Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Last week was the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference and not only did I have the pleasure of presenting a couple sessions, it was also my first NTC as a staffer, as I joined NTEN earlier this month. I had a really wonderful time, and the Community-Driven Social Impact session was terrific! Presentation. No Short Cuts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2023

When we first started publishing and presenting on Smart Tech and AI tools to audiences of fundraisers, nonprofits, and funders in the social sector field, the media narrative around AI was presented as binary. And while the outputs may appear to be smarter than humans, they won’t replace humans. And never should).

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

Yesterday was the 2012 New York Cares Leadership Conference , and I had the distinct pleasure of presenting a session to volunteer leaders and inspiring community members. The session focused on using core social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to raise awareness and inspire others as a volunteer. hashtags.org.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I’ve followed and supported the work of Peter Deitz and Social Actions ever since hearing about his passion and ideas a few years ago. Let’s start at the beginning: What is Social Actions and where does the API come in? The Social Actions project began in 2006. Earlier this week, I got ahold of Peter to get the full scoop!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be familiar with important information on the organization’s website, social media sites, YouTube channel, and other assets. For example, accepting gifts of stock by opening a brokerage account, accepting Venmo donations, accepting cryptocurrency , and accepting donations from Alexa (Amazon devices). Be Informed.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Many nonprofits have finalized their plans, but some are still adapting and adding tactics, like tweaking donation page settings, updating social media images, or double-checking that their organizations are in alignment with email best practices before the big day. Track and analyze your results. That is a big difference!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2014

“You have to show not just tell your CEO about social media”- @carolynsave “Create a tweetorial” – @kanter #afpshift pic.twitter.com/zKggoMllYB. Here’s another example about a nonprofit CEO (Helen Clark of UNDP) using Twitter to engage audiences about policy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2019

It was almost ten years ago that we published the Networked Nonprofit during the early days of social media and networks. Artificial Intelligence presents a lot of benefits for the social good sector. The article includes list of proposed best practices for use of AI in development and other social good fields.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Videos, interviews, client stories, audio, emails, podcasts, social media posts—there are so many types of storytelling opportunities available to nonprofits of all missions and sizes. But 63% of people could remember a story the presenter told. For example, let’s say you’re planning a storytelling campaign. goals acronym).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session about leadership and social media as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits. The workshop is co-presented by S tanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. We can learn from leading entrepreneurs. Model the Model.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2009

Today was the first webinar in the Storytelling & Social Media series from NTEN and TechSoup Global. Today’s webinar focused on the building blocks of social meda; things like tagging, RSS and how to get started finding the conversations taking place online. Here’s my slide deck: Social Media Building Blocks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

Why Twitter Matters View more presentations from Laura lee Dooley. Presentation by Laura Lee Dooley a metrics and social media geek for a nonprofit. Check out blog for in-depth posts on Twitter tools, for example this one about url shorterners. Social Actions Check out their action twitter packs by issue area.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 8, 2014

You’ve got social media covered. But you’re just scratching the surface with those two mainstream social media sites. But this is a social media platform designed to be all about you. houses all of your social media accounts and links in one place. houses all of your social media accounts and links in one place.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

If you're considering revamping your website to include social elements like the Facebook Like button, streaming from YouTube, or adding information from a social site through its API, it can be overwhelming to know where to begin. There are many ways to “get social,” and so many reasons for doing so. Create on-site engagement.

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AccelEvents

JULY 23, 2020

When viewers are located all throughout the world, it can be nearly impossible to find a time that works for all time zones, and asking presenters to present the same content over and over again will not fly. From the attendee experience, a Simulive event looks like a live presentation that is scheduled to occur at a set time of day.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 13, 2021

While we are staying physically distanced in our homes, we can still connect with each other socially. Many people live stream through popular social media platforms, like Facebook Live, Instagram Live, and Youtube Live. Think of your video source as a live feed that is funneled directly to the internet.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

The creation and communication of this knowledge occurs in social networks of relationships, empowered by social media. Join us for a discussion and exploration of how social media are being used to accelerate our transition to a global sustainable culture. Presenters: Emily Gertz - Change.org. What is social media? -

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Gyrus

AUGUST 17, 2016

​. What Makes Social Learning so Interesting? A Comprehensive Examination of Social Media in Our Learning Programs. Social learning, relied solely on what one could obtain in a classroom setting, working with direct peers, or what could be conveyed back in forth on a phone. Those days are now extraordinarily a thing of the past.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

If you just run the feed for online audiences, you are essentially giving them worthless content. A remote audience is still an audience and they can provide many benefits to your speakers, to the trade show booth presenters, and to the other attendees. Keynote speaker and presenter information provided to the online suite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Content curation is the process of sorting through the vast amounts of content on the web and presenting it in a meaningful and organized way around a specific theme. People and organizations are now making and sharing media and content all over the social web. Photo by Stuck in Customs. What is Content Curation?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

You’re asking people to help you feed hungry families or save animals or provide scholarships for at-risk youth. Sometimes you can ask for donations solely online; in other cases, it may be better through a one-on-one meeting, a presentation, or a phone call. Fundraising is not about you. It’s about those you serve.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Or are social media ranking tools an example of more kool-aid mix being added to the overflowing punch bowl? Are you a leader or a follower?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 19, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). As she notes, her example has luck but it is an example of a growing model of a changing world. What do you think? Check it out! Great slides.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

If you are hoping to target a specific industry, for example, you need to develop content that will be both valuable and meaningful to individuals in that industry. . If they are near the physical event location, you can invite them to speak/present in person. Score a Great Speaker. Use the Right Technology.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

The Real-Time Web: it's more than just immediate delivery of Twitter messages to an always-on mobile device, disrupting the concentration that civilization is based on and bringing a rush to crazed social media addicts obsessed with the hottest new buzzwords. Real-Time Publishing. has jumped substantially. These services are fun and useful.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Examples of this in action are tools like Dall-E , Stable Diffusion , and MidJourney. If we need visual representations of idea concepts to use in a presentation, we can rely on them to create beautiful, well-thought-out renditions of visual concepts. . Each tackles a text prompt in a slightly different way. Spread of Disinformation.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

For example, Pencils of Promise will be hosting, for the first time in two years, its PoP Gala on October 20 at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City. As people have become increasingly reluctant to give out personal information, challenges present themselves in determining the unique characteristics of donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

There have been a lot of questions about customized Facebook landing pages and my business partner at Zoetica, Kami Huyse, wrote this fantastic summary of the resources shared. This post harvests some of the insights shared about social media measurement and nonprofits. The Social Media Measurement Checklist.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 13, 2021

While we are staying physically distanced in our homes, we can still connect with each other socially. Many people live stream through popular social media platforms, like Facebook Live, Instagram Live, and Youtube Live. Think of your video source as a live feed that is funneled directly to the internet.

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AccelEvents

JULY 23, 2020

When viewers are located all throughout the world, it can be nearly impossible to find a time that works for all time zones, and asking presenters to present the same content over and over again will not fly. From the attendee experience, a Simulive event looks like a live presentation that is scheduled to occur at a set time of day.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 18, 2023

Optimizing your donation form to present the easiest and best user experience when someone lands on your site – from an ad, email, or search engine – is a massive win for acquiring new donors and getting more repeat gifts from existing donors. Use social media to drive traffic to your website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg’s recently announced that Facebook’s News Feed will be veering away from branded content to prioritize content posted by personal accounts. We rely on our supporters to share these videos on their personal feed to help spread our message,” Sarah added. This article shares insights from nonprofit marketers. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

This is the sixth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

A whopping 86% of nonprofits say they have a presence on Facebook or another social media site according to the 2010 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. . This socially-sourced crowd spends upwards of 15 minutes per day, every day , on social media sites, 3 to 7 times more than on any other major web property. .

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 2, 2021

One great example of the intricate connections of habitats, wildlife, and people is our Cumberland Forest Project , located where Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet in the Central Appalachian region of the eastern U.S. And through that work, we know that nature provides for us as much as it depends on us.

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sgEngage

MARCH 30, 2022

Integrate with social media. . This means how you present your organization on your website can go a long way in encouraging supporters to get involved with your cause. . You might, for example, use your CMS to create a confirmation page that pops up after a donor gives. Integrate with social media. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

Find more photos like this on So You Think You Can Do Social Media. Note From Beth: Since 2007, I've been using, adapting, and remixing the Social Media Game social media workshops for nonprofits. We know that very soon, social media will no longer be optional. This year, the retreat theme was social media.

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