Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

She’s worked in development offices of all sizes and has recently put her years of experience and training down on paper in The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising. No one in my family has ever worked at a nonprofit, and we definitely don’t have a tradition of giving to causes in our family.) That you just had to let things go.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

We focused on principles for community building and community organizing, as well as examples of both short-term and long-term engagement. Would love to hear if you have examples or tips to share! Here are the five core principles as we see them from our work: 1. Here are the slides! Principles of Community Organizing.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

—– Whether you are part of a nonprofit organization, an action campaign, a local community, or a school, you know that it is through stories you can showcase your work, change people’s minds, inspire them to make change, or join you to make a difference. Bonus: nonprofits can apply to get Animoto Pro for free !

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

The first time I focused on DIY Community Engagement Metrics and shared lots of templates and examples. Here are the definitions I use in my work and when talking to groups I work with. You are working very quickly or flexibly (where communication with the crowd could be difficult or time consuming). Definitions.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

You get my point; before we even start to layer on information from the wider sector or filters to subdivide topics and categories, we have A LOT of information to work with. But, does it matter if we don’t work with it? A common example of this that I hear often is with volunteer engagement.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

For this conversation, and those to have over the course of the next two days together at least, let’s work from the place that a movement is larger than coalitions. In the most simple terms, a movement is when organizations work with, and not for, the community. They didn’t make too much of the merger, as there’s lots of work to do.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It evolves to meet our changing needs, to fit our changing lifestyles, and to integrate into the way we do our work. The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Direct Content.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2013

It’s a practitioner’s guide for planning, implementing, and evaluating strategies that engage constituents across many channels, wherever they may be, and how we as organizations need to structure our work to deliver that experience. Try this: Stop working for just five minutes. What do you do? Which tools do you use?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

Do not assume that if a potential donor or volunteer wants to learn about your work, impact, and financial situation that they will download (if you even post the file) a massive annual report and read that in their free time. For example, my Twitter bio links to [link] instead of my website’s home page.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

There are examples of organizations succeeding with a certain campaign but when the campaign is over, they aren’t sure what to do. There are other examples of organizations finding some tricks and functionality that really help them make connections with supporters, and then Facebook changes the functionality. Referral Rates.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

The Red Cross has been around for 130 years and so much has changed – for example with text-to-give after disasters. I just had the honor of being part of a new leaders group studying how different generations were leading in the work force and we found there were lots of differences between where people were in life.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Today’s CommBuild chat brought together some regular participants and some new ones for a rich conversation chock full of examples and ideas to share! Claire Sale: When I worked for the Red Cross, we did a daily social media update to the comms dept, senior leadership, and anyone else who wanted to receive the info.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

To compliment, I shared some of the core beliefs I’ve developed in my experiences working in technology, innovation and community engagement. Recognize the role of technology across all our work. can be harnessing technology to improve their work and impact. Focus on why, not if, something works.

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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

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Whether you are working on a campaign, a program or a service; whether it is online or offline (though I would argue it should probably touch both!); whether you are a small team or a huge office, your work requires engagement. And engagement requires people. People are networked. And likewise with a personal side. We need them both.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

For example, if the crowd voted in huge numbers on a submission that didn’t necessarily fit the criteria, it doesn’t mean it should win. There are lots of examples of projects that use crowdsourcing, even this one! There are many ways to include social media in your work. Sometimes that means crowdsourcing.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

The room was full, and participants came up with some terrific examples and options for their organizations. Who was the community that you were working with? One thing I would do differently next time have better examples of the types of responses I was looking for with the first two questions.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

Semphonic President and Conference Founder Gary Angel says " What a gift to have the best minds in the industry to work together and the big bonus is helping 2 chosen non-profit organizations."" I don't necessarily agree with all the tactics, but I SO appreciate him sharing their work! "" Apply today!

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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

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. If creating content is an essential part of your campaign, make sure you provide options for someone that wants to give you, for example, 30 seconds, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, or 30 minutes.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2009

First, let’s settle on an example we can use to walk through all 5 steps: you work for a small nonprofit that focuses on early childhood education, so you have lots of services for parents and partnerships with hospitals, child care facilities, and doctors offices. In this example, we are using a blog. The benefits?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Here are some example searches using NetSquared as the organization. NetSquared.org - putting this URL in the search term area of the alert means that if someone wrote out our URL on their blog, for example, I would get alerted. The URL you are given will look pretty weird (see the screen shot example below). Twitter Search.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

For example , if you are an organization working on public education policy changes, you probably recognize teachers as a core demographic to your work – both in supporting the changes you propose as well as helping identify the changes that can and should be made. The next example, is 350.org Revisit your Story.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

Social media tools work because they are powered by people, and people are social. My work with NetSquared and with Social by Social has helped shape so many of my beliefs about community organizing and has offered the opportunity to meet so many others doing it well. What roles are important in online community organizing?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2009

In the process, we hope we can also educate funders and policy workers about the huge shift of mindset and expectations needed to commission these projects successfully, to give the innovators more space to work.&#. Craig Newmark , Founder of Craigslist. Tessy Britton, Social Spaces. Mark Walker, Sussex Community Internet Project.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

What’s appropriate, when to send, and what works? This is an opportunity for you highlight your work as well as get feedback from others about end of year actions. Join me with your questions and your examples to share! Related Links : NTEN Roundtables.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Specifically, we will reveal the latest research about designing online engagement, highlight the connection between the theory of relationship ties and online evangelism, and offer examples of organizations with successful co-creation strategies. Related Links : BBCon website.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 16, 2011

I think that more visibility of nonprofits, campaigns, and social benefit work we support at events like SXSWi, the better – there are incredible stories, examples, and leaders in the nonprofit technology space that deserve as much stage time as those in the for-profit world.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Over the last few of years I’ve had a the opportunity to work with a team of intelligent and thoughtful colleagues, speak at conferences, and collaborate with other facilitators and community builders. The tools and methods here are designed to be flexible and adaptable so that you can make them work for your organization and needs.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 10, 2010

Collaboration and partnerships can easily come together and be successful under and umbrella that puts the work of all those involved toward the movement, instead of the one-time effort or project. Scale is incredibly important to creating movements, and we are all still learning how we scale our work to a global level.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 11, 2010

It’s because this is another example of how our tools are defining community. ( Last month’s post focused on that topic using Causes, Ideablob and Ning as references for the conversation.) notifications, pop-ups, and the ins-and-outs of what works with apps are still being figured out, 2. What does it mean to you?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 3, 2010

Just as our tools get more interesting and dynamic for global collaboration and impact, so do they for locally-focused work, campaigns, and communities. Check out the Meetup Everywhere site to see examples of how organizations and causes, like the Gulf Coast Benefit for Fisherman and Wildlife , are taking off. What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 4, 2012

Specifically, we will reveal the latest research about designing online engagement, highlight the connection between the theory of relationship ties and online evangelism, and offer examples of organizations with successful co-creation strategies. Related Links : 2012 NTC.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 13, 2010

These are all aspects of our work that have changed dramatically and rapidly. I’m looking to recruit 2 or 3 panelists to share the stage with me, and share their first hand accounts and examples of the way personal, individual driven social media has impacted, for better or worse, their organizations. Session details.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 7, 2010

Being a Community Builder (I refuse, on principle, to use the word Manager) is a lot of work. Lead by example. Let the community know itself : Working in networks means that the “center” (that’s you) is no better than any of the other parts. But, it ain’t easy. So, how do you do it without losing sleep or sanity?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 28, 2010

To provide practical examples of how collaborative technologies can be exploited in a city context. Even if you know who your community is, chances are that you won’t get very far trying to work/build/collaborate together if the community doesn’t trust you. You Examples. Get the game pieces here: Playing grid.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2011

Some consider Facebook likes and retweets as examples of slacktivism, but we can also view those actions as people raising their hands or signing on with the message that they are here, they are listening, and they are ready to respond. What have you tried that didn’t work or what do you want to try but haven’t yet? (As

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