Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

The Real-Time Web and Its Future , a new report from ReadWriteWeb , focused on the changing ecosystem of the Web, one that runs in real-time. “For the following report, we interviewed 50 companies, developers and executives building or leveraging real-time Web technology. First, what does the “real-time Web&# really mean?

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 12, 2022

When Data Mover was being discussed on stage, I couldn’t help but envision how this enhancement will benefit administrations looking to consolidate business processes and better leverage data. Contact Cloud for Good today to discuss how Salesforce can help you get the most out of your institution’s technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

She interviewed Manny Hernandez from Tu Diabetes and Es Tu Diabetes , and Ayumi Stubbs from the ASPCA Online Community. Recently, Thom Clark, Gordon Mayer, and Demetrio Maguigad did an email interview with me. Users can import their Flickr photos from their account and promote their profile pages and widgets on Facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

—– In a previous post, I discussed some of the highlights from recent reports about the impact of celebrities and data on Millennial donors. Ensure that your Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and any other online profile you have includes a link back to your organization’s website. Hold open discussions.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

Using the definition above, the point of the webinar and discussion was to talk about ways that organizations (of any kind) can create opportunities for the community to decide, organize, orchestrate or otherwise fuel engagement. Here’s a quick video interview I did with Annie Shreffler : Presentations. Engaging Community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Charity Digital News published this interview with Rob Leyland, Innovation Manager, about their recent efforts. NPR interviewed ethics expert Mason Marks, a medical doctor and research fellow at Yale and NYU law schools, and recently wrote about Facebook’s system, to discuss the ethical and privacy concerns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2015

As I’ve gone back through notes, I wanted to highlight some of the discussion threads and ideas that came bubbling up around the human side of data for good. In other words, she interviewed and profiled many small nonprofits with few resources who were using data to guide outcomes. Data As True North.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Typically, there is a discussion like “We need someone who has x skill.” Can you help me think through it?” That’s something that a LinkedIn profile alone won’t necessarily tell you, making the screening process all the more important. You can sign up here. But don’t be a fool with a tool.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2013

Just the other day at Upwell we were discussing, over a yummy lunch made by Upwell's Director, Rachel Weidinger, that we feel like we know each other better than some of the other teams we've worked with because we often cook and eat lunch together. And if they didn't do all of that, they would go hungry. No lunch for them!

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 24, 2011

This post features an interview with Sarah Schultz, a museum staffer at one of the institutions Light profiled in the book (the Walker Art Center). My favorite part of Paul Light's book was his discussion of "why to say yes and how to say no." This is why informal staff discussions and time together is so important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2013

Rheingold’s low-tech technique, a post-it note on your computer monitor, is a simple and elegant way to help train your attention. During the workshop in New Zealand, we discussed different methods for being mindful and what might apply to our practice. Here’s a recent interview with her in the Atlantic (by way of Rheingold).

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Neon CRM

JULY 21, 2023

Next, it involves reaching out to potential candidates and conducting a thorough interview process. Speaking about your work and your mission at other community functions or at personal and professional gatherings cuts through the noise to raise your nonprofit’s profile and engage new audiences. Want to learn more about Neon CRM?

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 9, 2023

To take advantage of these connections, here are some tips: Schedule regular brainstorming sessions where board members can share potential contacts and discuss strategies for approaching them. If a skills assessment feels too formal, simply ask them what they do for a living, or look at their LinkedIn profiles.

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NTEN

JULY 13, 2010

We’re profiling NTEN members, posting our brief introductory interview (5 questions each) and then turning the reigns over to all of you. We discussed the importance of a strategic plan and solicited some free consulting ourselves regarding how NTEN should brand the NTC (all on its own or in connection with our org).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Elaina Todd, an environmental planner who develops social marketing campaigns with the nonprofit conservation group Rare, is profiled in our most recent case study for Benetech’s Miradi software. Miradi, is used by nature conservation practitioners around the world to design, manage, monitor and learn from their projects.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Here's the latest news and discussion from all of us at TechSoup Global. Jim profiles a new project dedicated to informing the public about greenwashing. Chris discusses virtualization with Monique Sendze of Johnson County Library. Alex considers an interview with Paul Levinson on the future of media and human interaction.

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Care2

MARCH 28, 2011

This conversation also led to a discussion about the role of anonymity in community and storytelling. The darkened profile video interviews that some organizations use to meet this need for anonymity allow people to maintain their voices on an important issue without compromising their need for security and safety.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2009

Profiles VS Pages. Profiles are for individuals, Pages for Organizations. Recently redesigned pages to be more like profiles. Profiles are optimized for individual communication. All pages require ADMIN - designated FB profile - for security reasons because they want a real person. Pages are more public presence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2011

With a relevant offering for the influencer, they seek blog coverage or social network profile endorsements. I went straight to the strategy and measurement chapters. By building relationships with critical influencers, they hope the communities following these leading voices will follow suit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2011

Instead, we are sharing them as slides ( original and annotated ) that not only conveys what we’ve found but also serves as a tool for sharing and discussing the conclusions with others. The traditional form for these type of findings would be a whitepaper.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2008

This week we'll be discussing and building Module 3: The Social Media Ready Nonprofit Organization: Dealing with Resistance as part of NTEN's We Are Media : Social Media Starter Kit for Nonprofits project. I've heard other colleagues comment, "Our legal department didn't know we had a MySpace profile until we could show the results."

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Below is an edited transcript of an interview from October 11, 2008 with Cami Walker, the founder of the 29-Day Giving Challenge, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast. In the interview, Cami mentions that she is writing a book about the 29 Day Giving Challenge. How has it affected the project, if at all?

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Today, an interview with Shelley Bernstein , the Manager of Information Systems at the Brooklyn Museum, and the engine behind that museum’s fabulous forays into Web 2.0. They would comment on the photos we'd taken and add notes with links to their own profiles. So it’s a calmer discussion, and the people here appreciate that.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

We got the opportunity to sit down for an interview with Elizabeth Dove, the Director of Corporate Citizenship for Volunteer Canada. High-profile frontline organizations are overwhelmed but staffed (e.g. From discussions with our global networks, these dynamics are experienced throughout the developed world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

There has been some discussion in nonprofit forums, blogs, and listservs about the pros and cons of Facebook Pages versus Groups for nonprofits. Because the number of Fans you can have is unlimited (whereas the Friend limit is 5,000 on an individual profile). Heather Mansfield, Facebook Best Practices - Interview. on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

If you want to learn more about what I’ll be talking about, read this interview in the Guardian. She quickly became a national figure with regular appearances on talk shows to discuss the problems with public education in Brazil, despite threats from teachers, administrators, and even fellow students. Gen Z By The Numbers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

We did mostly full room discussion, but I broke it up with some moving around exercises. I gave them a high level description and asked them stand - and then I interviewed them in front of the group about the social media habits, pointing out the different segments. This breaks up the full room discussion format a bit.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

There are many ways to conduct this form of market research, including surveying by email, phone, F2F interviews, public space intercepts, and even setting up focus groups. What competing organizations are doing to raise funds. Why former supporters are no longer donating. Segment your constituents. Get word of mouth flowing.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 17, 2015

Paul Light profiled 26 nonprofit and governmental organizations in Minnesota in the 1990s, each of which innovated over time, changes in leadership, and circumstance. readers like you as well as a colleague from one of the institutions Light profiled (Sarah Schultz, then at the Walker Art Center). The second post , in which Museum 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

For example, NPR saw her post on the MomsRising blog and did a long interview with Dawn about her experience of sharing her health care story with the President that aired across the nation on Election Day. Lessons Learned: 1) The lines between social media and traditional media are permeable. Note: She had received no compensation.)

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

So, we assembled a research team at Arizona State University and set off on an ambitious research project to survey and interview volunteer managers across the U.S. While volunteer administrators talked at length about the challenges that emerged, many also discussed how the switch to remote technologies promoted access to their mission work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

One of the themes I’m going to discuss is the Art and Science of Engagement. Societal Change: Impact on society, policy discussions, and conversations that advance sustainable practices. Register here. After conversation starters is to make connections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

I told the story about posting a video interview with my dad (who was 86 at the time) on YouTube about his first blog post and how I discovered a community of "older" people using YouTube. many of the tools have similar elements - status updates, profile pictures, short bios. Is it only younger people who are using social media.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2007

The profiles were the last thing added, when we were getting into the nature of the site itself. I'm a big advocate of the profile part, and want to see it used in other ways for members to contact each other. I think a cool thing is that we took a fair amount of push on the personal profiles.

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Forum One

AUGUST 17, 2009

Before the event we used the Knowledge Garage to share document resources with participants, promote discussions and idea sharing, and to facilitate online connections so participants could better connect with each other when the Summit began. The list goes on and on, depending on what you're trying to accomplish (and who your audience is!).

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Just like with User Interviews , you want to make each of your audience groups is represented in your participant pool. To find these participants, like with Interviews, you can rely on your internal stakeholders to identify folks that might want to participate and fit the profile. Surveys and Interviews. What’s Next.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

The exhibition will coincide with programs about art theory, online communities, and crowd theory, providing a forum for public evaluation and discussion about the process. Why not send us your own photos and join the discussion here at The Great Tate Mod Blog? Individual profiles, groups, fan pages and applications.

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