Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

This makes me more comfortable for me to open my laptop and take notes. Eugene said at the beginning that he would not be sharing any confidential information and that everything is open. I asked if I could live tweet to bring others into the conversation which I did using the tag #packfound. . We knew what was coming.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2010

I’m really interested in what happens next, and not just because I am part of the team but also because I think we can be a case study in ourselves of the changing landscape and processes of online collaboration.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 12, 2010

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is now up – you can check it out and join the conversation there ; or read the repost below! —— Last year I used the metaphor of “ gardening vs landscaping &# to outline some of the key attributes I believe make for successful community building, on or offline.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Opening up the way we work, collaborating with others to further our reach, and inviting the community to take responsibility for success (by extending opportunities to contribute) all help us build movements and scale up our work. This email group is intended as a conversation space to supplement and support the Global Scale Wiki.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Part of my role as the Global Community Development Manager at NetSquared is to support and grow our offline organizers from around the world. This offline network, called Net Tuesdays, balances the work we do online to connect all those working at the intersection of technology and social impact. Like I said, I cannot wait!

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 3, 2010

You can check out the post and conversation there , or read a copy of the post below. Just as our tools get more interesting and dynamic for global collaboration and impact, so do they for locally-focused work, campaigns, and communities. My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. Meetup Everywhere.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 10, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of July 10th).

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

It’s something I can only wrap my mind around by talking to others and hope that this is a chance to further a very important conversation. and so… The Conversation. There are many who approach the online landscape with very different views than their offline business decisions. Well, it means a lot.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

However, learning to properly market online and offline is an important opportunity for organizations. This small touch of personalization builds rapport and loyalty to your organization, increasing engagement and the likelihood of conversion. Did retargeted ads see more conversions than direct mail solicitors? SEO success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Instead of getting distracted by the tools and the terminologies, I focus on the four underlying themes in social media, the 4Cs of social media: Content, Collaboration, Community and Collective Intelligence. The Second C: Collaboration. Collaboration can happen at three levels: conversation, co-creation and collective action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

This post summarizes the content I shared in my presentation and offers some reflection on the conversational keynote. I started my talk with a story about why I liked Twitter: It allows me to connect with people in my professional field and have a great conversations or ad hoc collaborations that improve practice.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Let’s start at the most fundamental place for this conversation. For this conversation, and those to have over the course of the next two days together at least, let’s work from the place that a movement is larger than coalitions. And everything was shareable, collaborative, contagious. What is a movement? Or engagement?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Often times the community’s ideas or needs are shared in ways that require translation, of sorts—someone that can bridge the community and organization, listening to the conversations and identifying the opportunities for the organization. The approach is focused on organic collaboration and growth for the entire community.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Read the post and join the conversation on the Frogloop blog (or read the post below). NetSquared supports the community at the intersection of technology and social impact in a few ways, including open innovation competitions. The more information you can provide before you open your competition up for submissions, the better!

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yesterday was the 3rd annual Women Who Tech Telesummit , bringing together over 600 women (and men) from for-profit and nonprofit organizations and technology start, connecting developers and techies with those new to the field, igniting conversations and long-term collaborations. How do you set up an unconference?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Casey Foundation's " Making Connections " initiative Part of the Making Connections core approach uses (offline) social networks. A peer learning environment requires creating a safe space for conversation. I've been exploring the line between open/closed networks or communities, particularly online learning communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Peer discussion on use of online tools for collaboration for bounded networks, exploring some of the concepts in Digital Habits (each participant got a copy). 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

The skills that we are focusing on are “networked leadership” skills both online and offline and working with self and working with others. One area we cover is social awareness, the ability to recognize and understand the moods of other individuals and teams that we collaborate with professionally. 3: Don’t judge the other person.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and voting process. The panel picker process has opened – so you can vote for the panels you think are worthy of being on the program until August 27th. Online numbers don’t always equate offline results. What are they good for? How much do we share?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

A few days ago I opened the door on a new learning journey. This is important for both online and offline instructional delivery. Small groups can be conversations, peer assists or shares, or an exercise that can be done collaboratively or working alone together.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

This post is really to start a conversation. Here are some things to help get the conversation started if the above didn’t already give you something to say. Something that can really help the climate change movement is documentation, shared between campaigns, organizations, and coalitions, about 1. what is happening and 2.

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NTEN

JUNE 9, 2011

Ask them to comment on a recent conversation (list links to a few recent ones). It starts with a catchy opening, a featured member, and an enticing discussion question. ("Win Just as in the offline world, people are more likely to do something when personally invited. Ensure that private messaging is enabled.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

This month's Net2 Think Tank question is: How do real-world (offline) events fit into social media conversations and campaigns ? My thinking: Social media conversations and online campaigns create whole new models for bringing together & powering the progressive movement. Courtesy of Joe Solomon. Then check out.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

We provide a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Idealware.org has reviews of many of these tools as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panel picker process just opened - so you can vote yes or no for the panels you think are worthy of being on the program or not until September 4th. How do you balance online action with offline engagement? What is it?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2009

Our talented team, solid strategy and collaborative and open community of readers helped overcome that quickly. I ask you to share your ideas, tell us what you want to hear more about and engage in the conversation. Like many of you, I was excited about the prospect of our blog but anxious about the "what ifs."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panel picker process just opened - so you can vote yes or no for the panels you think are worthy of being on the program or not until September 4th. How do you balance online action with offline engagement? What is it?

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panel picker process just opened - so you can vote yes or no for the panels you think are worthy of being on the program or not until September 4th. How do you balance online action with offline engagement? What is it?

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Care2

JULY 11, 2007

The true power of the Connected Age is the ability of many people to participate in conversations. To succeed, we need not be bigger, just smarter, more agile, more open and connected. The concepts of openness and connectedness that fuel the spread of social media helps us get back on track. We reward winners, not team players.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

There were interesting conversations at every turn and I also had requests to share my notes and slides. For this conversation, we are going to start with the frame of the analog paradigm and move forward from there. It was a terrific conference, with people from all areas of the state and all areas of the sector. Analog Tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2009

Conversational Fundraising, Not Asking: Twitter is great for "viral spreading of your message" and is useful for donor acquisition. In this campaign, I did less direct asking for money or retweeting on Twitter and focused on engaging followers in conversations about the campaign. There's nothing new about that.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

The Future Of Social Networks When : Saturday, March 14th from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Room A Description: Social networks will be like air, in that they will permeate everything that we do online AND offline. An interactive conversation between past and present elected officials and the audience on political leadership in the digital era.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Things to consider and target include: sender line: who is your email "from" subject line: what are you saying before the email is even opened? opening: do you make your email seem personal, use your database to insert members names design: is it clean?

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

She’s also the founder of The Rooted Collaborative, which I think she’s going to tell you more about later on. And as Steven mentioned, my baby that I released into the world is The Rooted Collaborative. Let’s keep the conversation going. Y’all are in for a super awesome treat over the next hour or so.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2017

Open-Source Tools. Open Data Kit helps you collect and manage data through a mobile app that works offline. Open Function is an automated data integration tool that connects anything to anything (think Internet of things sensors connected to water pumps in mines). Accounting. Web Outreach.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

And so I have more than five years of experience creating online and offline communities to support social and environmental causes as Steven said and I worked a lot in Latin America. And the last thing is just be open to new ideas and cultures. So share local voices and also get people to take offline action.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Voting for the 2012 NTC (Nonprofit Technology Conference) is now open and the competition is fierce. The key is to get all the information you need to deploy a multichannel conversion strategy, with a focus on converting online leads into monthly donors over the phone. Winning with Women: Why Targeting Women is Vital in Fundraising *.

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