Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Organizations have communities that support them and care about their missions as their own – it is a matter of recognizing this and finding ways to work along side the community that will help strengthen organizations and help them meet their missions. Q: What does “online” add to the community organizing?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Together, digital communications inspire 74% of donors to give. Smart-home voice assistants, such as the Amazon Echo and Google Home, could also provide new ways of giving. Millennials, Gen Xers, and Baby Boomers all prefer to give online and digital communications significantly influence their giving.

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NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

Plan targeted communications to each audience with specific messaging that will best engage them in your campaign because of who they are and your relationship with them. Specific audience-centric communications will help you relate to individual constituents and give you the ability to track response rates based on each group.

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Relationship Raise Tips Fundraising 208

Neon CRM

JUNE 23, 2023

GivingTuesday participants worldwide also volunteered, performed countless acts of kindness, and gave their voices, time, and goods. Fundraising 4 Types of GivingTuesday Email Communications You Need to Send 12 min read Read Now 3. But financial contributions aren’t the only way people got involved. participated in GivingTuesday 2022.

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Statistics Fundraising United States Global 98

The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

THE AGITATOR / DONOR VOICE. If you’re not afraid of getting into the nitty-gritty of network building, both online and offline, this is the blog for you. In this blog, you’ll learn about: Storytelling for Social Good, Fundraising, and Nonprofit Communications. FUTURE FUNDRAISING NOW. THE STORYTELLING NONPROFIT.

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Bookmarking Storytelling Nonprofit Social Media 98

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

But operating and communicating as if every commenter is a troll will shut down conversation very quickly. Thank her for speaking up and sharing her comment/question/concern, point them in the right direction for more information and resources, and offer to speak with her directly offline (or at least off the comment thread) about the topic.

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Community Management Lesson NTEN 249

Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

31% of offline-only first-time donors are retained for over a year , versus 25% of online-only first-time donors. Ensure all of your marketing materials reflect your organization’s brand by incorporating your logo, fonts, colors, and tone of voice. An effective communication cadence will help you stand out and maintain their attention.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

They also see how you present the array as a point of communication from you, much like how body language communicates in real life.”. The takeaway is the high-to-low arrangement subtly communicates that smaller gifts are not welcome. Research by NextAfter confirmed that “People see your array as more than just an array.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Leading on social media requires nonprofit CEOs and their staff, even Trustees, to master basic digital communications skills that allow them to engage directly with stakeholders as themselves, in their own voices. So, I’m always delighted to see programs that encourage nonprofit leaders to embrace social media.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Make sure that you have strong communication plans set up for the last two months of the year, even if you are working from home. Here’s an example of what a year-end fundraising communications calendar can look like before Dec 1: Want this template to create your own year-end fundraising plan? Year-End Fundraising Campaign Goals.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

The lack of communication about the actual decision, but more so in the lack of communication about the development, direction and intention of Causes and ideablob indicates that transparency isn’t a part of the package. Community feedback shapes everything from our goals to our website and everything in between.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 3, 2010

—– I truly believe that in all communications, information sharing, marketing and even community building there is a natural balancing between more-and-more-global and more-and-more-local. Global use of social media is also a great way to amplify voices, ideas, and stories.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

" How do your social media channels fit in your organization's emergency communications plan? In this post, we hope to voice many of the tools, resources, and tactics that have been shared, in hopes of encouraging others around the world to get involved with the digital relief efforts."

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2015

Voice over IP phones are probably the most important (and least utilized) technology for that purpose. Then the key disaster preparedness concern becomes communication, not system and data preservation. And when you're offline, you have access to all the Box documents because the documents cache offline."

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I blogged earlier this year about research that indicates very strongly we’ve replicated our offline social barriers and segmentation in our online social networking platforms. ( Visit danah boyd’s website for more information and research on this topic.) as a form of self expression and identification.

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Myspace Technology Causes Application 158

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I blogged earlier this year about research that indicates very strongly we’ve replicated our offline social barriers and segmentation in our online social networking platforms. ( Visit danah boyd’s website for more information and research on this topic.) as a form of self expression and identification.

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Myspace Technology Causes Application 158

Everyaction

APRIL 23, 2018

The most effective way to consistently communicate with your supporters is through email, a huge majority of Americans check their email at least once a day, and the number is only increasing. Activate & organize supporters on and offline. Communicate constantly with mobile optimization and social media matching.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2010

It comes at the same time that I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the importance of community builders/managers/leaders or organizational voices to give permission back to the community members. You have to trust that the community will take your communications or mission forward. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Also new this year, we established headquarters in our offices that served as our communications hub. The basics of it include strong media relations efforts, a media trade program, strategic communications through our own robust channels and active outreach to organizations. They are enthusiastic and positive voices for us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

We have designed and been delivering “ Friending the Finish Line ” with the goals of having organizations create an integrated social media strategy into their overall communications plan and as a way to accelerate the progress of their children’s health care advocacy work and create a peer networked learning community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

They are the respected voices who others turn to understand sector social change issues. If they are an inspiring leader offline, they’ve incorporated this into their social stream and they understand their style and tone. If your nonprofit’s executive director or CEO a thought leader?

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Social Media Leadership Media Social 134

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

Source – keep track of how people signed up or what topics brought them to your list so you can target content and make your kinds of communication relevant. Tips for testing your messages: From field – do your messages currently come from “Your Organization&# ?

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Care2

MARCH 8, 2010

With such an explosion of new voices, that’s a lot of tweets and noise for nonprofit campaigners to filter through. NancySchwartz – As a nonprofit marketer, Nancy tweets about online and offline communications including email copywriting, fundraising strategy, and nonprofit resources she discovers.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2013

Sometimes we even put voices and faces to names (er, Twitter handles), whether through a phone call about the group’s evolution or an in-person meetup at the NTC. Claire Sale, a longtime #CommBuild champion, says this is her favorite part: “Mixing the online/offline builds stronger bonds between people and projects.”

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

Use the tool for what it is: a communications platform. Target your communications, leverage mashups and applications that help you deliver information, updates and calls to action that are important to your work and your network, and then move those supporters into the movement taking place above Twitter. It’s not going to work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

The Valley Medical Foundation: This organization provided an example of the personal versus organizational voice issue that social media often brings up. Robot Voice Disguiser for Large Group Facilitation. My son lent me his Robot Voice Disguiser which was good for an opening laugh, but the chimes were preferable.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2013

Sometimes we even put voices and faces to names (er, Twitter handles), whether through a phone call about the group’s evolution or an in-person meetup at the NTC. Claire Sale, a longtime #CommBuild champion, says this is her favorite part: “Mixing the online/offline builds stronger bonds between people and projects.”

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Facilitation Guidelines Hosting Twitter 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

[Resources “>here ] My training craft and what I have been teaching in train the trainer’s sessions around the world – how you blend content with engagement, both online and offline. I was challenged when I walked into the room and saw a podium, two large screens, and microphones set up in the middle of a sea of tables.

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Skills Reflection Management Aggregator 96

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Sarah Granger: advise nonprofits on using social media for advocating and communicating. Are there ways of catching offline datapoints? HSUS - integrated it with everything else, email campaigns/newsletters, offline, etc. even one voice can give you great insight. what things need to be measured. industry benchmarks.

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

Care2

MAY 15, 2009

Firstly, know what you want to get out of your campaign or communications online. They were able to use the platform for organizing offline events, finding and collaborating with volunteer organizers, and more. The new map galvanized the community because they were able to really understand the impact of the plan.

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Social Media Tools Online Advocacy 34

NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

But, as the sector has embraced online giving, we've had a niggling voice in the backs of our heads telling us that the donors we've cultivated online aren't sticking around. Unfortunately, there's nothing in the report about the cost of acquiring and cultivating donors online vs. offline, so it's hard to say.

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Attention Metrics Online Fundraising 36

NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

This resulted in us creating a “sneaker-net” approach to providing basic asynchronous ICT services to rural villages: a complete offline Wikipedia that fit on a CD-ROM, and severely restricted bandwidth throttling to allow community radios to access the Internet (via prepaid RBGAN) for $2-3 a day. . Voice remains the killer app.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

We are here to talk about “The 3 V’s of Virtual Communication.” Hi, Steven, very glad to be here and chat with you again and featuring attendees about communication strategies. And it’s really how to communicate your cause in 2021. And ask anything about communication, what you’re focusing on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Here’s my picks for SXSW Nonprofit Panels: A Conversation About Change Agents Through Social Media Social media is causing a revolution in how information is shared and communities are formed. Online numbers don’t always equate offline results. How do you build an online community that makes a serious impact for your cause?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Networking: Weaving Online and Offline, Strong Ties and Weak Ties. That’s where I first discovered and connected with the Global Voices Community around my interests in Cambodia. (I’m I’ll be on the Twitter back channel following the #netnon hashtag from the Independent Sector Conference in Atlanta.).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 27, 2006

Getting Attention talks about boosting blog coverage – it can have good offline benefits for your organization. I haven’t tried really hard to use them to create community (and no one that I know has yet IMed me because they saw I was online from my blog.) at 6:19 pm I think I made it easy to add your voice.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

We've long believed that being able to exert influence comes down to becoming a trusted voice, to building strong relationships, and - having done those - to shaping how people view an issue and the possible solutions. These are all things that can be done amazingly well online, and at a scale that cannot easily be replicated offline.

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