Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

It was so much fun and it was an amazing experience to work with people like Chris Worman and meet with so many local nonprofit and community changemakers. I also had the chance to provide a couple presentations to the NGO track, one focused specifically on using facebook for campaigning in Romania. I’d love to hear how it went!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 2, 2010

The nonprofits below are committed to reversing this trend through education and conservation in hopes of preventing the looming global water crisis: Twitter: Water.org. Facebook: charity: water. Tags: Nonprofits of the Month. By 2025, 1.8 YouTube: WaterAid. LinkedIn: Water for People. Flickr: Water for Sale.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

The nonprofits below are doing excellent work in helping heal the hearts, minds and bodies of the survivors of the earthquake in Haiti: Twitter: UNICEF. Facebook: Partners In Health. for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. Tags: Nonprofits of the Month.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2010

Last week the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page reached the 10,000 fans milestone. In 2008, many of the friends of the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace migrated over to Facebook, then in 2009 and 2010 a good number of the new fans came from @NonprofitOrgs on Twitter. This was a Facebook litmus test for me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 19, 2010

The nonprofits below are working to empower and educate consumers and corporate accountability activists to keep that greed in check, and to build a more just future for all of us. Facebook: Corporate Accountability International. Know of other nonprofits working to hold corporations accountable? Please post them below.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 1, 2010

Facebook: Moscow Museum of Modern Art. The nonprofits above are featured throughout the month of March on the Nonprofit Organizations Twitter Profile , the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page , the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel , the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace , and the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2009

The nonprofits below are doing excellent work in educating the public about the illegal trade of endangered wildlife for clothing, aphrodisiacs, “gourmet&# foods, and Chinese medicine. Facebook: WildAid. for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group.

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Myspace YouTube Linkedin Nonprofit 182

Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2023

But where should you start when it comes to finding the right fundraising website for your nonprofit? Bloomerang Bloomerang is the best all-around nonprofit fundraising resource because you get a donor management platform, online giving tool, marketing platform, and reporting resource, all in one system.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 20, 2010

Seemingly every time I login to Facebook these days, something is different. Well, there’s two more changes that Facebook Admins need to know about and they are related to the Static FBML App: 1) You can no longer create a Custom Tab and make it your Default Landing Tab. I realize that Facebook has to make money, and they are.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Facebook remains the most popular social media platform. Roughly 8 in 10 online Americans use Facebook – and three-quarters of those users visit the site daily, according to. Using Location in Facebook Ads. Facebook makes it easy to reach new people through lookalike audiences. Facebook Page is set up for check-ins.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 21, 2009

2010 is going to be a big year for social media. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and MySpace are constantly evolving and on the brink of going mobile on a massive scale. Group texting, iPhone apps, and mobile websites are on the 2010 To Do Lists of most national and international nonprofits. Tags: Webinars.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 6, 2010

The use of iPhone Apps that benefit the nonprofit sector is going to explode in 2010. Hundreds of iPhone Apps created by nonprofits and nonprofit service providers are quietly preparing for an early 2010 launch. My guess is we will see many more such Apps and gelocation services launch in 2010.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Designed in Dreamweaver and updated weekly, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 has launched a mobile Website for those who like to read Nonprofit Tech 2.0 That said, I am firm believer that the mobile web is the next frontier in nonprofit communications. billion text messages are now sent daily, but few of those are coming from nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

If your nonprofit is experimenting with text-to-give, text alerts and/or smartphone Apps (or planning to), then launching a mobile website is something your organization should seriously consider. They are very much first generation and pretty basic, but affordable for nonprofits. Related Links: 10 Nonprofit Mobile Websites.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Heather Mansfield of NonProfit Tech 2.0 alerts us to some major changes coming to Facebook Fan Pages through the next few weeks and into early 2010. “My My first instinct is that the changes below are going to significantly impact nonprofits,” she says, “and in many cases, not in a good way.” The Boxes Tab will disappear.

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Facebook Change Social Network Nptech 68

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 18, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Facebook the last frontier? I decided to try out facebook when I kept hearing about the integration of other social networking sites into facebook. So we’ll see how it works.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the Web goes mobile , so does social media… and so should your nonprofit. If there is one thing I have learned over ten years of using the Internet for fundraising and social change, those nonprofits that can embrace change quickly, empower their visionaries, and adopt new Web trends, reap the benefits of being early adopters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/JointheFight. The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious. Averaging 3,100 Facebook page views per week. Organization Size: Medium.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Some of the opinions I express below I have had for a while and speak to them in my webinars and trainings, but some are so recent that I am still in the stage of “Seriously Facebook? That said, people love Facebook. The vast of majority of nonprofits love Facebook too. on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2009

These ideas are going to have an impact on the way nonprofits use the Web in 2010 and into the next couple of years. It easily allows you to share that information with your networks on Facebook or Twitter. How do you see the ideas of network, self-organizing, location, and data visualization impacting your nonprofit's work?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference is off to an terrific start. Just click the "Share" button to add it to your site, blog, Facebook or Twitter feed (among other sharing options). . Tags: 10NTC NPTech NTEN Social Media Fundraising. Ladies and gentlemen, I can proudly report that we are on a roll. .

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

It's left some nonprofit professionals wondering whether these types of contests are a good idea." " 3 Powerful Social Good Trends in 2010 – Ben Rattray, the founder and CEO of Change.org, has a great piece on Mashable showcasing the three trends he sees coming in 2010 for the social change sector.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 6, 2009

DIOSA Communications has been offering social media webinars for nonprofits since February 2008, but the content of the webinars and the time schedule mostly accommodate nonprofits in the United States. The webinars are also well-suited for nonprofits in Eastern Canada. Approximately 20 charities in the U.K.,

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. A friend posted that yo-yo link to Facebook. Adina Levin thinks Facebook's not the best place for community organizers -- but it may depend on the community. Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Things We Like. Read more posts on our blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

Over the last decade nonprofit communicators have been perfecting e-newsletters to drive traffic to their organization’s website, blog, Facebook Page, etc. Text messaging campaigns help keep supporters engaged and informed, and can significantly increase traffic to nonprofit mobile websites and smartphone Apps.

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NTEN

JULY 30, 2010

Tag your own news with " nten membe r" or " nptech " to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). Even on vacation, Beth Kanter manages help nonprofits become. Some of us here at NTEN are pretty interested in geo-tagging. s 2010 Top Small Workplaces. more tech-savvy!

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NTEN

JULY 16, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). Cerebral Palsy (UCP) as an example: how to customize your Facebook. The Getting Attention 2010 Nonprofit Tagline Awards is still accepting. Members are in bold.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 11, 2010

We (the two partners of OpenIssue ) shared a cab from the Atlanta airport to the hotel when we arrived for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference. I’m hoping that someone (hint, hint) will write the blog post or report taking off on this work, and articulate the major nonprofit use cases for Social CRM.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Understanding Facebook Places Functionality Opens Possibilities | Community Organizer 2.0 – Debra has a great post walking through the steps to setting up, using, and understanding Facebook's new geo-social tool, Places. " How Useful is Social Media to Nonprofits? Thanks, Debra, for a thorough guide!

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Check out a few of Blackbaud’s Interviews at SXSW 2010. Chris Brogan Talks Nonprofits and Trust Agents. Chris Noble on Check in for Charity, Pepsi Refresh and Social Media for Nonprofits. Facebook for Nonprofits by Randi Zuckerberg. Stacey Monk talks Epic Change, Tweetsgiving and more ….

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Care2

JULY 22, 2010

One of the biggest questions nonprofits have been asking for the past couple of years, is what benchmarks should they be using for social media? The 2010 Nonprofit Benchmarks Report released by NTEN has some great data that nonprofits can use for guidance. Nonprofit Social Media Benchmark Data You Need to Know.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference is off to an terrific start. Just click the "Share" button to add it to your site, blog, Facebook or Twitter feed (among other sharing options). Tags: 10NTC NPTech NTEN Social Media Fundraising. Ladies and gentlemen, I can proudly report that we are on a roll.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) ForumOne 's Chris Wolz wrote a good piece about crowdsourcing for foundations and nonprofits. Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NPTech nten members.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2010

The 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service (NCVS) is June 28-30 in New York City. Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010; 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM. Technology Planning for Nonprofits Session. Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM. If you’re going to be there, we’d love for you to get in touch!

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NTEN

AUGUST 30, 2011

Another organization expert at nonprofit disaster response via social media, the Humane Society , posted tips on where to take your pets and locations of animal shelters throughout the weekend, all tagged #IrenePets. Government agencies jumped into the social space on both Twitter and Facebook.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

As I’m writing this there’s over 2000 items on the list – can we get it to 5,000 by the time Thanksgiving 2010 is over? Once you’ve completed your gratitude note you can share your note with friends, family and the rest of the interwwebs via Twitter, Facebook and eMail. Tweetsgiving 2010 – #EpicThanks. Let’s do this!

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

Social Media Strategy for Nonprofits and Businesses – Debra's latest post has a list of ten guiding principles for social media in our work – they aren't necessarily new, but they are incredibly important and true! What do you think?

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