Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2010

I’ve followed Kivi’s work for years and am happy to call her a colleague and friend. What kind of organizations have you worked with? I’ve always preferred to work with smaller organizations because I felt like my impact was always greater there. The staying power of stories is really underestimated.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2009

I look at what was being tweeted and the voice used (institutional versus personal versus a blend). As we strive to build a more effective philanthropy, to share knowledge and support what works, let’s not become disconnected from the human element that drives philanthropy. Tags: change management. on the Philanthropy411 blog.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Your website makes your organization and its work visible to all types of audiences. Expression Studio 4 Ultimate (Admin Fee $30) includes four different tools: Expression Web 4, Expression Blend 4, Expression Encoder 4 Pro, and Expression Design 4. Tags: Software Using the Web and Internet Web Building Web Building.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

However, the tools continue to get better and better, and we are excited to begin working with Acquia's Drupal Commons , a recent entrant into the enterprise collaboration fray. Similar to Open Atrium and Jive , Commons blends web content management and enterprise 2.0 Tags: Influence Collaboration. This hasn't changed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

Not five minutes after I mentioned on my Facebook status how much I love California Farmers' Markets and posted some of the photos, then I got tagged in a photo by a friend who is doing a little network weaving if his Facebook friends feeds. Just blend it in with the other media you make. What has worked (or not worked) for you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

PopTech is an amazing blend of people, ideas, and projects. Even more inspiring was to learn more about the work that PopTech Fellows are doing to change the world. People with communications orientations work with research in different ways than program people. Tags: training materials. PopTech is an.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

These ventures offer solid rates of return as well as environmental and/or social benefits, sometimes called blended value. The result of the work might be the “Platinum low cost housing project” and the “Gold job creations” project. There is a difference between seasonal agricultural work and a full time job with benefits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

They can provide a human face to your organization's work, a unique viewpoint, and serve as a thought leader in your field. This is a good example of a "Blended profile.". As CEO of charity:water, Scott is often visiting charity:water projects all over the work. Tags: india twitter. I think it depends. .

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

A combination of usage data and data hygiene/health provides the ability to blend analytics and UI into a predictive and smart user experience. In the visualization of constituent records below, we tag records with “higher giving potential” and make recommendations for how to deal with a given prospect. Smart Software.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 14, 2009

Additionally, and we see this a lot in the fields we work in, the people who most often need a product or service are often those least able to afford it. We’ve clearly seen how that’s worked out. As we gather the Social Enterprise Alliance together, we see exciting opportunities to work together to change the country and the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I feel that my technology training for nonprofits work is more like a calling for me than simply a job or career. They meet for breakfast and do not have a formal agenda – they discuss areas of practice, including working as change agents inside and outside of their organizations. Tags: Training Design.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2005

It makes excellent use of images , and has a nice blend of detailed wonkish and more accessible articles. Steve Shu of 21Publish works with a group that takes blogging one step further. Tags: nptech , blogging I like how often their postings remind you that conservation is not just an issue, it's the world right around you.

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Forj

MAY 25, 2021

Ongoing professional development is a large non-dues revenue-generating activity for your association, and if you’re working with a sub-par LMS you could be watching that revenue drop month after month. Non-dues revenue is what fuels the work of your association, from staff salaries paid to the extravagant events that you host for members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

tags: nonprofits roi ). After you've been able to use metrics to learn what works and adapt your approach, you can use a traditional approach which begins with defining value and culminates with a financial calculation that could go something like this. Learning is picking the right metrics to measure what is and isn't working.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 7, 2007

The point is that you have to decide WHY your institution is starting a blog (and no, "all my friends are doing it" is not enough) and then find the approach that works for you. Tags: web2.0 That's not the point. With a nod to Seventeen magazine, here's a flowquiz to help you figure out what kind of blog might be right for your museum.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 26, 2009

The USHMM pledge wall is notable for its blending of digital and analog technologies. The USHMM team is aware of the confusions and are working to make the interactivity more intuitive for visitors. Tags: exhibition design usercontent. What physical rituals do you find useful when you are sharing a story or expressing an idea?

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Pledge Museum Digital Indianapolis 23

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 27, 2007

They take lots of risks, blending gymnastic feats with made-up languages, intensely engineered sets, sexually explicit content, and interaction with the crowd. When I told him about some of the things I’m working on, he initially couldn’t grasp the idea of museums as immersive experiences. They have permanent and traveling shows.

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Model Museum Blended New York 20

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Here's a breakdown of how The 39 Clues cross-platform experience works. For profiles of other cross-platform experiences, check out these that blend books with treasure hunts , TV shows with online narrative , even labels with objects. Tags: marketing Unusual Projects and Influences game. There are 39 clues to find.

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Museum Game Platform New York 23

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Both of these designers presented compelling images and evidence from exhibit work and child development experts about the idea that you can make sophisticated, muted exhibits that help children slow down, focus, and enjoy themselves with interactive content. The REFLECTS project blends practical institutional demands with deep research.

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Reflection Research Question Museum 20

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 31, 2007

I’m working on a game design project now that involves an interesting experiment: a blend of real-time and on-demand gaming. Tags: storytelling game. What's more important: convenience or realism? What do I mean by on-demand and real-time? Where do you cast your vote? How do you want to play?

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 8, 2021

To work out what a reasonable starting bid and bid increment would be, begin by researching each item’s fair market value. Coffee lovers will jump at the chance to try new coffee blends or brewing methods for their morning, afternoon, or evening cup of joe. Set a minimum bid.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 8, 2009

For the band I’ve been working with since 1970—Sha Na Na—this is not quite enough. Tags: guestpost Unusual Projects and Influences. For most rock bands, the signature moment of audience participation is when the singer shouts “HELLO, CLEVELAND!” We let them take a bow and escort them back beyond the footlights to rejoin their fellows.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

Work with communities that relate to your content and reach desired audiences. There are communities for everything online, and chances are you can find a group that offers a good blend of related interest and current non-visitation to your museum. Tags: web2.0 Are you a quilting or textile museum looking for fresh blood?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. 9237 is the average amount raised when groups are working on a team to fundraise. My trick for helping participants avoid a food coma is to get the audience moving ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up at informal sessions known as Green Drinks. These may work best for an online network focused on getting legislation passed - such as certain Sunlight Foundation projects , the Genocide Intervention Network , and the Energy Action Coalition. Then check out. Green Drinks.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

You can even use color palette tools like Coolors to test how colors match up or contrast each other to find what will work best for your organization. Style guides are important when you have several team members working on different aspects of marketing and communication materials. Style guide. The design can be simple. Color Scheme.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2010

The look blends funkiness with clean lines, industrial space with natural light. While the nooks were designed to showcase clean lines and natural materials, they don't hide the parts that make the technology work. Tags: design comfort. I would love to explore traditional artworks in this kind of environment as well.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

Let's say you work at an organization that mostly caters to a middle and upper-class, white audience. Let's say you have a sincere interest in reaching and working with more ethnically, racially, and economically diverse audiences. What does it take to make that happen? Louis' Forest Park, which happen to be free.

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St. Louis Audience Teen Museum 53

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 6, 2009

Several of the projects I'm working on these days relate to the concept of "extending the museum experience." I want to share with you an exercise I've been using to tease out the role of the online and onsite components of a blended museum experience. I reorganize it into a tag cloud so it's easier to interpret and use.

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Exercise Design Online Museum 20

Museum 2.0

JUNE 15, 2009

Below are three things I learned from the Advice exhibit and will take with me into future work. Facilitated/Unfacilitated Blend When we started this course, I really pushed the students to think about ways to induce unfacilitated interactions among strangers.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 14, 2009

Yammer , a private short-messaging service for corporations, asks, "What are you working on?" Of course, in most cases, contributors are spectators and vice versa; the audience is blended. Yammer asks, "What are you working on?" Tags: personalization design usercontent. Facebook asks, "What's on your mind?"

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2008

Groundswell profiles the story of the Blendtec, the blender company that stumbled into a viral video explosion with their " Will it Blend? The work comes in answering questions and cheerleading participation, if not creating a lot of content on your own. Tags: Book Discussion: Groundswell web2.0 video series. marketing.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Each contributor is required to submit her name, the location of the beach, the year of the creation, a photo of the finished artwork, and a brief statement about how the work was made. Contributors can also optionally upload two additional photos: one of the beach and one of the work in process. Tags: web2.0

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2010

Both of us latched onto the popular notion of "third places," applying it to LAMs, and were surprised to learn how narrowly Ray Oldenburg defined the term in his original work. Nina's research keeps finding that the right kind of constraints work to produce a better participatory museum experience. In the 1930s, W.E.

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