Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Benetech’s Human Rights Program supports critical human rights cases around the world helping to end impunity and bring justice to communities torn apart by violence. Guzmán and his colleagues at Benetech’s Human Rights Data Analysis Group spent four years intensely analyzing the documents. His family never stopped looking for him.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The entire staff here at Benetech is extremely proud of Daniel Guzmán and his colleagues at the Benetech Human Rights Program who have spent four years analyzing random samples of the estimated 31.7 Prosecutors announced that Benetech’s analysis of archive contents will be a key part of future investigations.

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Guatemala Help Analysis Statistics 149

NetWits

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Audience Analysis. Create Personas and outline tasks: Create a sample person that represents each audience group you serve. Make your website a priority and you’ll be rewarded with happy, engaged users and will ultimately grow a more supportive community! One that every nonprofits should think about from time to time.

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Design Web Guide Slides 247

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

A guest Beneblog by Max Schneider People don’t typically associate boisterous merengue music with high-tech statistical analysis. Then again, I shouldn’t have been surprised when I heard the playful notes of a street band wafting through the window while in Guatemala with Benetech's Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG).

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Guatemala International Project Statistics 137

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

T, December 10th, the international community is observing Human Rights Day to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. HRP members produced scientifically sound analysis that is advancing the process of legal justice in Guatemala.

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International Guatemala Colombia Analysis 150

M+R

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Creating change in this world depends on the contributions and commitment of entire communities, and everyone who joins a movement matters. Communicating stories and opportunities to engage in ways that deepen your relationship with your supporters is a critical strategy for any mid-level donor program, and digital can support that.

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America Digital Audience Channel 105

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

To compliment, I shared some of the core beliefs I’ve developed in my experiences working in technology, innovation and community engagement. Ultimately, it’s the adoption by the community that matters in the long-run, and now can be proven even in the short-term. Look to fund projects, not products.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

The report lays out some new metrics for movement building – that are paths to the more easily counted tangible results and where the unit of analysis is the movement or network, not an organization. Community organizing. Research and policy analysis. Communications and framing. Civic engagement. Alliance building.

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Metrics Fund Build Social 114

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2010

I have followed the development of Social Actions over the last few years and really believe in the work that Peter, Christine and the community have done to shape a collaborative, open tool that benefits so many people and organizations in all kinds of ways. Add a minimum of three (hopefully more!) Learn more and support this work!

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2013

The NTEN community (that''s you!) Social Change can happen anywhere too, and Allyson Kapin and Amy Sample Ward show you exactly how to put change into action through multi-channel campaigns in their 3-part webinar series. Consider another way to engage your community: TweetUps! Community member roundup nptech nten Program'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

A community foundation that was doing a landscape analysis of issues in its community to guide funding strategy development. Do you need sentiment analysis? There is not much value in the raw data unless you have the tools and skills to synthesize it. Disaster work. How long do you need to archive the data?

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Social Media Channel Data Media 100

DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

What is a market analysis for nonprofit organizations? Market analysis, also known as market research, is the process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting information about target markets and customers. Action: Create a strategy focused on community engagement, positive image-building, and relationship management.

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Research Marketing Survey Nonprofit 52

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

My slides covered the tools and apps for the back stage side of energizing your community. Having tools in place to help you monitor, measure, and evaluate your work in real time will help you be more successful with your campaign, better engage with the community, and make more lasting change in the long run. Community Mapping.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 10, 2012

Thanks to Deanna Zandt for being so thoughtful and smart in her analysis: "Let’s break down why the meritocracy myth is both so pervasive and problematic. " Why Being Good Enough Is Never Enough on the Internet – Forbes – This is an important post I think everyone should read!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

The updates introduce Semantic Analysis and Natural Language Processing (NLP) capabilities to the Social Actions API and begin to connect Social Actions to the wider Linked Open Data community. What do “Semantic Analysis” and “Natural Language Processing” mean, and how do they make the Social Actions API better?

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Care2

JULY 11, 2013

They share best practices in online campaigning as well as concrete data and analysis from their A/B testing. For example, one of the case studies that Amy Sample Ward and I profiled in the mobile section of our book Social Change Anytime Everywhere was about “Missed Calls” as an organizing strategy.

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Resource India Case Study Nonprofit 72

NTEN

OCTOBER 23, 2009

You can also read some analysis and take-aways from Allyson Kapin on the study, who pulls out the things nonprofits probably need to improve on. Amy Sample Ward is going to give you a book about social technologies and social change -- at least, she'd like to give you a book, but you have to participate in her book give away on her blog !

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

You see, marketing is a cycle of execution, analysis, and tweaking. You meet people at a community event, and they give you their email address. Here is a sample checklist: Set marketing goals, Thursday, May 19. Otherwise, you can spend a lot of time being busy, but not being productive. What’s working? What’s not working?

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Marketing Guide Metrics Nonprofit 69

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

However, despite how useful Facebook Insights can be, one big question remains unanswered among nonprofit community managers: What type of content should my nonprofit post on Facebook? This makes it easy to understand what content engages and grows your Facebook community. Click here to view a sample of our Community Building Plan.

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Facebook Audience News Social Media 53

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

Despite this small sample size and lack of evidence for success, the concept has captivated politicians and Wall Street alike. The increased presence of corporate counterparts in contracting could present an even greater threat to the unique value that nonprofits bring to their communities. Brookings Institution. Retrieved from [link].

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Program Management South Africa Evaluation 58

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

E-Commerce News: Customer Loyalty: If You Build a Branded Online Community, Will Customers Come? – "Despite the enormous popularity of peer-to-peer social networking, the adoption cycle for branded online communities has been relatively slow. Do you have a branded online community for your organization or project?

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Web Bookmarking Philanthropy Open Source 105

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

" open data doesn't empower communities | internet.artizans – "Open data doesn't empower communities. Tags: roundup book bookmarks community fundraising list netsquared networking opendata postalicious resources socialmedia. " The trend is up 12.1%!

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Web Netsquared Bookmarking Amazon 105

Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2020

A week-by-week analysis of bequest giving shows an almost 600% increase for the week of March 23rd over the same time in 2019. You see a sample phone script for this call here. A recent CNBC article reported: “Americans rush to make online wills in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.” can get involved.”

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Through the Transforming Communities project, we've rounded up the best of election-related apps. app offers polling location information, sample ballots, and election. Prefer to listen to your political news and analysis? Mashable recently called 2012 the " year of the mobile election." Want to monitor.

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Poll Pledge Mobile Game 59

NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2009

Flickr: forumone Amy Sample Ward wrote in the Stanford Social Innovation Review about community building and the gardening metaphor. You should read her article to find out what NOT to do with your community. She did some analysis of the 90+ Foundations using Twitter to communicate. Kellogg Foundation.

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NTEN America Cancer Sample 36

NTEN

MARCH 27, 2009

Flickr: bensheldon Allyson Kapin summarizes some key findings from Convio 's 2009 Online Marketing Benchmark Inex Study , and cites some analysis by Superstar NTEN member Robert Weiner. Amy Sample Ward invites you to join her for the "140 Character Mission" event. You don't even have to attend -- just follow along on Twitter.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 16, 2009

If you're a communications strategy person for your organization, or, heck, even if you're just curious about how social media can impact advocacy discussions and movements, check out Amy Sample Ward 's recent article in the SSIR that provides thoughtful analysis and examples of HOW social media can work to create change.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

More about We Are Media: The We Are Media Project is a community of people from nonprofits who are interested in learning and teaching about how social media strategies and tools can enable nonprofit organizations to create, compile, and distribute their stories and change the world.

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NTEN Media eLearning Case Study 105

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

Twitter Karma is a great tool to use if you want to inventory your Twitter community, clean up any nonreciprocal followers, or simply evaluate your lists. Do you have a group or use a fan page to create a community space for your organization on Facebook? Communities. Tags: strategy analysis evaluation social media.

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Social Media Tools Media Ning 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Susan Tenby is the community manager at TechSoup responsible for their Second Life efforts. Megan Keane blogs at TechSoup community site. is senior consultant for Common Knowledge and covers the sustainable food community. Johanna Bates is the nonprofit technology strategy for Community Partners in Massachusetts.

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Technology Companies Netsquared Social Media 75

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Community engagement, though at times unwieldy and time-consuming, is critical to truly propel all variables towards a common goal. Julie Ha Truong will outline best practices in community engagement in planning. I wish I could see you all because so much of what we do in this work is building community. That would be wonderful.

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Community Video Slides Survey 78

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 5, 2011

ASU School of Community. This week we welcome Dr. Lili Wang as she provides insight into the Hispanic volunteering community. This week we welcome Dr. Lili Wang as she provides insight into the Hispanic volunteering community. Lili Wang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor. Resources & Development. Welcome to Research Friday !

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United States Survey Dominican Republic Volunteer 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2015

My colleague Amy Gahran, a mobile expert, has an analysis here. When I queried professional colleagues for their advice on Facebook, Amy Sample Ward mentioned that NTEN’s site failed the test. My blog passed the test! He shared a write up of strategies for converting donors from mobile.

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Mobile Test Advice Nonprofit 50

NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2008

I had heard of these guys before, but finally signed up for a sample analysis of the NTEN community. In the KnightPulse community, you can talk about everything from the future of newspapers to content licensing schemes. . You guys have a LOT of profiles on social networks. And a lot of friends. People like you!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Here's the list: Amy Sample Ward, Building Blocks of Social Media. As you can see the words paint a picture of a traditional ROI analysis, with the emphasis on quantitative, measurable results. You must be in tune with your social web community if you want this to work. Corey Pudhorodsky, Podcasting and Storytelling.

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ROI Social Media Reflection Question 50

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Some donors look for these signals of community support (everybody’s doing it) to make the decision that they would be in good company if they donate. Posters are a great way to show off the name/logo of the donor at events or around your facility, house of worship, soup kitchen, community center. Design them free on Canva.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Audience Analysis. Create personas and outline tasks: Create a sample persona that represents each audience group you serve. Make your website a priority and you'll be rewarded with happy, engaged users and will ultimately grow a more supportive community! Assign them key tasks and document results. Need Our Help?

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Design Web Strategy Slides 55