Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Your donor engagement strategy may outline different recognition tiers by gift amount ($50 donations receive a shout-out in your newsletter, and $250 donations receive a plaque, for example). Check out this blog article on effective fundraising communications tips you can use as you talk with your supporters. Encouraging conversations.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Today is Blog Action Day and this year’s theme is Climate Change. What’s Blog Action Day? Blog Action Day is an annual event held every October 15 that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. Learn more.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The social impact landscape in Romania is complex and exciting – you can see struggle and hope, fear and enthusiasm mixed in every conversation and every presentation. 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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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 5, 2009

I have a new post up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog and wanted to share it here as well because I think it could start some interesting conversation. we20 wants to inspire people, online, to get together, offline, to talk about ideas to improve our lives and our world. These G20 leaders meet in London on 2 April.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. Below is the live blog or the archive of the live blog. The internet connection here is such that I don’t think a live blog portal will sustain itself. Can’t wait!

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Your website serves as the central hub for your digital strategy, followed closely by the ways you drive folks to your website, including email, blog posts, newsletters, social media, text messaging, QR codes in print media, and advertising. Is it easy to see how to give offline? Master online appeals, user experience and messaging.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2010

This is cross-posted from the #4Change blog here. Most of us would probably agree that social media indeed can enhance offline events, but does it always? Can social media also diminish offline events? There are so many tools we can use to try and enhance offline events. What we hope to explore in Thursday’s chat is how.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

A few days ago, I asked for some stories " What is the value of listening through social media channels for your organization? " I wanted to see examples from nonprofit organizations engaged in listening and conversation and the value it has to their missions, programs, or marketing efforts. And you shared them! Observations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

We had a wide ranging conversations about how to apply network mapping and visualization and debated about its use as a measurement technique vs strategy tool. Here’s some additional thoughts sparked by our conversation after reflecting on various blog posts I’ve written and others. The notes are here.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

This post originally appeared on the NTEN blog – you can also read the full post and join the conversation on the NTEN.org website. A common example of this that I hear often is with volunteer engagement. —– I love data as much as the next person. Is data helpful if you can’t change it?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

In my experience, the more diverse group you can get together to have this conversation and work through this planning together, the more complete a picture you can draw of your community. Even though much of these will be online social technologies, don’t forget about the offline spaces, too. New grants or new programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2005

Steve and others, just when I thought there was a lull in our conversation about blog communities and blog cross conversations, I noticed this thread on the Digital Divide List (btw, the digital divide network is another example of a community blog). If you are new, start at the beginning.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

For example, if the use case needs to take into account lost or stolen devices that may be captured by an armed group, appropriate digital security capabilities, such as remote wipe of those devices, should also be incorporated. There are offline MFA options for low connectivity areas. Example: Forcing MFA when accessing reports.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

Read the post and join the conversation on the NTEN blog. When you post a call to action for people to share a message, be sure to include reference to how they can do so; or if you are asking people to create content themselves, be sure to provide instructions and examples to help them respond to your call.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2009

The article ignited a discussion on nonprofit blogs prompted by some astute observations by colleague Allison Fine. The article and subsequent blog posts prompted more reflections (summarized here ). He also wanted to introduce to The Causes Exchange , their new blog. Take for example this recent case study on the blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

A recent post on the Ford Foundation blog, “ Why you should care about bots if you care about social justice ,” notes automation itself isn’t cutting edge, but the prevalence and sophistication of the how the automated tools interact with users is. Bots needs to be designed increase engagement, support and inspire offline action.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Sean Stannard-Stockton has just posted my guest post on the Tactical Philanthropy blog. You can read it and the comments on the blog here , it’s copied below. It’s something I can only wrap my mind around by talking to others and hope that this is a chance to further a very important conversation.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

I have a new post up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog and I’d love to hear your thoughts! You can read the full post and comment on the SSIR blog or be part of the conversation below. Social media is a space where the individual reigns, relationships are required, and conversations are public.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is now posted, you can visit the SSIR blog to read it there or read the full text below. Whether you are working on a campaign, a program or a service; whether it is online or offline (though I would argue it should probably touch both!); And engagement requires people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Some points and examples we shared in response to questions: Fundraisers need to be experts in transmedia storytelling techniques and exploring new possibilities for sharing stories. I gave the example of charity:water that tells the story about how clean drinking water can change people’s lives in development country.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 3, 2010

My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. You can check out the post and conversation there , or read a copy of the post below. Check out the Meetup Everywhere site to see examples of how organizations and causes, like the Gulf Coast Benefit for Fisherman and Wildlife , are taking off.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

This post summarizes the content I shared in my presentation and offers some reflection on the conversational keynote. One of the reasons I made a commitment to blogging about professional topics regularly was because I was inspired by Marnie’s nonprofit technology blog, ext. I used David Hood as an example.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 3, 2010

weeks offline with friends and family for the holidays. I’ve also been thinking quite a bit about what’s to come this year and wanted to stat a conversation openly here with all of you. There are some great examples out there that need to be highlighted and examined. I’ve just spent a very wonderful 2.5

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up on the opinion blog – you can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog or read the full post below. But if they congregate online, on a community news site or blog network, join them in conversation there.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Or are social media ranking tools an example of more kool-aid mix being added to the overflowing punch bowl?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

Here’s a summary of tips, tools, examples, and resources for getting the most of our your nonprofit event with social media. The latter is especially important for virtual events. Take the above example from charity:water for World Water Day.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The facilitator can call on people individually or, when multiple voices chime in simultaneously, create a structured queue, saying for example, “Let’s hear from Amy, then Cynthia, and then Brad.” Online brainstorming tools, like Miro and Lucid , replicate the offline experience using virtual templates. Or try a case study.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2010

Your supporters should be able to effortlessly travel between your website, blog, email newsletter, and social media profiles without having to hunt down those connections. What paths are the taking as they move between your website, blog, email, and social media profiles? Step 2: Share Across Channels.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2009

My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. You can read the full post and join the conversation on SSIR here. to share some of what I believe is the core of successful community building (on or offline). Have a great example or case study you want to share? The post is copied below.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Originally posted by Joe Solomon on the #4Change blog. Every month, a group called #4Change organizes open & lively conversations about how web-connected communities and our use of social media tools are helping to create change in the world. Image from Blog Action Day - their topic this year is also climate change!).

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

I normally separate my post-presentation blog posts and slides but think it will be valuable to group them together this time. A great example of this is when we talk about working with our communities. Many public media organizations are looking to use social media as a way to have conversations directly with community members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

Thought leaders drive conversations – online and off, influence others, and shape perceptions in their field. If they are an inspiring leader offline, they’ve incorporated this into their social stream and they understand their style and tone. Rich Huddleston Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, is an example.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 10, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of July 10th).

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. For those that follow the #4Change twitter-based chats, this is a post recapping and highlighting our latest conversation on social media application in the Climate Change movement. Examples of Social Media. Lesson #1: Voice.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

For example, you can compare this year’s year-end giving campaign to last year’s. For example, you can understand what impact, if any, a new communication channel had on fundraising outcomes. For example, you can understand what impact, if any, a new communication channel had on fundraising outcomes. Website Conversion Rate.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Let’s start at the most fundamental place for this conversation. For this conversation, and those to have over the course of the next two days together at least, let’s work from the place that a movement is larger than coalitions. I’m not sharing these examples of mergers as a way of saying I believe there are too many organizations.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Next week I'll be teaching a session about blogging during a nonprofit social media webinar, We Are Media, presented by NTEN. As part of my preparation, it seems like a good time to update my 2006 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Us Blogs , and my 2007 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause.

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