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Messages, Stories, and Conversations: Creating a Strategy for your organization and your supporters

Amy Sample Ward

I have said it many, many times and so have lots of others—you’re probably tired of hearing about how social media is supposed to be “a conversation.&# And that’s okay! Because it isn’t JUST a conversation! You may want to turn the flip chart sideways or use separate sheets for each column. #1:

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How do grantmaker CEO salaries compare with other staff? 

Candid

While not a representative sample of institutional funders, it’s one of best avenues for detailed exploration and benchmarking of salaries. While these new CEOs represent a relatively small sample (15), their organizations vary in size, both in terms of dollars granted and total staff.

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Community Voices at Digital Engagement Event: Reflections on the Conversation

Amy Sample Ward

We split participants up by topic areas for discussions and Community Voices team members lead the small group conversations, while others used various tools to capture what was said (audio, video, tweets and blogging). During these report backs I captured a word cloud on a flip chart of key words. What’s of interest?

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Community Voices at Digital Engagement Event: Reflections on the Conversation

Amy Sample Ward

We split participants up by topic areas for discussions and Community Voices team members lead the small group conversations, while others used various tools to capture what was said (audio, video, tweets and blogging). During these report backs I captured a word cloud on a flip chart of key words. What’s of interest?

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Run a Productive, Fun Nonprofit Board Meeting

Get Fully Funded

” “The conversation easily gets off-track, and before you know it, 30 minutes have passed and we haven’t even discussed important business because we’ve gotten off on a tangent again.” One agenda item is mentioned, and that is Betty’s cue to break into lengthy stories and opinions, basically hijacking the conversation.

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How-to: DIY Community and Content Mapping

NTEN

Amy Sample Ward, Community Development Manager, TechSoup Global. You’d be surprised at the kinds of conversations that emerge when you start talking about your community, especially as it is understood by various departments in your organization. Create a chart – either on a whiteboard, a flipchart, or even a document on your computer.

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2012 SXSW Interactive – #nptech Highlights

Amy Sample Ward

We’ve all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics “going viral” online before our eyes – the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. Listen to our Daily Roundtable conversation or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes.