Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

Focus on Shared Goals and Shared Ownership. Next, identify what you want to do, what your organizational goals are. Be transparent with everything: in goals, activities, membership, successes, challenges, issues within the community, and so on. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Transparency. Case Studies.

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Community Build Organization Case Study 253

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. Next, identify what you want to do, what your organizational goals are. Strive to Be Replaced.

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Case Study Community Impact Studies 117

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Here’s my latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review – you can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR Blog or below. “Innovating at the speed of communities&# is a big goal, but something organizations and civic institutions can learn a lot from as a model. Communities As A Model.

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Community Library Model Adopt 167

DipJar

MARCH 21, 2022

This might mean you need to re-evaluate your approach and readjust how you’re conducting your prospecting. While one goal of prospect research is to raise more money for your cause , you also want to cultivate lasting donor relationships with people who truly care about your work. That’s where this article comes in.

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Research Consultant Database Gift 91

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

The Vera Institute (2015) offers this definition of social impact bonds: “In a social impact bond, private investors fund an intervention through an intermediary organization—and the government repays the funder only if the program achieves certain goals, which are specified at the outset of the initiative and assessed by an independent evaluator.”.

Program 58

Program Management South Africa Evaluation 58

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Today, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward shared this fabulous video on Facebook. In addition to weekly check-ins, the dashboard includes key performance metrics related to goals as well as more detailed metrics. Articulating measurable goals. Today, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward shared this fabulous video on Facebook.

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Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

Because of its scale, Giving USA includes lots of different data points and inspires tons of conversations and speculation in the industry. Figure out what you deem important for your organization’s goals and focus on research relating to that. How to use it : Define what you want to get out of the report itself.

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Hype Research Marketing Benchmark 52

Global Giving

MARCH 7, 2019

To make things even trickier, it might be easy to assume that a change like this would naturally improve conversion rates, but we couldn’t find many other examples of other organizations who tried something similar and saw a positive result. We ran our test from late October 2018 through late January 2019. Make It Yours.

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Learning Test Sample India 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

One core belief has driven the Organizational Effectiveness program for nearly 30 years: Organizations are more effective at meeting their goals when they have thoughtful strategy, strong leadership, and sound management. We have set up a Web site, [link] , to share information and conversation about the ongoing review.

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Effective Program Work Review 96

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Whether you were here in Toronto or not, I’d love to hear your ideas, feedback, and goals for change! View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Let’s start at the most fundamental place for this conversation. All those people and groups have just as many different goals, small and large. What is a movement?

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Build Community Technology Action 220

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 18, 2010

I can only be in one place, though – but I can start a conversation that goes many places. If we are after impact, we have to reevaluate the way we approach evaluation! It’s been heart warming and also frustrating – I wish I could be so many places at once! Here goes… When I think of Martin Luther King, Jr.,

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Community ROI Facebook Evaluation 179

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

For nonprofits, this should not be a foreign concept. Here's a sampling: Lewis Green warns not to use the traditional investment financial calculations but instead measure value. And, as stubborn as it sounds Mr. CEO, you don’t get money out of a conversation.". But is there is thread here - measurement should be practical.

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ROI Social Media Media Measure 74

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

This is a guest post from Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared’s Global Community Development Manager.&#. 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. Your invitation : Join this conversation.

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Myspace Causes Philanthropy Offline 108

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2009

You can read the post and participation in the conversation on the SSIR blog here! Did you choose Facebook because you evaluated your existing community as well as the audience you wanted to bring into your community, and they were already using Facebook? My newest post is now up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

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Community Myspace Social Network Demographics 100

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 8, 2009

" Seeking Grant Money Today: Nonprofit New Year’s Resolutions That Will Make Your Nonprofit A Better One… - If you're looking for some prompts on evaluating strategies and practices, here are some great questions and ideas to consider. what’s your goal? how was technology changed?

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Bookmarking Delicious Journal Social Media 100

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. Your goal: why do you engage with them.

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Tools Tech Map RSS 162

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 2, 2009

If you only have an hour a week to post to a blog, then it is unreasonable to expect a lively conversation and community emerging from it, at least not very quickly. By evaluating what resources you already have on hand in the organization, you are much more prepared to fully examine your options. Evaluation.

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Social Media Process Media Social 102

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Learning: evaluating what is being said and what information is needed. ARC - social media team evaluate/watch everything and then send summary and highlights to team. over time have gotten other metrics and impact from working on this goal. over time have gotten other metrics and impact from working on this goal.

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

So consider this just the first of many posts related to issues of cultural inclusion, evaluation, and impact. Reducing intergroup bias isn''t a primary goal in all of our work, but in some projects, it''s of particular interest. But how will we know if we are actually achieving our goals? Implicit Associations test.

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Measure Arts People Museum 47

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

I think that we have a lot to learn about where gamifying is most helpful, but we are so far from the saturation point that we should push ahead with full speed so we can evaluate what works and what doesn’t and make adjustments. How do you evaluate organizations that you invest in that develop games to support learning?

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Game Education Change Classroom 132

NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

NTEN's Amy Sample Ward shares from her experiences at the Games for Change Festival. I think that we have a lot to learn about where gamifying is most helpful, but we are so far from the saturation point that we should push ahead with full speed so we can evaluate what works and what doesn't and make adjustments.

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Game Education Change Classroom 60

Whole Whale

AUGUST 7, 2023

Iterative prompt refinement forces clearer articulation of intent and goals upfront, enabling more aligned responses. Refining Prompt Examples Clarifying Voice of Audience Please provide more context about the previous reply – what was the intended audience, goal, and circumstances? Enter refining and iterative prompts.

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Guide Model Summary Structure 52

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Below, I’ve shared my keynote remarks and slides and I hope you’ll share your ideas and further the conversation in the comments. From listening, to creating to evaluating and then back to the listening again so that you can modify and then evaluate, and so on. The next step is focusing on the right goals.

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Library Model Adopt Community 241

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

re not creating a billboard, but rather starting a conversation -- you have to be willing to respond." the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content. others toward a common goal. the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information. and discovery. Simulation ??? Judgment ???

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Participatory Teen Vlog Mashup 50

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Marie Palacios will explain what donors want to know, why it is crucial, and how to share your past achievements, so donors contribute to your future goals. well, five areas of conversation revolve around, “What is impact reporting? Full Transcript: Steven: All right, Marie, I got 2:00 Eastern. Marie: Absolutely.

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Report Measure Process Impact 82

Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

One of the first major to-dos the staff tackled after I took the helm at SVAS was evaluating corporate documents and marketing literature. The goal was to review each document and separate the poorly written ones from those of acceptable quality. If an applicant gets an interview, ask him or her to bring along a few writing samples.

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Tips Sample Nonprofit Skills 97

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls As the year comes to a close its likely time for many business leaders to tackle the annual performance appraisal process. So, here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls.

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Evaluation Mentoring Kansas City Kansas 53

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

"Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? Make conversation with your team.

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Sample Business San Antonio Mentoring 44

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011 New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reach That Goal Social psychologist, Heidi Grant Halvorson, wrote Succeed to help you understand how goals work, what tends to go wrong, and what you can do to reach your goals or to help others reach theirs. That will increase their motivation.

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Goal Mentoring Kansas City Kansas 44

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

My goal for this presentation was to synthesize the traditional ROI process with the best thinking about social media and ROI from the gurus like David Armano and KD Paine. Here's a conversion test: Does an acceptable, standard metric exist for the measure? Can the conversion be accomplished with minimum resources?

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ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

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. Now, we evaluated tools based on who was using them, and how. Analog Strategies. Social Tactics.

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Slides Nptech Digital Case Study 213

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. The NetSquared team will be working the room to activate and facilitate conversations so everyone can enjoy the ride. Listen first and discover where the conversations are! Who : Speakers: Amy Sample Ward | Netsquared; Debra Askanase; Ivan Boothe.

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NTC Netsquared NGO API 126

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

So our goal is to be done at the top of the hour, but if we’re having more questions, we’ll just stay here and answer them till you’re done asking questions. So the question here is, you know, when you look at your workflow, how much of your time is spent actually having these face-to-face conversations with your donors? .

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Money Question Raise Video 109

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

And just as quickly as people responded with outrage against Komen, the conversation changed to be about the women who would continue to need support and the services that help them. We could have done a better job of looking for other hashtags in real-time and piggy-backed on them in order to weave together different conversations.

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Reflection Doc Lesson Cancer 150

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

As much as we’d like it to be so, the data we need to measure progress on goals will come from a variety of sources and tools based on our objectives and KPIs. Don’t wait to collect a year’s worth of data in a week. Finally, avoid getting into data collection and analysis ruts – and evaluate your approach.

Measure 115

Measure Social Media Tools Media 115

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

It’s important to tell the same basic story to every funder so that you can be clear in who your program serves, what your goals and outcomes are, and your overall messaging. So if a program is further along or has loftier goals when you apply to your second or third or 10th funder, you should definitely adjust the information.

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Grant Lesson Tips Video 76

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone Every business leader should periodically call his/her company to observe how their customers are being treated by their employees -- because, all too often a phone conversation becomes a customer turnoff rather than a relationship builder.

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Service Mentoring Kansas City Kansas 40