Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 18, 2010

I often talk about individuals when I’m discussing the way social media can be used to support organizations. Because social media may be about networks, communities, and collaboration; but it is only possible because of the dynamic and powerful tools individuals are using. Case Study.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2010

Leng Sopharath , the young woman our family has sponsored for college in Cambodia through the Sharing Foundation , could have ended up in a very different place, but instead was able to go to college. I noticed her tweet tonight after Spenser Brodsky's tweet about my birthday campaign connected me to her. She graduates this year!).

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

SXSWcares , co-branded as SXSW4Japan, was a campaign that rallied the SXSW community to raise awareness and harness support for disaster relief. Meanwhile, bloggers Leigh Duncan and Deb Ng were starting a grassroots effort to raise awareness and support for the Japan disaster too. In the end, it raised over $120,000 from 1500+ donors.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Your nonprofit will be competing with thousands of others on December 2 to raise funds and awareness. And if you're not, create a "family and friends" list of select past partners, sponsors, peer organizations, and champions to call or email in advance of the campaign launch, asking them to share with their networks.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The purpose of no-shave November comes from cancer awareness. More specifically, it’s a fundraising concept that began in the 2000s to raise awareness for prostate and testicular cancer. To help mitigate costs, ask local businesses if they’d be willing to sponsor your event. No-Shave November. Today, it’s a household name.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

You can also set goals for donor engagement, brand awareness, or capacity building for local nonprofits. Here is a Sample Six-Month Planning Timeline to help you get started. This Sample Budget Template provides a more detailed expense breakdown and can be used to start your Giving Day budget. How much staff time is involved?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Simply offer ticket sales online, then send your guests a care package of the beverages to be sampled on the day of the event. For added suspense, you may send out a mystery box with a variety of beverages to sample. Then, either choose the winners yourself or ask people to vote over social media. 5) Online classes.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Consider whether your community has a wide range of potential giving sources willing to help out, including individual donors , corporate sponsors, foundations, and government agencies. Explore Bloomerang’s sample job descriptions for positions like major gift officer and development director. Hold interviews.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

NTC includes a lineup of over 100 sessions from experts in nptech ranging from topics like social media, big data, mobile fundraising, cloud computing, and more. Last year Blackbaud’s own Frank Barry, led a panel called “Does Social Media Make Cents.” Social Media. Lewis and J.R.R The doGooder Awards.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 1, 2021

If your organization has a fiscal sponsor, you are not eligible for Facebook Payments, which is necessary to receive your donations as a direct deposit. It’s a great way to raise money, raise awareness, and gain new supporters. As a first step, you need to sign your organization up for Facebook fundraising tools.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. Raising awareness and providing local communities a venue for sharing their story. Raise awareness for your cause and projects. What is difference between a blog, social media tools, and websites?

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

By Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN. Over 180 people with over 635,000 total followers signed up to participate by authorizing Epic Change to post via their Twitter account using JustCoz , an online relay system that lets you donate a tweet a day to help raise awareness for causes that matter to you. How did it go?

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Qgiv

APRIL 14, 2022

To begin with, there are two different types of corporate sponsors you can pursue. Organization sponsors provide year-round support for your nonprofit. Event sponsors provide support for a specific event your organization is hosting. There are four different ways your sponsors can provide support.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

By Tereza Litsa , Social Media Manager at Lightful , a simple social media management platform for nonprofits. If you’re thinking of running an awareness campaign as part of #GivingTuesday, then you’ll probably focus on the reach, the followers, and clicks to your site coming from new visitors.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Use social media. Consider other media outreach. Reach out to potential sponsors. Use your CRM to get your donors’ names so you can use them in email appeals, social media messages, fundraising letters, etc. Use social media. But are you aware of all your options? Look for grants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

And because you probably can't eat that much - unless, of course, you're Joey Chestnut - you put many small samples on your plate instead. So, here's a few samplings from my digital buffet. So, here's a few samplings from my digital buffet. Charlene Li's latest slide deck about engagement, relationships, and social media.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2022

Grows Awareness Organically. golf marathon, virtual walkathon, raise awareness, etc?) Will you be be asking any corporations or other partners to either fundraise with you, promote your campaign, make a matching gift, or sponsor your fundraiser ? As they do, they’ll spread the word and share your story.

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CauseVox

JULY 31, 2022

Grows Awareness Organically. golf marathon, virtual walkathon, raise awareness, etc?) Will you be be asking any corporations or other partners to either fundraise with you, promote your campaign, make a matching gift, or sponsor your fundraiser ? As they do, they’ll spread the word and share your story.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

For instance, fundraisers can post on social media that if they raise $100 they’ll do the fire ramen challenge. Give-it-up challenges – These challenges can be used to give up sweets, social media, or another vice for a certain time period. The Over the Edge organization can help organize this for you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

The audience consisted mostly of social media early adopters who shared terrific insights that come from having a sense of context. Shonali Burke is one of those people I met through an Twitter introduction by social media metrics guru KDPaine last October when I presented at the e-metrics conference.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And here’s just a sample breakdown, $56 billion for individuals and families, $86 billion for health, $211 billion for education and childcare, $40 billion for transportation. And for social media, this is an area that people, you’re either really into it or not as much but you might just do it just as a matter, of course.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

And at the end, those who reached their goal, we had an incentive where they got another board member sponsor taking them out to a fancy restaurant where everybody wanted to go and we paid for the dinner and all of that. If they went in the red, they were nowhere close. And we talked about it and presented it quarterly. ” They forgot.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

Julia Campbell will provide a framework for evaluating the best platforms for your unique organization, as well as ideas for creating great social media content your audience will love. We are here to talk about the next wave, what are those emerging trends in nonprofit social media marketing. Julia: Yes. You doing okay?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Or maybe it’s because of the Big Idea Sessions and the new Social Media Lounge. With speakers such as Sean Sheridan, Marc Pitman, Vanessa Chase, Amy Sample Ward, Jennie Larson, and Rachel Muir, how could they not be? The Future of Nonprofit Technology: Amy Sample Ward, Robert Machen, Tom Matthews.

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