Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

NetSquared’s February series exploring “Online Community Organizing” includes three different interviews; I’m really excited to participate! I’ve included my interview below, but you can also read it and join the conversation on the NetSquared blog. I definitely recommend them both!

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Whole Whale

MAY 2, 2024

Internal documentation and program FAQ Have your intern interview the major departments and create a master FAQ and document that explains the different acronyms and concepts that outsiders may not know. Organize that neglected online/offline space Every organization has that room that has become a disaster.

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NetWits

APRIL 10, 2011

“Of the 24 companies interviewed (in Forrester study ), only 7% cited social networking as one of their most effective sources for customer acquisition. Affiliate programs, organic search traffic and even offline advertising scored higher than social.

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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. We happen to have a software for this very thing: Live Interviews Online.) Use video, audio, or text--all work well. And then Tweet about your blog posts on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2011

She set up a private Facebook Group to facilitate our support for the campaign. A few weeks ago, she reported back to the group some of the results of our work with some insights based on Google Analytics charts. Shonali kindly agreed to an interview to share this story more broadly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The desire to be social and interact with a wide range of people is also essential–social media is a great way to make connections with like-minded people, but it’s also important to transform online connections into lasting relationships offline.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 25, 2012

As soon as I saw that the book was coming out (it's now called Finding Your Way in a Wild New World: Reclaim Your True Nature to Create the Life You Want ) I requested a review copy and an e-interview. So, without further ado, enjoy this 8-question e-interview with Martha Beck about Finding Your Way in a Wild New World !

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

These are some essential sources for information: social networks, blogs, interviews, surveys, polls, and in-depth interviews. We might have even anticipated their needs and given them something they didn’t even know they wanted, but liked. However, be mindful of what you are trying to achieve and how to get there.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Through the discovery process, we discussed how some staff members had to go to remote villages that were a month’s walk through the mountains to conduct interviews. They needed a mobile app that worked offline. It’s not just useful for offline situations like interviewing people in rural India.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

Repair Interview: Joe Solomon of 350.org " Check out this terrific interview with Joe – I'd love to hear your ideas, reflections and stories about how you are inspired to make change! Repair Interview: Joe Solomon of 350.org " The US will use Twitter and Facebook to issue terror alerts – "The U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Here's an interview with Nature Conservancy staff members Evan Parker and Susan Citro about how the organization is using Flickr. For smaller contests (marine, mother's day) we just review the images through the Flickr site, but the larger contest have enough contributions (15,000 this past year) that we have to use an offline workflow (ie.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Gives you empathy for designing your own syllabus and course. The course has been delivered offline at Stanford to students and is teaching students about giving. Each week is packed with content and activities as well as video modules exploring that theme. There is no better way to improve your own teaching than being a student!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 27, 2009

Here's another clip from my interview with Vinay where he provides some great commentary on the benefits of multi-channel marketing - where online efforts complement offline efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

You can bet dollars that they are tracking conversions on that call to action link for the event sign up. Remember that you need to promote your event through all your digital and offline channels as appropriate – email, web site, flyers, and other social channels too.

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NetWits

MAY 26, 2011

Click any of those datapoints to add an Annotation, such as “May eNewsletter Sent,&# “20/20 Interview,&# or “May Gala appeal mailed,&# to keep track of historically significant events. When used specifically with offline campaigns, appeals or ads we can use as a source metric.

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NetWits

MARCH 24, 2011

This interview was initially published in our monthly eNewsletter – Strategies, Tips and Best Practices for Event Fundraising Professionals. Previously, the committee would track all of their progress offline. Make sure to subscribe to get future issues. Patti: Our executive committee is volunteer based.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 3, 2010

weeks offline with friends and family for the holidays. There are also many technologies, whether they are tools or approaches or actual platforms, that are working to enable collaboration and I’d like to do more to highlight those with interviews and reviews. I’ve just spent a very wonderful 2.5

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Achieve

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Creating this content supplemented our offline outreach. After we launched our recruiting initiative, we made a point to track any references made to our culture during interviews. In one month, 157 unique visitors visited our Careers page after reading our. first culture post. , second culture post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

I have been tracking this giving day since its first Giving Day back in 2009 and every year do a debrief post or interview. For us, our offline activities are as important as online efforts. On November 13, Minnesotans broke a record Thursday, donating more than $18 million to schools and non-profits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Yesterday, I spent most of the day offline at the Wisdom 2.0 Dr. Dan Siegel , a brain researcher, gave a riveting talk about interpersonal neurobiology – and what goes on in our brains and how it impacts our offline researches when we spend too much time connecting online. Twitter Photo by Jennifer Barr @rjenbarr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Marcelo Iniarra pointed out that people have limited attention, but simple human experiences like this video of an interrupted skype interview with Robert Kelly from Korean caught people’s attention around the globe. Stories need to be compelling, immersive, human, funny, or provocative to capture attention.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

Some points that particularly resonated and that I have been working on myself are: Mindfulness is about becoming aware of how you direct your attention – both online and offline. Breath links mind, brain, and body – and paying attention to your breath help cultivate mindfulness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

While Alan writes about social technology, he does it in this personal way and has mentioned his mother – even interviewed her on a podcast/radio show for his blog. One of the wonderful things that Alan’s mom did was bake cookies and give them away to strangers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

To top it off, I did an interview with Wendy Harman from the Red Cross about her recent experience using Twitter and other tools to spread buzz for campaign - Social Media Roadblock. Tell me about the campaign - what, why,objectives. Advice to other nonprofits about doing this?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2012

These things allow for more sustainable dialogue, contribute to long-term engagement, and add channels to network offline and opportunities for further community building. In fact, my recent interview with Marie Macaspac of Muttville Senior Dog Rescue was shot entirely using my Windows Venue Pro phone. Capturing Moments in Mobile.

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Forum One

APRIL 22, 2009

The World Bank and the BBC are running a live debate online and offline tomorrow, April 23 on the global economic recession. FYI - The online component of the debate is using Forum One's very cool Live Interviews Online service.).

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Last night, I had the great opportunity to interview Clay Shirky , the author of Here Comes Everybody. Tags: interview otherblogs issues net2thinktank. This month’s blog post on the SSIR opinion blog picks up where last month’s started. It is also my contribution to the Net2 Think Tank (details below).

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

The people who donate, listen in, connect with our programs by calling in, reading or commenting online, and coming to our offline events are our community. Here’s a quick video interview I did with Annie Shreffler : Presentations. Building Your Social Media Strategy. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

Mark is an e-activist who interviews homeless men and women, and shares their stories across every digital medium he can find — YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Google +, you name it. But simply put, cross-platform campaigns are the future of documentary film, and issue advocacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Today, I was honored to be one of the changemakers interviewed in Catchafire’s Generosity Series, a celebration and investigation of bold generosity with the goal of understanding its causes, its benefits, and how to inspire more.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Use Old School Marketing Channels to Stand Out This is the flip side of focusing all your event marketing efforts on digital channels: If you can break through with people in an offline setting, your message will really stand apart. And in order to do that, you’re going to have to go old school.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Suzanne Rainey wrote about this in another blog post on Getting More Out of Online & Offline Events ). Blog posts about session discussions and interviews with participants: And more videos on Blip TV. See how it is unfolding here in Kuwait: GDN 2009 Conference social network. Watch video of actual conference sessions.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

The difference with using social media for fundraising is that your organization may not even be involved anymore, the way it was offline. Tags: interview resources expert fundraising london ncvo presentation socialbysocial wearemedia. Learn more about the NCVO here.

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Gyrus

MAY 31, 2016

Companies like IBM, Cisco are already using virtual platforms for meetings, interviews, and employee training. Offline storage and data management can take place, even when the user is not connected to the Internet. Companies are exploring online virtual platforms such as second life, Minecraft, Unity, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2011

As she says, “ Go one way, and you risk overstating the influence, go the other and you’re dismissed as assuming individuals in the Arab world incapable of leveraging social media tools for organizing.&#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2009

Offline/Online Mix This is not your mother's or grandmother's black tie dinner dance charity event! While it is an offline event, the organizers leverage their social graphs to invite friends to the event and use social media for all aspects of managing and promoting the event. events morph and change. Charity Ball 2.0 event.

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CauseVox

JULY 14, 2022

You’ll want to put together a list of questions to help you determine if your community is on board, and then interview all the stakeholders. Of course not all of this work happens offline: there are still some great ways to make use of your online platforms. One of your best bets is to target people who have made major gifts before.

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