Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Timo Luege recently shared the new social media staff guidelines created at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Tags: case studies socialmedia casestudy europe example guidelines international. Why create social media staff guidelines? Use a disclaimer. Be the first to admit a mistake.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

I’m a big believer in getting volunteers and interns to help be part of this growing space. They’ve been very supportive of our strategy and engaging staff across the org. With all of the crazy consumerism of the holidays, we tried to bring awareness to responsible and meaningful gifting – like giving to charities.

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Care2

AUGUST 2, 2010

org blog to complement our long-form e-news articles. This human services agency is using Facebook’s “safe space&# to build awareness of its family violence prevention services. That international aid organization is bringing front-line stories of its far-away work to supporters back home via online video.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2018

Though the heightened awareness and concern might be attributed to a recent flurry of events in the social media sphere, data privacy has really been a crucial conversation since the dawn of the Digital Age. Elevate the discussion internally if it hasn’t been already. If we have any changes in U.S.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

I wanted to use today to focus in on a question recently posed by my good friend Joe Solomon on Twitter : What are the nonprofit/orgs that are working 2 wire the green movement, like what @ netsquared does 4 nonprofits, @ sunfoundation for politics; which orgs are working to expose data, leverage soc media, connect the orgs together?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

engage internally. How do you involve the org? Examples: Yammer for internal sharing, it’s a Twitter for groups. Have you seen examples of your org changing? Adapting: using the listening and learning to inform how you change. use monitoring tools. know your keywords. use your RSS reader. NWF - there is no failure.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Once a year, Blog Action Day unites bloggers around the world to focus on an important global issue and to create a dialogue that transcends international borders. This year, Blog Action Day’s focus is FOOD as it coincides with World Food Day that aims to increase awareness, understanding and fuel year-around action to alleviate hunger.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Instead, I had been on the Amnesty International website learning about the Troy Davis case, signing up for their email list, joining their online community, and frantically researching death penalty issues while sharing my findings with my friends and family on Facebook. I want to share the basics that your org should think about.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Think Salvation Army and their Red Kettle campaign, or Oxfam International and their catalogue of goats and other farm animals. While we know that not all orgs have this same brand awareness, we believe that less can be more, that simple can be best. You’re trying to raise money, so you need to ask for it!

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Guide Giving Campaign Social Media 74

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

It is an internal assessment tool which helps organizations figure out what parts of their online strategy are working, and what parts might need tweaking. How does giving resources to nonprofits to help them understand how to use web stats to do internal assessment of web strategy inconsistent with choosing not to publish raw web stats?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

So if you’ve conducted a capital campaign or you’ve researched a campaign for one that’s on the horizon for your organization, you’re well aware that a capital campaign is a balance of, you know, it’s an art and a science to ensure its success. . That’s our internal evaluation of are they even ready?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 12, 2017

org , bsr17.org org , and bsr18.org. Doing so helps build awareness for your hashtag(s) and provides your followers with quick, easy access to the discussion occurring on your hashtag on Twitter and Instagram. For example, bsr16.org 1) Buy short domains that work well in print and online. 3) Consider using the new.ngo domain.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 28, 2012

• Susan Chavez shared 4 ways she's using Pinterest with The Association of Junior Leagues International. Pinsulin: repin for those who pin 12 times a day , osocio • Christine Sculati created four Pinterest Boards to raise awareness about the California State Parks crisis. ~ Pinterest - What's It Good For? . ~

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

SaveGuimaras is a group of individuals who are dedicated to raising awareness on the recent oil-spill tragedy in Guimaras, Philippines. Because the international community and media have failed to respond to this environmental disaster, they are bringing the campaign to the Social Web.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

You should decide internally how you want to handle potentially negative comments and what your policy will be about moderating comments or not. They need to know that you are aware of all players’ opinions and then they will take your cause or point of view more seriously than if you completely ignore the issue.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

general awareness at around 40%, though… people don’t necessarily know they are consuming a podcast, audio embedded in rss etc. maybe one just for employees as an internal stream for updates on work and projects. Check out their postcasts: Corey: 501c3cast. Chad: baudcast. We’re live… ! Who is your audience?

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Care2

OCTOBER 4, 2009

By explaining the depth and breath of what your organization seeks to accomplish, you could forge a deeper connection with potential donors who might not be aware of all you do. It’s probably better to measure against your own internal metrics to get an idea of how the campaign is performing. Q: Which consultant did Greg use?

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And perhaps, once you know the needs of your target population, you can figure out this is what we need internally. . But I don’t have any other information besides from an org and operations perspective [inaudible 00:48:27]. There could be some internal. And I think another important component is knowledge.

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

She acknowledged it can be very time consuming, and reiterated a suggestion See3 often makes to our clients: get interns and volunteers! This shows the viral potential of raising awareness in the social networks. Regardless, very few orgs (though some) have raised real cash via the Causes app.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

We had to be careful to include keywords that matched both our internal policy-speak and the common terms for which people might be searching. How funny, I got a message today from an org apologizing for sending me an e-mail addressed to "Christopher," and I thought of you. :) And I totally agree with you about the testing.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 7, 2006

We also run after school programs, where we have curriculum that is based on teaching youth –mostly elementary and middle school aged kids – about community service and civics and cultural awareness. And I am always looking and thinking about where we need to go next. I have a few other small businesses as well, so I don’t sleep much!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

However, what we discovered was that social media (once internally accepted and acknowledged) could truly compliment and improve engagement with our programs. offer reliable situational awareness. . Social media brought instant returns but many of them fell within categories that aren't quantifiable. set audience. affected people.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

This tight control of workers via technology is a form of “algorithmic despotism,” 4 making workers constantly aware of their electronic surveillance, and pushing them to remain glued to their app screens and prepared to accept long hours and unattractive orders so as to remain in the good graces of the algorithm and receive future work orders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Our Syria appeal is a total team effort and has a three-part objective: awareness, advocacy and fundraising. The awareness objective is to make prospective donors and world leaders aware of the plight and needs of children. And, is this type of campaign a departure from what your org typically does? Seems a little edgy?

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Syria Children Channel Campaign 108

Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2009

USHMM : Crisis in Darfur - Visualized destruction in Darfur that was being publicly refuted - 50% increase in traffic to site - International visits went from 23-52%. What do you think about the idea of orgs only using social media tolls as an online presence instead of a traditional Website?

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 8, 2021

We’ll also share advocacy and political calls-to-action examples and best practices to help your org motivate activists and supporters towards real change. Cultivate awareness for your cause and organization. A well-crafted and well-timed petition can spread awareness of your cause and organization. Example of a Tweet Storm.

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