Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2010

Two weeks ago I shared a couple reflections that I had on a recent #4change chat about community building – the major output from that chat and the follow up blog post was the call I heard for a regular opportunity to talk about community building. Monthly Community Builder Chats. has twitter integration, 3.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 12, 2010

—— Last year I used the metaphor of “ gardening vs landscaping &# to outline some of the key attributes I believe make for successful community building, on or offline. The approach is focused on organic collaboration and growth for the entire community. What do you think?

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

It can easily be an overwhelming or off-putting prospect if you don’t put in the effort to inform your donors, build trust, and foster engagement with your planned giving program over time. You can’t build trust in a new program if you can’t speak to it effectively. Instead, keep the focus on legacy-building. Avoid jargon.

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Candid

APRIL 2, 2024

Grassroots organizations provide vital services to local communities, yet they struggle to compete for grants against large national nonprofits that can leverage robust development teams, considerable fundraising experience, and established relationships with grantmakers. Once you have your elevator pitch written down, practice it often.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

The monthly Community Builder chat series is part of the #4Change community of regularly scheduled chats, bringing together people from around the world to talk about examples, practices, tips and more as we all explore the way technology can be used for social change. Building a loop between online and offline community activities.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Our Story Recently, four allied grassroots campaigns (1Sky, Clean Energy Works, the Energy Action Coalition and Focus the Nation) set out to build an unprecedented online community: multiple organizations engaging their supporters together toward common goals on a shared online platform. We called it “The Climate Network.&#.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

August’s Online Community Meetup featured Zoey Kroll of Hayes Valley Farm , an urban farm located in San Francisco. Appearing as her super hero alter ego, complete with green cape, Super Green, Kroll spoke about how online activity can be used to inspire offline action.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Maybe an influential pastor at a large community church. And, we’re constantly recruiting more who will be ready to serve as the lead volunteer in their community. Well, we could build that too if we had their budget.”. At ACS CAN, we’re seeing this newly inspired level of activity reflected in our offline recruitment as well.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Reflecting on the Community and the work being done in every corner of the world, we’ve tried to articulate some of the aspects that make the NetSquared Community so unique and also so powerful. Tags: community net tuesday reports case studies global netsquared nettuesday whitepaper. Net Squared White Paper Nov 2009.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

NetSquared’s February series exploring “Online Community Organizing” includes three different interviews; I’m really excited to participate! I work in and support nonprofit organizations, and my focus on communities isn’t to suggest that organizations are “bad” or aren’t making a difference.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

I love community organizing. I’ve had experience organizing communities offline in local communities, and organizing community online – but the kind of organizing that inspires me the most is combining online and offline. What roles are important in online community organizing?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

For about a year, I moderated a monthly online chat focused on community building, community management, on and offline engagement, and the technologies that support those connections. I wanted to let the community lead, and if the community didn’t need me moderating a chat, then I wasn’t going to force it!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 4, 2023

By Michelle Kocin , Digital Marketing Manager at Sylogist Mission CRM – a donor management, fundraising, and volunteer management platform build for nonprofits and NGOs in the Microsoft Dataverse. Baby Boomers are also more likely to engage in offline giving, such as writing checks or attending fundraising events.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 20, 2010

Last night was the first in what will now be a monthly chat for community builders or those interested in learning more about building community, on and offline. The goal of this chat was to set some of the ground work for us to build on going forward. August 2010 – Community Builder Chat Wrap Up.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

When it comes to managing or building communities, online or on the ground, the work can seem overwhelming and sometimes even never-ending. Wherever you are, and whatever the kind of community you are wrangling, there are some general lessons that I recommend. You don’t [really] know your community members.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2011

We just wrapped up another rousing Community Builder chat – I’m always so energized and inspired by these chats and thankful for all those that participate and share. Some of the topics from the chat include: Engaging specific ethnic groups/communities. Using content to fuel community engagement.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Are you working on building or supporting community beyond one geographic region? Or are you looking to move from online community to offline event coordination? We’ll be talking about organizing events and supporting international/global communities. About the Community Builder Chat.

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2021

Arts organizations serve as a vital heartbeat for local communities, infusing creativity, transforming spaces, and bringing together diverse audiences. The Frist Art Museum is a destination for art, culture, and community in Nashville, TN. The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts: Elevating a world-class cultural landmark.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2011

The June Community Builder chat focused a lot on listening, engaging, and supporting communities with organic and emerging conversations and goals. Some of the highlights discussed for engaging your community included: In terms of participation from community, we welcome posts and mentions with positive affirmations.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I had a lot of fun yesterday giving a webinar for the Nonprofit Webinar series ; it was a whole hour discussing community engagement! DIY Community Engagement Metrics. Community Mapping. >> Step 1: Identify all the groups within your community. Well, from the planning and analysis side, that is. Presentation.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2009

TechSoup community leader Megan has a new honorific to add to her growing list : " ultimate online party host." " Katrina at Hot Tub had a chat with Megan about online community building, and Katrina's notes are well worth the read. Tools Web Building. " read more. Tools Web 2.0

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NTEN

MAY 1, 2014

We just had a flurry of exciting new Communities of Practice (CoPs) emerge since the 14NTC. CoPs create networking and educational experiences for members of the nonprofit tech community via regular discussion threads, conference calls, webinars, and tweet chats. Groups are developed and supported by volunteer community organizers.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2011

The April Community Builder chat zeroed in on data and tools. Topic: Community Building, of course! Some of the past chats have discussed strategy, philosophy, and best practices, but this time we were all excited to share our tips and tricks for measurement, goal-setting, and specific tools to help us do it all!

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NTEN

JUNE 9, 2011

Email is the annoying little brother of online communities: pesky, poking, insistent. But online communities are just one of millions of destinations competing for your community members' attention. When planned and well-written, emails are effective at gently nudging people back to your community. That's so 1995.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

I recently had the opportunity to present a webinar for the National Center for Media Engagement , focused on community-driven engagement, and present a session at the Public Media Development and Marketing Conference , talking about building a social media strategy. Defining Community. Engaging Community.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2011

The conversation in this month’s chat focused on these questions: What are the best mechanisms for connecting online & offline communities? How much communication with your online community is too much? Are you looking for some new ideas to get conversation started with your community? from @ehon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2010

Yesterday was the second day for a meeting with a community of practice of people interested in network effectiveness convened by Monitor Institute. As he shared the story, I had some questions about weaving offline/online collaboration within networks. How can you effectively weave offline/online work in a network?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Join online fundraising communities and ask lots of questions and monitor for great ideas. Learn how to speak publicly and eloquently about the organization and offer to speak to community organizations, mutual aid organizations, clubs, coalitions, or commissions. Be the person always encouraging the organization to do list-building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

This is part of series of reflections on what I've learned about working wikily through working on NTEN's WeAreMedia wiki - not so much the content, but the community curriculum development and knowledge sharing process. Dave's most recent critical friend post offers some thoughts about community. mmm… community.

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Qgiv

MARCH 25, 2024

Music is great at bringing communities together, and while it may take a lot of planning, hosting a benefit concert can be incredibly rewarding for both you and your supporters. Foster community engagement at your benefit concert as local musicians, volunteers, and donors all gather in one place for a cause they care about.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Earlier this week on Frogloop we discussed how four grassroots campaigns (1Sky, Clean Energy Works, the Energy Action Coalition and Focus the Nation) tried to build the Climate Network an unprecedented online community platform. How will you engage your local communities and supporters? What goals are you trying to achieve?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2011

Organizations are putting out calls, and the community is responding. Create opportunities for taking action that bridge online and offline, and start moving people on both sides of the computer. Getting Offline. I’ve had many people tell me that the Internet is ruining society, community, family, and everything else.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2014

Sarah Potts is the Community Manager at Not For Sale, and that is her challenge. She recently shared her social media and community-building wisdom at an event organized by the SF Tech4Good group and the San Francisco Online Community Meetup Group. They have found Twitter and Facebook quite effective for doing this.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

In the report “ How Giving Contests Can Strengthen Nonprofits and Communities ,” sponsored by the Case Foundation and released today, Geoff Livingston analyzes the impact of Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington and the repercussions for other regions and nonprofit communities. Just as organizations (usually!)

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

I had a really wonderful time, and the Community-Driven Social Impact session was terrific! Let’s start at the beginning: what is “community-driven social impact” anyway? CDSI is not something that you thought up inside your organization, even if you thought it up with your community in mind or at heart. Presentation.

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Candid

JANUARY 11, 2022

Personalization will be critical to build relationships that result in loyal donor bases. Nonprofit interactions with supporters will need to be tailored according to their stage of life, intent, and preferences for communication. Community through workplace giving. Cryptocurrency donations. Personalized donor experiences.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

When we discuss peer-to-peer fundraising our focus often is on the online components; however, the offline activities surrounding our event allow us to improve relationships and connections with our supporters, thus potentially improving our online outcomes. And these relationships can be vital to fundraising success. Event Kick Off.

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