Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. Leadership and decision-making come from adoption not from executive authority.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

By automating these tasks, event planners can be more dedicated to what’s important – making sure that each participant is engaged and reaping the benefits of the conference – instead of figuring out analytics, sorting attendee data, or smoothing out technical difficulties. Think of admin tasks and data entry.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

A couple of years ago, outreach, training, and fundraising consultant, Stephanie Gerding , posted some great basic grantseeking information on TechSoup For Libraries. Remember to think about grant projects in terms of who will be helped and what the benefits of the project are for that target population. Outcomes 3. Objectives 4.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

I’m measuring this entire effort by how it much it does to change this sorry state of affairs, in both the short and long term. I would class this as TVI (nearly identical) plus additional provisions creating a similar exception for schools, libraries and archives. The Proposals A. The Treaty for the Visually Impaired (TVI).

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

By automating these tasks, event planners can be more dedicated to what’s important – making sure that each participant is engaged and reaping the benefits of the conference – instead of figuring out analytics, sorting attendee data, or smoothing out technical difficulties. Think of admin tasks and data entry.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

When a learner opens the course and sees, right off the bat, that it was created intentionally for their viewing and benefit, they’ll be more likely to prioritize it in their busy schedule. Let’s add in the fact that she’s recently adopted a puppy and her WFH desk set-up is actually a couch… placed inconveniently in front of a TV.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Over the past decade, efforts have been increasingly made to encourage the adoption of effective practice methodologies in the nonprofit sector (National Resource Center, 2010). Strengthening Nonprofits: Capacity Builder’s Resource Library. Meaningful tools to evaluate effectiveness are largely absent (Liket and Maas, 2015).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

Many early adopters in nonprofits got started this way - outside of the firewall. The Academy of Vocal Arts uses a flickr account to document organizational events/galas/benefits - good way to get started. Finally the Library of Congress community tagging pilot project on flickr. Blog helps deepened expertise. In this post, I???m

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Arts Social Media Examples Artist 74

CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

When setting your own goal, use the SMART principles approach, making sure it’s Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely. Other Examples: An Annual Giving Campaign, like National Center for Youth Law did $10k for a new Alzheimer’s research project Raise $25,000 to fill a new school library. Make it mutually beneficial.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

You’ve certainly seen pieces praising the benefits of digital marketing and lamenting the shortcomings of direct mail (or vice versa). Create a content library. To make translating your story across multiple channels as easy as possible, assemble a content library that contains a variety of assets relating to your story.

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Storytelling Digital Marketing Guide 98

Classy

AUGUST 13, 2021

Below, we dive into what these metrics entail and how your nonprofit can benefit from tracking them. This essentially allows users to develop a library of curated content over time. Or maybe a checklist for the steps to take before adopting a new kitten. Two relatively recent social metrics worth monitoring are saves and shares.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

She has also co-authored two books on using social media: “ The Networked Nonprofit ” with Allison Fine and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit with KD Paine. She just did a presentation to the Gates Global Libraries Working Group in November 2013 on the top tech trends for libraries. Facebook will still dominate.

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