Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

This is a really great post to read for anyone thinking about how to measure, evaluate, and even consider the impact of social media use (and that should be everyone). "Over Additional models of collaboration from The Collaboration Prize will be added soon. " Check it out!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Here is a partial list of what we’ve completed as part of this review: Program evaluation based on a sample of 169 OE grants closed in 2007-2009, conducted by TCC Group (2011). Through this process, we’ve considered what works well, and where we can experiment with being more effective and having more impact.

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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. ." Or, depending on when you last ate, the nearest Indian restaurant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

Should we be using an industrial measurement model in a digital age? For nonprofits, this should not be a foreign concept. Here's a sampling: Lewis Green warns not to use the traditional investment financial calculations but instead measure value. But is there is thread here - measurement should be practical.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 2, 2009

There are a TON of lists out there that identify the top _# of things to do for really anything you want to explore (whether it’s building a model or building an organization). By evaluating what resources you already have on hand in the organization, you are much more prepared to fully examine your options. Evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

You know those bags tattooed with the sponsors' logos and filled with stickers, t-shirts, coupons, samples, and other goodies. The conference bag is one of of her "out-of-studio experiments" to involve poor communities in the development of simple solutions to problems of un-managed consumer waste. Ann Wizer, XSProject Founder.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

NTEN's Amy Sample Ward shares from her experiences at the Games for Change Festival. They can't build the schools and they can't train the teachers fast enough to replicate our model. I think the cross section of everyone getting into the development and gaming means we will need to evaluate what is quality and what isn't.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

There are a few core elements of the way communities work that we can learn from as a model for innovation as well. Communities share, pass on, and constantly expand a collective wisdom and knowledge from experiences, events, movements and legacy. Community-Driven Model. Communities are flexible. Principles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

the capacity to experiment with one???s the ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real-world. the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content. the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information. s surroundings as a form of problem-solving. Performance ???

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Experiences: People love getting to do something unique, interesting, and valuable, even more than they like “things.” help to evaluate resumes of kids). Access to password-protected content like checklists for camping with kids or sample lesson plans for outdoor educators. Plug donor skills into the work. Touch the work.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls As the year comes to a close its likely time for many business leaders to tackle the annual performance appraisal process. So, here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

I shared examples of question frameworks designed for specific types of visitor experiences: personal framing of exhibits (as in Facing Mars), private sharing (like the Storycorps booths), public dialogue (as in the Advice exhibit), and so on. Bridging Online and Onsite Experiences Tamara Schwarz (Chabot Space & Science Center), Seth!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Are you going to use this to evaluate your internal operations so that you can become more efficient, more effective. Because I saw the report and it said ‘20,000 people’ and I thought, ‘there is no way this table attracted 20,000 people over the period of 3 days, given my experience in those festivals.'”

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

But that doesn't mean you can't be a part of it, either by actively inserting your voice, supporting discussion on your own site (a la Brooklyn Museum), or, in the model of the game designers, trying to steer it. The influencers become part of the design experience--not in a heavy or disruptive way, but in a supportive and provocative one.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

Whether you are new to grants, and re-evaluating how your organization seeks out grant funding, Rachel Werner will go through what you need to know to become more grant ready. So logic model, this is my tried and true. I love this logic model. Rachel: Your estimate, I mean, it’s also based on your experience with.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 23, 2010

In summary, collaboration is critical because a client-centric approach, tied into a community of resources through technology, facilitates simplified, whole solutions that can be evaluated based on system-wide outcomes. Do you have any specific examples about new ways organizations are collaborating more effectively or more efficiently?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

An interesting model to use for comparison is Occupy Wall Street. How do you evaluate and recognize “critical mass” of a free agent community? How does your organization evaluate, on the fly in real-time, what critical mass is around a piece of news, an issue, a campaign, or even just an idea? Five hundred people?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 7, 2010

Saturday, August 7, 2010 Great Business Quote Heres a great quote from author and speaker Harvey Mackay : "When a person with money meets a person with experience, the person with the experience ends up with the money, and the person with the money ends up with the experience." Use print to provide detailed information.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The survey typically takes respondents seven to 10 minutes to fill out and the results you get will identify your strengths and weaknesses, and will allow you to compare your evaluators responses to your own self-assessment. The self-evaluation survey is free and its the first step in the program.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The program evaluates words and phrases for the intensity of eight primary emotions, allowing you to adjust the overall tone before you send your message. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

Dont evaluate or criticize ideas when they are first suggested. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. Ask for wild ideas.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Mentoring is all about sharing experiences. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. They pose alternatives.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe.

Giving 62

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Timm that you can use to evaluate your organizations customer service via the phone: 1. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued.

Service 40

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 18, 2010

Allow enough time for sharing samples of his work and for Q&A. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued.

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Job Learning Mentoring Kansas City 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2011

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 4, 2010

Developing leaders: Create the next generation of leaders Are great listeners Grow talent by challenging others to take on more than what they think they can do Are open, honest and direct Model the behavior they want to mentor for others If you havent read Judith E. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Development directors who wear many hats, entry-level grant staff who don’t have much experience, and even program staff who get thrown into grant-writing roles. And some people without grant experience, which is completely okay. Then that’s my third tip, which is to evaluate the shortlist of potentially aligned funders.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe.

Skills 53

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe.

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Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Skills 50

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2010

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe.

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