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?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

I had the opportunity to facilitate the IT track and had lots of fun poking, prodding, and supporting some really interesting conversations and sharing sessions. The social impact landscape in Romania is complex and exciting – you can see struggle and hope, fear and enthusiasm mixed in every conversation and every presentation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

I asked for some recommendations on Twitter for the best practical sources for change management. Joitske recommend Learning To Change. She also pointed me to an older post on her blog about one of theories of change in the book based on thinking styles. People change if things are appealing and inspiring to them.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

I’m at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! We are trying to change the visitors’ experience at the museum as well as ownership of what is in the museum, break down the walls between the public and the museum. but there wasn’t an offline space for that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2017

Last year we were honored to facilitate an emerging leadership program for a cohort of leaders who were part of the Packard Foundation’s Conservation and Science portfolio of grantees. Effective delivery of content and learning experiences takes both on and offline connection.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

So, perhaps the changing role of nonprofit organizations in the online space is not one of playing catch-up to the early adopters and hyper-connected individuals, nor is it one of “friending” big names or joining every platform; but is one of strategically convening supporters to create dynamic connections across the community.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Is it easy to see how to give offline? You can always add or subtract platforms as you grow or your audience behavior changes. . Mastering online appeals, user experience and messaging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

In past posts, I've talked about: The Secret Life of a Wiki Gardener : Using a gardening metaphor, I drill down into the fine art of wiki facilitation. Here's what lies ahead -- a division and then a bridge between online/offline learning and community/content. The problem is how to accomplish that without it being too confusing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

My co-presenter for the plenary was the amazing Marcelo Iniarra , who is a digital mobilization pioneer and fantastic presenter/facilitator. Some things have not changed: Time and attention are finite. I facilitated a brief interactive exercise with the audience to better understand the process. Everyone loves a good story.

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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. They build up an online and offline community, create great projects, and then ask the community to fund them through donations.

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2014

Points of Light, the organization that established this program in 1974, says "National Volunteer Week is about taking action and encouraging individuals and their respective communities to be at the center of social change – discovering and actively demonstrating their collective power to make a difference."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

Edutopia , a project of the George Lucas Educational Foundation, is an online web site that creates and curates content that is distributed through mobile, social media, video, and offline channels. Staff were asked to use a technique called “ Rose, Bud, Thorn ” to identify strengths, challenges, and opportunities for change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

Earlier this month I was lucky enough to attend the CATechFest in LA designed and expertly facilitated by Aspiration. You need to let them know why you are making the introduction and this can be done online or offline. These can be done offline and online. I believe this is an important work place skill.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

What you will change the next time? Second, we would focus on taking the campaign to off-line events as much as possible to facilitate meaningful connections between the online and offline world. What did you learn, what would you have changed, how did you find the campaign? Hindsight is always 20-20.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2008

Alex Steed is a self-described millennial activist and he has just announced his Millennials Changing America: The Next Generation of Organizing where he will visit over 30 cities across the United States to meet, interview and report how young people are using the Internet to leverage their social and political power. What's that?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2013

I decided to go offline and take a break from blogging, pinning, Facebook, Twitter, and all the rest. I will be facilitating peer learning groups on “Measuring the Networked Nonprofit” and sharing many stories of how nonprofits are learning from measurement and making sense of the data to improve social change outcomes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2012

This panel will dramatically demonstrate how the practice of measurement, social media, social change, and networks have evolved over the past 5 years. ” The thesis: For nonprofit organizations there are two key processes that lead to social change: To become networked, and to use measurement. .”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2011

In April, the Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute published a new report called “ Connected Citizens ” that looks at the impact of networks on communities, and asks, what do these emerging networks mean for community change? The report was filled with examples , but more and more are coming to life everyday.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Journeys for Change is offering the chance to win a fully-paid nine-day tour of leading Social Entrepreneurs in India. Part of my role as the Global Community Development Manager at NetSquared is to support and grow our offline organizers from around the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat. I also taught networked leadership workshops as part of a larger team working with different social change networks. I also taught networked leadership workshops as part of a larger team working with different social change networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

This year I took off a full two weeks during the holiday, spending time with family on the Big Island on a coffee farm and mostly offline. Facilitator for Learning Network: Most of my work is designing and delivering capacity building projects for nonprofits literally all over the world and here in the US. Year in Review.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Do you want to be part of the team helping organizations put technology to use for social change? This Community Engagement Manager position offers the right individual the opportunity to play a crucial role in supporting the NTEN community to connect, learn, and change both on and offline.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 24, 2020

Provide members with self-service tools so that they can edit their own profiles and make changes based on new developments and accreditations. . An online space facilitates member engagement and improves the overall experience. Make sure to prioritize both online and offline opportunities to encourage community building.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Feedback to presentation: would want to involve staff and services in the offline local events to share their experiences, too. seems like people who had a bad experience would be more inclined to get involved with this…is that bad?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

networks, training and capacity building approaches, and culture change. I will continue to practice and explore different ways to use visuals to aid reflection, including data visualization, visual thinking, structured frameworks, graphic facilitation, and more. Is learning part of your New Year’s resolutions for 2011?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

In fact, Lucy has been terrific in finding new ways, like Branch , to use the social tools to facilitate a global brain around these ideas. And, those who wanted to make money would head to Wall Street. That’s changed. That changes the conversation for nonprofits. Let’s start with a definition first.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2015

Throughout the conference, Amy and I wrote articles on a select group of sessions highlighting innovations at the intersection of nonprofit technology and social change. Activism That Drives Supporters How is it possible to establish meaningful relationships to create and mobilize for change in this noisy digital age?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

But, I'm also interested in improving my skills as a trainer - especially facilitating social learning or learning in public. We are also learning in public when we engage in in-depth conversation whether it is offline or online, for example in the comments of a blog post or asking questions on Twitter. Offline/Online Interaction.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

NTEN's Amy Sample Ward shares from her experiences at the Games for Change Festival. I'm at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! We are trying to change the visitors' experience at the museum as well as ownership of what is in the museum, break down the walls between the public and the museum.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Do you want to be part of the team helping organizations put technology to use for social change? This Community Engagement Manager position offers the right individual the opportunity to play a crucial role in supporting the NTEN community to connect, learn, and change both on and offline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Jonny will provide live graphic facilitation of the highly interactive and fun panel. In order to do this, they need to work with free agents, hyper-connected individuals who are passionate about social change, but don’t work within institutional walls. Our session will explore how and why this needs to change. Trust me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Can you share a little bit about how you managed this change? For us, our offline activities are as important as online efforts. Hosting a Giving Day is no small feat. And this year, you launched a new website in July and ran the giving day on your new website. This has been a huge year for us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

Not only does this help me frame and tailor the talk I give to the audience, but facilitates Twitter conversations before. Also, the way people are consuming content is changing because of social media. This changes how nonprofits need to think about web social content strategy and how to make it efficient.

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Forj

MAY 25, 2021

The healthcare field is always evolving, whether due to changes in the requirements for a professional to maintain licensure or innovative new practices that members are eager to incorporate into their daily efforts. One of the many lessons that 2020 taught us is that the way society at large operates can change on a dime.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

31% of offline-only first-time donors are retained for over a year , versus 25% of online-only first-time donors. As you conduct these tests, make sure to only change one element of your appeal at a time to understand which changes had the biggest impact. Direct mail is the most popular year-end giving marketing method.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

June Holley, an expert in networks and facilitating a community of practice of network weavers , defines some of these techniques below. You need to let them know why you are making the introduction and these can be done both online and offline. These can be done offline and online. The Challenge of Change.

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