Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

It was a really rich discussion – thank you to all those who joined in, shared, asked questions, and contributed! Some of the examples and recommendations from this month’s chat included: UN Food&Ag Org (FAO) has done a great job with their Share Fairs – sharing the discussions and training on and offline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2007

A few months back, I wrote about a Facebook campaign to reinstate Ranger Rick's Facebook profile. Ranger Rick Raccoon, the persona of the National Wildlife Federation , was taken down by Facebook staff because it violated the Facebook's terms of service (no fake people.) they are severely limiting their options.

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NTEN

JUNE 1, 2011

What do Guerrilla Video, Facebook for Volunteer Management, and #GettingSlizzard have in common? In it you'll find: "Facebook for Volunteers," from Idealware's Chris Bernard, which tackles the question of whether Facebook can be an effective volunteer recruitment and engagement tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2011

Photographing them has been an excellent source of engaging micro-content for my Facebook Page and has prompted some excellent discussions and insights on the topic. Discussing the results of the strategy along with the guidelines is valuable. What’s In A Social Media Policy? What’s the Process?

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

What we saw was that by 9 pm on January 12th we were able to launch the program and for the next thee days people only found out about it from Twitter and Facebook and so many shared it. Wendy : I think traditional org structures are going to change and aren't the best. They want to feel that intimacy and belonging.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

org before? Actions and messages were contextualized based on the issues and discussions taking place at both the global and local level. This is a facebook page where many organizations across the environment, climate and animal welfare sectors came together to share news, updates, action alerts, and much more after the BP Oil Spill.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

So this leads me to a recent discussion thread on the NTEN discuss list the other day. What are you doing to capture email addresses of your Facebook friends/cause joiners/group members? There was a question as to whether the Facebook causes application allows you get email addresses of the donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

Last week I noticed this flyer from Microsoft on Facebook as an add and checked out it out. More so than the average Facebooker, and more so than anyone in my organization. I've learned so much about MySpace and Facebook, and the people that use them. I also messaged our Facebook. I did the same on Facebook.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JULY 13, 2008

There's been a lot of excitement in the last year about social networking in general, and about Facebook in particular. Using tools readily available on Facebook, the organization has raised almost $48,000 in the first six months of their social-networking effort. And a lot of talk about the value of social networking for non-profits.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2013

According to a Pew Internet report in mid-2012, over half of American adults older than 65 are using the Internet and email, and about a third of them are using social networking sites like Facebook as well. Security symantec digital inclusion tssymantec digital literacy tscommunity org'

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NTEN

JULY 13, 2010

The member in question has promised to hang around our Facebook page to share their vast wealth of knowledge and answer your questions as they come in. We discussed the importance of a strategic plan and solicited some free consulting ourselves regarding how NTEN should brand the NTC (all on its own or in connection with our org).

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The events don't always have a set topic, but are open discussions for questions, sharing, and learning from your peers. During the call we discussed how to manage a Facebook page & Twitter account. If you're creating a hashtag for your org or an event, make sure you register it with Twapper Keeper. (No,

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 16, 2022

Consider your needs and discuss the options with a web design firm. Using Facebook Challenges to Engage Supporters. We also have an ever-expanding blog full of valuable information to help your not-for-profit org reach its potential. If your website meets any of the criteria listed in this guide, it’s time for a revamp!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

This led me to wonder: what's in the DNA of each of these orgs that allows them to embrace change and experiment? Let me know in a comment, or share your two cents in the Facebook discussion. Today, I was lucky enough to moderate a talk with Beth Kanter and Seth Godin on the topic of innovation. Or is there something more? .

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2018

Facebook, Cambridge Analytica & the ‘New’ State of Data-Driven Marketing. Couple the Cambridge Analytica fallout with the onset of GDPR, and we now see not just Facebook, but Google and other platforms taking measures to limit the ways we can utilize data, and we expect these types of shifts to continue.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2011

The webinar, hosted by Jayne Cravens and Erin Barnhart , focused on four tools to use with volunteers — Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and blogs — with an emphasis that the recommendations could be adapted for any social networking tool, including those that may replace these four as most popular in the future. Have the convo early.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

amysampleward : does growing a Facebook Fan page numbers count? rootwork : Key element for success, to me, is allowing ppl to speak in own voice, e.g. [link] was abt ppl, not an org. rootwork : Creating a sustainable org # 4change is good, but not at the expense of cultivating leadership among activists IMO.

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Care2

AUGUST 2, 2010

I treasured (and still do) the vitality and vibrancy of blogging to generate succinct, timely content and discussions. org blog to complement our long-form e-news articles. This human services agency is using Facebook’s “safe space&# to build awareness of its family violence prevention services.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Maybe you’ve also taken the next step of strengthening your stakeholder community by engaging in back and forth dialog online – whether in existing social spaces like blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, or in a custom built online community. org / blog /2007/03/20/ nptech - tagging - community. Some are successful, but messy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

One of the questions that came up during a discussion of concerns at the beginning of the day, was "We have 5,000 friends on Facebook, now what? Escalate relationship w/periodic updates through Facebook messaging with higher asks. In your status updates, use the news feed to raise awareness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

It also helps illustrate that the orgs who you think of as competitors for funding are actually great collaborators on campaigns. For example, redundancy of messaging across many campaigns at many orgs can create a helpful sort of messaging resiliency. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Upwell.us. Tide Report: www.upwell.us/tidereport.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Yesterday I did one of the Chronicle's Live Chat Discussions that was billed as "How Can Charities Figure out How Much Time and Money To Invest in Social Media." The transcript is here. How often should an organization post to Twitter or send out updates on Facebook? Kevin Gilnack workes for the Providers Council. Is that true?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Discussion: How/why does listening provide value? Discussion: What is your learning process from social media? How do you involve the org? Facebook app for spay day, upload a photo of your pet and then do fundraising for the Human Society with people voting on your pet’s animal. Discussion: How have you reiterated?

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Watch our Nonprofit Leader Panel discussion: Trust me, learning best practices from real fundraisers who have run successful #GivingTuesday campaigns will pay off in the long run. Discuss your goals and brainstorm ways they can support your further. To start, meet with your board members. Be specific. Make the most of their brand.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Debra Askanase wrote a thoughtful post addressing the issue of effective staffing of social media roles at your org. There's also great discussion on her post from your peers, so feel free to chime in ! NTEN members are connecting online all the time via: NTEN's Facebook page. But wait, there's more! Keep connecting!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2007

Ranger Rick Image from Facebook profile. Facebook has been taking down organizational profiles for nonprofits, including Ranger Rick's profile. Your childhood hero, Ranger Rick, has been banished from Facebook. Your childhood hero, Ranger Rick, has been banished from Facebook. social networking sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2008

Mazarine shared this tip: In your next staff meeting, when discussing marketing, a. Who has heard of Facebook? Show them concrete examples of what is currently happening at your org (a monologue) and show them what is possible (a dialogue). Other questions will help you get your organization on board.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2015

Meet with the person who built your current site & discuss the findings. If website person is not around/available, ask local folks in your org network who they use/recommend. When I queried professional colleagues for their advice on Facebook, Amy Sample Ward mentioned that NTEN’s site failed the test.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Yesterday, I attended — and live tweeted (#baruchnp) — an interesting panel discussion at Baruch College here in New York, “ Social Media and Technology: What Nonprofits Need To Know.” There were lots of good gems shared and discussed. The most popular pieces will be featured in our newsletter. You can read all the details here. ].

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Positive reinforcement is one of the best leadership development practices you can build into your work across the board, whether it’s online or offline, on your facebook page, newsletter, annual fundraiser or neighborhood events. Org is a terrific example of a CDSI campaign. Campaigns: 350.org. CDSI Game – Tools.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2011

For the past two years, Philabundance has promoted the Spread the Love campaign as a two week virtual food drive that matches every new fan on Facebook with a jar of peanut butter or jelly donation from the org’s food industry partner, Wakefern/ShopRite. In 2011, the results keep getting better!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

This has been found in a number of surveys over the past few years (see Allison Fine's astute commentary on the recent Blackbaud survey here ) If we look back a year ago at donation trends on Facebook Causes, we also see the same complaint. The Long Tail of Facebook Causes. Causes Reports On Its First Year - $2.5 Frogloop Blog.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

org, and five Unity College students embarked on a bio-diesel powered road trip to encourage President Obama to restore solar paneling to the White House roof. Successful road trip stops might be happy hours, documentary screenings, panel discussions, organizing workshops, site visits, or volunteer trainings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Your workshop encouraged us to devise a strategy for using social media, and to tease out what these tools could really mean to our mission, vision, and constituencies -- rather than just, "hurry up and get your org up on Twitter!" Set up a Facebook Page. Setting up a blog. Finish the social media strategy map.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 21, 2013

In part one , we discussed why you should test your website and part two outlined designing your test. Got a hard case at your org who wants “real data”? A quick screener for quick tests: Do you use Facebook or Twitter and how often? Then rinse-and-repeat until your design sings.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Currently (on my lowly grad student budget), I only give money to one nonprofit org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 12, 2017

1) Coordinate Tweets and Facebook Posts with e-newsletters and fundraising appeals. Some subscribers to your email list will visit your nonprofit’s Twitter Profile or Facebook Page to retweet or share a story or call-to-action that is featured in your e-newsletter or fundraising appeal. org , bsr17.org org , and bsr18.org.

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