Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2011

This month’s chat focused mainly on sharing lessons and examples from the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , which took place in Washington, DC, last week. Social media in CRMs. Get the full archive here! Some of the topics from the chat include: Engaging specific ethnic groups/communities. Hyper-local communities.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

Wherever you are, and whatever the kind of community you are wrangling, there are some general lessons that I recommend. I hope you’ll share your lessons, too! on social media platforms like Facebook each day. Well, those are my five; but I have no doubt there are many more lessons and assumptions out there.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Here are a few nonprofit marketing lessons from the Hunger Games that might just change the way you approach building your fan base. Hunger Games Lesson 1: Storytelling is Vital for Survival. Hunger Games Lesson 2: Your People Are Important. Hunger Games Lesson 3: Precision Matters. Are they active on social media?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Many nonprofits, particularly smaller organizations, say their biggest challenge to using social media effectively is that they don’t have the time or staff. Sue Kerr has put her social media savvy to work to fight hunger in the Greater Pittsburgh area and save the environment. I had lots of positive feedback.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 10, 2012

I have no problem against the latter as long as you are positively affecting the company’s bottom line and meeting your goals but I do have a few things to say to social media strategists who have been hired to do their job but end up spending more time just wrestling within their office corridors to go “social.”"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

and several social-media experts—including Beth Kanter—we identified seven key lessons for nonprofits that want to use the Internet to evangelize their program model and increase their offline impact: 1. Keep it simple and concrete. s social media strategy is not the icing but the cake itself.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

We can see (and learn a valuable lesson about) the way current ecosystem of social media works in regards to transparency, data, and community. There are many who approach the online landscape with very different views than their offline business decisions. Well, it means a lot.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2009

The piece is reposted below: Have we replicated our offline social dynamics and barriers online? As profiled in the New York Observer , Danah talked to the data uncovered in her four years of research on new media use in a presentation at the Personal Democracy Forum. What lessons have you learned? What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

That all seems like ancient history now but this started a journey of experimenting with personal fundraising campaigns using social media to raise money for kids in Cambodia and share lessons learned with other nonprofits. Sharing knowledge, social media, and supporting young people in Cambodia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 11-15, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. In order to do this, they need to work with free agents, hyper-connected individuals who are passionate about social change, but don’t work within institutional walls. Trust me. They want to connect.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

It is about participating in social media to make a positive difference and doing so on a large scale. Here’s a post that sums up 12 lessons learned. One thing that is important to point out is that built their network before they needed with years of offline organizing with young people.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

There’s been quite a lot of talk in the last year about the opportunities for fundraising online, generally, as well as the best practices for organizations leveraging social media for campaigns (as well as the idea to use free tools to raise money in hard economic times). Context : That’s a lot of people.

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2016

Bridging the Divide: Online and Offline Community Managers s ubmitted by Elijah van der Giessen @elijah. Does Your Nonprofit Need a Social Media Manager AND a Community Organizer? Which Social Media Tool Works Where and Why? sub mitted by Birgit Pauli-Haack @bph , co-presenter: @elija. Keep Your Site Accessible!

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Then why is it so hard to explain the value of social media to people who dont get it?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

The newest report, out today, focused on the use of social networking platforms by young people who are/aren’t also involved with charities. Read the full press release here or download the Social Media data slides here.) There’s no reason to leave them out of your plan for connecting with young people in social networks!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Listening also gives me the opportunity to observe and participate in conversations that don't, and won't, happen in my offline life. To learn more about listening, check out these resources: Beth Kanter - What is the value of listening to social media channels for your organization? We Are Media - Module 1: Listening.

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CauseVox

JUNE 7, 2021

Colleen was new to setting up a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign, and had been working with offline donations for a long time. The second year around MDLT also expanded their reach to potential fundraisers with social media pushes, an email campaign, and a press release to incentivize new fundraisers. Lessons Learned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Note from Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of presenting on a panel at Association of California Orchestras with Marc van Bree , an arts and social media blogger I met in 2007. However, most of the donors were definitely social media contacts with whom I have had more in-depth conversations. Flickr Photo by Sugarpond.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Both of my sessions focus on best practices, lessons learned, and the things organizations need to know to be community organizers and community builders, on and offline. if you want to read Social by Social (the book I co-authored on using social media for social change) for free or download, visit: [link].

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2012

There were other things that were stressed, but I think writing thank you notes was one of the most important lessons that my mom instilled in us. I think there is a great lesson that non-profits can learn from my mom (well, there are many lessons you can learn from her, but this one is particularly fitting).

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Care2

MARCH 18, 2010

SXSW was a total whirlwind filled with some of the biggest thought leaders discussing social media (of course) but also about the power of online fundraising and crowdsourcing. Michaela Hackner, Forum One: Community is king - both online and offline. What were the key take-aways at this years conference?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

This is important for both online and offline instructional delivery. Joitske Hulsebosch who writes the Lasgna and Chips blog and writes about peer learning in ICD context and use of social media and technology. So, what from this delicious buffet should I put on the plate? 3. Social Media Integration.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

I wanted to use today to focus in on a question recently posed by my good friend Joe Solomon on Twitter : What are the nonprofit/orgs that are working 2 wire the green movement, like what @ netsquared does 4 nonprofits, @ sunfoundation for politics; which orgs are working to expose data, leverage soc media, connect the orgs together?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2008

Congratulations to Chas Offutt, Social Media Evangelist for American Rivers. Robin Yap left a comment that he was leaving for Manila to teach social media to educational technology students, so I decided to part with my cherished copy of Dave Warlock 's Classroom Blogging. Chas was the 7th comment. It's a first edition!

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Forum One

MARCH 17, 2010

Both online and offline, communities are not only the way we identify ourselves, but more importantly, they are the most authentic and powerful vehicle for change. Many of these examples leveraged online network lessons, however, the follow-through and enthusiasm around them was fostered by in-person connections.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

This month''s theme is building community, on and offline - a perfect time to interview Bethany about her inspiration for working in nonprofit technology and more! What are some of the lessons you''ve learned as a 501 Tech Club organizer? How did you first become involved with the NTEN community? Be gracious and have fun!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2008

Last December, Susan Reynolds , an artist and social media maven, was diagnosed with Breast cancer. " she's now taking her activism offline. I hope she will blog some of her lessons learned too. The next thing now is to add the new AdWords-Style Widget from the Social Actions folks. Photo by Leah Jones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

. Yesterday at the Packard Foundation, as part of a series of "deeper dives" to learn about networks and social media, Eugene Eric Kim of Blue Oxen Associates gave a talk about "Networks in an International Context." . With international networks, it is important to recognize cultural norms both online and offline. (2)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Scored 10 How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media? Should There Be A Social Actions Category on Digg? Where Are The Gen-Y Bloggers Who Write About Nonprofits and Social Change? Thinking Strategically About Social Media. Social Change Behind the Firewall. The Intangible Benefits of Social Media.

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Care2

MAY 31, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" So how to do we take this long-standing DM lesson and apply it to our growing email lists?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2013

This year the foundation took their six-week fundraising campaign online using peer-to-peer fundraising to supplement their offline campaign activities. Donna Marino, Valencia College Foundation’s Donor Stewardship Manager, shared some points of their success as well as some important lessons to take into planning for their next campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

Both online and offline, communities are not only the way we identify ourselves, but more importantly, they are the most authentic and powerful vehicle for change. Many of these examples leveraged online network lessons, however, the follow-through and enthusiasm around them was fostered by in-person connections.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Social Change Anytime Everywhere: Best Practices to Build a Multichannel Campaign Plan From your website to social media, email to mobile messages, online to offline, multichannel strategies require coordination and creative thinking across teams and departments, and a focus on the core of your work beyond any one specific call to action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

While I was offline today enjoying Mother's Day and the beautiful weather (as much as I could with seasonal allergies), Target launched its version of an online contest. You can vote once per day, so I'll probably come back and vote for the other organizations where I have relationships with their social media strategists. (I

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

She is the author of Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media , one of the longest running and most popular blogs for nonprofits. Beth is an expert in facilitating online and offline peer learning, curriculum development based on traditional adult learning theory and other instructional approaches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

I've been experimenting with online fundraising in an age of social media since 2006. On February 12, 2009, Twitter users will meet up in over 100 plus cities to socialize offline, meet other Twitter users, enjoy some fun, have a few drinks, and raise money for charity: water. First, let me recap what Twestival is.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" So how to do we take this long-standing DM lesson and apply it to our growing email lists?

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