Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

NetSquared’s February series exploring “Online Community Organizing” includes three different interviews; I’m really excited to participate! Q: What does “online” add to the community organizing? Online networking means communities can form that aren’t based in the same physical place.

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NTEN

MARCH 12, 2014

If you’ve ever rolled your eyes at the suggestion that Facebook is a significant channel for online fundraising, you are not alone! The non-profit sector has a much more pragmatic attitude towards social fundraising now than we did when popular networks like Facebook or Twitter were new.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

According to Blackbaud’s Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits, online giving is on the rise–but only represents a fraction of total giving. Nonprofits have an unprecedented opportunity to reach more donors and increase revenue through online marketing channels, including search, video, and social media.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

As I read case studies, blog posts and participate in sessions, I imagine replacing the term "social media" with "direct mail" or "email marketing." Social media fundraising is driven by a combination of relationships and immediacy. Social media doesn't raise money, people raise money." HelpAttack!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Online Campaigner. Social and Mobile Staff.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2012

I'm so excited that Megan Keane is now at NTEN as our Community Engagement Manager. She'll be managing our social channels - including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+, and GOOD - as well as supporting Tech Club leaders and generally making sure NTEN's community programs always amp up the awesome.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2011

The State of Marketing 2011 report recently released from IBM analyzes over 300 online and direct marketers across a wide range of industries, geographies, and company sizes. The study found that corporate marketers have become more practical about their expectations for campaigns that use both mobile and social media technologies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Note from Beth: You need a identify a measurable goal for your integrated social media strategy that can be linked to your organization’s overall results and pick a data point or KPI that you will collect along the way to measure success. Flickr Photo by Kevlar. By: Rebecca Shore.

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NTEN

JANUARY 9, 2015

More than just cat videos: social media channels are being used to further social change. Social media advocacy has erupted around the world, connecting people from all walks of life and empowering social change. online campaigns social change Social Media Communications'

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

There is little argument that email and social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are fast becoming mandatory tools for supporter outreach. These communication channels provide nonprofit organizations with an immediate and effective way to solicit, cultivate, and engage donor support.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

NTEN is looking for technology, community, and event lovers to join us in our work serving the nonprofit technology sector. Do you want to be part of the team helping organizations put technology to use for social change? We currently have 3 staff positions and 1 contract position open.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to do a Webinar called " Social Media for Trainers: A Bag of Tricks " over at the Engage 365 Online Community site. I had to look up the Clark Griswald reference ( National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation ), but you might be scratching your head wondering what the heck is a back channel?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

The Zoetica Salon is a free online space for informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media. It is a place to share resources and ask and answer questions. How do you analyze your social media data? Many nonprofit social media managers shared tips and advice. Photo by M. Schenekenberg.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Online advertising has evolved. Legacy paradigms of contextual targeting, re-targeting, geo-targeting, and other demographic or online behavioral targeting have given way to more precise household-level targeting. Perhaps the most blindly engaged channel used by nonprofits is online advertising. Richard Becker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Yesterday, NTEN;s Holly Ross hosted an online conversation with Seth Godin and me, along with Roxy Allen and 100 plus NTEN members. These " Ask the Expert " chats take place on the phone with a online chat back channel. We discussed the findings of some recent studies about nonprofits and social media adoption.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

With trends like these, it's important to consider your own approach to social media. It's easy to see how social media and online communities can be effective platforms for sharing stories and getting feedback from supporters, but what about the money? Consider this in comparison to their own website, where U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2010

Social Media Lab: Becoming A Networked Nonprofit. As Visiting Scholar in Nonprofits and Social Media at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I am coaching grantee organizations and leading workshops and peer trainings on how to become a Networked Nonprofit. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Greg Ligon, our guest blogger for the Social Media for Nonprofits conference, is an online communications professional with experience in building a brand via online channels, social media communications, and website content development. Think Strategically About Your Social Media Presence.

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Care2

JUNE 15, 2011

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard that multichannel fundraising, i.e. enabling your donors to give via postal mail, your website, telemarketing, social media, etc. But what if you don’t have the budget or staff to focus on eight (or eighteen) different giving channels? We can help!

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NTEN

JANUARY 24, 2012

This news came as a surprise to most people in those communities, and triggered much discussion in both traditional media and social media channels. Join NTEN's Executive Director, Holly Ross, Wednesday, January 25th, for a Community Call: " Your Perspectives on the Blackbaud and Convio Acquisition Announcement." >

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

Social Media Trainer's Bag of Tricks View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I've been involved with teaching and learning technology for nonprofits since 1993 when I worked for the New York Foundation for the Arts' online network for artists, Arts Wire. How to think like a social instructional designer.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

NTEN is looking for technology, community, and event lovers to join us in our work serving the nonprofit technology sector. Do you want to be part of the team helping organizations put technology to use for social change? We currently have 3 staff positions and 1 contract position open.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Well, our upcoming 3-hour online We Are Media event will debut our "Choose Your Own Expert" format. nonprofit social media experts to help you devise a solid. organizational strategy, as well as learn the secrets of a variety of social. media tools. > Online Networking with Brian Reich.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

This style of fundraising lends itself perfectly to social media, where everything is personal. Participants who used Twitter raised more money and reached more donors than non-Twitter users, tripled their personal fundraising goals, and raised nearly 10 times more online.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Charities that have traditionally focused on offline fundraising have also learned in recent years the importance of online giving. In fact, the end of the calendar year is also a significant source of the funds raised online for nonprofits. The average online gift for the month of December increased to $248.82

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

NTEN Members are our heroes (Flickr: levork) (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) " when it comes to social media?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Here’s what the NTEN team said about voting: We received more than 400 ideas this year — a 75% increase over last year — and we need your help to narrow those down to the 100 or so that will make the 2011 NTC the best one yet. Community Driven Social Impact. Vote today! There are 25 proposals on each page.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Last week I had the pleasure of moderating a panel about this timely topic of multi-channel fundraising and communication for NTEN’s 501 Tech Club New York City at the TADA! With all the new technology out there, nonprofit organizations have more ways than ever to reach donors online. Youth Theater.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2013

I’m thrilled to announce that I contributed to: npEXPERTS: Fundraising Ideas and Marketing Tips from the Pros (#npEXPERTS), a 46-page free e-book collaboratively written by a cross-section of npEXPERTS in fundraising, marketing and communications, social media, mobile technology, digital advertising, and more.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 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!" Tens of millions of people are doing business online. Consider this.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2010

That's one of the reasons you soak up all NTEN has to offer about technology and engagement. Chart 1 below shows that the next generation of donors, Gen X and Boomers are truly multi-channel. And while they still give through direct mail it is not the dominate channel that it is for the Mature donor.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

There is little debate that online communication, fundraising, and advocacy have become important parts of the modern nonprofit's fundraising and marketing mix. Some of the key trends supporting rapid adoption of technology by nonprofits are: 1) Online lifestyle, behavior and giving of consumers and donors leading to success.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

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). It got us using social media in a way we hadn’t before, and our supporters loved it. Martin Luther King Jr.

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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!" Over 50% say that they intend to increase social network staffing over the next 12 months.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2011

Navigating the social web can feel a bit like walking through a water park on a Saturday in July with a 7-year-old and a 10-year-old who somehow keep running into their friends, when you really want to be back home developing a dinner strategy for Sunday. And did you see that ice cream vendor over there? Did his cooler have a QR code on it?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

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). "When most businesses and non-profits start using social media, they start with “small talk&# with their communities.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Everyone knows when they hear, watch, or read a good story. We know how to identify one, but how do you create one? Stories are powerful. From the beginning of humanity, stories have been how we make sense of the world, share wisdom, and explain our existence. Storytelling is the most powerful tool nonprofits have at their disposal.

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