Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 6, 2009

What happens when marketing evolves from broadcast to conversation, fundraising changes from large donors to e-microdonations, or collaboration moves from sweaty basements to vast social networks? Twitter.Org: Twitter for Nonprofit Organizations. You can be part of the conversation! Attend in person.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Both large and small nonprofits earned top honors this week for their attention-getting taglines, demonstrating again that an organization of any size can craft a powerful, pithy motto to build awareness and connect with its key audiences. More than 4,800 nonprofit professionals cast votes in the final selection round. Save a Life.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

Nearly 18,000 people participated in the 24-hour, online fundraising event, raising more than $2 million to benefit 1,200 local nonprofits. Core elements included using the Razoo giving platform, content best practices, online storytelling, social media strategy, and donor cultivation. Just as organizations (usually!)

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 9, 2012

Attention Data Nerds: Nonprofits Miss Out on the Power of LinkedIn: Learn How to Tap It | Beth’s Blog – Geri Stengel has a great guest post on Beth's blog. "Whether It’s a no- to low-cost database that is a rich source of information about potential major donors, board members, employees, and strategic allies."

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 14, 2012

I’m really excited to share this guest post today from Ifdy Perez about the Twive and Receive campaign going on right now: Today’s a special day for nonprofits. To get to this point, Twive and Receive nonprofits worked their tails off for weeks building a community and strategizing fundraising tactics.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Two recent reports share data about the actual role celebrity connection plays in nonprofit fundraising and both say the same thing: forget celebrities. The 2011 Millennial Donor report , the second in an annual series, focuses on engaging Millennials in fundraising. The data says we should move on.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

I’ve been following the work of Rob and his team closely as they have shown not just interest, but passion and intent for engaging with the community at large to create a tool that meets the needs of nonprofit organizations and keeps us involved in making the tool better and better. This provides a more seamless experience for donors.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2012

We know that you can’t resolve issues in your own community or another one with quick fix solutions; as social changemakers and nonprofits, we look for the sustainable opportunities for shifting systems for a better outcome and a better world. ” Accountability.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 11, 2010

In Jake’s post, he notes that Apple is essentially denying nonprofits “the most powerful direct-payment platform in the mobile marketplace&# by denying access to 1-click payments. I can’t imagine organizations or donors feeling comfortable with that deal. This is where things start to spark for me.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

"We invite you to cast your vote to help pick this year's winner of the second annual Care2 Impact Prize, which recognizes individuals in the nonprofit sector who have made an outstanding impact on the field of online advocacy, online fundraising or both. The set-up described below is nearly free and refreshingly simple."

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

Like every nonprofit, we wanted that prize money, but this was a bigger opportunity. This was a real chance to harness social media across all platforms. " That is a question most nonprofit folks can answer pretty easily. It's also one that is increasingly being asked by potential donors big and small.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

HOW TO: Turn Slacktivists into Activists with Social Media – "Throughout the non-profit world, organizations struggle with social media’s impact on the volunteer and donor cycle. The Wikimedia Foundation, which finances and oversees the nonprofit site, received a $1.2 But what does younger mean?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 11, 2010

" Nine Ways Networked Nonprofits Use Slideshare | Beth’s Blog – Beth has a great post up about how organizations can use SlideShare. What is a nonprofit network builder? Are you familiar with the tool? It's a great online space to upload your presentations, notes and documents.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

Here are some ideas: Share Community History – Non-organizational community groups and nonprofits that focus on a specific locality can create hyperlocal community engagement through pictures and documentation. Do you have a hyperlocal online network/space? People can follow along via the mobile application or the website.

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Storytelling Digital Tools Classroom 201

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2009

The 2009 GreatNonprofits Youth Thrive Awards will recognize the top-rated youth-focused nonprofits. The contest asks clients, donors, volunteers, and board members to write reviews of these nonprofits. This will help highly-rated nonprofits attract more support and volunteers.”. Content pulled from GN press release.

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Award Contest Review Press 123

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 12, 2010

Nonprofits Take Note: Donors are what they tweet | Social Citizens Blog – "As with many new technologies and developments, social media is being used in surprising and unintended ways to analyze and reveal unexpected data and trends. ." " Be sure to watch close for cameos of myself and many others.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

Last week, the New York Times ran an article exploring a segment of the nonprofit/social impact sector that the author saw as a small minority of organizations, but one I care deeply about: those that plan to go out of business. The article featured Malaria No More, and their vision of the project’s work: to end Malaria.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

—– In a previous post, I discussed some of the highlights from recent reports about the impact of celebrities and data on Millennial donors. My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review’s opinion blog is up – you can read the post and contribute to the conversation on SSIR , or read it in full below.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network – Have you registered yet for the Nonprofit Technology Conference? They politely reply to tweets, express appreciation to donors, respond as quickly as possible to customer support issues, and generally try to add value to their network.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 9, 2009

." New Fundraising Tool for Your Cause: Donor Choices – Causes Exchange Blog - Have you used Facebook's Causes application at your organization either as part of a campaign or general awareness/fund raising? " Third sector infrastructure organisations Social Media Map - RSS Feed - TALK Project - TALK - This is SO cool!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

It's left some nonprofit professionals wondering whether these types of contests are a good idea." " Try These Dynamic Digital Storytelling Platforms | Community Organizer 2.0 – "Nonprofit organizations can tell the best stories. " Check it out!

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Web Bookmarking Contest Storytelling 126

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

." Download the 2009 Data Ecosystem Survey Report | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network – NTEN just released a report on the data ecosystem in nonprofit organizations – it's free for members, but $50 for non-NTEN members. "The The future of the nonprofit sector depends on it."

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Notes from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference for: Who : Speakers: Susan Tenby | TechSoup Global; Janet Fouts; Kira Marchenese. sponsors and donors. You can only have a real impact and “control&# or influence over the public conversation about you, your organization or your programming if you are listening and engaging.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

." 4 Results from Crowdsource Experiment at #12NTC: Nerd, Geek and Gear Herding « Sage Words – "At the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference (#12NTC) in San Francisco, California, we led a session called Nerd, Geek, and Gear Herding 2.0. What does social media success look like, anyway?" The full report is here.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 21, 2010

We had a very valuable conversation about members of the different parts of the CTX community, and the segments that emerged included readers/consumers, activists, donor partners, participants/contributors, and others. There are organizations creating content like NAVCA, NCVO, LASA with the Knowledgebase, and KnowHow NonProfit.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2010

Join the conversation taking place on Manny Hernandez’s blog about keeping the network free for nonprofit and educational use. Please join me in signing this Change.org petition to keep Ning free for nonprofit and education use. You can also read the news post on TechCrunch and the comments there.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

" Facebook | The Networked Nonprofit Virtual Launch Party – "After more than a year of anticipation, on June 21 Beth Kanter and Allison Fine will release the Networked Nonprofit, published by Jossey-Bass. Join us on the 21st at 4 eastern/1 pacific for questions and answers about the book The Networked Nonprofit.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 11, 2011

In a previous job, I had the opportunity to help run crowdsourcing contests for new and innovative technologies that help nonprofits and the world. Recruit new volunteers, donors, or activists that are excited to continue working with you. iStart and options for nonprofits. iStart and options for nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 23, 2009

"The research presented in this report reflects the attitudes and experiences of Giving Challenge participants, from cause champions to individual donors to nonprofit leaders. Check out the evaluation report from Beth Kanter and Allison Fine. "The " Is Twitter a Social Network? The key lessons she includes are: 1.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Donors could communicate with the students, and they thanked participants directly – building lasting relationships. For many start ups and even nonprofit groups doing something truly innovative, they totally blow it the first time around. Another great example is Epic Change.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

How a Small Nonprofit Used Social Media & Crowd-Sourcing to Win the 2009 Global Giving Challenge - frogloop Home~Care2’s blog for nonprofits - frogloop - "The goal was simple. Earn a permanent spot on the GlobalGiving website by raising at least $4000 online from 50 individual donors in three weeks.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

Options for Nonprofits. Without knowing just where Google is planning to go with these kinds of options or profiles, I can see a few options just built into the functionality: Using “circles&# for volunteers, donors, general supporters, etc. I haven’t found any organizations using Google+ yet with an organizational profile.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 4, 2009

Participants for Mobile Tech 4 Social Change barcamps include nonprofits, mobile app developers, researchers, donors, intermediary organizations, and mobile operators. Each event includes. interactive discussions. hands-on-demos. In short, Mobile Tech 4 Social Change camp is: A one-day event in London on May 23, 2009 at Vodafone.

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San Jose Mobile Tech Change 100

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 23, 2011

If you haven't, John Haydon will tell you how: "From what I’ve seen, most nonprofits have no idea that you can add to your list — that precious database of your supporters, donors or newsletter subscribers — by strategically using a customized Facebook Welcome Page or custom tab. " Google+ vs.

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Web New York City Detroit Map 135

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. Community Mapping. Your goal: why do you engage with them.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2009

“First, we’re strictly nonprofit.&# That’s how UniversalGiving begins when describing it’s work. But, what it should really say is, “we may be non-profit, but we are not non-impact.&# Or at least something like that! What is UniversalGiving?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 19, 2009

Social change projects may take the shape of a traditional or recognized nonprofit organization or an individual with an idea, a venture capitalist or a marketer, a team of developers or a college kid who wants to make an impact. Why Social Media for Social Change? So, I felt like I was disconnected. We are making a difference in the world.

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