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Online Community Organizing: Start small, think big!

Amy Sample Ward

As many of you know, before joining NTEN as the Membership Director last year, I managed the NetSquared program which included locally-organized groups around the world, innovation challenges, and more. I definitely recommend them both! Or even the networked influence from news coverage and stories from one group or city to the next.

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Five Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits That Don’t Work (or Why You Aren’t Raising Enough Money)

Get Fully Funded

You should be sharing your nonprofit’s mission online and offline through your social media plan , donor newsletters, events, and other communications. They may not want to give you a grant if they see your animal welfare nonprofit is living off of your adoption fees or your homeless shelter is solely running on a large government grant.

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Community Engagement and Social Media for Public Media

Amy Sample Ward

I normally separate my post-presentation blog posts and slides but think it will be valuable to group them together this time. The people who donate, listen in, connect with our programs by calling in, reading or commenting online, and coming to our offline events are our community. Defining Community. Engaging Community.

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Networked Capacity Building: Finish Line Grantees Social Media Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We started with key results and worked backwards to technical assistance goals: Kids get health care coverage Policies are adopted More attention from policymakers. So, for these organizations, their content pyramid also includes integrating offline w/online channels. On the Ground Engagement: What will you ask people to do offline?

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Can Networks Have Social Impact?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Casey Foundation's " Making Connections " initiative Part of the Making Connections core approach uses (offline) social networks. You can read more in this series of five reports that looks at the definitions, research, power, practices, and insights relating the impact of social networks on family strengthening and community change.

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I'm Speaking at SXSW About Nonprofits and Social Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Non profit groups struggle with funding and public support issues on a daily basis. Yet many have overcome the odds and made a splash online and offline by using the latest Web technologies - for pennies on the dollar. We are definitely starting to see an interesting spectrum of coordination. What were the adoption issues?

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Socially Responsible Schwag As Metaphor for SoCap09

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He set up the panel with a definition of Web 3.0 - it wasn't about the real-time web or semantic web. is about building a bridge between two-way online communication and offline actions and impact. It's the user experience that drives adoption. This was followed by a panel discussion and questions from the audience.

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