Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

We focused on principles for community building and community organizing, as well as examples of both short-term and long-term engagement. Principles of Community Organizing. First, identify what your community wants to do – what it is coming together around, whether it’s an event, an action, or a movement. Transparency.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2021

Building a solid community online is all about being personable and relatable and interacting with your followers. Also, since Twitter and Facebook are the most-used platforms for nonprofits, it's necessary to know how to target people and leverage these platforms to strengthen your organization's community.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Other associations post regularly on social media and cultivate vibrant online communities while yours just sends monthly email newsletters and occasionally meets over Zoom. In this guide, we’ll discuss three steps to creating an online community, starting with identifying the primary objectives and purpose of the community.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It can be helpful to think of these tools not as separate elements but as complementary forces in your mission to engage, nurture, and expand your community of supporters. For instance, EcoFuture Foundation used Bloomerang to enhance communication with event participants—helping to build lasting donor relationships.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 21, 2021

The only thing that could make it better in many cases would be the ability to interact. The potential here goes beyond the average marketing or communication channel. Clubhouse offers forward-thinking nonprofits a way to reach new donors and cultivate a strong sense of community engagement. Enter: Clubhouse. .

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

Prior to the pandemic, IMPACT hosted in-person events that created buzz and provided education to the marketing and sales community. IMPACT ultimately decided to host an interactive virtual event for their customers called HubSpot Training Day. Plus, on-demand just doesn’t have the same engaging attendee experience as simulive.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2013

The folks at SXSW Interactive want to know! What is the 2014 SXSW Interactive Scholarship Program ? Share the lowdown on the people and organizations making use of technology for the betterment of the community and YOU AND YOUR NOMINEE could win a FREE registration to SXSW Interactive (happening March 7-11, 2014).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

In this environment, building a community of loyal advocates for your cause is more important than ever before. While paid ads and steeply-priced lead lists may deliver short-term results, long-term donor relationships are built on trust and community. Here’s how you can do it: Prioritize community-building over sales pitches.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 19, 2021

Here’s a recent story of how one of our clients is expanding member engagement using Nimble Communities. When one division of the society asked the organization for a place to interact and share ideas online, it sparked something bigger. The power of an online member community. Key features of Nimble Communities.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Turning Crisis into Community: How to Make Emergency Donors Lifelong Supporters As nonprofit professionals, we are all too familiar with the cycle of emergency fundraising. Increased opens, clicks and shares will indicate interest areas to highlight in future communications.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 5, 2023

With this in mind, let’s jump right into building a strong and supportive community for your nonprofit on the platform! Feature compelling, attention-grabbing content on your nonprofit’s Facebook page to set up a solid foundation for interacting with users on the platform. Create engaging content on Facebook.

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Media Cause

APRIL 2, 2021

An integral part of social media management is building and monitoring your community. Community management is the process of building and managing your brand’s community (customers, fans, followers, partners, etc). Below are some foundational steps to building your community management strategy: Know your audience.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

That’s where an online member community can help. An online community is always a great way for your members and staff to collaborate and share ideas. Here are three ways you can use an online community to engage members and provide them with a great experience: Provide a place to network, share, and discuss. this type of?access

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

It was true even before the pandemic, but now—with nearly every aspect of our lives moved online in some way—the expectations of what a mission-driven organization can and must do to connect and engage with its community have changed. Personalization to drive community participation. Removing barriers to community engagement.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 6, 2022

Appealing to supporters’ identity and building community are keys to ramping up revenue with Facebook Fundraising. Join us on Tuesday, May 24th at 1:00 PM ET for an interactive webinar with Q&A. GoodUnited’s Maria Clark and Turnkey’s Otis Fulton will dig into the psychology behind driving Facebook Fundraising.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 8, 2024

Join Community Brands experts and industry peers to explore exciting product features and the latest technological innovations designed for associations and event professionals. During Xperience, our Community Brand product teams will be presenting product roadmaps for all our brands. Learn more!

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 20, 2024

This grassroots approach not only extends the reach of the campaign but also fosters a sense of ownership and community among supporters. By using a branded hashtag and providing resources for creating compelling content, the nonprofit can spark conversations, raise awareness, and inspire action within their online community.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

Prior to the pandemic, IMPACT hosted in-person events that created buzz and provided education to the marketing and sales community. IMPACT ultimately decided to host an interactive virtual event for their customers called HubSpot Training Day. Plus, on-demand just doesn’t have the same engaging attendee experience as simulive.”.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2013

Each year SXSW Interactive brings together geeks, creatives, and others who are pushing the boundaries of technological change for five days of knowledge sharing and networking. And they''re eager to include the NTEN community! Have you been to SXSW Interactive? Community conferences sxsw sxswi'

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Last week, I was down in Austin, TX, for the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive Festival. Start Some Good, a platform for social good groups - whether nonprofit organizations or not - to raise funds and build community, highlighted eight diverse projects working for social impact at an evening event hosted by Center61 at SXSW.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2011

Flickr: Alexdecalvelo SXSW Interactive is offering 5 scholarships to attend the 2012 conference. The scholarships are open to anyone using new media channels to tackle community problems –including nonprofit leaders, grassroots organizers, individual citizens and civic-minded entrepreneurs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 12, 2021

When shifting to a virtual, online fundraising event, your nonprofit increases your reach far beyond your immediate community. 5) Your Nonprofit Can Still Meaningfully Interact with Supporters. All of this helps to build community and create the spark we often only attribute to in-person interactions.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 20, 2021

This week, we’re looking at Engagement Communities, a platform designed to elevate your interaction with your team or board. MissionBox Engagement Communities. Does it ever feel like the more ways we have to communicate, the more confusing and complicated things become? The consensus: Virtual is the new reality.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

It was true even before the pandemic, but now—with nearly every aspect of our lives moved online in some way—the expectations of what a mission-driven organization can and must do to connect and engage with its community have changed. Personalization to drive community participation. Removing barriers to community engagement.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 30, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here ! These four are key: 1.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2011

Twitter at use for Tu Diabetes community. I’ve presented about Twitter before, as well, so in addition to sharing some notes and resources, and my slides, from the presentation on Friday, I want to also round up other Twitter-related posts and links here. How can nonprofits use Twitter? How to make quality content on Twitter.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Interacting through computers, attending virtual events, and giving digitally means there have been few (if any!) But, what if you could use social media to overcome one of the biggest challenges that nonprofits have faced over the past year: creating communities for supporters to engage with one another?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 1, 2020

The pandemic has drastically altered the ways nonprofits interact with their supporters. While social media is now a common part of every nonprofit’s communication strategy, a common sentiment is that interacting on social media is a poor substitute to in-person interactions. Leverage social information and norms.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

I’m really excited and honored to be speaking today at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, TX, on a panel with Beth Kanter, Dave Neff, Holly Ross and Kari Saratovsky. You can see the full collection, and how they were voted on by the community here: [link]. There are many ways to include social media in your work.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 19, 2021

You can instead embrace a mindset that benefits you and, by extension, the community you’re hoping to serve. . Your ability to confidently lead, complete your daily duties, and communicate with your team will determine how you carry out each action or social interaction. The first step in changing something is understanding it.

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NTEN

JUNE 16, 2021

This guidance allows us to remain open to change and improving as we grow alongside our local, regional, and global communities. As we have done previously, periodic updates like this help us stay accountable to the larger community, who may only interact with a specific program or aspect of our work. Alt Text for images/photos.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 7, 2010

This is a guest post I wrote for the Online Community Report. You can find the original post and the community there. —– I love my community. Regardless of whether I feel like, or am trying to be, a community builder, the community always provides opportunities for others to join me. But, it ain’t easy.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 25, 2017

Social media is great for reaching wider audiences and communicating events, but when it comes to the meat and potatoes of your organization—what truly defines it—it’s all about the people. In the age of conference calls and digital communication, the value of face-to-face interactions is often overlooked. Just get out there.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2015

After wrapping up our annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), NTEN’s CEO, Amy Sample Ward, and I quickly recharged for SXSW Interactive , where we partnered another year with Beaconfire to host the Beacon Lounge for social changemakers, and with the NonProfit Times to cover stories on the nonprofit technology sector.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

Lindsay Simonds will decode the top five most impactful ways people contribute to communities. By understanding core motivations, intentions, perspectives reflected in this webinar, you will be able to build a stronger case for support, increase the impact you have, and gain strategies for creating and preserving community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

Here are important factors that nonprofits should consider when developing year-end campaigns, which, if executed successfully, will further their missions and make a profound impact on the communities they serve. 1) Multi-Channel Strategy Employing a multi-channel strategy helps nonprofits reach a wider audience with their year-end campaign.

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Candid

APRIL 2, 2024

Grassroots organizations provide vital services to local communities, yet they struggle to compete for grants against large national nonprofits that can leverage robust development teams, considerable fundraising experience, and established relationships with grantmakers. Once you have your elevator pitch written down, practice it often.

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