Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2011

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 March 30th).

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

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. “Is it even possible to measure online influence, divorced from offline influence?&#

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

I’ve written about it , submitted a session proposal with colleague Debra Askanase to the 2011 NTC, and recently had the opportunity to start a conversation on the topic of engaging your community across platforms in a GroupVine message (more information about my use of the tool at the bottom of this post). People are networked.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

I’ve included my interview below, but you can also read it and join the conversation on the NetSquared blog. Or even the networked influence from news coverage and stories from one group or city to the next. We should approach offline action as one of many channels available to us to reach our mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

Thought leaders drive conversations – online and off, influence others, and shape perceptions in their field. 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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

You can bet dollars that they are tracking conversions on that call to action link for the event sign up. Remember that you need to promote your event through all your digital and offline channels as appropriate – email, web site, flyers, and other social channels too.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 23, 2023

Check out these GivingTuesday statistics sourced from the GivingTuesday 2022 impact report and broader impact data to learn more about the influence GivingTuesday has on the philanthropic sector. Join the conversation! GivingTuesday Revenue in the United States Reached Record Highs in 2022 GivingTuesday donors in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2017

Effective delivery of content and learning experiences takes both on and offline connection. Here’s how you can join the conversation: Visit the new Emerging Leaders Playbook for curated resources focused on Leading Self, Leading Others, and Influencing Organizational Change.

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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

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up on the opinion blog – you can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog or read the full post below. But if they congregate online, on a community news site or blog network, join them in conversation there. It’s the same with any platform.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This approach creates a perception of objectivity and avoids the appearance of undue influence, which can happen when only the boss takes on this role. Online brainstorming tools, like Miro and Lucid , replicate the offline experience using virtual templates. Here you can review a comparison of virtual tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Yesterday, I spent most of the day offline at the Wisdom 2.0 Conference where I gave my full attention to the presentations and conversation. The Wisdom 2.0 This year, I was honored to be speaking on a conversational panel about Wisdom and Social Good, Giving, and Technology along with Laura Arrillaga-Adreeessen, author of Giving 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

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. How does the community see their impact and influence on your station? Using Social Media. Start Creating.

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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 know an “influencer?&#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

The NetTalks series , which includes five sessions, is intended to spark a meaningful conversation around alumni engagement and supporting a broader community practice of effective alumni networks. grist.org’s key results are: Footprint: The reach of their activities, both online and offline. Micro conversions or steps.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2009

At the time of this posting, there are already 9,340 blogs contributing to Climate Change conversations today in 150 countries. Blog about Climate Change and start a conversation ( register your blog to show up on the Blog Action Day website ). Blog Action Day 2009 will be one of the largest-ever social change events on the web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2011

Note from Beth: I love when I discovered folks who are community organizers and successfully transfer what they know about community organizing offline to the online world. In fact, it shows that you don’t think you are too important to have relationships with the people you want to influence. Develop Relationships.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 17, 2014

Plus, it’s something that spans both the online and the offline worlds, and can put your organization clearly on people’s radars in a very positive fashion. Here’s where you can generate some buzz offline, because people actually do interact and converse face-to-face, even in a world that’s often ruled by online communication.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

Action can be thought of as creating conversation. One participant said, "A good tweet is something that elicits action offline, for example, a laugh or a conversation. While it is obvious that organizations should follow influencers, what about examining who is following you? Granted, that's hard to measure."

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Connection Cafe

JULY 29, 2014

Just like in the air, the role of the wingman in a bar, club, or party is to provide support and cover for the “leader” by building up his or her persona through stories and casual conversation, as well as by engaging the friends of the leader’s interest. And this is how these “influencers” become your wingmen.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

Several different studies provide insight into why how you present giving price options can influence donors to give more (or less) generously. Another route, especially for new prospects , is to take a look at your average gift (online and offline) and make that your smallest gift level. Suggesting monthly giving.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2012

Conversions? How do you measure the impact of motivating and activating your network offline or via word of mouth and the direct or indirect influence social media efforts are having? Does social media influence their “offline” behavior/engagement toward your organization? Similarly, how many retweets?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Nonprofit leaders need to use social media to drive conversations online and offline, influence others, and shape perceptions. To be effective, it should be closely aligned with the organization’s goals, objectives, and audiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

Just like Mark, @home is moving beyond the old models of documentary film, using social media, web video, and a smartphone “game for change” to to spark a conversation about homelessness, and how we can solve it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2011

At minimum, this application lets people air their concerns to legislators and policy makers easily through Twitter and can amplify more traditional tactics such as email campaigns and signing online/offline petitions. In this example of using grassroots organizing to influence grass tops debates, how do we measure it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Gets feedback and start conversations about their work. Works with free agents , champions, and influencers to spread their mission. She covered how to design, recruit fans, drive offline actions, content strategy, and measurement techniques. Monitors, listens, and researches the people in their network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

to Boston for two days of book events hosted by Associated Grant Makers , Barr Foundation , Public Conversations Project , TechFoundation and Berkman Center Luncheon series. Networking: Weaving Online and Offline, Strong Ties and Weak Ties. This “relationship building&# conversation is the foundation of forming stronger ties.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up and I hope you’ll dive into the conversation with me! Because individuals network together online and the biggest influencers are our closest friends in our network. This may not seem too terribly interesting or scary, but let’s take a closer look.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up and I hope you’ll dive into the conversation with me! Because individuals network together online and the biggest influencers are our closest friends in our network. This may not seem too terribly interesting or scary, but let’s take a closer look.

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2011

After all, we know that offline donors who are on our email list have a higher average gift. Having this alternative go-to source for advocacy, on a platform our constituents already embrace, provides us greater flexibility in our efforts to influence conversations and garner support. Our Facebook presence helps us do that.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

assessed the conversation and they had a 58% negative blog/conversation ratio (used manual researching, icerocket, forumtracker, search.twitter, etc.), organizational change is slow, you have to have patience, opinion starts to change once you find influencers within. Are there ways of catching offline datapoints?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The social business sector has shared metrics and understanding of being data-informed. That changes the conversation for nonprofits. But expect how you report and measure impact with the social business sector. She touched on some of the implications for staffing and governance.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Finally, we are beginning to measure how many volunteer applications come by way of our social media channels as well as using marketing sites like Klout to measure our influence online. You have to listen to what they are saying and not be afraid to jump into a conversation. At the same time though, you’ve got to like people.

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NTEN

APRIL 4, 2011

Be able to converse about the social or environmental issues at play (even if you're not an expert). Share your offline interests. In the interview, engage in friendly small-talk by complimenting the smiling kids framed in a photo on the desk, or asking about what influences staff culture. (In Nonprofits care about their work.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Twitter was just a channel to mobilise people to give up their time to create real offline fundraising events. Not only did they achieve their goal of influencing the political agenda around bullying but raised over £200,000 in doing so. I can't wait to see next year's planned global march on UN!

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

This Valentine’s Day, take a tip from your offline relationships and start listening. Don’t feel pressured to join the conversation yet. You’ve got a general feel for the conversation and you’ve just started engaging in it yourself. Determining influencers. Gauging influence. Just listen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

My teaching style has been influenced by constructivism in short - less "sage on the stage" and "more guide on the side" and that learners should be actively involved in their learning process. I tend to bumble-bee around and listen in on selected conversations, but it is important for people to hear from their peers.

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