Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2010

So, here are some changes that I want to highlight that I hope deliver on that goal: Featured Resources : This rotating box at the top of the home page showcases resources that may have previously been buried in the site. Footer menu : This is the fun stuff! That’s when he really got to work coming up with the design.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

As with all new major technological changes (we’re looking at you, electricity and the internet), we must adapt and adopt. And then everything changed. Include statistics and fun facts where possible, and include a question at the end that would inspire conversation.” Our marketing team could fit in a MINI Cooper.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

While these techniques can’t change the past, here are some design ideas to help your organization adjust and optimize your website in the future. Once your website is designed and structured according to this technique, it becomes easier to update it when those needs change by asking these questions: Which tasks don’t apply anymore?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Whether inclement weather causes an event to be canceled or local circumstances require a change in format, event organizers should have a plan in place ahead of the tournament. As the event draws nearer, use the website to keep participants updated on any changes to rules, protocols, or other event details.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 21, 2019

Social fundraising shouldn’t take the place of any of your other efforts. Leveraging the power of social fundraising doesn’t mean you have to stop posting on social media or change your strategy altogether. Use gamification and incentives make social fundraising fun. Now that’s where the social fundraising magic happens.

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M+R

DECEMBER 1, 2023

But the real fun starts the morning after, when we have all this new data to dig through. After a couple of years of weird email trends, general uncertainty about performance post-2020, and changes we had to make to active emailable lists due to deliverability concerns , a lot of organizations saw strong performance in email this year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2020

Communications and marketing materials simply direct players and sponsors to the event website, where they have all the information and direction they need and can submit not only a payment, but also small details like lunch orders and t-shirt size in one place. 6) Last-Minute Changes & Coordination with the Golf Facility.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Have fun with your avatar! Finally, know that when you go into public places, your Facebook/Oculus username is visible and serves as your primary identifier in the Horizon Metaverse. You can change your username once every six months by logging in to Oculus > Profile > Username. Explore and have fun.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

On September 6 in San Francisco, over 200 attendees at NTEN’s Leading Change Summit (14LCS) convened for its finale event: the Idea Accelerator. The goal was to surface ideas to create real, world-changing impact that make people’s lives better. “We 14lcs idea accelerator Leadership leading change summit'

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NTEN

MAY 25, 2011

An earlier article posted to the NTEN blog did a great job covering data visualization generally , but what about data and places? Creating display maps – in print or as digital images – is easier than ever before, and interactive, web-based mapping is all over the place, so to speak. More specifically, what about mapped data?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

Both have their place and can be highly profitable. There are many KINDS of events, but they fall into two basic categories: The Community/Fun Event and the Heartstrings Event. Community/Fun Events Community/Fun Events are widely promoted events that encourage people to do something active or fun while supporting your cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

FILL IN THIS CAPTION: You’re invited to [ORG NAME]’s [EVENT NAME] on [MONTH, DAY, YEAR] from [TIME] to [TIME] at [PLACE]. Featuring [SOMETHING GOOD], [SOMETHING FUN], and [SOMETHING AWESOME], this event is a can’t miss! Be a part of the wonderful change we’re able to create through our programs at [YOUR ORG].

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 29, 2023

It’s a holiday that means summertime fun to many: watermelon, cookouts, and fireworks. When we raise money to change lives, we are helping to release folks from something onerous. When you become donor-centered and you care FIRST about the donor, THEN about their money, everything will change and fundraising gets easier.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 20, 2023

How to Use Trial and Error to Find the Right Fundraisers for Your Nonprofit As the world and how we interact with it changes, response to fundraising efforts evolves, too. Or, if you’ve got time but a limited budget, fundraising ideas with low up-front costs are a good place to start. 6) Be willing to adapt and change your plans.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

These quotes truly inspire me and hopefully they will inspire you as well : “The three common characteristics of best companies -- they care, they have fun, they have high performance expectations.” -- Brad Hams “The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.” -- Michael (..)

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Qgiv

MARCH 19, 2024

Your supporters help make the work you do possible, allowing you to change the world. Donor appreciation events allow you to personally express your gratitude to your supporters while providing a fun and memorable event for them to attend. Donor appreciation events are meant to be fun!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

2) Promoting an Important Event to Encourage Registration and Ticket Sales Believe it or not, ChatGPT can assist you in drafting compelling event invitations, social media posts, and promoting your fundraising events, including annual galas and fun runs. To sum it up, artificial intelligence is game-changing technology for nonprofits.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Plus, by keeping the event on Facebook, you also benefit from expanded reach (to all of your participant’s “friends”), cost- efficiency (little to no cost for your team), and increased accessibility (any Facebook user, from any time, at any place). 3 Ways Social Media Fundraising Is Changing for 2021. Amplify existing programming.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Below is my 6th annual list of favorite have fun, do good books that I read this year. You can listen to my interview with her about Diet for a Hot Planet on the Big Vision Podcast via iTunes, or read it on Have Fun, Do Good. We read Farm City as part of my virtual social change book club. It has truly been life-changing.

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Achieve

MARCH 30, 2015

As MCON rounds the corner to the fun- and work-filled home stretch leading up to the big day, questions from friends and interested folk start to ramp up. What’s this MCON thing all about? Is it cool? Is it for me?” If you can’t make it to Chicago, there’s always the free livestream you can enjoy from the comfort of your own living room.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

For the purposes of our exercise, let’s say our story takes place in India. Who would have thought a simple meal could change a family’s life? And while there are times and places for these reports, storytelling for nonprofits to raise funds is not the time or the place. Version 2: A shelter can be a scary place.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

As this first impression can be hard to change, it’s worth taking your time to think about what you want to convey. Social media is the perfect place to talk about their experiences and share their stories. While photos can be fun, videos create a more visceral experience and will create a more powerful memory.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 24, 2024

While QR codes might not be as “fun” as finding a new fundraising event idea , they’re still a valuable way for your nonprofit to improve its fundraising capabilities. By the end of it, you’ll know how to use this fun invention to attract more donors and experience fundraising success. Ticket purchase page. Conversion rate.

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DipJar

JANUARY 3, 2023

From helping the Food Bank for New York City fight hunger to celebrating Pride in Utah to supporting a public library in Providence , DipJar is committed to providing the technology needed to receive donor support in a fun, sustainable, and effective way. “I About DipJar.

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Forum One

MARCH 18, 2021

Change is hard. Even seemingly minor changes can give us a sense of dread — something could go wrong—or worse, could fail completely. But, by identifying the right people along the way, you may even find digital transformation can be fun. For many organizations, digital transformation is still nothing more than a buzzword.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Those who find it fun are called nerds. To learn more about knowledge work and its role in grantmaking, check out the post Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work is Core to Equitable Change. However, datamaking has added power because it can beused to deepen strategic social processes of foundation-funded change.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

I figure I should practice what I preach, so here are some photos from my fun Friday in Berkeley and Oakland with a Move, Play, Reflect, Connect twist. Connect It's rare that the hubs and I have a whole day off together, but everything fell into place yesterday for us to take a one-day staycation. A super fun Friday!

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

Tell stories about how lives have been changed and show powerful images of your work. Your blog post is a good place to go into more detail so you can link back to it from your emails and social media posts. Make Your Online Fundraising Campaign FUN! Make potential donors search to find a place to give online.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

I met Julie almost ten years ago, when she was leading the Agents of Change project at the Ontario Science Center , and I have admired her ever since. If the leadership is actively disinterested in creativity, it will be hard to get whatever change you make to stick beyond what you can influence.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 19, 2009

The web is an incredible place to work and a fascinating thing to watch grow. Watching individuals leverage the same tools as corporate giants and make a positive change on the world. Why Social Media for Social Change? Thus, tools that create community are great for communities making change. What’s the Next Step?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2011

On Monday, June 20 I had the pleasure of attending the opening sessions of the Games for Change pre-conference at NYU, on behalf of TechSoup. The Games for Change festival is the premiere gathering place for developers, activists, educators, funders, policymakers, and gamers in the field of "serious games."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2020

” Greetings from shelter in place California! Here’s a roundup of tips for building your personal resilience as you begin to accept how COVID-19 has changed our daily lives. #1: The blessing of shelter in place is that you can still exercise by walking, jogging, or running as long as keep your distance from other people.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

These quotes truly inspire me and hopefully they will inspire you as well : “The three common characteristics of best companies -- they care, they have fun, they have high performance expectations.” -- Brad Hams “The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.” -- Michael (..)

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

What this means is that over time, your fundraising approach should change to meet the needs of your growing organization. And the more of those people you have around you, the more revenue you’ll have and the more lives you can change. Make it a FUN event that people talk about for days afterward.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 19, 2011

It feels like that's a way in which the arts can be visionary, be change agents, and also be really fun and playful, which is primary to living." - Gabriela Masala This month's Big Vision Podcast guest is Gabriela Masala talking about how to organize have fun do good flash mobs. Gabriela is the Founder of the One Love Alliance.

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AUGUST 23, 2021

To show your donors just how grateful you are for their support, here are 10 tips for creating thank you videos that will change the way you show gratitude: 1. Show them how they have helped make that possible by connecting their contribution with the change that it made. Have some fun with it! Emphasize Your Mission.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

This is the foundation of your event’s digital presence, so use your software to build a branded event landing page that makes learning about your event—and signing up—fun and easy. The right software can facilitate changes to your event registration process that might otherwise be daunting or intimidating. Where will it take place?

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