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. org campaign has done really well.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 28, 2009

Whenever I need a little pick me up, I watch videos of the new kitties who are ready for adoption through a local organization, Maine Coon Adoptions, where we got our first cat. While preparing to teach a social media webinar recently, I discovered quite a few environmental/green nonprofits that have YouTube channels.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

When Giving Tuesday started six years ago, it was about sparking a movement—giving people and organizations a day specifically dedicated to giving back. nonprofits on Tuesday, November 29, 2016. The beauty of the giving day is that your strategy can be as simple or sophisticated as you want (or as your organization can support).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

By Sean Kosofsky , is the Nonprofit Fixer and founder of Mind the Gap Consulting. He offers courses, consulting, and coaching to transform your organization and your leadership. Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. Some organizations use donor perks or benefits to do this.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Chad recommended contests as a way to grow your fan base and pointed to the Wildfire application. Wildfire creates a spectrum of contest based apps, including sweepstakes & photo/video contest apps. The contest should offer an incentive for your constituents to become fans.

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See3

JANUARY 15, 2008

Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to submit their videos to the contest, hosted on DoGooderTV , the video sharing platform for nonprofits. The grand prize winner will be announced at NTEN’s annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in New Orleans on March 21. This video has been viewed over 1.5

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2009

In case you hadn't heard , Convio is sponsoring 50 NTEN memberships to nonprofits nominated in their NPHero contest. Peter Campbell writes a compelling post on the Idealware blog about the updated metrics that GuideStar, Charity Navigator, and other organizations recently announced. include NTEN member organization Idealist.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

I run the org???s ABOUT THE ORG The HSUS is the nation???s s largest and most powerful animal protection organization. Knock Out Animal Fighting YouTube Contest??? youtube video views Get original contest ??? High engagement contest ??? Also helps for communicating with UGC contestants and winners.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 12, 2012

As part of a broader CRM strategy, multichannel campaigns are critical for nonprofit organizations to be thinking about. I had the luck of choosing two adjacent sessions that focused on transmedia storytelling, which really got me thinking about what this means to organizations and how it fits in with a broader communications strategy.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

" GlobalGiving recently ran a contest to encourage nonprofits to use social media tools to engage and raise donations for their causes. They provided social media tools to the vying nonprofits and provided $9000 in prizes to the organization that raised the most money. " to the post. Do y'all agree?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Sarah Granger: advise nonprofits on using social media for advocating and communicating. ARC - gather data every morning and share with organization via email; issues that seem sensitive or are newsworthy will contact subject matter experts to follow up. look at what other nonprofits are doing in the space. industry benchmarks.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

If you want people from your social media to support your nonprofit’s activities, you need a nonprofit social media plan. You already know this: In the nonprofit realm, social media is life. The most successful social media presences (nonprofit and otherwise) are in fact the result of a strong nonprofit social media plan!

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See3

MARCH 18, 2008

Please send cover letter and résumé to jdickinson[at]watereuse[dot]org. The WateReuse Foundation is an educational, 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation whose mission is to conduct and promote applied research on the reclamation, reuse, recycling, and desalination of water. experience in water-related field.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

She posted a pointer on the NTEN Nonprofit Flickr Affinity Group list today. not that this necessarily applies to Oxfam) but its super low budget by using existing infrastructure and orgs of any size could really raise their profile and provide an intense interactive opportunity for supporters this way.

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See3

MARCH 13, 2008

Minimum of five to ten years of communication, media or marketing experience with an agency, corporation, or a nonprofit organization, including internet, web design, and online media development. Electronic application materials can be submitted to employment[at]wkkf[dot]org or via www.wkkf.org. Kellogg Foundation The W.K.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2008

So they have contests. Other questions will help you get your organization on board. Show them concrete examples of what is currently happening at your org (a monologue) and show them what is possible (a dialogue). Is it so the CMO can point to it and say, ???Look! re part of Web 2.0, And then there???s s the numbers game.

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See3

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

They understand that an organization, or a campaign, must tell a story to build an audience, and then activate that audience with a compelling call to action. Despite their sophisticated sense of the importance of video in nonprofit communications, the UN Foundation still struggles with their video strategy.

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See3

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Organizations push on their network, “Give now!&# “We need you!&# “We want to win.&# But I wonder about all the orgs who went down this road because of the publicity but were so less equipped than you to be successful. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What do web stats mean, anyway? It is an internal assessment tool which helps organizations figure out what parts of their online strategy are working, and what parts might need tweaking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2010

The Minnesota Open Idea is an example of an online social good contest that works. It combines expert judging with popular vote, online strategy with good old fashion off line organizing, links objectives to a theory of change, and incorporates a fun and engaging way for people to learn about and take action on a timely community problem.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

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!" Their Causes page garnered over $94,000 from 6,268 members in 50 days. How did they do it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

Million For 20,000 Charities And NonProfits by Michael Arrington, TechCrunch.Com, Washington Post, May 29, 2008. one month ago was to determine whether there is potential for nonprofits to cultivate significant donors online (defined as someone who gives $1,000 or more), and how that can be accomplished.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

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!" Their Causes page garnered over $94,000 from 6,268 members in 50 days. How did they do it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

GetActive GetsAcquired - By Convio This is big news and it bounced around the nonprofit and progressive blogs, listservs, IM, and emails. Allison Fine points out some outrageous behavior by the Gates Foundation and asks "What does it take for the foundation and nonprofit community to finally take a stand on appalling behavior like this?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond," I wanted point to a new (to me) UK nonprofit technology blog discovered via a comment to my post about technology stewards and also weave in some more notes on UK examples. is right for you and your org? is and why it matters to their organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." And, there is so much to experiment that one person or organization can't do it alone. " So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 12, 2009

Keep in mind that our organization speaks to a smaller population than your average disease support/awareness group since we specifically focus on advocacy and patient education. We are the organization that is all about action. What excites me about this contest is not just the prize. Tags: Nonprofit.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

I gave a presentation about Healthcare, Nonprofits, and Social Media. Q: How do we get past our fear of negative comments possibly being posted about the organization from activists etc.? Here's more two round ups I did of nonprofit blogging policies: [link]. It depends the context, who is having the conversation, etc.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 12, 2009

Keep in mind that our organization speaks to a smaller population than your average disease support/awareness group since we specifically focus on advocacy and patient education. We are the organization that is all about action. What excites me about this contest is not just the prize. from a starting point in the high 300s!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

In September, we asked nonprofits and libraries to show us exactly how technology activates their organization and helps fulfill their mission. Each entry was more compelling than the next, showing us that nonprofits are putting technology in action in incredibly different ways. What does technology in action look like?

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Here is a Social InfluencerGPT trained to help nonprofits from CauseWriter.ai. We love how quickly orgs like Stand Up 2 Cancer can turn these out on Instagram. Make sure to include your logo or website URL so it can be traced back to your organization. A consistent look will help establish your credibility as a content producer.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey: As most nonprofits have these days is that renewal rates have been declining and that’s been consistent. There are a number of reasons, and you might know for your own organization what’s appropriate for you. we do tests where we send dozens of donations to nonprofits to see how we’re treated as donors. .

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

Called “Web 2.0 – New Outreach and Fundraising Techniques,” the topic of this workshop is something every nonprofit marketing manager and online communications professional wants to talk about. I agree based on sheer traffic volume, the first 3 are no-brainers for any nonprofit to start. On YouTube : everyone loves video.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

Earlier this month, I participated in a social media library giveaway organized by Steve Cunningham , who like me, loves books. This weekend I participated in a Webinar about the book The Whuffie Factor along with author Tara Hunt where we discussed how the ideas apply to nonprofits. and externally (with all of your fine readers!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

The Conservancy, as a science-based organization, places a lot of value in numbers and data-driven arguments. Like many organizations, we used to be under the false impression that ???if Our Flickr photo contest. s nearly identical to organic search traffic ??? s annual digital photo contest. But nowadays, we???ve

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