it to learn, now’s your opportunity for a fresh start. Nonprofits Organizations This is Heather Mansfied’s Google + brand page. For example, what if your nonprofit is launching a new program and you’re holding a press conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

The workshop was organized by colleague, Tatyana Kanzavelli. He gave context of social network analysis, explained the value proposition for using it to help you make social media strategy improvements, and walked us through some examples in the software. Seeing these relationships in aggregate helps you make decisions.

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NTEN

AUGUST 23, 2010

Flickr: Jeff_Werner Over in the Nonprofit Webmasters affinity group , Melissa Barry from the Parkinson's Disease Foundation started a great conversation. Luckily, the group was quick to respond with resources, reviews, and examples. Once you've got that figured out, evaluate how your audience is likely to receive that information.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

A prime example of what APIs can achieve with relative ease is optimizing content for web visitors based on location. Twitter Twitter has long been a tool for organizing and bringing people together around topics of interest. Twitter Twitter has long been a tool for organizing and bringing people together around topics of interest.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We are tempted to view AI’s powers as primarily in the realm of cost savings and efficiency; however, teamed with or without a human partner, AI can be a digital concierge helping organizations deliver that sought-after wow. CertLink is a perfect example of technology with a heart, or systems where the pulse is customer satisfaction.

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