Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Why Social Media? Citizen-Powered Response.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

The donor experience doesn’t stop with social media and email appeals. That said, don’t draw too much attention from your donation form. Leap for Literacy. Leap for Literacy added a video about their organization at the top of their landing page. Let’s look at some examples: Minds Matter of Los Angeles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

NetSmart is Howard Rheingold’s latest book. It synthesizes his 30 years of experience if being a model digital citizen and what he has learned from asking other this simple question: How to use social media intelligently and mindfully? If you are going to purchase one book about using social media , this is the one to read.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

They like and share your social media posts. Pair your website, emails, and social media campaigns with a variety of ways for donors to support your cause that is quick and easy, not only for your donors to engage but also for you to manage. How can you get an ROI in the digital literacy skills we are all developing?”.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Assuming that staff can just wander on to general AI models and create content is like when nonprofits thought it was a good idea to give their social comms to interns a decade ago. Press Releases : AI writers can help nonprofits create attention-grabbing press releases that generate media coverage and raise awareness of their cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2010

In this day and age of short attention spans, it’s critical to grab attention with a short and clear message. Provide Immediate Results from a n Action: People like to see an immediate and direct result from their own action, social media users have an even stronger desire for this immediacy. My friend Jessica Jackley Kiva.

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Qgiv

MAY 23, 2022

Not only does that convey to the donor that you’re paying attention, but it also shows you need their support. Their clients range in size and focus, including Arts & Culture, Education, Healthcare, Social Services, Faith-Based, Recreation & Greenspace, Literacy, and more. Final thoughts.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

The Day aims to raise awareness of disability issues with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities and the benefits derived from their integration in the social, economic, cultural and political life of their communities. Of course, accessibility is right up Benetech’s alley and the focus of our Literacy program.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Many volunteer managers cite recruitment as their greatest challenge; however, Brudney and Meijs (2009) contend that “the preoccupation with recruitment distracts attention and resources from the management and retention of volunteers” (p. She previously served a term for AmeriCorps with an adult literacy program in Flagstaff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Earlier this week, I wrote a guest post over at FrogLoop blog about Five Social Media Books , although not everyone liked the post. I admit that I mostly read non-fiction, but if I only read social media or geeky books that would be too narrow. Photo By h.koppdelaney. Both by authors with first names of Brian.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2017

Digital Strategy is my passion, but less from the perspective of technology implementation and more from the perspective of embedding digital knowledge and literacy throughout an organization. In our battle for the attention of our audiences, our biggest competition is the smartphone, but it is also our biggest ally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Conference where I gave my full attention to the presentations and conversation. The Wisdom 2.0 This year, I was honored to be speaking on a conversational panel about Wisdom and Social Good, Giving, and Technology along with Laura Arrillaga-Adreeessen, author of Giving 2.0 I call it slow social media.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

The great news is how much attention social entrepreneurship is getting. And, the godfather of the social entrepreneurship movement, Muhammad Yunus, received the Nobel Peace Price this year! Route 66 Literacy Our newest project is Route 66 Literacy, and it includes a demonstration site that anyone can try out.

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Global Giving

APRIL 28, 2016

What is going to grab their attention? Always pay attention to background noise. It is vital to have a separate sharing strategy for each social media platform that you use, as people use each social platform a little differently. Find your story. Start with your audience. What do they want to hear? What motivates them?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

Pay attention to what’s not there—your missing data. My favorite housekeeping skill is freezing panes. I like to freeze my panes so that my first column and my top row stay in view as I scroll through my data. Collecting and using data is hard work! You’re bound to run into some situations where you are missing data.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Reading challenge Issue a community-wide reading challenge this spring to encourage literacy in your community. Promote your grand prizes on social media to attract a larger audience and create buzz around your event. This spring fundraising idea benefits both your cause and the dogs getting some extra attention.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2008

Sharing Foundation Khmer Literacy Program. Roger Carr has written a wonderful post about the Sharing Foundation's Khmer Literacy School. Is that cool - the literacy school is green! Personal attention and trust got me involved. I launched a bloggers campaign as part of the Sharing Foundation's America Giving Challenge.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

World leaders and technology firms should be paying attention to their solutions—and backing them up. A host of cultural, economic, social and infrastructural barriers keep women locked out from the empowerment potential of Internet access. Today, she is using technology to help fellow trafficking victims. That’s just the beginning.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Many of the issues they champion have taken a backseat in people’s minds this year, as our nation’s attention has been captured by one shocking event after another. There’s still time for your organization to secure important year-end gifts—if you can capture people’s attention and motivate them to support your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

" Some statistics about how many young people are using various social media tools. These social networking spaces are becoming the place where a lot of (informal) learning by young people is taking place. There is a huge gap in understanding between what young people are doing with social media spaces and what adults perceive.(The

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2007

It really should say "We" There was lots of help from the Sharing Foundation family - board members, volunteers, and supporters -- especially TSF's founder, Dr. Hendrie , whose relentess attention to campaign made it successful. We now await the results of the Network for Good/Yahoo Challenge.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 3, 2015

And this demand is transforming the way we look at and measure social good. It’s all about social good, about investing in the fabric of our communities to make them better, about finding new, different, and often more compelling ways to volunteer, to serve. And we’re better for it. We’re looking for purpose.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Social Media and Fundraising. For 2014, our NPTech experts made strong predictions about charities doing more multi-channel marketing or going beyond email and direct mail into social media. However, another trend that is emerging is that we'll be discovering the limitations of social media in fundraising.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 10, 2021

A meme got my attention recently on Facebook. I thought about it and … a Book Fair for Grownups has potential, especially if your organization has a literacy or education focus. Brewery Tasting: If you think your supporters would rather socialize than play a game or bake a pie, work with a local brewery on a casual tasting event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Photo by Marcopolos I'm a few weeks away from SXSW where I'll be leading a session called " Nonprofit Social Media ROI Poetry Slam " which will incorporate a lot of audience interaction. How can the backchannel enhance our attentiveness and learning ?

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

Ingvild Bjornvold, Social Solutions. The emphasis on producing social value and placing clients' well-being first converges with high performing organizations' need to raise money effectively. Will you track results of adult literacy tests or teens transitioned into work programs?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

Why do you think is blogging (and other social media/software) is useful in an elementary school setting for teaching Foreign Languages? tools and my outlook on literacy, available information, research, and cross-referencing opinions has changed completely. What advice would you offer other bloggers who are just getting started?

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 8, 2024

Younger donors often engage more with social media and interactive platforms, whereas older donors might favor traditional channels like newsletters and emails. Let’s say your nonprofit focuses on promoting literacy and discovers that many of your donors are older teachers and parents in your community. Social media. Occupation.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Strategic Use of Bullet Points: Bullet points can draw attention to key information (see?). A campaign for a children’s literacy program might make their campaign page more user-friendly by including: A Clear Donation Section: Prominently placed near the top, this section highlights the action you want your supporters to take.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

If you want to pitch your story to several news outlets, you need to draft a press release, which you can later adapt for your website’s blog, your email marketing communications, and your social channels. Local literacy program supporting students in Haiti raises record-breaking funds, moves 24 students off waiting list.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 7, 2023

Email is one of the most popular fundraising channels: 48% of donors prefer to receive updates and appeals in their inboxes, and email beats out social media, phone calls, and other digital channels in terms of fundraising performance. What subject lines would catch your attention? What motivated them to give last time?

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

When you speak in the language of the institutional mission, executives will understand you better and be attentive to the new connections you draw from the mission to proposed projects. There is a preponderance of reports about the value of new media literacies towards educating productive citizens of the 21st century.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2018

Together, we grow intelligence, connect up one another’s work and support positive social change just by doing our work, following one another and sharing what’s meaningful more widely.”. Toxic social media. Attention economy and surveillance society. It’s a tremendous source of inspiration for me. That is what is so curious.”.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

asked by a cop or mother, garners the full attention of asker and askee alike, museum questions like "what is nanotechnology?," Exhibit labels in science centers ask more questions than any other kinds of museums, and yet the questions are often awful--teacherly, overly rhetorical, and totally meaningless. Download my slides here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Note from Beth: Almost weekly, there is yet another tool, feature, or tactic that you can you try using as part of your social media tool box. One way to explain our Facebook strategy is the social funnel. First, as you can see above, promoted posts did drive more engagement at all levels of the social funnel. What we learned.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Keep the event social and the tone light. If your organization promotes literacy, partner with a bookstore. Using Canva , put your words and images together, along with your logo, to create graphics for your newsletters, appeals, social media, and just about anywhere else you can think of. Partner with a local business.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

This is an example of a peer-to-peer event page by BEACON for Adult Literacy.]. BEACON for Adult Literacy’s peer-to-peer page draws users in with a branded banner image showcasing what this event is and the core mission—adult literacy. This can be posted on social media, your website, and sent through email.

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