Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2022

Community fundraising and events were abruptly redirected online. The 4th edition of the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Trends Report highlighted the positive impact nonprofits have experienced from investment in new payment methods, technologies, and skills. Major donor and corporate engagements turned virtual overnight.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Psychology of Technology: Relationships 2.0: How Technology is Redefining How We Connect | Psychology Today - An interesting read - focusing on the need to incorporate offline interaction in relationships. Giving to others in need can be full of mixed motivations and our hope is to facilitate Pure giving."

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

While online tools and resources give the sense that people are more connected than ever, selecting the right communication vehicle, visibility, form, and timing for what you’re trying to accomplish is vital to achieving true connection and mutual understanding. Google Docs can be used to create collaborative agendas or meeting minutes.

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Project Communication Management Doc 105

NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

NTEN is looking for technology, community, and event lovers to join us in our work serving the nonprofit technology sector. Do you want to be part of the team helping organizations put technology to use for social change? S/he will also support the other online groups in NTEN’s Communities of Practice (CoP) program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface.

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NTEN

JUNE 9, 2011

Email is the annoying little brother of online communities: pesky, poking, insistent. But online communities are just one of millions of destinations competing for your community members' attention. Govloop, an online community for government, sends the following "Daily Awesome" message every weekday. That's so 1995.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

And, if you are attending NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology in March, join me, John Kenyon, Andrea Barry, and Cindy Leonard for a session on designing effective technology training. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related.

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Training Train Design Classroom 123

NTEN

APRIL 7, 2014

Here at NTEN, we marvel at the community members who run our COPs all year long because they create the space for that discovery and difference-making to happen, through thoughtful facilitation of online discussions and regular calls, webinars, or tweet chats. I know the volunteer facilitators will make sure you feel welcome.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

Earlier this month I was lucky enough to attend the CATechFest in LA designed and expertly facilitated by Aspiration. As he notes, the analysis can be helpful to him as a journalist and content curator to identify potential sources online. There are even simpler technology tools to use to map your professional network.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2020

The result is relevant innovations and improvements that include people-focused and technology-focused solutions. When they put themselves in their donors’ shoes, they realized their online transaction system was frustrating prospective patients and patient family donors – and donations were being lost because of it.

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Results Donor Map Case Study 41

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Part of my role as the Global Community Development Manager at NetSquared is to support and grow our offline organizers from around the world. This offline network, called Net Tuesdays, balances the work we do online to connect all those working at the intersection of technology and social impact.

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India Network Netsquared Offline 126

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

At the Digital Engagement Event , back on 6th October, David Wilcox and I helped the Community Voices team facilitate two sessions that focused on the three things more important to digital engagement than the technology. Offline vs Online. Session #2 Word Cloud: Relevant Content. Community of Interest. Individuals.

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Voice Reflection Conversation Digital 102

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

At the Digital Engagement Event , back on 6th October, David Wilcox and I helped the Community Voices team facilitate two sessions that focused on the three things more important to digital engagement than the technology. Offline vs Online. Session #2 Word Cloud: Relevant Content. Community of Interest. Individuals.

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Voice Reflection Conversation Digital 102

Neon CRM

AUGUST 23, 2023

For nonprofits looking to court younger donors and increase online giving, having a credit card processor in place is a must. Online bank payments: Donors can initiate payments directly from their online bank accounts. Two things to note real quick about offline payment methods. What Payment Types Require a Processor?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

This year I took off a full two weeks during the holiday, spending time with family on the Big Island on a coffee farm and mostly offline. Facilitator for Learning Network: Most of my work is designing and delivering capacity building projects for nonprofits literally all over the world and here in the US. Year in Review.

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Instructional Design Facilitation San Antonio North Carolina 50

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Will you be joining us in Austin for the 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference ? TechSoup will be hosting a pre-conference workshop on Office 365; exhibiting at the NTC Science Fair; speaking at plenary events, breakout sessions, and a "Birds of a Feather" lunch; and facilitating networking opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat. Innovation Lab Facilitation : For the past few years, I’ve trained in and designed and facilitated innovation labs using the Luma Institute Methods. Facilitation, Curriculum Development and Train the Trainers.

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Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio 50

Connection Cafe

JULY 29, 2016

On December 31st, 2015, the busiest day of the year for online fundraising, we had just one email queued up to go out from NTEN. Technology facilitates smarter messaging, smarter asks, and more personalized experiences with our organization. To do so, let’s use an example that isn’t about technology at all: an annual gala.

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Donor Technology Fundraising Offline 20

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Starting the Conversations: Here are some questions to consider: How does online discussion and networking connect with and support offline action? What are the impact of online petitions and how can they be most effective? What are the impact of online petitions and how can they be most effective?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

Online donation pages Create a donation page for your nonprofit’s website to capture gifts and contributor information. This solution was designed by industry experts and consultants who are familiar with nonprofit challenges and how technology can address those roadblocks. CharityEngine offers all-in-one nonprofit software.

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Profile Software Nonprofit Donor 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The focus of Eugene's work with this network was to better understand its community, the most promising group practices, and have an open discussion that would facilitate learning and interaction among these leaders who were miles apart, spoke different languages, and had Internet access challenges. Technology is a dehumanizing.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2015

After wrapping up our annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), NTEN’s CEO, Amy Sample Ward, and I quickly recharged for SXSW Interactive , where we partnered another year with Beaconfire to host the Beacon Lounge for social changemakers, and with the NonProfit Times to cover stories on the nonprofit technology sector.

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Interaction Austin Texas NTC 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

We selected Kimbia as our new technology partner in January, launched our new website in July and began an intensive training schedule (webinars, live training, phone and email support) with organizations to get them ready on the new GiveMN.org for Give to the Max Day. For us, our offline activities are as important as online efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

In fact, Lucy has been terrific in finding new ways, like Branch , to use the social tools to facilitate a global brain around these ideas. I explained that the idea of looking at your aggregate networks was to look for gaps related to strategy – not facilitate communication about management issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Jonny will provide live graphic facilitation of the highly interactive and fun panel. In addition to the graphic facilitation, there will be other interactive learning elements. What are we cobbling together today from existing technology, and what could we be doing tomorrow? Online numbers don’t always equate offline results.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 1, 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. Want help getting started finding your community online? Amy Sample Ward, Community Development Manager, TechSoup Global. Extra Credit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Peer discussion on use of online tools for collaboration for bounded networks, exploring some of the concepts in Digital Habits (each participant got a copy). But, I'm also interested in improving my skills as a trainer - especially facilitating social learning or learning in public. Putting It Into Practice As a Facilitator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

One of the reasons I made a commitment to blogging about professional topics regularly was because I was inspired by Marnie’s nonprofit technology blog, ext. Not only does this help me frame and tailor the talk I give to the audience, but facilitates Twitter conversations before. Conversational Key Note.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

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. . Robot Voice Disguiser for Large Group Facilitation.

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Social Media Game Media Social 87

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

traditional offline software) into the cloud (a.k.a. online software) without too much hassle. First, conduct an ad hoc technological assessment. are facilitated with on-premise solutions and which of those business processes could be facilitated within the cloud. book keeping, telephony, database etc.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

But maintaining productivity, especially online, can be challenging. We are living and working in a world that is connected and where sacred space and deep thinking, essential ingredients to online personal productivity and well-being, is almost becoming extinct. What is personal productivity? Personal Productivity in Practice.

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Product Personal Tips Nonprofit 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them. This is important for both online and offline instructional delivery. Mazur uses technology,a web-based monitoring system where students submit answers to questions about the reading prior to coming to class.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

Soren is the author of the book, " Wisdom 2.0 " and writes about mindfulness and technology use for Huffington Post and on Mashable. If you want to explore the intersection of technology use and mindfulness, follow Soren's work. Technology stress and information overload have been around for decades. Soren Gordhamer, Wisdom 2.0

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Blackberry Attention Mind Phone 109

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

traditional offline software) into the cloud (a.k.a. online software) without too much hassle. First, conduct an ad hoc technological assessment. are facilitated with on-premise solutions and which of those business processes could be facilitated within the cloud. book keeping, telephony, database etc.)

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Org Jordan Offline Consultant 57

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

For example, turning to your professional online networks can help save you time because you don’t need to know everything about a topic area. June Holley, an expert in networks and facilitating a community of practice of network weavers , defines some of these techniques below. These can be done offline and online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Casey Foundation's " Making Connections " initiative Part of the Making Connections core approach uses (offline) social networks. I've been exploring the line between open/closed networks or communities, particularly online learning communities. This video is from a local site in Louisville , part of the Annie E.

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Network Impact Louisville Social 88

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

My conversations so far for February are all focused on the role of nonprofits online. The first thing I asked about was his view of the new role of nonprofit organizations in the social media or technology revolution that is well underway. Shirky specifically about the avenues of participation, content, and convening online.

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