Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Facebook Changes: A Complete Guide – by Mari Smith. Also, a few insights about the what the changes mean for Facebook pages. It isn’t all private or all public – it’s a continuum. Facebook’s new changes (and Google +) gives us a couple of shades of gray. .” Brand Page Changes.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 4, 2011

I want to share the slides here and especially some of the links and resources. I’ve documented the community and content mapping processes before, you can use the slides above to see the process or review the blog post with instructions. Data: Strategy and Storytelling. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 1, 2021

A big part of this is understanding and leveraging data to inform any changes they make to the donor experience. In many cases, you’ll only have a short amount of time to present your donor data report, so it’s critical to spend time discussing the most important key performance indicators. Information to include in your donor report.

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Blue Avocado

MARCH 12, 2024

GrantWatch has a sliding scale based on the amount of time you want to access grant opportunity lists, anywhere from $18 for one-week access to $200 for annual access. Call and discuss the opportunity with the funder. They might change their giving priorities year to year. Grant funding is notoriously unstable.

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NTEN

JANUARY 25, 2022

We reviewed the sliding scale for membership. The membership committee was restarted in 2021 to discuss topics ranging from our website redesign to NTC member options to ways to activate the community around our beliefs and advocacy campaigns. 2021 review highlights. 2022 focus. 2022 focus.

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Kindful

MARCH 11, 2021

Most importantly, board members should leave feeling motivated to make the changes necessary that will take your board to the next level of performance and impact so your mission can soar! The best facilitators will confidently take you on a journey of exploration, education, discussion, and planning. They make the day fun.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 30, 2010

Our campaigns, services, programs, and even visions can and should be opening up for other collaborators – whether they are individual, free agent supporters or other organizations – to make the biggest, lasting change possible. Review the slides below for an overview and introduction to The Networked Nonprofit.

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Collect slide decks and/or pre-record content. Allow learners to change their minds and move from one track to another, even mid-way through a session. Breakout discussions – Encourage collaboration and leverage chat functionality for online breakout sessions, networking, and knowledge sharing. Recruit speakers and sponsors.

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CauseVox

APRIL 20, 2021

Screenshot of a slide with the title “Virtual Fundraising Case Study” and a photo from Summit Assistance Dog’s Unleash Your Love. This way, in case something changes and you can’t host in-person, you still have virtual already set and ready. They increased their ROI by 8 times. Raise More in 2021 With CauseVox.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The conference was framed around the question: Given the convergence of networks and big data and the need for more innovation, what evaluation methods should be used to evaluate social change outcomes along side traditional methods? These methods included: Developmental Evaluation , Shared Measurement , and Big Data. Follow a fixed plan.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

Here are the slides ( Hint: visit the slideshare site by clicking on the link below to see the speaking notes as well! ). Discussion. Perhaps it is the nuance between social change movements that manifest in outward or crowd-driven change vs those that focus on social work or individual-based change.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

My guest post is up on Care2′s Frogloop blog; you can read the post and join the discussion there. With Animoto, you can put together photos, slides, and text with audio and video to create a compelling story from all the various elements you may have created separately or gathered at an event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2008

Obviously, this is the result of starting with a small group, lots of conversation, and some culture change. Yesterday at NDN: New Audiences, New Tools , the question of organizational culture change, resistance from communications director/eds who were "analogue adults" came up. You have to be an agent of change.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

Lunch Time Table Discussion. Come chat with me about online communites, some of the topics of conversation may include: What have been some changes or issues recently with your online community? Intesreted to learn more about how NetSquared is connecting those at the intersection of social media and social change? Net Tuesdays.

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Netsquared Slides NTC Global 100

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

It was a really rich discussion – thank you to all those who joined in, shared, asked questions, and contributed! Some of the examples and recommendations from this month’s chat included: UN Food&Ag Org (FAO) has done a great job with their Share Fairs – sharing the discussions and training on and offline.

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Achieve

MARCH 16, 2022

Offer sliding scale & open-ended questions. Offer sliding scale & open-ended questions A survey filled with binary “yes” or “no” inquiries can be an immediate turn-off for survey recipients. If you’re searching for simple strategies to greatly improve virtual event success, post-event surveys are a strong place to start.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

This morning Liz Karlin, who works at the Packard Foundation in Grant Operations , and I did a remote presentation for the Foundation Financial Officers Group on Organizational Change and Social Media Policy development. I talked about the change in workstyle that is needed before codifying a social culture through a social media policy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

It may require internal culture change – proactive listening and experiments. ROI analysis requires documenting, collecting data, and internal discussion and cooperation. This is hard part because it means making changes either with your social media strategy and potential your organization. Secret sauce of social media success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Using Social Networks for Social Change: Facebook, MySpace and More View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. So he cautioned me that some of the information might not be entirely up to date that he shared on listserv including a pointer to his awesome slide show with audio.

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Social Network Network Social Change 69

NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

The presentation slides have been uploaded to Slideshare. This was one of our most interactive webinars - it was filled with community organizers, after all - the Twitter stream and chat channel were delightfully out of control! Check out the event Storify Praan put together.

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Jing Tools Community Organization 76

Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

There are also VIP tickets available for Radical Impact that come with all session recordings and session notes, custom slides and speaker content, a bonus marketing strategy from Community Boost, additional CFRE credits, and (most importantly) a free t-shirt! Cost: General admission is free.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2013

Their “meetings” come in diverse and innovative formats like Philadelphia’s Crowdsourcing Change , Vancouver’s Coffee Klatsch or a Happy Hour in Austin or Minneapolis. Philadelphia, PA: Crowdsourcing Change: Applying the Social Web to Some Philly Nonprofits. Don’t be afraid! Wednesday, August 7.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

Every table conversation brings a new perspective and a new idea: whether it’s new knowledge, a great contact or a new extension to the idea under discussion. But, the Schwab’s made the right call to bring us into the discussion ten years ago. And, everybody is working on something and usually is interested in several issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

They help “air out the brain” and can help a tired group regain focus. I incorporate energizers into webinars (see slide 22) and virtual meetings. I might have them sit and discuss a small group exercise, but the results are on the wall for a standing debrief.

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Learning Theory Learning Brain Exercise 138

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2010

It’s very inspiring to be part of a community dedicated to sharing and discussing and am thankful for all of you joining me! There is one last major change still to come, and that is changing the way comments are managed. We discussed my goals, content, community, and approach to the design process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

The moderator, Marcelo Jamberio, organized a set of questions that other Marcelo and I responded to with slides and audience interaction. Some things have not changed: Time and attention are finite. I also discussed the importance of laying out the supporter journey and having metrics to understand and improve conversion rates.

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Learning Donor Online Fundraising 86

Care2

JANUARY 6, 2012

During the Care2 webinar The Overachiever’s Guide to Online Fundraising panelists Alia Mckee of Sea Change Strategies, Dionna Humphrey of Greenpeace International and Eric Rardin of Care2 discussed nine steps to kick start your 2012 online fundraising. You can listen to the webinar here and check out the slides below.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

What happens when the most talented and innovative women in technology who work with non-profit organizations and political campaigns get together for the day to discuss the most relevant issues ranging from the Women in Open Source to Fighting Sexism in the Tech Sector? You get Women Who Tech. Details: Date: May 12, 2009.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

The chat was a prelude to a convening on April 25th at the Robert Wood Johnston Foundation of 40 thinkers and practitioners, bringing diverse perspectives and expertise into discussions to develop measures for evaluating the impact of social media on philanthropic outcomes. Marc shared his expert knowledge and here are some notes.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 24, 2022

The actual way to be safe is what we discussed above: PRACTICE. Then you won’t need slides, and you can focus instead on not being boring. They’re the ones whose enthusiasm makes changes happen in the world. But instead, you fail to keep your audience engaged. The conversation will flow more naturally. Which they are !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2015

These potential donors are teens (and pre-teens) with a passion for social change and who grew up not knowing what it was like to not to have a cell phone or be connected to Facebook. A good checklist and some recommendations can be found on slides 50-53. That generation has been dubbed as “ Generation Z.”

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

I’m over here at Bloomerang, and I’ll be moderating today’s discussion as always. And just a couple of quick housekeeping items, just want to let you all know that we are recording this session, and will be sending out the recording as well as the slides later on today. So let me share my slides with you all.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Global climate change is beginning to affect our lives in a real way. I offer this set of data points, if you will, with the hope that it will spark some thinking and perhaps discussion. Computing changes at a breathtaking pace. Cloud computing. The logic behind this is very hard to fault.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Leroux Miller kicked off the discussion by offering advice focused on online presentations. Webinars can greatly benefit from developing a “run of show” which in radio is a script designed to outline the order and amount of timing for items to be discussed within a program. Presentations for Webinars.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 29, 2009

The slides are also available for download. If you look at any given workshop, you can access the discussion guide (questions the facilitators thought were important for that group) and even more interestingly, a few participants' followup comments in an evaluation offered after the workshops. watch the video. I am an impatient person.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

We started with a brief presentation of the basics of each project, and then spent about an hour responding to questions from the audience, using illustrative images and documents to support the discussion. Some of the key lessons we discussed were: providing crystal-clear criteria and constraints to help participants focus their work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2008

This slide show from Stephen Collins make me think about teaching Internet Skills Workshops for Nonprofits that I used teach over dozen or so years ago. The slide show is from a session he did at BarCamp Sydney called " All You Do Is Talk Talk Talk." Many people shared examples, but nothing much about change management.

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