Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

It was so much fun and it was an amazing experience to work with people like Chris Worman and meet with so many local nonprofit and community changemakers. I had the opportunity to facilitate the IT track and had lots of fun poking, prodding, and supporting some really interesting conversations and sharing sessions.

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Achieve

APRIL 15, 2015

Schedule a phone call to talk about the promotional partner’s audience. When we give our promotional partners graphics, we have already discussed who the partner’s audience is and what they will find valuable at our event. That way, we know we are marketing the right information based on the audience. Who the audience is.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Their live online event was hidden behind a paywall, but now all video sessions and downloadable slides are available for free after filling out registration for their Pulse Everywhere content, creating long-term engagement. . Key Takeaways: Microsoft knew it had to keep its audience engaged so holding a virtual conference was the way to go.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 11, 2009

At NTEN’s ‘09 Nonprofit Technology Conference a couple weeks ago, I participated in the Ignite Presentations which was a load of fun. An Ignite presentation is a five minute presentation, with 20 slides that change automatically every 15 seconds. It’s quite a rush, for the speaker and the audience alike!

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Achieve

JULY 7, 2021

The slide after explains the correct answer! Social media is an opportunity to share your mission with a wider audience and in many ways, you can do so for free. Social media is an opportunity to share your mission with a wider audience and in many ways, you can do so for free. About the Author. Sarah LaFemina.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

The audience had very good English skills so no translation was needed. During the presentation, we had participants jot down questions on index cards and those were used by the facilitators to lead the discussion. We used Google Hangout because they found it was more robust for video, audio, and screen sharing in that remote location.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

saw audience members partnering up to conduct a team-building exercise built to skill up on development concepts in a fun, engaging manner. Melissa Hill Dees and Sandi Zellner’s conversational session, “Have You Considered the Consequences?”, 3 Key Takeaways from DevOps Dreamin’. Camaraderie is one of the best learning opportunities.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Looking ahead at future events, we will likely shorten the duration to ensure we’re not pulling our audience away from the important work they do for too long. Make Your Content Accessible to Varying Audiences. Our event this year was four days, which, in retrospect, is a lot of time to ask people to dedicate. How to Measure Success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

The session not only included training tips, but modeled them during the session so that the audience interacted and practiced skills directly. We used a Harry Potter theme to give the session a fun feel. We began the session by polling the audience on training experiences. This post was originally published on the NTEN Blog.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Their live online event was hidden behind a paywall, but now all video sessions and downloadable slides are available for free after filling out registration for their Pulse Everywhere content, creating long-term engagement. . Key Takeaways: Microsoft knew it had to keep its audience engaged so holding a virtual conference was the way to go.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

They help “air out the brain” and can help a tired group regain focus. I incorporate energizers into webinars (see slide 22) and virtual meetings. There are also physical theories like brain-based learning and neuroscience.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 24, 2022

No presenter who just reads bullet points off a PowerPoint instead does it because they want their audience to eagerly contemplate running from the room. Reading a PowerPoint feels like an easy way to tell your audience all the info they want and be sure not to forget anything important. Nope, they do it because it feels safe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

Not only does this help me frame and tailor the talk I give to the audience, but facilitates Twitter conversations before. I don’t like giving a keynote where I talk at the audience for 45 minutes. What fun is that for me or them? These ideas are illustrated in the slides below. Conversational Key Note.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Do NOT schedule it when people are having fun (holidays) or on their personal time (dinner or weekends). Give them access to the presentation slides and any whitepapers or case studies referenced in the webinar. Let your audience type in "I'd like one!" Your content needs to be stellar.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Just want to let you all know that we are recording this session, and we’ll be sending out the slides as well as the recording later on this afternoon. So I know you got some slides to pull up but the floor is yours. So on the next slide, you can see we partner with more than 500 nonprofits annually worldwide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

The morning session focused on the building blocks of strategy – SMART objectives, audience identification, and messaging. It boils down to audience. One of the fun parts of the project for me is the opportunity to observe other trainers and learn from them. She used the white board to draw the concepts in the slides.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

In this post, I’m sharing my slides , resources , and practical engagement tips with a higher purpose. Fun, Games, and Giveaways! Fun is almost always engaging, especially humorous photos, articles, and observations. It has to resonate with your audience and connect back to your school experience.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

This’ll be a fun one. . And just a couple of real quick housekeeping items, just want to let you all know that we are recording this session and we’ll be sending out that recording as well as the slides later on. Well, let me take down my slides because they want to hear from you, not me. Now, onto the next slide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

Would participants learn more and have greater impact if panel designers incorporated different techniques such as visual learning and if they designed for more audience engagement? Laura Lee Dooley captured this blog post about the session , plus you can find my slides all the links and other resources here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

I gave a mini-workshop on the principles of social media success – it was a public talk and the audience was a mix of nonprofit leaders, social technology entrepreneurs, and local geeks. I go through my slides and think will this metaphor or idea translate to this cultural context.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2008

Minus the audience ratings or competitive aspect) Maybe use the "Ask Later" 5-minute format, popularized by Ignite Seattle. (10 10 powerpoint slides (visuals only) with each slide on the screen for 30 seconds. s part of the fun.) After each case study, the audience will get to ask questions.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

You should, because it’s awesome fun. NetSquared is here to help you along the way with everything from slide templates to planning checklists. New Orleans, LA: New Media Storytellers: How to get your audience to pay attention. Have you ever thought about hosting nonprofit technology events in your community?

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2012

There’s only one catch: you are limited to twenty slides which advance automatically every 15 seconds, for a total of five minutes presentation time. The format keeps you on your toes, and your audience engaged. >> Share your passion or fascination with the NTC Community. >> Submit your NTC Ignite idea here!

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2012

The other 12 are in the slides. Teachers doing something silly, funny, or fun. Based on research done by Buddymedia and official comments from Facebook, we know that what you post on your page only lasts for about three hours and shows up to a skimpy 17 percent of your audience. You’ll find 10 of the 22 tips right here.

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Forum One

AUGUST 17, 2009

Know your audience. Knowing your audience: what they want to get out of the online portion of the event (e.g. Each of these audiences can engage online during an event, however the tactics for helping them do so greatly differ. The list goes on and on, depending on what you're trying to accomplish (and who your audience is!).

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NTEN

AUGUST 8, 2011

It's easy to write off "gamification" as something your mature audience wouldn't find value in. Most of us agreed that fun can be very motivating and encourage participation in greater numbers, including member referrals. Christina Smith, Marketing and Social Media Specialist, YourMembership.com Inc.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2013

2) Know Your Audience. Knowing your audience is critical. If you know whom you want to consume your infographic, you’re able to tailor the language, imagery, focus, and key points used to appeal to this target audience. So I ended up with a less then optimal small screen viewing experience for you – our audience.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

“A smart objective is what you want to do, how many, and by when,” Kanter offered while trying to convince the audience that measuring social media is as much fun as going to a candy store. Find all speaker presentation slides on Slideshare. Upcoming Social Media for Nonprofits Events.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 6, 2012

Submissions for the 2012 TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge have closed, but the fun has just begun! While our community is busy from March 6 – 12 picking their favorites for the Audience Choice Awards , our panel of expert judges will be selecting the top digital stories from among hundreds of entries.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 23, 2011

Okay, my creative juices are a little stagnant right now (ex: blog post title) due to my fun O’Hare travel last night coming home from AFP International. And by fun I mean 3am arrival. But fun was definitely had at this year’s AFP conference. Author: Blair Naylor. Day one was a huge hit!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

David has reiterated this game over and over for different audiences and circumstances and I've remixed the game for filmmakers , took it to Cambodia and more recently to Hawaii. Sometimes I wish that I simply did the same slide show, talk, and workshop again and again and again. But, what fun would that be? I'd bore myself.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I had sooo much fun creating and delivering it. If you didn't have a chance to participate, you'll find the slides, resource materials, and an archived recording over at the webinar wiki. I emphasized the importance of knowing your audience. I had sooo much fun creating. I blogged about the content last week.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2010

Want to know the age inclination of your audience? Using stats to figure these things out can be fun, and can give you a valuable look at your users. [1] If you have a homepage slide show that takes up a lot of real estate, maybe you want to ask "How many people actually click on the homepage slideshow?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

It’s going to be a fun one. And just a couple of quick housekeeping items, just want to let you all know that we are recording this session and I’ll be sending out the recording as well as the slides later on this afternoon. I’ve already sent out the slides, but I will resend them later on today. Jesse: Yeah.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

Danny Sullivan's " Search Meets Real Life " was absolutely brilliant -- particularly how demonstrated what information is out there and how he called people in the audience on his cell phone while asking them personal questions and displaying some of the information about them freely available on the Internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

It takes your RSS feed and applies engagement metrics, analyzing the types and frequency of an audience's interaction with your content. Social Networking: Part of Your Job or Just for Fun? Graphing Social Patterns: My Slides. The Best Free Sources of Social Media Audience Research. Micro Fundraising and Trust.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2011

Playing games has pushed into the primetime market, and with that statement, Chris Swain , CEO and Founder of Talkie, displayed a slide that showed weekly audience numbers for the wildly popular social game, FarmVille, towering above primetime television shows such as Dancing with the Stars , NBC Sunday Night Football and CSI.

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