Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In a wine-tasting experience, participants sample a variety of wines while evaluating them using criteria such as appearance, smell, and taste. Wine tasting Wine tasting is extremely popular among experienced connoisseurs and casual enthusiasts alike.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

You may know I love applying lessons from other disciplines to nonprofit fundraising and marketing; recently an article from Merkle inspired me to consider how the social benefit sector might use commercial business insights to increase donor loyalty. When you add some fun to a donor’s life, they think of you positively.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2013

Click here to download a free sample Blogging to Inspire lesson. from VegCookbook Club members How many of you got one of Sarah's cookbooks as your first VegCookbook? P.S. My new e-course, Blogging to Inspire starts this week (April 4th).

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 4, 2009

We did have the benefit of a set of props - more on that later - and lessons from the session that we ran at the SHINE09 conference a couple of weeks ago. The core team was the same: David Wilcox, Andy Gibson and Amy Sample Ward - all co-authors, with Cass Business School of the forthcoming Social by Social handbook. More on that here.

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NTEN

MARCH 28, 2011

Artez Interactive For Fun Did you miss Rob Cottingham's cartoon coverage of the conference? Don't fear, you can find all of his conference sketches pulled together on the Social Signal site. And, here are all the photos on Flickr tagged "11NTC" !

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

nfpSynergy, a leading nonprofit sector think-tank and research consultancy in the UK, “tracks a representative sample of over 1000 11-25 year olds throughout mainland Britain twice-yearly, gaining insights into their views and habits, both social and charity-related” in its Youth Engagement Monitor. Secrets, secrets are no fun!

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

Much more fun to have the time to plan. In my case, I'll be talking about some of my hard-learned lessons of not having a well-defined personal brand in social media when I first started out way back in 2002 and how that has carried over to the work side of my life. I was on a panel two years ago as a last minute substitution.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2013

Hi friends, I've been inspired by this community for a long time - from being mentored by Britt Bravo when first starting a little Net2 chapter in Vancouver (which Elijah van der Giessen and team have turned into something huge and magnificently helpful), to being inspired by Amy Sample Ward to grow conversations and dig deeper.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

Much more fun to have the time to plan. In my case, I'll be talking about some of my hard-learned lessons of not having a well-defined personal brand in social media when I first started out way back in 2002 and how that has carried over to the work side of my life. I was on a panel two years ago as a last minute substitution.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 19, 2009

The latest work we’ve been doing with the Social by Social concept (using social tech for social good) is to help apply the ideas and lessons we originally wrote about for nonprofit organizations to also be applicable to the work of local governments and communities (moving from connecting communities of interest to communities of locality).

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

I also have a ton of experiential proof that joining people together offline, at the same time – whether it’s for an fun event, a conference, or anything else – can dramatically increase the uptake in online community engagement and the permanence of that network. Once again, I guess the lesson is to keep being human!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Does anyone carve, knit, sew or create t-shirts… or fun food? You can even have fun engaging your supporters and board members when coming up with these designs. You can also send fun cards using Felt. Access to password-protected content like checklists for camping with kids or sample lesson plans for outdoor educators.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

On July 5 the real fun began. Do you have any lessons learned or stories you can share with other social entrepreneurs? Tapping into the (right) community is also an important lesson I learned this time around. A third, and final lesson is often used by web developers, but can easily be applied to social entrepreneurs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

However, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the fun. Simply offer ticket sales online, then send your guests a care package of the beverages to be sampled on the day of the event. For added suspense, you may send out a mystery box with a variety of beverages to sample. 5) Online classes. 6) Craft nights.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

" Why We're In the Age of the Citizen Philanthropist – There's a great post up on Mashable with quotes from Britt Bravo (Have Fun Do Good), Kari Dunn Saratovsky (Case Foundation), and Peter Panepento (Chronicle of Philanthropy). "Our Among marketers, this term is more prevalent than Frisbees at a dog beach.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 5, 2009

The “Swine Flu” scare was fun, wasn’t it? But, we also need to be building out collaboration platforms that allow for organizations to link in with each other, share data and calls to action, but also feedback lessons learned—a way to combine experiential and hard data across the whole network. Check it out here! What do you think?

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

If you’re looking for a creative, fun fundraising idea to engage supporters and boost your funding, you’ve come to the right place! Cornhole tournament – Host a fun cornhole tournament for your peer-to-peer participants and have them fundraise among their friends and family beforehand.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

There are lots of great samples and guidance out there.” It was really fun. . The post [VIDEO] Demystifying the Grants Lifecycle: Grant Seeking Lessons and Pro-tips from the Field appeared first on Bloomerang. I’m seeing some other comments. “Core narrative document can also be known as a case statement.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Here are 31 fun, unique fundraising ideas that will support your programs without exhausting your members. Youth Group Fundraising Ideas Small Church Fundraising Ideas Easy Church Fundraising Event Ideas Fundraising Ideas for the Church Choir Fundraising Ideas for Your Church Building Fund Fun Church Fundraising Ideas. A cook-off.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2009

Keep It Happy, Keep It Fun, Keep A Deadline, Keep It Urgent: I try as much as possible to have fun with these campaigns. The post was a fun fundraising appeal, " I Feel Good Now That I've Donated " I also had a deadline thanks to the Birthday Causes application and the match I set up. I think it works.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. What : This is a chance for local organizers to share stories and lessons learned and network with those considering starting a group. What : Relax, or join the fun – it’s up to you! What : Relax, or join the fun – it’s up to you!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

You can read the summary of how the free agent community came together to self-organize and create a public action as well as a full report of the lessons learned and reflections on the #TakeBackThePink campaign in this public google doc. 10 Lessons from Community-Driven Organizing. What do you think? Would love to learn from you!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Two I’d recommend first are Beth Kanter’s Blog and NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward's personal blog. To get going with WordPress , first check out the Getting Started support page and also perhaps look at the WordPress Lessons. 5 Tips to Start a Nonprofit Blog from Britt Bravo’s Have Fun, Do Good blog.

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BoardAssist

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The below is a sample of some of the great feedback we received. Working through new growing pains as we’ve grown has been difficult but has also taught me lessons that are directly transferable to my professional life. Everyone Has Something to Offer on a Board. Communicate Effectively.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 12, 2010

We offer a weekly lesson where we explore the culinary principles that our business is based on. I have a blog called "Have Fun, Do Good," so I always like to ask people, how are you having fun in doing good? Some days it is just terrific fun. We have usually some samples of the food so you can taste things.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

So thanks for joining a special Wednesday session, this is kind of fun. I’ll share some lessons as we go, experiences that I’ve had, and how to also manage different stakeholders and people. So some examples and lessons. That was one really fun example. . How do we do this well?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2012

Or, why test with such a small sample size. 1.) It’s really amazing and so fun to see what Facebook ads can do to your reach and likes.We 6.) Lessons Learned, Advice. Lessons Learned, Advice. It’s so fun and easy. Facebook ads are similar to Google ad words in that there is a bidding system.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2010

The JustGiving team is always great about sharing stories, lessons, and insights – so I'll be watching to see how this new tool goes! " Minnesota Open Idea: Crowdsourcing Contest For Social Change Done Right | Beth’s Blog – "The Minnesota Open Idea is an example of an online social good contest that works.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 25, 2008

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 10:32 am | Permalink Amy Sample Ward wrote: Great list, Steve! I’m hoping NFPtweetup Four will be as challenging, fun, informative, and as unexpectedly good as usual. Thanks for sharing it. He quotes Dan Gilmour: “Tell the truth. . | The Hub on Saturday, June 19, 2010 at 2:06 pm [.]

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