Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

There were some similarities and differences in both the questions and perceptions around engagement and community. The people who donate, listen in, connect with our programs by calling in, reading or commenting online, and coming to our offline events are our community. The questions he raised include: ??is

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2009

It’s always a little weird to talk over the phone and not be able to hear or see those you are presenting to, but everyone was really great with comments and questions and responding online so I knew I wasn’t talking to myself! The questions folks asked at the end were terrific!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But a good CMS can also facilitate constituent relationships in a number of other ways, including facilitating comments, blogs and social media. A good CMS should also include a built-in Spam filter to keep obviously unrelated content from cluttering your comments sections.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

If you are an RSS subscriber to NetWits, your feed will be automatically updated with the main npENGAGE Interactive feed. If you have questions about npENGAGE or your NetWits subscription, please ask in the comments below or by email. Third, NetWits will redirect to npENGAGE starting this weekend. See you there!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I volunteered to be the “expert&# in residence for the “Program&# track of Office Hours. The description: “ Talk with Michelle about internal software systems – document and knowledge management, CRM, client management databases, intranets, etc.&# So, come join me. So, come join me.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

At the beginning of the session, I asked folks what their burning questions were. Below are their questions, and my quick answers. What questions and answers would you add? Answer these questions: 1. Do the steps in question #1. How do you encourage comments? Make it easy to comment. Ask for comments.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

I’ve been helping a client hire a temporary project manager, and so in the interview process one of the questions I ask is how people keep up with change in the field. 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Holly 08.07.08 at 7:16 am The question of how bleeding edge we need to be intrigues me. 2 Jack 08.07.08

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

I track two hard data points: RSS subscriber growth over time as well as the feed delivery stats (email versus reader). What is the quality of the conversation in the comments? Conversation Rate : This is the commenting and conversation that is happening on your blog. Did you do any outreach to encourage commenting?

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NetWits

AUGUST 15, 2011

Seth Godin came out with a list where he essentially asked the question “How do you prioritize life?&# Comment on a blog post you wrote three days ago. New post by your favorite blogger, delivered via RSS. Two Questions for You. But it’s also very though provoking in terms of our work in the nonprofit space.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

I decided to do an action learning experiment on these questions: What are some useful techniques social search techniques that might yield richer leads than traditional techniques? Gavin left a witty comment , chucked with some excellent advice. s the answer to my question??? The key for me was: I???d who should I ask.???

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, June 1, 2011 How to Start a Nonprofit Organization: Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Make the Leap posted by Robert Duea , Professional in Residence ASU Lodestar Center and Pat Lewis , Senior Professional in Residence ASU Lodestar Center So, youre thinking about starting a nonprofit organization. Have questions?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

Okay, so let me answer the question by posed by The Tactical Philanthropy blog. Click on the RSS button in the results page. Add the feed to your RSS Reader. Follow the feed and leave comments when mentioned. You can also use RSS to "listen" for mentions of your organization in the news. Technorati.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2009

The Status Update algorithm will be based mostly on how many “Thumbs Up&# or “Comments&# your Page gets. But if you don’t purchase advertising, or regularly receive Thumbs Up or Comments, then your Page and your Facebook strategy could easily stagnate. They have to know that. 2) The Boxes Tab will disappear.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2011

Practices also useful when sorting through challenging and complex issues include asking open-ended questions , taking notes , and repeating/confirming what you heard others say. If you have your own tips for nonprofit success, please share in the comments section below. Sorry about the missing comments, folks!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

This week, I asked the question: What is the biggest mistake a nonprofit can make with their website. at 11:56 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Michael 07.31.08 at 11:56 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Michael 07.31.08 Check This List 07.28.08 Check This List 07.28.08

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 6, 2011

We welcome your comments and feedback. Click here to take the 10-question quiz! I'm proud to say I scored a 9 on this quiz, though I'm not sure which question I missed, I guess I'll have to read the reports again to find out! How to Start a Nonprofit Organization: Questions t. Nice quiz! Great point, Sarah!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 25, 2008

It’s an interesting question, what Android might (or might not) turn out to be. So far, it’s simply vaporware. Not waiting for Android vaporware (my research suggested it was probably a long time coming, and would not be on my carrier, AT&T,) I decided to succumb, and buy an iPhone 3G. More on that in a later post. {

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

If you’ve seen some other good nonprofit infographics, then leave a comment. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

7] Additional questions? If you have additional questions, please contact us through the Ask the Nonprofit Specialists section of the ASU Lodestar Centers website, or call us at 602-496-0550. How to Start a Nonprofit Organization: Questions t. This is such critical information for board members!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 10, 2008

One question I asked all of them was about whether they had a process of reflection and evaluation of their work, as it was going on, and when the project was coming to a close. Unfortunately, none of them had an answer to that question. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Michele Martin 03.10.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 8, 2008

But the real question is: will this actually result in data portability? { Update: LinkedIn, Flickr, SixApart and Twitter have now joined Dataportability.org. This is, of course, great news. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

So the model that I am coming up with is a combination of that model, and what I would call an “inquiry based&# model – helping people in a more structured way come up with specific questions and problems before the event, and then use the event to collaboratively answer those questions, and solve those problems.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2011

Posted by ASU Lodestar Center at 12:16 PM Labels: Asset Based Community Development , Chandler , community , Hannah Humphrey , nonprofits , Public Allies , social media 1 comments: George King said. How to Start a Nonprofit Organization: Questions t. I agree we need more of these model communities. Thank you for the post!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Linux Desktop Migration November 16, 2007 Linux has proven itself as a server platform – no one really questions it. A large chunk (the majority?)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2011

2 Learn: The learning happens through interacting and commenting. Someone will share something, and you can ask a follow up question or read the comments of others. Many of those that I follow are on different platforms, so I tend to set up listening posts based on where my sources are. #2

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2011

Posted by ASU Lodestar Center at 12:13 PM Labels: AmeriCorps , Arizona Citizens for the Arts , Michael Soto , Public Allies 1 comments: Siobhansaid. How to Start a Nonprofit Organization: Questions t. Thank you, Michael for sharing your story and reminding all of us Americorps Alums of our service to this Country.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 17, 2008

Have an active user and developer community I know I can get my questions answered from the community are good enough so that you can get real work done using the tool (in fact, under most circumstances, you could do mission-critical work with it, if your mission called for it.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 6, 2007

Gavin started this all off by posting a good and interesting set of questions about the efficiency of folksonomies. at 5:46 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth 01.08.07 I’ll agree with Gavin, that folksonomies sure are less efficient, and a lot more messy than taxonomies. What do those guidelines look like?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Joanne Fritz asks the question that is probably on the minds of lots of folks in the nonprofit sector: what are we going to do in facing the current problematic economic climate? at 12:13 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 robert guinto 04.19.08 And I get to highlight the work of some of my favorite bloggers, too.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

To their credit Convio asks this question on their blog : “Should organizations like Convio, and Giving USA continue to offer these sorts of insights to the nonprofit community, or is this simply self-serving marketing fluff? Commenters on Allan’s post wonder about the fate of Convio’s IPO. Time will tell. {

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 15, 2011

Icons for their RSS feed, Twitter feed, Facebook page, and newsletter are featured at the top of the blog. • It asks questions readers can respond to. • If you have suggestions for juicy nonprofit blogs I should check out, please let me know in the comments, or email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. It's easy to share.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2007

A few tweaks (mentioned in the previous post,) and I was up and running with all posts and comments intact. There is no question in my mind that free software has won the CMS/Blogging race, hands down. { This migration, unlike the Mac OS -> Ubuntu migration, has been completely painless. Now, there is. Actually, there are several.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

We are much more successful when the stories come with a blurb than when they are simply automated RSS-feeds. Holly Ross simply ignores it and track the number of comments and likes on individual posts. That particular wall post had 31 comments and 15 likes, way higher than other types of posts. Techniques for More Engagement.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 27, 2011

We welcome your comments and feedback. How to Start a Nonprofit Organization: Questions t. As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 24, 2007

at 12:09 pm { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 11.10.07 at 9:00 pm Well, for one thing, I should have used mutually exclusive questions instead of checkboxes. [poll=2] { 1 trackback } Roundup for November 2007 « Nonprofit Blog Exchange 07.09.10 at 7:21 pm What did you get out of this survey?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 30, 2007

I hope that in the process of doing projects for clients, I am able to ask those deep questions, and help them ask “why&# much more often. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Michele Martin 08.30.07 at 6:50 pm Michelle, I like how you differentiate between the mission of your blog and the mission of your work.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 2, 2007

What I like: I hear about a lot of new things from Deborah, and she explores a lot of new tools, and asks good questions. My tip: Allow non-registered users to comment – I imagine you’d get more comments that way. My tip: Allow non-registered users to comment – I imagine you’d get more comments that way.

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