Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 2, 2010

blog posts and conversations. case studies or examples. search for organization names or case study topics. Please share your responses in the comments – that way others can respond/reply to your feedback as well as leave their own. Focus: What is the content you come here for most?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

For example, Gretchen Buhlig, CEO of the ASU Foundation, made the following comment in a recent interview with me related to technology deployment at the foundation, “We have 1.2 The Children’s Society is using the generated conversational data to automate “authentic and personalized donor communication.”. million alumni.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 21, 2010

In this webinar, you’ll learn: How community engagement and program delivery can work together; About case studies of other nonprofits using social networks for program delivery; Where to find resources to create your own social programs. Leave a comment and let me know! Photo credit: Flickr billiejoesentourage ).

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2010

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. " Submit your Case Study to the Global Digital Activism Data Set!

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 16, 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. it takes them to this Quora page where they can comment or ask a question about the campaign.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 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 January 24th). of it staying the same.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

One of the biggest issues that has come out of the blog posts and the conversations in the comments is the idea of data. Tags: case studies action data example facebook greenpeace. Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about the issues highlighted by Causes leaving MySpace and ideablob suddenly shutting down.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2009

I asked my Twitter followers for suggestions for questions , I tweeted the key points from the conversation yesterday. Take for example this recent case study on the blog. They hope to add more case study, tips, and how-to content based on what they're learning working closely with nonprofits and hearing from nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 3, 2010

Campaigning can mean many different things and we want to keep the definition of the topic fairly open for this chat, in order to keep insights, resources and conversation in the Q/A format as open to valuable input as possible. by leaving a comment on this blog post. About the Topic. political action. local community building.

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Campaign Twitter Delicious Case Study 145

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

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 May 20th).

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Web Bookmarking Contest Case Study 114

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

June #4Change Chat Questions: To keep the two-hour chat on topic, I’ll be helping guide conversation by using some of the questions below to drive us to share ideas, examples and resources. If you want to take a peak at where we may go in the conversation, review the questions below. Conversations and Presentations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

This week we've had a lively discussion about Module 2: Participate in the Conversation. I put a call out for a mini-case study, for someone to add it or agree to an email interview. How do you find conversations on Twitter that you want to join? What is the benefit of having a conversation? Advice to nonprofits?

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Conversation Philanthropy Twitter Module 50

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 9, 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 May 9th).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

(And, if you submitted a nonprofit panel - and I managed to miss it while scanning 2200 in ten minutes - please add the link and description in a comment. you'll hear case studies of social media disasters and how they could have been prevented, as well as how brands have dealt with potential PR nightmares. What is it?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 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 June 15th).

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Hunger Web America Case Study 120

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. How can we and how are we using social media tools for social change?

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Social Media Change Media Lesson 145

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2010

I’m really interested in what happens next, and not just because I am part of the team but also because I think we can be a case study in ourselves of the changing landscape and processes of online collaboration. Where: Click here for the live-chat (launched on the 19th).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The guide includes some case studies and practical tips for CEOs. CEO Case Study: Bowl Cancer UK. She shares a case study of lessons learned. Share it in the comments. Deborah Alsina is the CEO of a charity, Bowl Cancer UK. Several points she made resonated: Adapt your style. Have an example?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2010

It was done through a series of blog posts called AGC Conversational Case Studies and encouraged the public to weigh in via comments to the blog posts, live CaseSoup video discussions, and Twitter. You find the report, blog posts, and archived videos over at the Case Foundation site here.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

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 December 15th).

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Web Iraq Case Study Bookmarking 108

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 17, 2010

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 March 17th). Thanks for the post, Marcia!

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Zambia Jordan Web Bookmarking 108

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

In this post, Jasper shares some lessons learned from a recent experiment to design a more social comment station. He will respond to comments here and can also be reached on his blog (where this post first appeared). Bad idea” cards, no matter the reason given on the card, always stopped the conversation about an idea.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

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 January 29th).

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Haiti Web Bookmarking Case Study 114

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

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 November 11th).

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Web Chicago Bookmarking Case Study 108

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 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. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of March 30th).

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

This interactive panel will showcase nonprofit case studies about advanced social media campaigns with multi-channel marketing strategies linked to CRM services. The session will strip away the mystery of measuring engagement, donor conversions, and on the ground social change. VolunteerMatch has a few suggestions.

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Social Media Case Study Chad Nonprofit 148

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

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 February 3rd). Which are best/worst?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Please feel free to leave question and comments on this subject and if you have open case studies or links to resources on the topic. Visit the 4Change blog to join the conversation! Tags: case studies events 4change strategy. the action of changing something. the result of alteration or modification.

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Change Case Study Org Lesson 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

Note from Beth: I’m headed down to Austin, TX for SXSW where I will have the pleasure of facilitating a workshop on measuring social media with KD Paine with case studies by David Neff and Carie Lewis. Stay tuned for more conversations about topics ranging from microvolunteering to disaster response. Flickr Photo by Toddy.

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Austin Minnesota NPO Offline 108

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 7, 2010

Seeing you leave a comment, or share a resource, will model the desired behavior so others can see what to do (especially if they are new to social media or new to your community) and how to do it (especially if they are new to your tool or platform). Don’t remove or edit contributions, but leave a comment to suggest how they can be improved.

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Community Build Report Online 123

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

You, of course, need a formal ladder of engagement or conversion funnel and need to be tracking conversions against what your ultimate definition of success is. One of the participants asked, “So how do you do this with your metrics program?” The comments were discussing what people did when Reddit was done.

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Reddit Data Time DC 98

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

I’ve written about it , submitted a session proposal with colleague Debra Askanase to the 2011 NTC, and recently had the opportunity to start a conversation on the topic of engaging your community across platforms in a GroupVine message (more information about my use of the tool at the bottom of this post).

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

No personal attacks ad hominem comments. Or try a case study. This moves the conversation away from what you think and encourages the group to explore potential outcomes collectively. Create a judgment-free zone. Banish assumptions and criticisms. Give everybody a turn. Define roles for each participant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

One of the ideas we explored is it possible through social media to share some of the findings in a conversational way to help prod more insights from the field. We experimented with “Conversational Case Studies&# and found that conversation in the comments helped improve the richness of the final report.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2012

And that’s just what happened to the HSUS Farm Animal Protection campaign, an effort to call attention to and reduce the suffering of farm animals raised for eggs, meat, pork, and milk. The above photo and statement was posted on Friday and within 48 hours was shared over 21,000 times, 18,000 likes, and thousands of comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

It offers specific examples of what to test and mini-case studies. Here is a case study of Red versus Green. Share an example of your experiment in the comments. Luckily, Hubspot just published this awesome guide, one of the clearest and easiest to understand how-tos on A/B testing for Beginners.

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Test Impact Experiment San Francisco 114

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 17, 2009

Silos Culture Inside the Walls of Nonprofits Prevent Effective Social Media Use - Beth Kanter's post about internal silos in nonprofits reminds me of a post and the ensuing conversation that happened in the comments on my blog about a month ago. " Apps for America Contest - Check out some of these really innovative (and cool!)

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