Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 3, 2010

The January #4Change Twitter Chat will focus on the use of Twitter and other social media tools in campaigning. Share your ideas now: You can share your ideas about the topic as well as any resources, case studies, examples, research etc. Jump in to the conversation by adding #4Change to your Twitter message.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

June #4Change Chat Questions: To keep the two-hour chat on topic, I’ll be helping guide conversation by using some of the questions below to drive us to share ideas, examples and resources. If you want to take a peak at where we may go in the conversation, review the questions below. Conversations and Presentations.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Join us for a global conversation, sharing ideas, best practice, links and resources. If you want to contribute to the conversation, you’ll need to have a Twitter account (it’s free). Jump in to the conversation by adding “#4Change” (without the “”) to your Twitter message. How to join the chat. Feeling brave?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Join us for a global conversation, sharing ideas, best practice, links and resources. If you want to contribute to the conversation, you’ll need to have a Twitter account (it’s free). Jump in to the conversation by adding “#4Change” (without the “”) to your Twitter message. How to join the chat. Feeling brave?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2010

I’m really interested in what happens next, and not just because I am part of the team but also because I think we can be a case study in ourselves of the changing landscape and processes of online collaboration. has twitter integration, 3. Where: Click here for the live-chat (launched on the 19th). Let me know.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 9, 2010

As I recently announced , I’m collaborating with Matt Chevy on a redesign of this website to freshen up the design, make presentations, resources and case studies all easier to find, and surface the rich conversations taking place in the comments. Tags: blogging blog redesign redesign round up strategy website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2012

Ag Grantees Twitter Webinar. As a trainer, I strongly believe that learning experiences need to weave content delivery with participant interaction. Also, it is far more effective to have peers share their own case studies and experiential learning with others. Peer Case Studies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

How networked nonprofits use twitter. Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " Submit your Case Study to the Global Digital Activism Data Set!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

NpTech Conversations. The good folks at Care2 (Heather Holdridge, Justin Perkins, and James O'Malley) have a detailed case study on the NTEN blog about the top Facebook winner of the recent Case Foundation America's Giving Challenge. The Chronicle sets up a twitter account to broadcast links to blog posts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2009

They also have a @causes on Twitter and I hope they will use that to engage directly with the nonprofits who want to get better results rather than just tweeting about themselves. . I asked my Twitter followers for suggestions for questions , I tweeted the key points from the conversation yesterday. Tags: facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. They are hoping to start conversations and hear feedback about the competitions, the fundraising techniques and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2010

It was done through a series of blog posts called AGC Conversational Case Studies and encouraged the public to weigh in via comments to the blog posts, live CaseSoup video discussions, and Twitter. You find the report, blog posts, and archived videos over at the Case Foundation site here.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 12, 2009

Case Study: World Vision’s ‘Week For Children’ | Bright One - Check out this case study of World Vision's "Week for Children" - World Vision is a UK charity, and this case study discusses the use of various social media tools (include Facebook, Flickr, Yoube, Twitter, and Blogs) for the Week for Children campaign.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 17, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of March 17th). Thanks for the post, Marcia! .

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 26, 2009

I’ve just been listening to a podcast of Lee Weinstein’s conversation with public relations consultant Donna Gibbs on how non-profits are successfully using social media right now, where Gibbs shines a light on the social media marketing activities — on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter — of two charities she’s involved with personally.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery. What do you think?

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

I've always been of the mind that people are going to talk about you anyway, so you might as well use the tools that let you take part in the conversation. Here's what happened: I spent most of Tuesday on a plane, so I wasn't monitoring Twitter as closely as I usually do. Tags: 09NTC NPTech NTEN twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. This case study will walk through the process we followed to get the pages launched and equipped the authors to manage them."

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. – Read this great case study from JustGiving about Charlie's bike ride to raise money for Haiti relief support. "Charlie

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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. That’s the question that the monthly #4Change chats (that take place on Twitter) address, this month focusing on the Climate Change movement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

I’m very grateful for support and more so for the conversations and thoughtful blog posts you have shared. Networked Nonprofits: The Eva Longoria Case Study by Mark Drapeau, shares some examples and thoughts about Networked Nonprofits and free agent fundraisers. Tags: Promotions. And that’s just October!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. The America's Giving Challenge from Case Foundation spurred $2.1 Which are best/worst? org campaign. "A

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2009

You can read the full post and join the conversation on SSIR here. Those of us in positions to support those connections and collaborations are some of the luckiest people in the global network, acting as the email or Twitter post or blog reference that helps individuals make networked jumps to where they really want to be.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

Result: 63% more donations, 55% higher conversion rate and a 2X ROI. Had a 55% increased conversion rate. Result: 119%-203% higher conversion rates. In some cases, organizations saw between 119% and 203% increase in overall conversions. conversion rate) to donate $10.00 Custom Facebook Audiences.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

If you are interested in technology, sustainability, and collaboration, then Jean's for you: "Technology consultant, entrepreneur and thrivability theorist Jean Russell joined Jerry Michalski's August 3 Yi-Tan Conference Call for a conversation about thrivability as a conceptual replacement for sustainabilty.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2009

So, part of the presentation included a live demonstration on Twitter. eekim Lowers the barrier for meaningful conversations, which leads to more effective collaboration. eekim Lowers the barrier for meaningful conversations, which leads to more effective collaboration. Listening and conversing with your supporters!

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of September 13th).

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yesterday was the 3rd annual Women Who Tech Telesummit , bringing together over 600 women (and men) from for-profit and nonprofit organizations and technology start, connecting developers and techies with those new to the field, igniting conversations and long-term collaborations. What is the cost of adding text messaging?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Read the post and join the conversation on the Frogloop blog (or read the post below). If members ask a question on Twitter, respond on Twitter, and so on. Tags: case studies challenge competition frogloop guest post howto tips. I’m honored to have a guest post up on Care2′s Frogloop blog today!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

There is certainly no shortage of buckets where nonprofit technology tagged resources are being aggregated. Just A Few Good Resources Plucked from the NpTech Tag Stream and Kikino. How To Feed Your Blog To Twitter shows you an easy way to stream a presence on twitter and if you don't know about Twitter, read the 12-Minute Guide.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

But I do love to share my ideas and experience with others and hope this is an opportunity to start many new conversations both with readers here and participants at the seminar. where are they online already and how do they want to interact with you online (is it in the same spaces or different ones, is it conversations or promotion, etc.)?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 5, 2009

I have a new post up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog and wanted to share it here as well because I think it could start some interesting conversation. Those early conversations about how, where, what, and all the other gooey details should be made public if possible. Visit the SSIR blog to add to this conversation!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2010

PreSchool California : Did an experiment using Twitter as a way to connect with journalists. They discovered a slight disconnect between those journalists that wrote print stories on early learning issues, and those education journalists that were on Twitter. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. An Unanticipated Outcome.

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Care2

MARCH 10, 2010

But with over 3K+ attendees and hundreds of panels, core conversations, workshops and parties, it can be overwhelming to get the most out of SXSW. This panel will discuss several case studies showing successful fundraising strategies that incorporate Social Media sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

We get so overloaded by meaningless data collection, that we're exhausted before we get to do the fun part: making sense out of it. My Facebook page is focused on a listening and engagement objective - starting and maintaining a conversation. Tagging photos. Tagging a person. Tags: facebook metrics. Status updates.

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