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2015 SXSW Interactive Round Up

NTEN

After wrapping up our annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), NTEN’s CEO, Amy Sample Ward, and I quickly recharged for SXSW Interactive , where we partnered another year with Beaconfire to host the Beacon Lounge for social changemakers, and with the NonProfit Times to cover stories on the nonprofit technology sector.

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Community Building begins with Community Organizing

Amy Sample Ward

Be sure you lead by example: interact with the community the way you want other organizations and the community members to do. One way to work on supporting your community to not need you managing the program, platform, or whatever else is to encourage interaction without you. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Run a Productive, Fun Nonprofit Board Meeting

Get Fully Funded

” “The conversation easily gets off-track, and before you know it, 30 minutes have passed and we haven’t even discussed important business because we’ve gotten off on a tangent again.” One agenda item is mentioned, and that is Betty’s cue to break into lengthy stories and opinions, basically hijacking the conversation.

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Community-Driven Social Impact: Presentation, Case Studies, and Workshop

Amy Sample Ward

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. At least if you plan on interacting with them! What’s the foundation of CDSI? No Short Cuts.

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New on SSIR: Can Giving Days Strengthen Your Community?

Amy Sample Ward

You can read it and join the conversation on the SSIR blog , or read the copy below. Components included video tutorials, suggested calendars of activity, sample materials, frequently asked questions, logos, and a Twibbon for Facebook and Twitter use. My latest post on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog is now up.

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If a Metric Changes on a Spreadsheet and No One Notices, Does it Show Impact?

Amy Sample Ward

This post originally appeared on the NTEN blog – you can also read the full post and join the conversation on the NTEN.org website. Give me an interactive map, a pivot table, even a plain old pie chart and I’m happy. —– I love data as much as the next person.

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Great reads from around the web on April 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

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. Change the way we associated with others on and offline? Change the internet?

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