Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Two recent reports share data about the actual role celebrity connection plays in nonprofit fundraising and both say the same thing: forget celebrities. In the newest eNonprofit Benchmarks report from NTEN and M+R Strategies, it’s easy to see what a compelling cause may be to Millennial donors: disaster. Getting Over Celebrities.

Celebrate 201

Celebrate Impact Fundraising Pakistan 201

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them.

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Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2011

In the aftermath of that quake, as well as flooding in Pakistan, fires in Israel, flooding in South and Central America, and countless other incidents, technology played a critical and often-life-saving role, and remains at the center of the ongoing advocacy and long-term rebuilding work in Haiti.

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Disaster Social Media Roles Haiti 78

NTEN

MAY 3, 2011

For a national civil rights organization, we tested a "political" appeal — focused on the supporter's potential role in overturning a controversial law — against a version that told the story of a family affected by that law. Right now in Pakistan, that's one of the only ways to get food — so thousands of children are going hungry." "On

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Story Org Work Data 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

It has been used in disaster relief, for example, in Pakistan , and other scenarios from London Tube strike to election monitoring to mapping crime incidents Atlanta. (2) NTEN used a hybrid crowdsourcing approach to solicit panel proposals for its NTC 2011, similar in design and approach to the method SXSW has used. 2) Crowd Creation.

Measure 96

Measure Fund Impact Minnesota 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

Through my work with Packard Foundation and with IIE and the State Department, I have have the opportunity to work with NGOs from places like Pakistan, Rwanda, India, and the Middle East. In her dual roles, Wanjiru divides her time between the U.S. What challenges do women who tech in Africa and Middle East face?

Tech 100

Tech Rwanda Tunisia Kenya 100