Amy Sample Ward

MAY 24, 2011

We’d like to share a few of our major aims and reflect a bit on some lessons learned that we hope will guide our approach in the future and prove helpful to others designing competitions, challenges, and prize giveaways online – in particular those focused on social benefit and public service.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2015

Minneapolis, Minnesota: NPtech Give and Take. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Maximizing Your Nonprofit AdWords. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Design for the Non-Designer | MCN Lunchtime Communications Group. Beirut, Lebanon: Start-up Ideation Meets Design by Bootcamp During BDW. Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Thursday, June 11, 2015.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 3, 2021

For example, Minneapolis-based businesses in 2020 reached out to communities following civil unrest to help clean up, raise funds for damaged storefronts, and distribute first-aid supplies and food. Start by asking, “What social, human, or environmental challenge is my company uniquely positioned to answer?”. Consider factors including….

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Minneapolis, MN: October #NPtech Social Club. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Computer Tutoring (Graphic Design). Toronto, Canada: Intro to Crowdfunding for Nonprofits. Houston, TX: Use Your Tech Powers for Good - Volunteer! Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup. Wednesday, October 9. Thursday, October 10.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 16, 2021

Website Conversions. When you are in the process of growing your online business, there are essential metrics you will need to track to ensure that your business is expanding. One of those crucial metrics is your website’s conversions.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2015

With the turn towards Responsive Design , a CMS is really a crucial part of any content-rich web presence because it allows you to structure your content to adapt to any device. And regardless of which CMS you choose, it’s also crucial to have someone smart “design” your CMS so that the content is structured properly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Greater Twin Cities United Way, HealthPartners, Initiative Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, Northland Foundation, Northwest Minnesota Foundation, The Saint Paul Foundation, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, Southwest Initiative Foundation, Target, UCare, West Central Initiative Foundation and Women’s Foundation of Minnesota.

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Forj

JULY 5, 2017

Three overarching topics caught my eye at the upcoming AAMSE Annual conference in Minneapolis : MACRA and the QPP, Member Engagement Strategies, and Professional Development. These changes directly tie reimbursement to performance and performance improvement activities, which can be designed and implemented using a learning management system.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Vancouver, British Columbia: Design for Nondesigners. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Nonprofit Communications and Technology Conference (MCN). Lusaka, Zambia: Website Building and Designing Using WordPress for Nonprofits. Seattle, Washington: Governance Responsibilities for Nonprofit Boards. Columbus, Ohio: Nonprofit IT Forum.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

We hosted community discussions in Oakland, San Francisco, Washington DC, New York, Minneapolis, and Portland. The choice and design of the tools used to provide communities with a voice can have a big impact on reinforcing positive interaction. Good User-Focused Design & Functionality. So we asked. Excellent Practices.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2011

Museums should make people feel welcomed and comfortable, be gracious and generous, design for a diversity of interests and needs, create situations that increase the likelihood of having a good conversation, and allow the time and space to let people reflect and imagine. What a contrast with this image by Darcie Fohrman.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

And feel free to shout out the panels that you would like to see April 7-11 in Minneapolis. Responsive Designs that Work: Lessons from the Trenches Responsive design is the most effective way to make sure your website looks great on smartphones and tablets, in addition to desktop PCs. Check out our favorite 10 sessions below.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Portland, Oregon: Design Like Mad Portland. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Communications Networking Lunch. Mississauga, Ontario: Coders Anonymous — For Hackers + Social Innovators. Friday, November 6, 2015. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 2015 Tech Impact Awards Luncheon. Saturday, November 7, 2015. Monday, November 9, 2015.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 8, 2010

I'm giving a workshop on design techniques for encouraging user participation (sorry, it's full). I'm giving a free talk at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on the evening of the 22nd, and then a free workshop on the 23rd at the National Postal Museum on designing better mechanisms for visitor feedback and response.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. South Carolina’s Nonprofit Summit is the state’s largest and most comprehensive conference designed specifically by and for leaders in the nonprofit sector. Nonprofit Management / @usdsoles.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 7, 2011

There's lots of content everywhere, including little things you wouldn't usually see on a museum website--like the current weather in Minneapolis, where the Walker resides. Such as: It organizes the content primarily by "stories"--a news lexicon that I've never seen used in a museum context.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Yesterday, I facilitated a hot topic workshop at the Healthy Communities Annual Conference hosted by the Search Institute in Minneapolis. One of the takeaways was, don't assume that everyone thinks like you do - and expose yourself to different points of view. This week I put that into practice.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is the only national conference expressly designed to prepare 400+ college students for a career in the social sector. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits / Minneapolis, MN / Less than $200. Grantmakers for Effective Organizing (GEO) / Minneapolis, MN / $800. Alliance Management Institute.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 7, 2019

At the time, many brick and mortar businesses and commercial properties lacked accommodations such as wheelchair ramps, handrails, and designated parking for those with disabilities. Byte Technology has extensive experience in Minneapolis and St. But the law’s authors never saw the internet coming.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 26, 2014

They brought in Yves Behar onto their board, a designer in his 30s. There''s an example from Minneapolis in the article about this--a donor that the Walker Art Center was cultivating who moved to New York. But I do think some of these examples are really something very different. There''s also the transience issue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2003

Boston Foundation's report on arts funding was designed to answer two fundamental questions: How does the financial support available for metro Boston???s Solid policy research into the nonprofit arts and culture sector, once rare and anecdotal, is now accumulating. This month I'm gathering and reviewing various reports.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Affect is a new community event highlighting the diversity of work and design behind social change. Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. The Diversity Network / Minneapolis, MN / Not available. Xperience Design Project.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 10, 2010

I spent last week working with staff at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) on ways to make this encyclopedic art museum more open to visitor participation across programs, exhibitions, and events. The design constraint is simple to understand, specific enough to be interesting, and doesn't prescribe the output.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

Finally, swing into spring with new web design fashions. Four winners will receive $3,500 in cash prizes donated by by Cisco, and also free registrations to the upcoming NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference in Minneapolis in April. New Nonprofit Web Design Trend. The submission period runs from now through March 22.

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M+R

AUGUST 25, 2021

One reason for this is because Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers was inevitably a tipping point moment, captured on video for the world to see. Dan Rafter loves rolling up his sleeves to design big campaigns for causes that deserve the media spotlight.

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