Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. The Hatcher Group , a Maryland-based public affairs and communications firm, released a great report this past Fall called New Media & Social Change: How Nonprofits are Using Web-based Technologies to Reach Their Goals (PDF). Real-time is just as important.

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Care2

MAY 22, 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!" Leave comments on blogs. What is Earned Media? Word of mouth, etc.

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Care2

MAY 21, 2009

Earned media is media you don't “buy&# but earn the old-fashioned way - by taking the time to properly engage reporters, bloggers, and influentials about your issue. Earned media is comprised of coverage on: Blogs. What is Earned Media? Media outlets both online and offline. Photo sharing sites like Flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

One of the things I've been wanting to do for a while is review my blog content for the year and select the "Top 10" posts or the "best of" posts. Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. Where Are The Gen-Y Bloggers Who Write About Nonprofits and Social Change?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

The comments in the thread were terrific and generated a blog post: [link]. Regular Content Editorial Meetings: At the Case Foundation, Jenna Sauber reported that they have editorial meetings every two weeks to plot out content in detail. The work is tracked in a shared spreadsheet and accompanying meeting notes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2011

That is where the Blue Key Champion strategy came in; to bring on board US-based bloggers who are active online, and cause-passionate, to help spread the word and, hopefully, get more keys ordered. Any advice about setting up systems to track Twitter. In addition, we track key purchases on a weekly basis (Tuesday through Monday).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

They are hosting the Global CSR track at the Indian Leadership Forum in Mumbai Feb 9-11. I'll not only be speaking at the conference and CSR Track, but will be leading two workshops for NGO and CSR practitioners. You can follow along on the official conference blog or twitter account. David Appasamy. Gaurav Mishra.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 29, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Disclaimer Friday, April 29, 2011 Research Friday: The Office or the Impact?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Data, reports, and dashboards are all well and good, but if they aren’t tailored to the needs of the core audience, the information will never be accessed or used going forward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

What does it mean that one blog has three times as many users as another blog in the nonprofit tech space? " Holly Ross from NTEN has the final word with a brilliant post sharing all the metrics they track and putting them into context. The event is encouraging bloggers around the web to write a post about the environment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2015

The devastating earthquake in Nepal has killed more than 2,400 people and injured about 5,900, residents so far (as reported in the NY Times on Sunday). It took me a day to realize I had missed the chance to report that I was safe. It was however great to be able to report that some of my friends who had not yet checked in were safe.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

As one participant points out, “It is very hard to get departments to agree because Web wants one thing, Membership wants another, Communications has it’s own tracking.&#. blog posts from Geoff Livingston and Valeria Maltoni about one popular influence measuring tool. This conversation was started by.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 11, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Giving USA began tracking U.S. We welcome your comments and feedback.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

They have heavily promoted Facebook on their websites and blogs, at events and conferences. Facebook tends to leak information that only keeps bloggers and nonprofits guessing and confused. The answers are always the same: 1) From this blog. I track my blog traffic and very little comes from Facebook. on Facebook.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Disclaimer: I shall start this post by stating that the internal views of this article are that of the blogger himself and not Gyrus Systems as an entity. Blog Commencement. In order to properly write this blog post, I will be writing in accordance with the rules of the first Presidential Debate.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 7, 2016

That’s why we turned to guest blogger Susan Schaefer for fresh ideas on this problem in this week’s guest post. . The biggest meeting-related flaw is likely a habit of “reporting out,” or regurgitation information already found in the board packet. Make Your Nonprofit Board Meetings Magical. What Makes a Great Meeting?

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Produce a monthly website and online engagement report of key metrics. Review the content calendar and tweak it for the upcoming week based on current events or stories happening within your community including day, channel (website, blog post, Facebook, Twitter, etc.), Publish 1-2 blog posts each week.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Read more posts on our blog. Mouse pointer track. Pew Internet, in their report on " Social Media and Young Adults ", reveals that the number of teen bloggers has plummeted since 2006. A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. 2009 total mobile fundraising: $4 million.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2011

What struck me were the points that they shared from NGOs in their country and later reported on their blog with contextual links: That, since these companies determine in many ways how we use the Web, they should play an active role in demanding and defending freedom of expression for all. Not to ghettoize the Arab world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Flickr Photo from Avylavitra Several weeks ago I wrote a post on BlogHer about Foko Madagascar and Joan Razafimharo , an amazing blogger, social change activist, and woman working in Madagascar and other parts of the world. and I can't thank you enough for the informations your blog provides us.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Make it easy on your partners and collect all relevant materials for promotion, such as blog post and press release templates, logos, images, and approved quotes. You may want to outline a target number of Facebook posts, Tweets, or blog posts about the campaign. And make sure you track results on both ends.). Be specific.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Twitter and Facebook, but with Skype Out, Email Rules A few nptech bloggers are experimenting with Twitter and seeing some of the benefits. Carie is a recognized nonprofit and social networking guru who was written up in the Chronicle of Philathantropy Blog for her organization's efforts on MySpace in June. million users. and Katya A.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

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!" put together a "Beltway Bloggers Boot Camp" scheduled for today, November 13 from 1:00 p.m.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Pundits and bloggers in the nonprofit sector often lament the inability of social media to raise money for nonprofits. Therefore, it’s crucial that you update your GuideStar “Nonprofit Report” at least once a year. Charity Navigator reports that 7 out 10 nonprofits in theUnited Statesdo meet that minimum benchmark.

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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. to which New York Times reporter Stephanie Strom tweeted back “No kidding.”. “In recent days, Causes has left MySpace and IdeaBlob has shutdown.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

This week I wanted to get a bird's eye view of nonprofit blogging from a nonprofit technology assistance provider (people who work with nonprofits on technology/capacity building issues). The photo above is one of two places where you will find Marnie blogging. The photo above is one of two places where you will find Marnie blogging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. "Laura is not creating media, as the Social Source blog suggests one ought, to lure you into her site. What about other conference attendees who might also be bloggers?

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

To recognize the tireless work of volunteers that support the nonprofit sector, we’ll be publishing a blog post every day this week to celebrate their contributions. This invaluable bunch works with NTEN to design core curriculum tracks, conference structure, and thematic focus. Beth Kanter, Consultant, Beth''s Blog.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 29, 2008

There are other elements that often come up on this blog, like user-generated content or me-to-we design, that are more about implementation than theory. I'm talking about a product that uses the tools of tracking, gaming, and me-to-we design to give a fabulous experience: Nike+. First, Nike+ offers tracking. Nice provisions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2009

In other words, I identify connectors across different "hubs" or communities that I want to track. Use FriendFeed to Keep Up on Nonprofits by Laura Norvig Louis Gray's FriendFeed Blog Posts - key expert in FriendFeed Lifestream Blog - News, tips, resources, reviews, scripts, services, and sites for creating a Lifestream.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Who’s read a blog post about it? It is less about the number of people to retweet or like or blog. Our fear should not be of losing branding, not having “control” of the conversation, or having someone post a negative comment on our blog or facebook wall; but only in not changing the world, right? Slacktivism. What is it about?

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BoardAssist

AUGUST 26, 2014

Guest blogger Allison Gauss offers some terrific advice this week on how to be most effective when you follow up. You can send a survey along with your initial thank you email, or you can include it in a later email reporting the campaign’s success to donors. Following up is an important part of any campaign or event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Not that Google has any (*cough* *mumble* *adwords*) motive to under-report traffic. Last week I started looking into alternatives to Feedburner to track RSS subscribers because Chris Baskind's post, " Is It Time To Let Feedburner Burn? which has a module called "BirdFeeder" which tracks your RSS subscribers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

Betsy Harman, on Beth's Blog. My friend Beka referred me to this fabulous 28-page Social Media ROI report from Peashoot. All the info covered in the report applies to commercial, for-profit enterprises, but there's a lot to be applied to the non-profit world as well. What about blogger outreach? Q: But aren't blogs risky?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

We're using the Idealware stats to explore Google Analytics and to look at some of the basic reports and explain metrics. Methods for listening to conversations off-blog and outside my media. Path back to a central data capture for reporting and strategy monitoring. Measuring Your Blog's Results (Revisiting).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2006

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond. One of the ideas we want to start with is technology steward concept that Nancy White, John Smith, and Etienne Wenger have been shaping in their Technologies for Communities report. We're both bloggers, read other blogs, and tag resources. for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Emily, of the World Grows Wide blog in Australia, responds. Anonymous Blogging. era websites.

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