Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

At the Digital Engagement Event , back on 6th October, David Wilcox and I helped the Community Voices team facilitate two sessions that focused on the three things more important to digital engagement than the technology. Here’s what came out of each session: Session #1 Word Cloud: COMMUNITY. Existing Communities.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 10, 2022

According to the Community Brands Association Trends Study, members in their mid and late career identified industry information as their top priority. Thought leadership material allows you to begin a conversation with your unique industry insights. Increase organization awareness. Learn more.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Despite the novelty, we were interviewing some of the most forward-thinking leaders in our community. Most groups navigated the unusual challenges and got work done. We learned the importance of technology for communication and collaboration. When Kevin Ordonez, my business partner, and I wrote our Association 4.0

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 9, 2024

Many in the philanthropic community desire that nonprofits reflect the communities they serve—including everyone from volunteers and donors to staff, executives, and the board. You want to ensure all voices from the communities you serve are reflected throughout your organization, especially on your board. Christal M.

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Media Cause

APRIL 2, 2021

An integral part of social media management is building and monitoring your community. Community management is the process of building and managing your brand’s community (customers, fans, followers, partners, etc). Below are some foundational steps to building your community management strategy: Know your audience.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Let’s say you’ve taken the important step of hosting a focus group for your nonprofit. A focus group will likely have both written and recorded data. Whether you’ve collected the audio over a video call, traditional phone conversation, or a recording of an in-person event, you have numerous transcription options. Voice Notes.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 16, 2009

That’s part of the key to success when using Twitter for a Global conversation. There are also more and more opportunities emerging for people to coordinate global conversations that happen at the same time, instead of disconnected over time (still tied together via hashtag). What do those # mean? Consider your time.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

What are excellent practices and what questions are good to ask when you want to create a thriving community while maintaining your organizational effectiveness? Having a conversation with your community of stakeholders is an essential activity for nonprofits. Two Community Stories. LikeMinded. Momentum was being lost.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Joanna Pineda, founder, CEO, and Chief Troublemaker at Matrix Group International, Inc. It’s a good idea to include people from outside your organization’s playing field who can introduce a different point of view and push the group forward.” Giving employees voice and recognition are a high priority.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 29, 2021

Pride is not just a celebration of LGBTQ+ voices, culture, and experiences — it also creates visibility for under-represented groups and encourages us all to be our authentic selves. It represents an ongoing movement for equality and highlights issues the community still faces today. Listen and Educate Yourself.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

NetSquared’s February series exploring “Online Community Organizing” includes three different interviews; I’m really excited to participate! I work in and support nonprofit organizations, and my focus on communities isn’t to suggest that organizations are “bad” or aren’t making a difference.

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NTEN

JUNE 16, 2021

This guidance allows us to remain open to change and improving as we grow alongside our local, regional, and global communities. As we have done previously, periodic updates like this help us stay accountable to the larger community, who may only interact with a specific program or aspect of our work. Alt Text for images/photos.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The goals of the DEI Open Source Commons team center around leveling the playing field for everyone in tech by increasing diversity and inclusion at Salesforce community events, in addition to creating and modeling a toolkit that groups can use towards their own diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. “I

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery. If you’re here in Austin, do join us!

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

Your next game-changing testimonial could be just a conversation away. But how do you encourage your community – from beneficiaries to benefactors – to share their stories? Consider using surveys, direct interviews, or informal conversations to initiate this process.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Interoperability Made Real: Open Referral’s Data Standard for Resource Directories Visionlink is dedicated to data standards and data exchange as a necessary part of supporting successful communities. In the community services market, we have converted, migrated, and exchanged more data than any other provider. Working with ANSI, U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Note from Beth: While many of us focus our attention on FB pages, Facebook groups can be a good platform for nonprofits to use for informal peer learning groups, getting feedback from your post passionate fans , or to cultivate and support a brand ambassadors group. Pictures are great conversation starters. Group chat.

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EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. Find out what other groups they support to better target future online acquisition efforts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

She has worked with Candid, Cornell University, the United Nations, and Vital Voices Global Partnerships, among others. Storytelling is core to how we as human beings communicate. Team members make a WhatsApp group, and once the group is established the members are easily reachable by a message sent directly to their mobile phones.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 30, 2022

Every June, the LGBTQ+ community and allies come together to celebrate love and friendship, to show how far the equality movement has come, and how much more work there is to do. Progress is never linear with hate crimes and discrimination against the community rising. Whether you are part of the LGBTQ+ community or an ally.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

Lindsay Simonds will decode the top five most impactful ways people contribute to communities. By understanding core motivations, intentions, perspectives reflected in this webinar, you will be able to build a stronger case for support, increase the impact you have, and gain strategies for creating and preserving community.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

Use the donor data in your nonprofit’s constituent relationship management system (CRM) to segment donors into groups based on shared characteristics and preferences. For example, you can create groups based on supporters’ giving habits, such as donation recency, type, amount, frequency, and reason for donating.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

Our mission is to develop neuro-inclusive communities for adults with autism and other intellectual or developmental disabilities to ensure that everybody has a place and a sense of belonging in the world. These resources have helped AA21 Utah secure grants from Union Pacific Railroad’s Community Ties Grant program, the Larry H.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 24, 2022

Younger individuals from the Millennial generation, as well as some from Gen X and Z groups, will soon become the lifeblood of the nonprofit sector – being transitioned nearly $30 trillion over the next 20 years from their predecessors, the Baby Boomers. In 2015, 87% of total charitable contributions in the U.S. were made by individuals.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

Frida Berry Eklund: My climate-parent group, Våra barns klimat, founded Our Kids’ Climate in 2015, with an aim to bring the perspective of concerned parents to the UN Climate Summit in Paris. We need to normalize those conversations, and then involve our children in acting with us for the climate. Pictured: Devi Thomas’ sons.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2021

In our Thought Leadership Spotlight, we’ll be hosting a conversation about organizational resilience and embracing a digital-first future. Trovon Williams, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications, NAACP. “I’m I’m looking forward to the session, Amplifying Underrepresented Voices in Tech.

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NTEN

JUNE 8, 2011

] By Peggy Duvette, WiserEarth In the nonprofit world, we must listen carefully to our community. But how do we make sure our community feels that its concerns are being addressed while not running in circles to meet every different or conflicting need? Thank them; give them access to greater privileges in the community.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

As a Database Administrator, my world revolves around helping users make sense of the information they receive, from voice-of-the-customer anecdotes and impressions to polished Key Performance Indicator (KPI) graphs, charts, and dashboards. Check out the Blackbaud Community to get started connecting with other data-focused friends.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 25, 2022

But no matter how your nonprofit is doing good in our world, there will always be ways your work and mission are affected by legislation, policies, and local and national events, which means there will always be reasons to make your voice heard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Holly is one of the smartest people I know working with nonprofits on strategic communications. It’s not every day that you come across high quality content shared freely with the community – it helps life all the boats. But it takes content: you’ve got to feed those media platforms and seed those conversations.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Social media for nonprofits is one of the best ways for organizations to reach out, engage with the community, and promote the work they do. SMART goals are the foundation of your social media strategy and should be tied to building brand awareness, increasing engagement with your community, or raising more funds. Engagement.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 23, 2023

GivingTuesday participants worldwide also volunteered, performed countless acts of kindness, and gave their voices, time, and goods. That means that thousands of organizations all over the world are inspiring generosity in their communities on GivingTuesday. Join the conversation! That’s pretty inspiring.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

Yesterday was the 2012 New York Cares Leadership Conference , and I had the distinct pleasure of presenting a session to volunteer leaders and inspiring community members. What you want to be doing with your voice and story via social media will shape the tools and content. Creating Buzz. Be sure to use relevant (but not spammy!)

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Having solid donor engagement strategies in place is important for any nonprofit that wants to inspire generosity in their community and build a base of lifelong supporters. But communicating with your supporters can be intimidating. When posting on social media, skip the formalities and embrace your unique voice and tone.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

We listened to the "rising voices of the people we serve" as a foundation staffer framed it recently. At times those voices were passionately personal, at others they were mandates delivered through data. Skip to the video to watch a short conversation between Chantal Forster, Candid's C. Within each group are form fields (i.e.,

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2010

Last November we saw a few alarming events taking place in this social media for social good sector: Causes left Myspace and Ideablob shut down , both without warning or community support. Building networks, communities, connections, campaigns, and our work. Not All Communities Can Be Treated Equally. But not money.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Community Brands recently shared donor retention data that reinforced alarming trends that the nonprofit sector has been monitoring for a while. A lot of times these calls will result in voice-mail messages, but that’s okay because the message will still leave a strong impression. Send mission impact videos.

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