Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

Here’s a sampling: Our organization does advocacy around some policy issues. ” There is an entire chapter devoted to the limits on nonprofit organizations’ political activities as we know that 501c3 organizations are strictly prohibited from intervening or participating in political campaigns. How do the [.]

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2013

Our book was one of four finalists, including colleague Allyson Kapin and Amy Sample Ward’s awesome book, “Social Change Anytime, Anywhere.” ” This book would not have been possible with going through a wonderful collaboration for my first book, “The Networked Nonprofit” with Alison Fine. .”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2015

What I absolutely love, is that the book has a companion web site with worksheets and checklists from every chapter. As someone who designs and facilitates professional development projects for nonprofits, this is a trainer’s dream! There are also some great practical tips , sample mentor/mentee agreement , and plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

Here’s a sampling of just a few: How do you create ideas that the crowd embraces, makes stronger, and spreads? One of my favorite chapters of the book describes different leadership profiles based on the values and leadership approaches that different leaders use. Each profile is illustrated with an in-depth case study.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

Last week, I visited Omaha, Nebraska, and had a great time presenting to the PRSA Nebraska chapter. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. I shared results from the newest eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from NTEN and M+R Strategic Services. Email Campaigns: Know Your Audience and Get Results. Highlights.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2013

With 54 chapters on college campuses across the country, volunteer leaders handle everything from development, recruitment, marketing, training, and programming of their camp. As you can imagine, with 54 chapters at campuses across the country it’s not easy maintaining a unified message. Pretty cool, right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Today, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward shared this fabulous video on Facebook. One of the chapters is on organizational culture – what’s in the DNA of a “data-driven&# nonprofit and what are the incremental steps for change? Today, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward shared this fabulous video on Facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Lauren outlines 7 Lists that organizations may find useful, including: Your organisation’s chapters and campaigns. They have only been rolled out to around half of the users so far. You can read more about Lists on the Twitter Blog here. Related international organisations and campaigns.

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NTEN

MARCH 28, 2011

Highlights DoGooder Video Awards announced , Maddie Grant NTC 2011 Science Fair shines light on new nonprofit technologies , Andrea Lum NTC Plenary, Dan Heath, Flip the Switch , Beth Kanter Taking the time to analyze success , Nicole Wallace Session Blog Posts 11NTC and nonprofit technology mapping resources , Jeremy Heffner Accidental Technologist (..)

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Here’s another example: I may really support the League of Women Voters, could maybe find them online and join a network, but it would probably be nationally oriented or have chapter-specific relevancy that was still larger than me and my networks. Email Amy Sample Ward the link to your post! Tag your blog with “net2thinktank”.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2013

Hi friends, I've been inspired by this community for a long time - from being mentored by Britt Bravo when first starting a little Net2 chapter in Vancouver (which Elijah van der Giessen and team have turned into something huge and magnificently helpful), to being inspired by Amy Sample Ward to grow conversations and dig deeper.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Lauren outlines 7 Lists that organizations may find useful, including: Your organisation’s chapters and campaigns. They have only been rolled out to around half of the users so far. You can read more about Lists on the Twitter Blog here. Related international organisations and campaigns.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

For example, at one organization where I worked, customer service was a full chapter in the employee handbook and people, with great pride, really took it to heart. . It also includes sample templates, worksheets, and my Creative Ways to Thank Your Donors guide with 72 ideas you can use!

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NTEN

DECEMBER 2, 2011

The presenter is NTEN's own Amy Sample Ward ! A must-read this week is a chapter from Geoff Livingston's book Welcome to the Fifth Estate. encourages other nonprofits to use film and video to tell their stories, but they need some a little assistance with their website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2007

Here's a sample of Chapter 1. Stewart runs the site Wikipatterns.com m, but the book focuses on the methods he uses for successfully growing wiki use within the organizations. I just ordered my copy. For those who know me, I'm a how-to book addict.

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Care2

JUNE 18, 2013

This is a topic that Amy Sample Ward and I also discuss in our book Social Change Anytime Everywhere in the chapter on Disrupting the Nonprofit Sector. Pallotta asked how the nonprofit sector can ever expect to compete with the corporate sector for talented leaders when nonprofits can’t pay decent salaries and benefits.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2010

This guest post comes from NetSquared community development manager Amy Sample Ward. As Amy explains in her post, local NetSquared chapters have been quickly springing up all over the world: there might even be one in your city.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

The event also featured two keynotes, one from Afua Bruce and Amy Sample Ward, co-authors of “The Tech That Comes Next: How Changemakers, Philanthropists, and Technologists Can Build an Equitable World”; and a second by Lisa Mae Brunson, CEO of Wonder Woman Tech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2009

Amy Sample Ward shared a collection of links recently pointing to my post about silo culture. Steve MacLaughlin, No Constituent Is An Island Amy Sample Ward, Moving Away from Organizations To What? In a follow up email, she asked what might be different about the adoption issues for social media?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 30, 2010

As such, I knew that their book would be a great resource and part of what makes it so is the inclusion of reflection questions for every chapter. This reflection questions comes at the end of Chapter 6: Building Trust Through Transparency.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 2, 2011

The presenter is NTEN's own Amy Sample Ward ! A must-read this week is a chapter from Geoff Livingston's book Welcome to the Fifth Estate. encourages other nonprofits to use film and video to tell their stories, but they need some a little assistance with their website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

One of the most useful parts of the report is a two-page spread that illustrates sample metrics for transformations and transactions for each of these categories or a “metrics tool kit.” We spent a chapter or two talking about exactly how to put this into practice because is this a very important point. Movement Building.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

Read the first 4 chapters for free. Hildy is celebrating the two-year anniversary of The Pollyanna Principles with a discount – and if you don’t already have the book, I recommend you get it: Get a discount on the book. Learn more about the book.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2011

a chapter on how to manage conflict at your nonprofit, something I really wish I had learned in the beginning! Heather writes, “I customized your corporate sponsorship ask letter to put together a package for an event we have coming up, and I’ve already gotten two sponsorships.” Heather Davis, The Telling Room”. Free Book Giveaway.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Due to the recent chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of our parent corporation, Advanta, we are unfortunately no longer continuing ideablob and bloblive. Unbalanced “diversity&# - by focusing on just one platform, organizations limit the audiences they connect with. If you have any questions please contact hello@ideablob.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Nonprofits and Twitter Lists Amy Sample Ward, on Socialbrite, has a post with some recommendations on the types of lists they should create. Some view this as " another stupid number to worry about. Don't get me started on stupid Twitter numbers , but I'll save that for another post.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Due to the recent chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of our parent corporation, Advanta, we are unfortunately no longer continuing ideablob and bloblive. Unbalanced “diversity&# – by focusing on just one platform, organizations limit the audiences they connect with. If you have any questions please contact hello@ideablob.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2008

All 700+ chapters are participating in the campaign. We created a wiki full of sample avatars, banners, widgets, videos, audio clips, etc. Since the great wall fell, we've been able to promote initiatives like the Western Union Foundation contest to all of our chapters and blood regions. that are easy to grab and use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2009

I contributed a chapter on this topic to the Psychology of Facebook , so I'm going to stop myself from going on about that now. Amy Sample Ward, in her birthday cause wrap up shares the details of the pointers that Causes will email to you everyday to help guide your birthday fundraiser. I love that idea.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2008

Two years ago, with funds from the Long Island chapter of the American Association of University Women, we were able to replace their highly arsenic contaminated well with a huge rainwater collection tank and delivery system to supply safe drinking water. This is just a sampling of birthday wishes so far - and it isn't even my birthday yet!

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 8, 2009

It is intended to promote a debate, and at the end of each chapter, suggestions are made for rethinking key areas so that they can deliver more effective online public services. The analysis is approached from a user’s perspective, and highlights the types of problems consumers frequently encounter with the service.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

He’s got a whole chapter dedicated to this subject in NTEN’s new book: Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission ! Resources: Further information and relevant links are at the Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission wiki: [link]. Contact me: Peter Campbell psc @ techcafeteria.com. Buy Peter’s book!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Social Media for Non-Profits: Succeeding in a Social World Beeline Labs made this presentation to a United Way chapter in Boston: see especially the “10 Guiding Principles” and “Most Common Mistakes.” Twitter.org: What, why, who and how for Nonprofit Organizations using Twitter (Amy Sample Ward).

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2014

And I recommend testing a random sampling of your mid-level donors – those who you wish to upgrade – to see if this results in renewals at a higher level. It’s filled with tips, templates, checklists and samples to help you apply what you learn right away. I like to do it for donors at your major gift level (e.g.,

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

I've included a sampling below, and hope that you'll add other events in the comments. For others, it is a day of political significance to raise awareness around women's rights. Numerous nonprofits and NGOs are organizing events and campaign to celebrate. Cross-posted from BlogHer.com. Britt Bravo is a Big Vision Consultant.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Since we had only four brave contributors this month, all four will receive a new paperback edition of Clay Shirky’s Here Come Everybody (with a new chapter!). What about the book giveaway? A big thanks and congrats to Howard, Joitske and Laura and Seth for participating in the February Net2 Think Tank!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. If there was only one thing that we needed above all those other pieces, it would be for us to start the next chapter. Whether you were here in Toronto or not, I’d love to hear your ideas, feedback, and goals for change! You can read her poem, Untitled, here. What is a movement?

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