Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2009

My presentation includes some brief highlights from research done in the US and the UK around social media use by nonprofit organizations (including the Nonprofit Social Networking Survey and the eCampaigning Report ). You can view the slides below or view the PDF w/ Speaker Notes for more information about the slides.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Deliberately identifying new or additional customer services is one path that associations and other nonprofits can take toward growth. Study Business and the Marketplace Reading and networking widely were common habits of our contributors. When we started the company, we had over $1 million worth of business doing slides.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2012

I got to hear Scott Dunlap who is VP, Emerging Opportunities/New Ventures at PayPal deliver a great talk that offers some persona for different actors in your nonprofits network and how they influence, activate, or raise awareness for your cause through social channels. The slides are here. Charlie the Artist. 392 “repins”.

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Global Giving

APRIL 10, 2020

As a program officer at GlobalGiving, I use it for our one-on-one catch ups, our staff meetings, crowdfunding training, and our worldwide Peer Learning Networks. If you are suddenly tasked with turning an event into a webinar, these nonprofit video conferencing tips are for you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Thanks to the Social Web, there is no shortage of possible topics for your nonprofit to blog about. Still, understand that the content your nonprofit blog publishes, the higher your ROI. Still, understand that the content your nonprofit blog publishes, the higher your ROI. offers a 90-minute webinar on blogging on WordPress.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2012

I’m here at the Dead Sea in Jordan where I delivered the key note for the E-mediat Networking Conference, “New Media for the Networked NGO.” Beth presents HRH Princess Rym Ali from Jordan the Networked Nonprofit. Once the formal ceremony concluded, there was a break and the networking conference started.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2007

Here's the slides from the presentation. The rest of the day was a small group exercise where folks were given a nonprofit scenario and asked to work on a social networking strategy, outcomes, and discuss metrics. | View | Upload your own. Thanks to Mazarine Treyz! for taking great notes ! and I'll some reflections shortly.

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Classy

JULY 5, 2021

While many nonprofits think of donation matching as a year-end effort or something for which you need a major corporate sponsor, sourcing the right matching partner can happen year-round and leverage a variety of partners. Positive publicity through a partnership with your nonprofit can also have an even greater impact for them locally.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

Last week I presented for my second time with Nonprofit Webinars. But the message for the crowd comes at the end when you encourage them to share broadly to their networks a short message about your organization or the campaign. For the case studies, use the slides above and scroll through. Ushahidi (slide 26) – [link].

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

We envisioned six new solution line trails (trails are sets of related badges) to cover the signature Salesforce.org products at the time, Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) and Higher Education Data Architecture (HEDA). Map out your strategy: Literally, draw your map of content and audiences on paper or a slide. The Results (So Far).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0 As of last month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Nonprofit Tech 2.0 has turned out to be the glue that holds it (the “Nonprofit Organizations” brand) all together and makes it work, surprisingly. That said, mix it up!

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2012

At last year’s Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits, Allison Nassour and I presented to a full room on the topic of QR codes. We were thrilled that so many people wanted to learn more about them, but also surprised at how many were already using them at their nonprofits. Many Nonprofits Have Used Them Successfully.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Golf tournament With the Masters Tournament in the first week of April, a community golf tournament is a great April fundraising idea for your nonprofit. Allow your participants to register a fitness goal with your organization and gather support from their personal networks to motivate them. 35 Exciting Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Ideas.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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JUNE 5, 2008

I was invited to give a keynote at a gathering of 300 IT leaders and managers who work for a large healthcare nonprofit. BTW, the photo that graces the cover of this slide show was taken by Patricia). Also thanks to the many people in my Twitter, Linked, Facebook, and Slideshare networks who pointed me to good examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2014

I’m pleased to see that some of the skepticism and complaints have now morphed in to more capacity builders providing tips for nonprofits to take advantage of this national day of giving. Research points to the emergence of a dynamic generation: educated, industrious, collaborative and eager to build a better world (see slide 10).

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Here are the slides from the session and links to get you started: Social Media in 30 Minutes a Day. SOCIALMEDIA NONPROFIT tweet Book01. SOCIALMEDIA NONPROFIT tweet Book01. Networked Nonprofit. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Community Map Template: [link]. Content Map Template: [link]. We Are Media.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 6, 2009

Instead, I’m going to be presenting by proxy: the wonderful and talented John Haydon will be walking you through my slides. Followers become funders, messages become movements, and social networks beget social change. Here are my slides: I’ll post more notes about the case studies and tools as well after the event.

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Achieve

JULY 7, 2021

for businesses and nonprofits to use on their Instagram Stories! This article will list the top 5 stickers your nonprofit should use to engage with your supporters, build awareness, raise funds, and more. #1: The final sticker that is extra important for nonprofit organizations to take advantage of in their Stories is the Quiz sticker.

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NetWits

JULY 10, 2012

Here’s how some of the top educational institutions are using Facebook to engage, inspire and build lasting relationships with their students and their families ( Includes slides below ). Based on our research we know that Facebook and Twitter are the top sites used by nonprofits and the social networks with the largest user base.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Description : When it comes to nonprofit technology, successful strategy and implementation can mean the difference between staying current and getting left behind. Nonprofit leaders need to keep up with the constantly changing techcomm environment by remaining curious, flexible and ever able to adapt. Date : February 23rd, 2011.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

Contrary to its title, the last four chapters of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits are dedicated to mobile technology and mobile fundraising. 11 Group Text Messaging Best Practices for Nonprofits. Create a “Text-to-Subscribe” Graphic for Social Networking Sites. page on your mobile website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

By Beth Singer , Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and the mission of their institutions through design solutions. What is the best ratio of spoken language to visual slides in your online presentation?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

With over 45 million active users worldwide, LinkedIn is a social networking site that is becoming much more than just a place to have a Web 2.0 Also, you might want to consider creating a Group for a Cause/Issue in addition to one for your nonprofit. for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. I created and manage the Web 2.0

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Twitter is one of the fastest growing social networks in the world ( Mashable ). We’ve talked about Why Twitter Matters a bit, but there’s so much more that we can learn from what nonprofits are doing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2017

Capacity building is about improving organizational (or network) effectiveness. Other areas include: communications, executive transition, evaluation/learning, networking/convening, and professional development. Presentation slides. Capacity building is about improving organizational (or network) effectiveness.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2012

This session will provide an overview of the latest research on social networking and online fundraising and provide some guidelines and best practices to get you started today. Pennsylvania Association for Nonprofit Organizations. Session slides. NTEN: Nonprofit Technology Network. Related Links : PANO Conference.

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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. 11 Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits. If your nonprofit requires more than two or three pieces of information to subscribe to your e-newsletter, you will lose many potential subscribers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Last week, I got to BoardSource at 8 am just so I could hear Marnie Webb and Rebecca Masisak, CO-CEOs of TechSoup Global share their lessons learned in developing, weaving, and stewarding two very different types of networks. The second network, Netsquared , in contrast was more loosely controlled with a lower risk in failure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

Prior to the holidays I ignored them because I just couldn’t stomach “yet another social network.” So, what made me go check it out? Ironically, it was my post “ Reflection on Networked Professional Learning &# where I linked to a post on Social Networks from Stephen Downes.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

It’s already February, and the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference is only two months away ! One of the best parts of the conference is the opportunity to connect with other nonprofit technology professionals, so you can share your experiences and knowledge. >> Learn more about the NTC Connect Track!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

During the NTC, ThePort Network, Inc , NTEN , and Common Knowledge released results of a survey that examines the use of social networking as a marketing and fundraising tool. The survey polled 978 nonprofit professionals about their organizations’ use of commercial social networking sites (e.g. On Facebook, about 39.9%

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Whole Whale

JUNE 21, 2023

Company-level Lead Tracking These tools leverage the IP, cookies and network information of visitors to your website to show a top-level view of company activity. Connects the data in Google Analytics network reports with third-party databases of company information. Companies are also lead scored by recent website activity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0 As of last month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Nonprofit Tech 2.0 has turned out to be the glue that holds it (the “Nonprofit Organizations” brand) all together and makes it work, surprisingly. That said, mix it up!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

Content Curation for Nonprofits. Here are my slides and curated resources materials for a talk called “ What Can Nonprofits Learn from Robin Good, the Best Content Curator on the Planet? ” that I will be presenting at the Social Media for Nonprofits. Benefits for Nonprofits. What is Content Curation?

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2013

The first group was a group of 32 professionals who work or volunteer for nonprofit organizations through the Foundation Center located at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. The second group was a group of 18 graduate students in a Nonprofit Communications course at Point Park University. Is Facebook the right platform?

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