Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 7, 2009

4Change Chats are hosted on Twitter – Read “ Join the Conversation ” below for ways to jump into the discussion. Where: Twitter (search for #4Change. Starting the Conversations: Here are some questions to consider: How does online discussion and networking connect with and support offline action? Details: Date: Oct, 8th.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Image Credit: dole777 on unsplash After more than a decade of dominating the social media landscape, Big Tech platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are in flux. For example, shortly after Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, the company’s entire accessibility staff was laid off.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

I’ve had experience organizing communities offline in local communities, and organizing community online – but the kind of organizing that inspires me the most is combining online and offline. Social media tools work because they are powered by people, and people are social. How to Participate. Feeling brave?

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

TechSoup continued its Social Media Mondays in May with a discussion on Twitter to expand on the resources offered in its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki. The second installment of the weekly TweetChat series offered some useful advice on nonprofit Twitter use, a tool that can be difficult to understand for many nonprofit leaders.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

You can create and run an online campaign to support an offline appeal or an event. In other words, don’t throw this together at the last minute and expect it to work! For example, if your campaign is off to a slow start, you can post something about that and wake people up. Remind them why they should give NOW.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2011

Twitter App Looks Up Zip Code to Tweet Your Legislator. They are integrating social media tactics to their online advocacy tool box with this Twitter tool. You just type in your zip code , and their Twitter handles are displayed with buttons that allow you to easily Tweet them about not cutting Medicaid.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 10, 2019

If you’re skeptical don’t be because the strategy works. This tactic still works today, but it’s not nearly as effective as it once was. Further, Rand Fishkin shared a recent study of business engagement rates on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Marketing Strategy Actually Work On LinkedIn?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

It was so much fun and it was an amazing experience to work with people like Chris Worman and meet with so many local nonprofit and community changemakers. I’d love to hear your examples of campaigning on facebook! In the slides, I highlighted some of the work of 350.org I’d love to hear how it went!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

One response on twitter from my great friend and colleague, Joe Solomon, has stuck with me and kept me thinking: “You can’t create new game-changing start-ups for social change anymore. On & Offline Engagement. But the action, the real social change, is offline. Online is great for organizing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

That holds us back from embracing networked ways of working. Having a networked mindset as you approach your daily work can help you get better results. Think about your current work. You need to let them know why you are making the introduction and these can be done both online and offline. You can more efficient.

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Forum One

JANUARY 27, 2009

We've been helping groups for many years with ways to have a little more influence and get a little more impact out of their online and offline events. Use video, audio, or text--all work well. Right now, there is an excellent example of this by the team behind the Davos 2009 World Economic Forum. Check it out !

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 3, 2019

If you’re skeptical don’t be because the strategy works. This tactic still works today, but it’s not nearly as effective as it once was. Further, Rand Fishkin shared a recent study of business engagement rates on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Marketing Strategy Actually Work On LinkedIn? Guess what?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

The participants are the content – and the design of getting participants into small group discussions where we can discuss topics related to our work that we are passionate about and want to explore and learn. These discussions are not lectures or traditional panels and are participant driven. Think about your current work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

Using social media isn’t just a distraction, it amplifies and enhances the work your CEO is already doing. Before social networks and the Internet, it was fairly easy to put clear boundaries between work and personal lives – it was pretty black and white Public/Private and Personal/Professional.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Is it easy to see how to give offline? Consider Twitter polls or Q&A sessions or surveys. For example, one pitfall to avoid is sending emails from “do not reply” addresses. It’s still a much smaller percentage of giving than offline giving, but you don’t want to ignore it. Is it optimized for mobile?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2013

While beautiful charity galas and creative offline campaigns still gather support for nonprofits’ causes, they slowly slip away from donors’ focus. Most of them work on building grassroots communities in support of specific nonprofits or more general issues. You can reach her out on Twitter or Google+.

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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). The study will offer support for elected officials who run on open government platforms or who work for more transparency. Are you a leader or a follower?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

The responses lean towards a reality in which our online presence is just as diverse as our offline personalities – people are connecting with a mix of others on difference platforms. According to Farra and Danielle’s survey respondents, Twitter is the top three platforms for both personal and professional use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

A few days ago, I asked for some stories " What is the value of listening through social media channels for your organization? " I wanted to see examples from nonprofit organizations engaged in listening and conversation and the value it has to their missions, programs, or marketing efforts. " But what does that really mean?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

Here’s a summary of tips, tools, examples, and resources for getting the most of our your nonprofit event with social media. Depending on the target audience (and your capacity), you might want to promote the event on other social channel Event Pages such as LinkedIN or Facebook. Rowfeeder is terrific for this.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

What’s your favorite example of technology helping people create positive change in the world? One example that I’ve blogged about before is the annual project from EpicChange: Tweetsgiving. Technology for Change. I think there are too many to count, really. To participate in the contest, follow these easy steps: 1.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

When it comes to managing or building communities, online or on the ground, the work can seem overwhelming and sometimes even never-ending. That said, it is best to assume that your community isn’t hip to every trick you’ve found for Facebook, Twitter, and any other site you may use. You know more about the cause.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

We can see (and learn a valuable lesson about) the way current ecosystem of social media works in regards to transparency, data, and community. There are many who approach the online landscape with very different views than their offline business decisions. Well, it means a lot.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Ideally, it should match your Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, MySpace and Foursquare URLs. For example, www.ustream.tv/user/nonprofitorgs. Unlike Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, and Foursquare, this image should be rectangular, not square. For example, “Red Cross Live!&# See example: www.ustream.tv/channel/nonprofit-tech-2-0-live.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

I started my talk with a story about why I liked Twitter: It allows me to connect with people in my professional field and have a great conversations or ad hoc collaborations that improve practice. I used David Hood as an example. One of the sub-themes was to point out opportunities to use excel in your social media work flow.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

Once you know what worked and what didn’t, you can start looking at the current trends in fundraising to create the best GivingTuesday campaign to maximize your donor acquisition and retention. Begin your campaign with ads to increase awareness about your organization and the work you do in October.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

We started with key results and worked backwards to technical assistance goals: Kids get health care coverage Policies are adopted More attention from policymakers. Grantees get better results integrating Facebook, Twitter, and other social media channels best practices and measurement. Content Curation on Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 12, 2010

—— Last year I used the metaphor of “ gardening vs landscaping &# to outline some of the key attributes I believe make for successful community building, on or offline. What issues is your organization facing or examples can you share? What do you think? What would you add about cross-platform community building?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

That’s not exactly the way business normally goes down offline. How are you showing your gratitude for the hard work of your supporters (“volunteer&# means something very different online!) Do you have any tips or examples from your social media presences or campaigns to share? What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2010

For example, if you are working on a fundraising campaign, email is a better bet than social media for the direct ask for the donation, with highly visible links back to a campaign landing page and donation form on your website. Step 3: Reinforce What Works. That’s where social media can be highly effective.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Many early adopters in the nonprofit community were already working hard (despite announcements from Google that they would police use and roll-out an organization-specific profile option) to start building a space for their organization’s profile on the new social network since it originally launched. It’s the same with any platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2013

Been thinking a lot about of the work processes around creating content and measuring its against outcomes this week. One idea that came up in my post earlier this week about creating and measuring content , was the concept of an idea dashboard. This post takes it a bit deeper. What goes in an Idea Dashboard?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

And over the years, many other communities and states have copied the idea – for example Georgia Gives Back Day. But this year, the buzz leading up to the November 15 event on Twitter and Facebook, as well as on sites like YouTube and Linkedin, was even stronger. Social media specific webinars.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

pull in hashtags from Twitter into the RSS reader (pull in the RSS of a search.twitter.com result). Examples: Yammer for internal sharing, it’s a Twitter for groups. over time have gotten other metrics and impact from working on this goal. over time have gotten other metrics and impact from working on this goal.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

For those that follow the #4Change twitter-based chats, this is a post recapping and highlighting our latest conversation on social media application in the Climate Change movement. That’s the question that the monthly #4Change chats (that take place on Twitter) address, this month focusing on the Climate Change movement.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2009

I want to take a break from all the hard work building community (does that get a wink?) to share some of what I believe is the core of successful community building (on or offline). Have a great example or case study you want to share? how can I be a community builder online? Tips, secrets, ideas?! Gardening vs Landscaping.

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