Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

We covered how to do Community Mapping (identifying the segments and goals of the community), Content Mapping (creating a plan for which content goes where, and why), and Data Tracking (pulling all the numbers together). Community Mapping. >> Content Mapping. >> Presentation. YOU can do it! Step 2: Goals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 7, 2024

a Google-certified digital marketing agency focused on the Google Ad Grants Program and recommended 600+ clients. In today’s digital age, nonprofit organizations are increasingly relying on online platforms to reach a wider audience and fulfill their missions. What is Google Ad Grants?

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Forum One

APRIL 30, 2024

The following is a comprehensive guide to help organizations looking to build a conversational AI that is enhanced by the use of RAG, including considerations for planning, design, and technology stack. Utilizing cloud services like AWS , Azure or Google Cloud is important in providing scalability and flexibility.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 4, 2011

I’ve documented the community and content mapping processes before, you can use the slides above to see the process or review the blog post with instructions. You can also use these links to get the templates: Community Mapping template. Content Mapping template! View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

One of the biggest barriers to sharing our experience and knowledge, and learning as organizations is the belief that we are all so different we can’t actually share or learn from each other. what other organizations have a vested interest in the success of our station? Defining Community. Using Social Media.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. ARC - gather data every morning and share with organization via email; issues that seem sensitive or are newsworthy will contact subject matter experts to follow up. Can’t wait! Feed digest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Post-It Note Facilitation of A Network Map - 2012 Pakistan NGOs. A few months ago, I listened in on a Google Hangout with Eugene Kim and Dave Gray where they discussed the question “Is documentation learning?” What’s in your facilitation toolkit? But wait, paper??? And, I’m not alone.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Be as we have seen in events around the world, the revolution will be tweeted, photographed, mapped and posted to our status. And most importantly: it will be documented and shared by large numbers of people, experiencing it first hand, and sharing news and updates in real time. How To: Use Tech to Organize Today.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Capriza has developed what they call a virtualization-based approach that allows someone to make an internal organization mobile app for a department — in as little as a week. Capriza Zapps can also connect to things like barcode scanners, Google Maps, and other outside devices and services. via search to end-users.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 14, 2020

Map Content. This information can help you map out the content to match with their behaviors. You can easily do this by creating an Excel document or Google doc to organize your content and identify what will go to which segment of your audience, and at what time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2015

A content curator v ets, filters, organizes, and presents information in a instructional way. He has organized clusters of tools around different concepts of use that a social media professional might need. Format: He has organized this resource in a Google document — his slides, FAQ, and links are on one page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

” This is the burnout from too many emails, meetings, and collaborative tech tools that limits our organization’s ability to get stuff done. If your organization has not spent the time to map out work flow norms related to the tools, it can result in a lot of stress, misunderstanding, and a big loss of productivity.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

—– Whether you are part of a nonprofit organization, an action campaign, a local community, or a school, you know that it is through stories you can showcase your work, change people’s minds, inspire them to make change, or join you to make a difference. or read the entire post copied below. Historypin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2014

” There are two repositories: an organization archives – reports, data, and documented knowledge which is more and more in electronic format and individuals’ memories (if they are still working for the organization.) Organizational Amnesia. That is the wrong place to start.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

We thought it might be fun to share with you some TechSoup staff recommendations for apps beyond the usual suspects : Facebook, Google Maps, Twitter, YouTube, Gmail, Pandora, iTunes, and Google Play. Documents To Go for Microsoft Office documents. PDF Viewer to look at PDF documents and also eBooks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Others have also documented and used the technique or taught others how to do it. Gunner also facilitated a brainstorming and affinity mapping exercise to unpack all the possible topics for deep dives in small groups in the afternoon. These techniques are based on human-centered design principles.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

Among a sea of nonprofits, today’s organizations need to do everything they can to squeeze more out of their marketing budgets. Google recognizes the power of search engine marketing and shares free access to its paid marketing platform with eligible nonprofits. What Are Google Ad Grants?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2013

It was fun to see NGOs in Tunisia begin to embrace, adapt, and apply the concept. The template itself is geared for the USA, but since Holly has so generously shared it for free in Google document, I suspect it could be easily localized for NGOs in many other places of the world and easily converted to other languages.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

This is a natural fit for the organization and they have plans for future apps focused on earthquake, hurricane, tornado, and flood preparedness. First Aid by American Red Cross - Google Play. Charity Miles - Google Play. If you regularly manage your organization’s Facebook Page this could be helpful. Google Drive.

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Kindful

JUNE 17, 2021

On average, there are over 70,000 Google searches conducted every minute, which averages out to be approximately 5.5 Multiply this out and you’re looking at over one trillion Google searches every single year—and this number will keep growing. What exactly is Google for Nonprofits? Why we love Google for Nonprofits.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Gone are the days when a nonprofit could put up any old website for their organization and check that task off their to-do list. In this article, we’ll catalog ten nonprofit website best practices your organization can use to maximize your investment. In today’s ever-expanding online world, that’s important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

I'm also doing a session at the NTC in April called " Mapping Metrics To Strategy: Using Measurement To Improve Your Social Media Efforts " with panelists Wendy Harman, Red Cross, Qui Diaz, Livingston Communications , Danielle Brigida, NWF, and Susan Granger, PDF. It becomes part of your organization's culture. Identifies influencers.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

This is a natural fit for the organization and they have plans for future apps focused on earthquake, hurricane, tornado, and flood preparedness. It would also be great to allow users to ask friends to sponsor their personal fitness goals for the benefit of an organization the person is passionate about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

More and more we are beginning to recognize the risk of communications overload, and organizations are trying to simplify the workflows for teams. Some tip include mapping out a good process for work flow and using collaborative technology effectively. Amy Su Jen offers up a great framework for individuals. Sound familiar?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner , MapTogether.

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Care2

AUGUST 24, 2011

Whether you are part of a nonprofit organization, an action campaign, a local community, or a school, you know that it is through stories you can showcase your work, change people's minds, inspire them to make change, or join you to make a difference. You can also create groups to share privately across a team, and organization, or a network.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2013

And these are no urban legends: These security and privacy breaches happened to real people and actual organizations. His Google account was taken over and deleted. This meant a year's worth of family photos, important documents, and saved emails. It was also still accessible through Google search for a few weeks.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner, MapTogether.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

The result is an impressive document that can be used by many non-profit organizations, NGOs, International Organizations and even government ministries and agencies to address similar problems in their own organization. " Indigenous Mapping: Emerging Cultures on the Geoweb: Where 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

The result is an impressive document that can be used by many non-profit organizations, NGOs, International Organizations and even government ministries and agencies to address similar problems in their own organization. " Indigenous Mapping: Emerging Cultures on the Geoweb: Where 2.0

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

Debra Askanase, Founder, Community Organizer 2.0 Primarily, it's about creating a fundamentally engaging experience for the website visitor that brings them closer to your organization. Think about separating your goals into “priority” and “lesser priority” goals for your organization. Authenticate – FB Login, Twitter OAuth.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 9, 2011

The quibble is that this "sector" is really a whacky collection of radically different organizations. Who thinks social service organizations should fly under the same banner as those that organize the public for political change? Google Labs has a cool tool where you can map usage of words in published materials.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Currently, I listen for information about several specific areas: me, Technola, Pro Bono Net, document assembly, and access to justice ( legal aid , pro bono legal services, Legal Services Corporation , and so on). Just follow these steps: Go to Google's Blog Search. Search for your name or your organization's name.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

View more documents from Noah Flower. has used the Internet to disseminate its model, empowering local communities to self-organize and build their own playgrounds using free resources on its website. is one of the first non-profit organizations to take this approach online. Case Study View more documents from Noah Flower.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Assign them key tasks and document results. Define user habits, outline behavior, document social activity, note their tendency to be tech savvy (what percentage are using a mobile platform, etc.), You have a site map that resonates with the way your audience accesses information. and identify their top three tasks on your site.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Organizing activities, such as Hayes Valley Farm has done by inviting their online followers to volunteer on the farm, gives community members a chance to connect in person. Make something beautiful together : Organizing an offline activity that has a goal or an endpoint, gives community members something to build towards together.

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NTEN

MARCH 15, 2011

Of course, lots of rich media can bog down your servers, leading to a slower response time, which can hurt your rankings on Google and other search engines. You can also schedule updates in advance, track mentions of your organization or keywords, and find out what keywords people used to reach your site -- you might be surprised!

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