Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Date : December 2nd, 2010. Description : In this month’s edition of Social Good, Allison Fine, the host, interviews Amy Sample Ward, community development manager at TechSoup Global, and Estrella Rosenberg, founder and executive director of Big Love Little Hearts in Chicago and author of the blog Adventures in Philanthropy.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In this blog post, I share general findings I’ve gleaned from talking to about 100 donors and nonprofits, a decent sample size of participants spread throughout the U.S. If you’re new to the concept of tipping, check out my post on this subject. While it’s not deep research it’s more than has been shared publicly to-date on this issue.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2010

This past Sunday was October 10th, 2010 – also know as 101010, the Global Work Day for climate action supported by 350.org Try the water calculator – the questions are insightful and make you think, and the usage answer at the end may surprise you! org and others.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2012

The eight reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. 7) Giving USA 2011: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2010 :: Download. View: All Blackbaud Reports. Published by Convio.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2010

I have the fun opportunity to be a presenter at the 2010 Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits! View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. My session today focuses on the topic of “Unlocking the True Value of Social Media.&#. Unlocking the True Value of Social Media. Helpful Links.

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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. Amy Sample Ward from NetSquared. Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010; 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM. Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM. Or connect with us directly: Amy Sample Ward: @AmyRSWard. Room: 1471. Room: 1374.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Women Give 2010 is the first report to compare philanthropic giving between men and women across all income levels based on a nationally representative sample. But, how can organizations and enterprises best use video to inspire change?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

The monthly Community Builder chat series is part of the #4Change community of regularly scheduled chats, bringing together people from around the world to talk about examples, practices, tips and more as we all explore the way technology can be used for social change.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Here’s the dashboard from The Extraordinaries of our 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference session today: Bringing Community Organizing Into Online Campaigns – [International Ballroom C] (#co2oc). Who: Speakers: Amy Sample Ward | Netsquared; Debra Askanase; Ivan Boothe. When: 1:30 p.m.

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NTEN

JULY 30, 2010

Amy Sample Ward is great at aggregating news and notes about nonprofits. s 2010 Top Small Workplaces. Twitter this week , so thanks, again, Small Act and Annie Lynsen , for writing up a helpful how-to about. transitioning from a Facebook profile or group to a Facebook fan page. . using and learning to use social media on her blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Notes: In June 2010: 253,360 new users joined in Romania – Coming in 3rd in the world for adoption for the month. In July 2010: 1,555,360 total number of users in Romania. The slides are below as well as some notes.

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2010

Just a reminder that the fees for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference increase after today. We like to talk about the great time you'll have at the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , but it is, first and foremost, a place for you to learn the skills you need to help your organization meet its mission. I was also very.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Today’s Community Builder chat had a small group with a lot to say! It was a rich discussion and it doesn’t stop here – use the link below to review the full transcript and share your discussions points or ideas in the comments. Review the full chat transcript!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Nonprofit Technology Link Love July 30, 2008 Here are posts from a small sampling of bloggers I regularly read: Holly Ross shows her geek cred in a great post about DNS.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 16, 2010

In this month’s chat,we had some good discussion around social media guildines and online community moderation. We heard from many people that there were too many holiday deadlines at work to make the chat so be sure to add your thoughts to the comments here after reading the archive to join in! Read the full transcript here!

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 10, 2009

It’s already December and we are fast approaching 2010. And we don’t want it to get tucked away under what’s to come in 2010, at least not yet! And we don’t want it to get tucked away under what’s to come in 2010, at least not yet! Email Amy Sample Ward the link to your post!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Guzmán’s article, entitled Speaking Stats to Justice: Expert Testimony in a Guatemalan Human Rights Trial Based on Statistical Sampling , appears in the most recent issue of CHANCE, a quarterly journal published by the American Statistical Association. His family never stopped looking for him.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2012

The eight reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. 7) Giving USA 2011: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2010 :: Download. View: All Blackbaud Reports. Published by Convio.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2007

and although the sample sizes were small, and not representative of the nonprofit sector as a whole, the people surveyed seemed to like the open source tools available. We really can’t draw any conclusions from this – the sample size was small, and, as I mentioned, not representative of the sector.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. From 2009 to 2010, the open rate for organizations of all sizes and sectors declined by 12% on average. Meanwhile, unsubscribe rates held steady from 2009 to 2010. Email Campaigns: Know Your Audience and Get Results. Highlights.

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NTEN

MARCH 5, 2010

Amy Sample Ward live-blogged from an event in London last week on the topic " Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights? Paul Lamb ( ZeroDivide ) has an article in the Christian Science Monitor about today's activists: how they marry old school and new school (read: social web and mobile technologies) tactics to have their voices heard.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2011

The average churn rate in 2010 for nonprofits in our research sample was 14%. Thanks to the eBenchmarks Extra on Facebook findings from our latest study, we found out: You'll need to factor both "un-likes" and "un-subscribes" into your calculation of the churn rate for your Facebook page.

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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Tweeting Raising Awareness, But Not Direct Dollars - The NonProfit Times Oct 1, 2010: "Tweeting Raising Awareness, But Not Direct DollarsBy Mark HrywnaOnly 3 percent of all Tweets by a sample of nonprofits were dedicated to fundraising or solicitation.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

." ChatRoulette : Web Ecology Project – "This paper represents an initial study of ChatRoulette.com, conducted between February 6th and 7th, 2010 by researchers in attendance at Web Ecology Camp III in Brooklyn, NY. We sampled 201 ChatRoulette sessions, noting characteristics such as group size and gender.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

I’ve now seen two posts (one from David Gielhufe , and one from Lobo of CiviCRM ) suggesting that I dismissed the extremely positive results for the open source CRM tools (particularly CiviCRM) because the sample wasn’t large, or representative of the sector. It wasn’t scientific, and the sample was about.05%

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Check out a few of Blackbaud’s Interviews at SXSW 2010. NetSquared with Amy Sample Ward. Envision new technology that would help your cause reach its goals. Stacey Monk talks Epic Change, Tweetsgiving and more …. Chris Brogan Talks Nonprofits and Trust Agents. Facebook for Nonprofits by Randi Zuckerberg.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Date : November 15th, 2010. Tags: 2010 presentation presetnation small business social media webinar. Location : Online. Topic : Social Media Basics. Description : Social media tools provide a lot of opportunities to make local, offline connections and build community.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. Speaker: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I have to say, I'm really thankful for nptech rockstars like Amy Sample. Need a primer on social media online tools for nonprofits? Check out Blackbaud 's white paper (PDF) for a good introduction and some considerations. Ward who not only works hard to have her listening scope tuned to tools. what she's hearing and learning.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Date : October 20-22nd, 2010. Tags: 2010 presentation blackabaud conference socialmedia. Location : Washington, DC, USA. Topic : What’s the True Value of Social Media? But what is it all for? This information can be invaluable to both marketers and fundraisers as they attempt to communicate to these engaged members of their community.

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NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2013

In 2010, we organized an online workshop we affectionately titled “Taming the Data Monster.” In 2012, NTEN was able to survey a sample of US nonprofits to find out how they were doing when it comes to being data-driven: were they collecting data and tracking metrics?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2011

The following year, I organized an Nonprofit Social Media ROI Poetry Slam where panelists delivered their presentations as poems. In 2010, did a crowdsourced session on crowdsourcing. Amy Sample Ward, NTEN. In 2008, we wore funny hats to go with the theme of our panel. Devon Smith. Under the Social Good Hood. Chad Norman, Blackbaud.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Date : November 16th, 2010. Tags: 2010 presentation decision making guide idealware nten report social media webinar. Location : Readytalk. Topic : Tools and Options for Selecting Social Media for Your Organization. I’ll contribute to this webinar as a guest speaker weighing on tools and options. Event details and resources.

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NetWits

JANUARY 25, 2012

Fundraisers raised an average of $32 more in 2010. Make fundraising easy by including sample Facebook posts or emails they can forward to friends. Check out the results …. With 2,500 fewer participants registered, the Global Race has brought in $150,000 more in donations to date. Remember, 1 in 4 emails result in a donation.

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VisionLink

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Program Length Funding is available through September 30, 2010. As an example, here is the notice from Florida. Our non-profit customers may want to pursue this as a potential resources for certain types of hires in their organizations. Applicants must be enrolled in EmployFlorida.com.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

These challenging questions were addressed by the 2010 Arizona Health Survey sponsored by the St. Dr. Lili Wang and I analyzed the sample of seniors to determine the impact of social context on senior volunteers in Arizona. The average age of the sample was 75 years old and 64.5% of the sample was female.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

" 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. Here are my top digital storytelling platforms and tools for your nonprofit to try out in 2010."

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