Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Why Social Media?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

I recently had the opportunity to present a webinar for the National Center for Media Engagement , focused on community-driven engagement, and present a session at the Public Media Development and Marketing Conference , talking about building a social media strategy. Using Social Media. Defining Community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 16, 2018

As we slide toward the end of 2018, there are five broader digital trends that we see affecting non-profits next year. It’s impossible for any organization to treat all givers the same due to time and resources. Turning one-time givers into recurring donors remains one of the largest issues for nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 4, 2014

Another form of real-time communications is using mobile and social media to report live from your events and conferences. To effectively document the event and engage those who are and are not in attendance in real-time, much preparation needs to be done. Write in the third person.

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M+R

AUGUST 23, 2023

Read Time: 4 minutes It’s lunchtime. By the time you’ve read this very sentence, all of those trends have become irrelevant (except for Taylor, of course!) While nonprofits have far more followers on Facebook and Twitter, TikTok continues to grow in popularity across the country.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2010

Social Media Measurement Tips View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I had a lot of fun doing a panel with colleagues Jordan Viator, Carie Lewis, and David Neff called " The Real Housewives of Social Media." Our task was to present practical and tactical information about social media using metaphors that related to housewives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Time Chart - See Flickr Discussion on Version 1 Wanna Remix it? Here's a question I get all the time: How much time and resources does it take to implement social media? In my presentations, I use a slide from Nina Simon's blog post called " How Much Time Does It Take To Do Web2.0 In A Museum?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2008

To prepare for this presentation, I used social media tools not only to locate the experts and good examples, but this time invited them to collaborate in a google doc that ultimately became the wiki resource page. BTW, the photo that graces the cover of this slide show was taken by Patricia). (BTW,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

TechSoup Global was the co-sponsor and it was great to catch up with long-time colleague, Marnie Webb , Co-Ceo. 337. David was interested in learning more about what American nonprofits were doing with social media, he asked me for some advice. Effective Social Media. Connecting With Colleagues.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

You can watch and listen to all 10 of the sessions any time you want. Download session slides. Watch the session recording | Download the session slides. Join us and get new ideas for connecting Facebook®, Twitter®, YouTube®, email and more. Watch the session recording | Download the session slides.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 4, 2013

People have limited time (and limited attention) for yet another email in their already overloaded inbox. The truth is, people are asking themselves this question every time you ask them to join your email list. They’re also building their Facebook page fan base by putting a fan-gate on the offer (as shown below).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Facebook Changes: A Complete Guide – by Mari Smith. Also, a few insights about the what the changes mean for Facebook pages. I don’t really feel comfortable sharing the fact that I took my kids to Chuck Cheese with all my professional colleagues who are friends with me on Facebook.” Sharing Philosophy.

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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. Raise funds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Guest Post by Frank Barry: Social Media for Social Good Video Roundup from #BBCon. Here’s a few of the videos focused on using the social web for social good. Social Media for Nonprofits Ignite! Using Causes on Facebook to Change the World with Matthew Mahan. We had 2,200 attendees!

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

It takes patience, diligence, perseverance, some technical know-how and a lot of time. With that in mind I’m sure you’d like to make sure you’re focusing your efforts in the right direction in order to achieve the best possible return on the investment of your time and money. Social Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2011

If you want extract value from your social media strategy, you need to use measurement. That means setting measurable goals, collecting the right data, making sense of it, and transforming it into actionable decisions. Sense-making is an essential workplace skill along with several others. What does that actually mean?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Compasspoint Workshop Slides - Beta. Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. Every time I present or facilitate a workshop, I review the web sites and social media ant trails (social media properties) of participants. .

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2012

Our focus was Facebook. With more than 900 million users, Facebook is the top social media site on the planet. Schools have a unique opportunity to build their Facebook following and stay connected with alumni due to the deep relationships that are built with students, families, and faculty. How do you do that?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2012

This morning I have the good fortune to be presenting to a sold-out crowd at the Social Media for Nonprofits Conference in NYC. As what I hope is the next best thing, I’m sharing the content from a few of my slides for today and a some notes on them. Social Media for Nonprofits Excerpt on Prezi.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Topic : Social Media in Disaster Response. Description : Social media tools allow for people to connect: broadcasting messages to real time communication, online networking to offline collaboration. Location : San Antonio, TX. Related Links : Conference website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Share Your Story: ROI, Social Media, Nonprofits. Last year at this time, I was writing the chapter on ROI in the soon to be published book from NTEN called " Managing Your Mission." Definition: An analysis that looks at the benefits, costs, and value of a technology project over time. How much time will it take?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 6, 2009

This Wednesday, MIT and Tie-Boston are hosting The 140-Character Mission: Social Media & Entrepreneurship event. I was going to be presenting live via video but the time difference is just too much. Here are my slides: I’ll post more notes about the case studies and tools as well after the event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He is Deputy Director for the Contemporary Jewish Museum , and an expert in using social media in a museum setting. One thing led to another and I designed a social media lab for arts organizations. Both organizations have demonstrated leadership in embracing social media. I said yes.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Here are some options that come top of mind: Social Media: Cons: Generally limited in the amount of content you can fit in a post. Drip campaigns can take some time to feel like they’re working. Can do a drip campaign where you tell a bit of the story at a time. . Can get lost in the mess of an inbox. .

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Achieve

JULY 7, 2021

introduced Stories to compete with the rising popularity of Snapchat Stories, and the way we interact with social media has never been the same since! This one probably doesn’t come as a surprise, but by setting up your Facebook Donation Account, your nonprofit can enable donations via Instagram. Back in 2016, Instagram.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Description : When it comes to social media, email marketing, or even online engagement in general, we often have a feeling when things are going well or when they aren’t. The next time your leadership staff ask why you’re spending all that time on Twitter, you’ll be able to show them why it matters!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. The rise of social media and mobile technology has changed the way people process information. Your supporters also now expect a more social experience from your website.

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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. Why did we do this?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Description : When it comes to social media, email marketing, or even online engagement in general, we often have a feeling when things are going well or when they aren’t. The next time your leadership staff ask why you’re spending all that time on Twitter, you’ll be able to show them why it matters!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

CTK Foundation Grant Award: Social Media, Technology, and Poetry for the Soul | Community Organizer 2.0 – "I was contacted by my colleague John Haydon last week to write about an interesting foundation grant challenge by the CTK Foundation. Is your organization considered a content curator? Are you a leader or a follower?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2021

Be sure you’re taking the time to keep them in the loop and make them feel appreciated. The type of donor they are (first-time, repeat, monthly, etc.). Show donors you appreciate their generosity and time by choosing one of the following topics: Their feedback on your most recent event. A thank you for their time and money.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. All that said, the following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of my book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

And when I read his transcript and saw his slides , I was intrigued. Peter had analyzed my use of Twitter and shared at the conference that I use it to communicate, in small increments of time, with those who choose to follow my tweets (which, for today at least, is 1,284 people). Bridging Silos. Bridging Silos.

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NTEN

JULY 5, 2012

Over 450 people joined us for the 2012 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook webinar we co-hosted with NTEN and the Ad Council last week. Combine all this knowledge with your free copy of the Benchmarks Extra: Facebook study , and you’ll be rocking your organization’s Facebook page in no time! Are the slides available?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2013

It was a time to focus on family and health (I had my gallbladder removed). After taking a break, I felt a lot like Hank – I just wanted to keep on resting. But in the quiet and last days of 2012 and the reflective moments in the new year, it was time to face the new year! That always gets folks talking and sharing.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

On one hand, this saves your team the time you’d spend researching products and determining which one is a worthy investment, as well as the money you’d spend making that investment. Our platform also gives donors the option to cover processing fees, which they choose to do about 70% of the time. for ACH transactions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2008

  It included two excellent case studies and social media metrics- one on ASPCA and the other Georgia Tech. some pics of slides are here ).   The notion that you can manage your reputation through social media gets you into trouble.     Social media? 

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