Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I was interviewed recently by Petra Kroon , a blogger focused on social media and entrepreneurship in The Netherlands, in which she asked some really great questions, including what I thought the trend would be for social entrepreneurship in 2010 as well as where we may be in 25 years. There are so many examples we could include.

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For example, during a severe snowstorm on the East Coast of the U.S., LABB created an Oil Spill Crisis Map in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. The organization got started when a group of Kenyan bloggers led by Erik Hersman began doing online mapping of violence reports after the 2008 Kenyan election.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2015

In 2010, I had an opportunity to do a Networked Nonprofit workshop in Kenya. Zawadi asked Jadudi’s favorite blogger, Jackson Biko, to publish the story on his blog , and developed a social media crowdfunding strategy to engage the public and drive traffic to the blog. This campaign is a great example. We did a little coaching.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

The story is shared via an intermediary – journalists, bloggers, or influencers: Metrics reflecting the sharing of the message with the target audience. The document includes examples from different industries, including nonprofit organizations and for advocacy campaigns.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

But first, a great example of Web 1.0 They had a link today to a great page: how to dissuade yourself from becoming a blogger. vs Web 2.0 – I wanted to talk about Google Analytics. I found this by way of one of my favorite new blogs, Lifehacker. Lifehacker is great, and shares some of my ethos about technology.

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For example, when a consumer of the ice-cream brand Wilcoxson's asked, on Wilcoxson’s Facebook page, if the gelatin in their cookies and cream ice-cream contained pork, their CEO responded on Facebook with “we don’t deliver outside of Montana and certainly not in Pakistan.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Note from Beth:   I'm always excited to see inspiring examples of personal fundraising and the dollars raised have come a long way since my first experiment in 2006, a testament to how much more connected we are and the rise of popularity of this technique.  joking) as if he were applying for a job. You

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

About $500,000 came from unnamed individuals in the early days and in September 2010, Omidyar Network announced a grant of up to $750,000. By November 2010, Jumo noted in a New York Times article that they’ve raised $3.5 The Jumo website had its soft launch back on March 18, 2010. So What and Who Cares.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Before exploring the questions around limitations and needs, I want to share a couple examples of things happening right now to remind us that even though it will take a lot of work, and honestly a good bit of time, that we are already moving. A year later, in 2010, it was even bigger. Remember the examples from before?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2011

That is where the Blue Key Champion strategy came in; to bring on board US-based bloggers who are active online, and cause-passionate, to help spread the word and, hopefully, get more keys ordered. What were the specific goals and KPIs for the campaign (assuming web traffic and key purchases?) Why important? What tool did you use?

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

Here are a few of the examples: When we asked people to join by tweeting, because it was easy and different, we went from 20 to 180 people that had signed up to let us tweet through their accounts. When it came to blogger outreach, a Google Doc was the preferred and successful tool. Information for bloggers. How did it go?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

But for the second largest Internet company in the world with 2010 profit estimates to be between $1-2 billion, is that enough? Facebook tends to leak information that only keeps bloggers and nonprofits guessing and confused. Alright… thanks Facebook. I don’t think so.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

If they want to brag about an accomplishment (a certain number of page views or visitors to a particular campaign page, for example), that’s fine. It WILL get less traffic, though likely very important traffic from other bloggers and organizations who will pick up the idea (that would be called ‘organizing’).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

For example, we haven’t been raising money with the Internet for very long,” I said. Why Facebook is a Fundraising Game Changer: John Haydon, blogger and author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies , believes that without Facebook pushing the limits of how people use social media, fundraising wouldn’t be as social. No, No,” I protested.

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MAY 25, 2007

And this pressure from the bloggers acts as a feedback loop to the press, a loop that we never had before. So for example, you can look up a bill, see which groups supported it and which groups opposed it, then see which of those groups gave money to which politicians and then connect the dots to how those politicians voted.

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

In philanthropy, for example, the people-to-people connectivity of a Kiva is not a new concept, but the internet makes it possible on a new scale. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! The change taking place with technology isn’t simply about operational efficiencies.

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

Her take-aways from that activity are that internally, people love the feedback from bloggers, and externally, people love to know that you care. She learned from the experience to require email in the voting tool, target people likely to submit videos, and do more blogger outreach. Now here’s the part where I criticize my boss.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

I was pleased to learn that Daring to Lead will be published again this year, drawing on data that was collected from thousands of nonprofit CEOs across the country in the fall of 2010. What Next — Charles Best is "Character Approved" Twitter Updates Powered by Blogger. We will alert you when this study is available.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The world doesn’t need another blogger, right? While that’s still true, blogging as a tool for nonprofits needs to be re-evaluated in 2010. For example, I used the meta tags “Facebook” and “Nonprofit” on my website, but my site wouldn’t show up in the first 10 pages of a “Facebook Nonprofit” Google search.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

But for the second largest Internet company in the world with 2010 profit estimates to be between $1-2 billion, is that enough? Facebook tends to leak information that only keeps bloggers and nonprofits guessing and confused. Alright… thanks Facebook. I just don’t think so.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

Heck, i t’s time to start thinking about 2010. We also had some back end tools that provided details on the usage and activity; for example out of 359 accounts set up, 177 actually made it to Pathable and did some activity (that is 49%)– and we have graphs! Official” Conference Bloggers Knock it Out of the Park.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

At the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference, we -- Carie Lewis , Beth Kanter , David J. The Strategy by David Neff of Ridgewood: Ingenious Communication Strategies If 2009 was the year everyone and their mom jumped into the social media pool, then 2010 is the year of strategy. If someone's abusing your policy, use blocking features.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Sunday, September 19, 2010 Do you have a brand strategy? A fellow Blogger, Debbie Laskey, shared these keen insights with me: “A brand strategy is the ultimate business strategy and often the least understood." "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

Tim says MySpace is not good for fundraising, although we have seen some examples of orgs running successful fundraising campaigns, such as Dollars for Darfur. On blogging and blogger outreach : They both moderate every single comment on the blog (they recommend not to allow auto-posting), and someone responds personally to each comment.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

The Public Library of Science is a wonderful example of a reputable, respected peer-reviewed journal where articles are freely available to the public. For example, all of Elsevier’s journals went green in 2004. Think of the people who now depend on Linux, on Google everything, on MySpace and Blogger, etc.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 8, 2011

The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University recently distributed the results of a 2010 study, and all of the above were proven false. For example: Boomer women often appreciate recognition; however, "Generation X women (those born between 1965 and 1976) reportedly want recognition only if it would directly benefit the organization." [1]

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

more like the Berkman Center Thursday evening blogger meetups I used to attend from 2005-2007. conference in 2010. Here's a few examples: Shireen Mitchell who I had never met face-to-face but who generously provided information about people of color and the social web via Twitter while I doing a workshop demo. Cheeky Geeky.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Author: Guest Blogger. For example, you could have two animal welfare organizations dedicated to reducing the number of animals euthanized each year. Among the many interesting points he shared were statistics from Hope Consulting’s May 2010 Money for Good report.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 5, 2011

In 2010, Carlo made a commitment - to give to a different charity each day for an entire year. For example, I think it's important to donate to Japan and Haiti and other places that have suffered from natural disasters. What Next — Charles Best is "Character Approved" Twitter Updates Powered by Blogger.

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