Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2009

was adopted (or not) in the nonprofit workplace over the past 10-15 years, you'll notice that fear and silo culture are nothing new or unique as barriers to adoption. Amy Sample Ward shared a collection of links recently pointing to my post about silo culture. In the past, adoption of technologies like Web 1.0

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Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The above Candid trainings are only a sampling of the many learning experiences we offer; we are constantly adding to our course calendar to provide new and valuable opportunities. We felt it was important to launch these efforts now as early steps towards making good on our commitment to promote more equitable practices across our sector.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Here are just a sample of a few AI tools that can boost creative output. While it may be a bit early to start posting the job description, the upside to having an AI adoption lead on your team has incredible potential. These engines can help turn the creative thoughts in your head into IRL creations with alarming speed.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 28, 2023

Here is a sample board skills assessment: Board Member Information What is your name? Here is a sample statement to the board of directors: “Dear Board Members, I hope this message finds you well. What is your position on the board? How long have you been a member of the board? What is your professional background?

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

2002-2012 – Childhood During the first 10 years, Candid staff primarily focused on collecting grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a sample of the largest U.S. We adopted more automation in the loading, cleaning, and coding of data. private and community foundations. as measured by total giving.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 20, 2022

When does the Board adopt an annual budget? You can also find templates for nonprofit bylaws and nonprofit bylaws samples online, if you feel like your refresh will be more of a rewrite. Note on the new bylaws the date in which they were adopted. Organization finances: When does the organization’s fiscal year begin and end?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Or you can track the time it takes you to fill out the form, either with sample data or by trying to collect similar data from your own systems. Technology adoption: More nonprofits are using technology to manage their operations , communicate with their stakeholders, and deliver their services.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2013

Millennials are often the target demographic for many nonprofits, as they are known to be the most technologically-savvy with high adoption rates of smart phones, their value of entrepreneurship, and the belief that they can make a local difference, according to the Telefonica Survey.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Now that you understand what to include and what to leave out, let’s look at some sample thank you letters. Your donation has already been put to work spaying cats, moving cats into foster homes, increasing adoption events, and providing surgeries to cats with serious medical conditions.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

While many organizations of all kinds face the struggle of convincing staff or leaders that social media is worthwhile, many stations are tackling the opposite end of that spectrum, with widespread adoption without any strategy or plan. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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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. The slides are below as well as some notes. The Local Philanthropy Workshop: Facebook Campaigning in Romania. In July 2010: 1,555,360 total number of users in Romania.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2015

Recruit corporate partners, adopt skilled volunteers, and identify Pro Bono resources. Other esteemed contributors include: Jayne Cravens, Aria Finger, Holly Ross, Amy Sample Ward, Joe Waters, Scott Henderson, Meg Garlinghouse, Robert Eggers, and Greg Baldwin.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 6, 2020

For example, if you’re an animal rescue, you could provide a script specifically for donors who have adopted a pet from you. In addition to a script for the fundraiser itself, offer a sample communications plan a volunteer can follow. Offer a couple of suggested scripts they can pick from or modify.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

It doesn’t matter whether your non-profit is in the vanguard or late adopters, the best ideas will win. NetSquared with Amy Sample Ward. Entries will be judged based on three criteria: Innovation, Impact, and Clarity. You only need an idea – even if you don’t know the technical solution for implementing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2013

After each presentation, one of the “responders” other experts in the field including Amy Sample Ward (see her write up ), Mark Horvath, and David Neff offered their insights in two minutes about the topic. ” @ brianreich #sxsw #npsmpeer #nptech — Amy Sample Ward (@amyrsward) March 10, 2013. rachelannyes #npsmpeer.

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

Get the design or presentation of prediction solutions wrong and you can impact user trust and adoption. ChatGPT Prompt: Upload of Sample Giving Data Without Any Query One of our team members posted a tab-delimited dataset from our testing databases into ChatGPT’s text box, just to see what output the model would produce.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

don’t embark on fundraising without a plan for using the funds, we can’t adopt a new fundraising approach without proper training. Components included video tutorials, suggested calendars of activity, sample materials, frequently asked questions, logos, and a Twibbon for Facebook and Twitter use.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 20, 2023

Volunteer appreciation Here’s a sample startup budget for a new nonprofit: Tips As you put your budget together, here are some tips that can help you. That means diligently tracking and recording expenses and revenue, plus program numbers (like number of people helped, number of dogs adopted, etc.).

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Care2

JULY 16, 2012

Here 11 nonprofit reports that are worth a look when you want to brush up on everything from nonprofit social media adoption, staffing, fundraising, and online engagement best practices. Check out the full report to see how your staffing stacks up with that of other organizations of similar size and tech adoption level.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Many early adopters in the nonprofit community were already working hard (despite announcements from Google that they would police use and roll-out an organization-specific profile option) to start building a space for their organization’s profile on the new social network since it originally launched. The Price of Early Adoption.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2010

so that the nonprofit groups that have been increasingly adopting Ning (while possibly buried in the long tail) will not be left to fend for themselves. His post sparked a community plea to Ning to keep its service free for grassroots nonprofits and community groups and Amy Sample Ward also wrote about it. Start a Petition ».

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2016

Tech Training for Nonprofit and Library Staff 101 gives you access to short how-tos, microlearning videos, online resources, live events featuring training experts, training plan samples, and more on TechSoup's new learning management system (LMS). Provide samples of successful tech training programs in libraries and nonprofits.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Our staff interacts with our community in different ways; here''s why Amy Sample Ward, CEO, loves our community! November is Member Appreciation Month at NTEN. In preparation for today''s blog post, I tried to make a list of all the technologies and tools I use each day in support of my work.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

Thanks to you, these dogs will be protected as they wait to be adopted and go to their forever homes. Dogs with a history of heartworms have a very hard time getting chosen for adoption, and treatment for heartworms is difficult and uncomfortable. We used your gift immediately to immunize and provide heartworm prevention to 10 dogs.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

In the innovation marketplace, adoption is the only currency that matters. Ultimately, it’s the adoption by the community that matters in the long-run, and now can be proven even in the short-term. Lessons and Opportunities for Supporting Technology Innovation. Focus on why, not if, something works.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2011

On Friday, I tripped down the rabbit hole of Google + field test with many other social media early adopters and nonprofit technology (#nptech folks) who were kicking the tires. Google + is Google’s new social sharing platform. Here’s the official announcement on the Google Blog and review in the New York Times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 17, 2009

She summarizes five key lessons from early adopters in the nonprofit sector. Early Adoption: Not Just for Technology : Amy Sample Ward looks at Louis Gray's early adopter model and wonders if it can be applied to social change work. What's your take?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The growth of social media and the rapid adoption of internet-enabled mobile devices have changed the way Americans engage in the political process. If you are looking to squeeze in a few events this week, check out my top 5 must attend events. Digital Politics, Wednesday, February 20th.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2011

This is a communique on the current state of cloud adoption in the United States from me, this time. In July 2011, TechSoup.org conducted a survey of nonprofits on their current use of cloud services, their plans for adopting cloud services, their expectations on costs, and their barriers to cloud adoption. false false false.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2012

The sample size is. sample of organizations. Lack of resources is the main barrier : among those not using apps, a lack of resources to support apps was cited as a barrier to app adoption by 55% of respondents. We had some requests for more detailed survey results, so here they are! Therefore the results may not accurately.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

If you’re not sure what to say, here’s a list of sample phrases you can use to thank donors. ” Or: “We know that dogs that are nervous and miserable in a shelter setting usually thrive in foster homes, growing into happy pets that can be adopted into loving, permanent homes.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

"Responsive design is a natural companion to all the data about mobile devices increasing," said Amy Sample Ward, current membership director of NTEN and formerly of TechSoup Global. report covers the importance of mobile adoption in libraries. Mashable calls 2013 the "year of responsive web."

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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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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 22, 2012

So … when the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was adopted by Congress in 2002, there just wasn’t much history to help nonprofits understand its impact – on them. Impact: About half of those nonprofit organizations included in the random sample for this study adopted at least some of the SOX provisions, in addition to the two required ones.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

Illustrate your nonprofit in action by telling the story of one dog whose adoption made a real impact in the life of a special needs child or the dog that rescued an elderly man from loneliness. Is someone better off today because of the donation the donor made? Don’t just tell the story of how many dogs your nonprofit rescued.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Leadership and decision making come from adoption not from executive authority. If there’s an idea that the community is behind, and a project or plan that’s adopted (whether it’s a new way of operating or a new tool), then it moves forward, regardless of “who&# thought it up or campaigned for it.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

I think this is a hard concept for many to agree with because of the process by which the social media tools are most often adopted in organizations: for example, Jane really likes taking pictures and usually posts them to Flickr (an online photo sharing website) as a way to store them, sort them, and share them.

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