Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Reflecting on the Community and the work being done in every corner of the world, we’ve tried to articulate some of the aspects that make the NetSquared Community so unique and also so powerful. This new white paper captures just a few of the stories and the qualities that make up the special place where we all come together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Today, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward shared this fabulous video on Facebook. Articulating measurable goals. Today, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward shared this fabulous video on Facebook. Participants identified two key areas of &# Measurement Stress&# – one was cultural and the other technical or systems-related.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Can you clearly articulate the issue you’re hoping to solve? Explore Bloomerang’s sample job descriptions for positions like major gift officer and development director. Before taking the steps to start a nonprofit, ask yourself these questions: What need or problem will the nonprofit address? Hold interviews.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 20, 2022

Images lend more evocative value to your content and allow you to better articulate brand messaging. Here’s a sample fundraising flyer with a great design: This flyer is a piece of art! Chances are, you can DIY your first flyer with a minimalist design! Tip 5: Feature relevant images.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 25, 2016

Sometimes this means providing participating fundraisers with stock language to use in emails, sample social media posts, reminders to send asks to friends and family and more. A personal story is an articulation about the values, beliefs, and events in someone’s life that have lead them to give and now fundraise.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2014

Some organizations come to us with a very clearly articulated brand that has accompanying logos, fonts, colors, photography, copywriting and more. We’ll then develop 2-3 very different mood boards depicting some sample imagery, graphics, fonts and styles that might appear in a visual design that reflects said personality. Methodology.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Being a good communicator involves more than just good articulation; it’s about understanding your audience. In this show, he’s joined by The Agitators’ Roger Craver, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward, True Sense Marketing’s Jeff Brooks, and Blackbaud’s Chuck Longfield and goes deeper into the topics that matter.

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Forj

APRIL 24, 2018

Never use the Articulate setting that forces the learner to listen to every second of voiceover. Your course should make the on-the-job value proposition up front, with techniques like quick testimonials, vignettes, and samples. Reading might be preferred to video because physicians can use their excellent skimming skills on it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

For nonprofits, this should not be a foreign concept. Here's a sampling: Lewis Green warns not to use the traditional investment financial calculations but instead measure value. They are saying that you need to measure value and that it value doesn't necessarily translate into dollars.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

If you’re struggling to articulate your objectives, consider partnering with a nonprofit marketing consultant early in your market research process. This data is used to collect general results from a large sample population, and it allows the researcher to spot patterns and form hypotheses for further exploration.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

It is also true that it was far from a representative sample of people here at the US Social Forum (which is way more female and of color than that group.) This was the most diverse crowd I’ve ever talked with or been in for an open source conversation. That speaks volumes to me. This feels like a different part of the digital divide.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

Link TV, along with Doug Puchanski and Rob DiCiuccio of Definition , helped us articulate the changes that would need to occur and then connected us with a funder who could underwrite what amounted to a very significant enhancement to our code base.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 7, 2023

Iterative prompt refinement forces clearer articulation of intent and goals upfront, enabling more aligned responses. Few-shot learning : When an AI model is given very few real examples to adapt to a new task, often 5-10 samples, before inferring patterns to apply more broadly. Enter refining and iterative prompts.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Elizabeth) Unfortunately, we don’t have any museum telecommuting policies in the Alliance sample documents library, but now that you’ve asked, we are on the hunt. Seema) I’m a big fan of articulating norms. This is why we so often take refuge in their work, words, and presence.”.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

People with "leadership, empathy for what people like and don’t like, ability to sooth ruffled feathers, articulate." Critical people are sought after; "yes men" are not as useful as those who have clearly articulated issues with the game. Who are these influencers? Note that these people are selected, not self-selected.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Clearly articulated benefits statement that looks at tangible and intangible. My session was the last of 5-part series that started with a fanastic session by Amy Sample Ward on the building blocks, a webinar on Video by Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson, and Spreading Buzz by Danielle Brigida. Defined Audience. Additional Links.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

A vision statement articulates where you are headed, your future, the target in the distance that you are aiming for in everything that you do. It’s easy to get the two confused, but once you understand the difference and go through the process of writing a mission statement, the vision statement should be easy to create.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Recently, I polled Blackbaud employees, and while not the largest sample set (44 respondents), it yielded some interesting results. Millennials are looking to invest their resources in organizations that can articulate a clear, concise mission/impact statement that is no longer than 1 or 2 sentences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

Amy Sample Ward and Stacey Monk did plan and execute one hell of a surprise party! Self-expression is such a powerful thing to see and having people articulate it for your cause is the holy grail. Amy Sample Ward wrote a reflection on crowdsourcing a surprise party ! NTEN's Holly Ross's Birthday Blog Post.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2017

” The importance of being able to articulate the need for tech to achieve their mission. – Amy Sample Ward , CEO, NTEN. You have to tie the need for technology up to all of your strategic goals.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

Your communications package can include an annual report, a sample newsletter that goes to your constituents, or a publication that goes to other donors, or a link to a video essay about your activities and constituent success. If you can’t send it ahead, be sure to have a package to share when you meet. Put that out of my mind.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

And then you also need to be able to articulate that, without fundraising or without a steady income from which to draw upon, you could cease to exist. Here’s something on Alex’s Lemonade Stand where they share sample language that donors can share with their attorney. Do you publish your annual audit results?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

It should be driven by what you want to learn. As soon as you have articulated a SMART objective and KPI, it should guide you to what data you need to collect and transform into insights That prevents you from collecting data you don’t need and being overwhelmed. Measurement should not, ideally, be driven by a tool.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 29, 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010 Create Core Values Sometimes when you are leading an organization or business and struggling to articulate your core values, it helps to see how others have stated theirs. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? In past postings Ive shared Marriotts core values.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

At the same time, leaders continue to struggle with one of their toughest jobs, developing and articulating their overall strategy and priorities, especially during times of change." Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Where I’ll say to somebody, “You know, you’ve been so articulate about why you care about the work, would you write a testimonial?” But there are people, you’re going to meet donors who are enthusiastic, and articulate, and ask you good questions, and tell good stories themselves. Next slide. .

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 6, 2009

In the sample map shown above, you can see in bold the most important elements (per step 4). You are articulating the design opportunities and limitations of each platform, and then picking the options most relevant to your goal. I reorganize it into a tag cloud so it's easier to interpret and use. But that's good.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Being a good communicator involves more than just good articulation; it’s about understanding your audience. In this show, he’s joined by The Agitators’ Roger Craver, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward, True Sense Marketing’s Jeff Brooks, and Blackbaud’s Chuck Longfield and goes deeper into the topics that matter.

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