Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

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. Read the post below or visit the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog to comment. Lesson #1: Voice. Lesson #2: Action.

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Social Media Change Media Lesson 145

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

What’s most interesting to me within the nonprofits-in-social-space is the difference between organization-driven and individual-driven fundraising (and other promotion) campaigns. Social media is a space where the individual reigns, relationships are required, and conversations are public. Start looking for it!).

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Social Media Organization Media Fundraising 102

NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

First and foremost, determine which existing audiences you wish to engage (board members, major donors, past event fundraisers or attendees, all donors, volunteers, etc) in your fundraising and how you will reach out to them (email, social networks, mail, phone, on-site events, etc). 4) Activate. 5) Acknowledge.

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Relationship Raise Tips Fundraising 208

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. Panelists: Wendy Harmon: social media manager, philosophy is to use social media to execute mission. Discussion: What is your learning process from social media?

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

sgEngage

MARCH 30, 2021

A Sampling of the Data from the Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study. It also points to the accelerated shift in funds from offline to online. The above is just the beginning of this 40+ page report filled with data, insights, and actionable recommendations to improve your 2021 P2P campaigns. Online Registrations by Month.

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Blackbaud Studies Fundraising Registration 65

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2013

I’m thrilled to announce that I contributed to: npEXPERTS: Fundraising Ideas and Marketing Tips from the Pros (#npEXPERTS), a 46-page free e-book collaboratively written by a cross-section of npEXPERTS in fundraising, marketing and communications, social media, mobile technology, digital advertising, and more.

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Content Marketing Free Fundraising 120

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

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. Social media tools work because they are powered by people, and people are social. How to Participate.

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Local Community Organization Netsquared 145

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

There are many proven practices and strategies for engaging with communities and building up participation, whether around an event, a campaign, or a cause. This also means don’t build it in secret and then “launch&# it – regardless of whether it’s an online space, a program or a campaign. Go Where the People Are.

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Community Build Organization Case Study 253

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2012

At e-metrics, I shared a story about DoSomething.Org’s recent “Text Pregnancy Campaign ” for teens and how they used measurement. What resonated with the crowd (based on a quick sample of tweets), was the idea of using a failfest to share what didn’t work and look at ways to improve results. p/QTToUNlZjr/.

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Data Change Boston Literacy 100

Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2021

A Sampling of the Data from the Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study. It also points to the accelerated shift in funds from offline to online. The above is just the beginning of this 40+ page report filled with data, insights, and actionable recommendations to improve your 2021 P2P campaigns. Online Registrations by Month.

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Blackbaud Studies Fundraising Registration 48

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. I caught up with Rob Wu, co-founder of CauseVox , the platform used to support this fundraising effort, to learn more about the process and campaign. How did you co-created the campaign?

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Raise Japan Interview Disaster 176

Connection Cafe

JUNE 25, 2010

How much is your online fundraising augmenting offline efforts? Was the social media plan you implemented worth the time you spent running it? While the area of social metrics continues to evolve and grow, there are five main tips all organizations should follow when measuring social media activity for ROI: 1.

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ROI Social Media Measure Metrics 51

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

On & Offline Engagement. Whether you’re using social networks, or other shared spaces online, the social web is where you can find others, figure out the actions you want to take, spread news and information, promote the actions, and even stream media/data while taking the action. Online is great for organizing.

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Reflection Offline Social Network Collaboration 129

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

But to many people active in online social action communities, these events had deeper meaning. This is a guest post from Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared’s Global Community Development Manager.&#. There are many who approach the online landscape with very different views than their offline business decisions. Well, it means a lot.

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Myspace Causes Philanthropy Offline 108

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

We should approach offline action as one of many channels available to us to reach our mission. Many organizations and groups currently consider multi-channel approaches for a message to include email, website, social media, and blogs. Q: How do you combine working on the ground with online organizing? What is changing and why?

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Community Organization Online Netsquared 179

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 3, 2010

Social media may connect people around the world but it can also connect them locally. Just as our tools get more interesting and dynamic for global collaboration and impact, so do they for locally-focused work, campaigns, and communities. Global use of social media is also a great way to amplify voices, ideas, and stories.

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Local Global Tools Case Study 143

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Let’s start at the beginning: what is “community-driven social impact” anyway? All of the words probably have different meanings to each of us, but as a term, I mean programming, services, media events or campaigns that emerge from the needs, actions and involvement of the community. So, what is that opportunity?

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Case Study Community Impact Studies 117

NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Speaker: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Session: Building Stronger Online Communities Without Losing Your Sanity & Bringing Community Organizing Into Online Campaigns. if you want to read Social by Social (the book I co-authored on using social media for social change) for free or download, visit: [link].

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Question Community Build Online 63

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 10, 2012

I have no problem against the latter as long as you are positively affecting the company’s bottom line and meeting your goals but I do have a few things to say to social media strategists who have been hired to do their job but end up spending more time just wrestling within their office corridors to go “social.”"

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Web Map Bookmarking Culture 126

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

A new white paper “ The Effectiveness of Celebrity Spokespeople in Social Fundraisers ,” written by my former Zoetica colleagues, Geoff Livingston and Henry T. My colleague, Kami Huyse , has a terrific blog post that links to the different campaigns and has summarize the tips offer in the study.

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Resource Giving News NTEN 103

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

It’s back-to-school time for many countries and that means a switch from summer programs, outdoor community events, and many youth campaigns. The newest report, out today, focused on the use of social networking platforms by young people who are/aren’t also involved with charities. The Research. So, throw a party or two, and have fun!

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Online Social Network Facebook Charity 126

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2010

A recent BusinessWeek article called "Twitter Twitter Little Star," describes social media as a booming industry which has caught the attention of corporations everywhere, and suggests the role of a "social media director" and what that person should do. What tangible results are people seeing from it?

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Web Bookmarking Twitter Social Media 114

Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2013

npEXPERTS: Fundraising Ideas and Marketing Tips from the Pros (#npEXPERTS) is a a 46-page free e-book collaboratively written by a cross-section of npEXPERTS in fundraising, marketing and communications, social media, mobile technology, digital advertising, and more. Pitman , author of the Ask Without Fear! by Roger M.

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Ideas Fundraising Effective Blackbaud 55

NTEN

MARCH 20, 2015

After wrapping up our annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), NTEN’s CEO, Amy Sample Ward, and I quickly recharged for SXSW Interactive , where we partnered another year with Beaconfire to host the Beacon Lounge for social changemakers, and with the NonProfit Times to cover stories on the nonprofit technology sector.

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Interaction Austin Texas NTC 36

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 9, 2009

How Technology is Redefining How We Connect | Psychology Today - An interesting read - focusing on the need to incorporate offline interaction in relationships. How does your organization encourage your online supporters/friends/fans to take action offline, together, or to meet with your organization? You tell us, we add to the map."

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Web Map Bookmarking Offline 117

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2009

I've also summarized the story of a how one social media guru, David Armano, leveraged his large network to help a family a need and has stepped into the role of donor steward and even service delivery. How do nonprofits incorporate iterative learning about their social media strategies within the organization?

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Campaign Reflection Free Fundraising 70

Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

Our organizers hold monthly offline events for anyone interested in the connection of technology and social impact. The Social Media Surgery community (of which Net2 Manchester organizer Steven Flower is a key member) won the BBC Learning Through Technology Award. Not sure what a Social Media Surgery is?

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Netsquared Guatemala Ecuador New Zealand 47

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

on social media platforms like Facebook each day. If you create a microsite or special landing pages for campaigns, topics in the news, or specific programs, be sure to make links prominent for people to learn more and understand the why and how behind the actions. You know more about the tools.

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Community Management Lesson NTEN 249

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I have said it many, many times and so have lots of others—you’re probably tired of hearing about how social media is supposed to be “a conversation.&# And that’s okay! And, more importantly, some of the messages, the stories and the campaigns don’t even come from you! They come from your supporters. .

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Conversation Story Support Strategy 111

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

| Powered by John Haydon – John Haydon has an excellent post today to get you thinking more strategically about your use of social media, and not just what tools to use but what to say once you're using them! "When They want to see what could happen if we serious commit to working together, on an offline. "It's

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Web Bookmarking YouTube NTEN 135

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 5, 2009

we20 wants to inspire people, online, to get together, offline, to talk about ideas to improve our lives and our world. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be spreading their message and mobilizing people into action both on and offline. we20 has a time-sensitive campaign (though, who’s isn’t?) 20 world leaders.

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Network Offline Case Study Campaign 100

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 5, 2009

NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference held each Spring is always THE place to be for nonprofit techies: whether you work in a nonprofit organization or with one, are totally technical or fell into your techie job, like social media or like wiring an office. >> Integrating Social Media into Organizational Culture. . >>

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NTC Atlanta Proposal Conference 111

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

If your community meets offline at a local watering hole to share opinions and make plans, don’t bother setting up a Twitter account with the purpose of influencing them. If your current social media plan and strategy calls for staff transparency and shares responsibility across staff, Google+ may not work at the level you need just yet.

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Social Network Network Strategy Social 165

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

There’s been quite a lot of talk in the last year about the opportunities for fundraising online, generally, as well as the best practices for organizations leveraging social media for campaigns (as well as the idea to use free tools to raise money in hard economic times). Context : That’s a lot of people.

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Causes Myspace Donation Application 166

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2009

Yesterday’s post for Earth Day, about social media and the energy/climate change/green movement is already getting some tremendously insightful and interesting comments. So how does a cause, an organization, a campaign re-emerge? It’s just the kind of conversation starter I wanted to throw out there!

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Causes Conversation Award NTC 100

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

and social media but have not thought it through in relation to my organisation. What are the key things we should think about if we are going to use social media?” To start with, remember that social media isn’t one of your projects or mission areas. 5 Steps to a Successful Social Media Strategy.

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Social Media Interaction Government Case Study 105

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I have always been proud to support WWT both during the telesummit and during the rest of the year with other offline meetups, online content, and more. If you do, check out Nutshell Mail for reports on your various social media presences. What about risk management issues around geo-social tools?

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Tools Tech Map RSS 162