Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

At the Digital Engagement Event , back on 6th October, David Wilcox and I helped the Community Voices team facilitate two sessions that focused on the three things more important to digital engagement than the technology. Offline vs Online. Tags: events issues digitalengagement digitalinclusion socialbysocial. COMMUNITIES.

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Voice Reflection Conversation Digital 102

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

At the Digital Engagement Event , back on 6th October, David Wilcox and I helped the Community Voices team facilitate two sessions that focused on the three things more important to digital engagement than the technology. Offline vs Online. Tags: events issues digitalengagement digitalinclusion socialbysocial. COMMUNITIES.

Voice 102

Voice Reflection Conversation Digital 102

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Step 1: Identify all the groups within your community. To start mapping the community we need to first identify which groups are within it. Maybe you work with schools so you have segments for teachers, administrators, parents, students, and then groups outside of the school.

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Metrics Community Map Template 219

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

There are many proven practices and strategies for engaging with communities and building up participation, whether around an event, a campaign, or a cause. First, identify what your community wants to do – what it is coming together around, whether it’s an event, an action, or a movement. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Community Build Organization Case Study 253

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

Nearly 18,000 people participated in the 24-hour, online fundraising event, raising more than $2 million to benefit 1,200 local nonprofits. I am very glad to see that the Greater Washington event incorporates training into the planning process to boost the capacity of all participating organizations.

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Community Giving Washington Arlington 158

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

On & Offline Engagement. But the action, the real social change, is offline. First, ensuring that there are opportunities to engage and participate both on and offline (especially in the promoting and sharing) can increase participation and ultimately feet in the streets. Online is great for organizing.

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Reflection Offline Social Network Collaboration 129

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

I normally separate my post-presentation blog posts and slides but think it will be valuable to group them together this time. 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. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Social Media Public Media Community 178

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

All of the words probably have different meanings to each of us, but as a term, I mean programming, services, media events or campaigns that emerge from the needs, actions and involvement of the community. But both the community and your organization want to see certain laws passed, things improved, programs created or groups supported.

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Case Study Community Impact Studies 117

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Accordingly, advocacy-focused Environmental and Wildlife / Animal Welfare groups had the highest click-through rates in this year’s study, followed by Health organizations, where many subscribers may have a personal connection. Email Campaigns: Know Your Audience and Get Results.

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email Marketing Nebraska Omaha 169

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2013

But most of all, within this e-book resides the wisdom of a group of individuals who have dedicated their lives to making the world a better place by using their talents to make a real difference. 3 Ways to Use Social Media in Your Next Campaign by Amy Sample Ward, Author of Social Change Anytime Everywhere and Membership Director at NTEN.

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Content Marketing Free Fundraising 120

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

To some, these events were unimportant. But to many people active in online social action communities, these events had deeper meaning. This is a guest post from Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared’s Global Community Development Manager.&#. This is a guest post from Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared’s Global Community Development Manager.&#.

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Myspace Causes Philanthropy Offline 108

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

It’s back-to-school time for many countries and that means a switch from summer programs, outdoor community events, and many youth campaigns. The parties, the dances, the school events, they all helped shape many of the memories from being school-aged. The Research. Secrets, secrets are no fun! Going to Johnny’s party?

Online 126

Online Social Network Facebook Charity 126

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2009

When I talk with organizations about how they are using social media tools to engage online, whether they’ve already started or not, I find that the most common approach is to set up that Facebook group, add a blog to the website, or even set up a wiki for an event. Social media spaces can be supported and grown on and offline.

Life 100

Life Learning Offline Social 100

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

I am excited to say that we have created a bit more content, a new discussion group, and are planning a roundtable discussion for December! Global Scale Purpose: Bonnie and I were inspired by conversations with each other on and offline but knew there were many more people who should be involved in discussing, sharing and learning.

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Global Discussion Wiki NGO 117

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2011

Even the language used to enage has to be carefully crafted to avoid priming and group think. Read the full transcript from the June event , and check out previous CommBuild Chats – hope to have you participate and share next month! I think that every community needs goals. Yes, think about the Starbucks communities.

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Community Offline Language Discussion 123

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2009

Jamie Burke is hosting the Female Social Media Guru UK Awards as an opportunity to “challenge the current under-representation of females on event panels by offering a high profile platform for women.&# between women and other non-privileged groups on the Web? How do those differences impact opportunities and voices online?

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Award Social Media Media Austin 100

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 12, 2010

—— Last year I used the metaphor of “ gardening vs landscaping &# to outline some of the key attributes I believe make for successful community building, on or offline. The basic idea: The Gardener creates an ecosystem open to change, available to new groups, and full of fresh opportunities to emerge naturally.

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Build Community Ning Offline 143

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

Partnerships – We partnered with as many groups and sponsors as we could. Second, we would focus on taking the campaign to off-line events as much as possible to facilitate meaningful connections between the online and offline world. We also leverage media opportunities to drive traffic to the campaign site.

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Raise Japan Interview Disaster 176

Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2010

This guest post comes from NetSquared community development manager Amy Sample Ward. NetSquared works online and offline to connect the global community at the intersection of technology and social change. Offline, we take things local! Read on and learn how to get involved. read more.

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Netsquared Local Offline Chapter 43

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The winner will join a select group of senior leaders from some of the world’s top private, public and civil society organisations, and will get first-hand lessons in innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership from some of Bangalore and Mumbai’s leading social entrepreneurs.

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India Network Netsquared Offline 126

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I have always been proud to support WWT both during the telesummit and during the rest of the year with other offline meetups, online content, and more. To get started, first brainstorm and identify the various groups or segments of your community. Tools and Apps to Energize Your Base.

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Tools Tech Map RSS 162

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

The charity has announced plans to close in 2015, but it is keeping its options open in the unlikely event that advances against malaria are reversed. “We There is so much talk both online and offline, from inside organizations and from outside, that “nonprofits are broken.” We’ve done step 1: admitted that we have a problem.

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Change New York Exercise Offline 203

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Last month, my blog here on SSIR discussed the idea that nonprofit organizations, with the use of social media, can now create shared spaces online for their communities—truly convene groups online. She posts her photos to the group and something clicks, “we could do this for our annual holiday event!”

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Roles Review Change Social 100

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Whether you are working on a campaign, a program or a service; whether it is online or offline (though I would argue it should probably touch both!); It is a test group, essentially, but with the kinds of people who may help make the tool better and/or use it in their work. Temporary versus Permanent Networks. People are networked.

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Network Influence Platform Offline 140

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Charities that have traditionally focused on offline fundraising have also learned in recent years the importance of online giving. Nonprofits that use online friends asking friends or peer-to-peer fundraising programs usually see spikes around these events during the year. Start by checking a sample of your own data.

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Online Fundraising Offline Blackbaud 90

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2010

In the future, I’d love to have others suggest topics that they working on or want to explore with the group. Tags: community events 4change chats community buidling community management twitter chats. For this first chat, I wanted to go ahead and pick a topic so that we had something to drive with. Let me know.

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Community Build Case Study Phase 174

Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

Our organizers hold monthly offline events for anyone interested in the connection of technology and social impact. May Events. A total of 28 events were held in May in cities ranging from Guayaquil, Ecuador to Adelaide Australia. Find your closest NetSquared Local group on our map ! What is NetSquared Local?

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Netsquared Guatemala Ecuador New Zealand 47

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

I am so thrilled to have the chance to participate in this event and thankful for the invitation. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. We have community groups, schools, local leaders and people at every age, interest, and skill level. All those people and groups have just as many different goals, small and large.

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Build Community Technology Action 220

Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2013

But most of all, within this e-book resides the wisdom of a group of individuals who have dedicated their lives to making the world a better place by using their talents to make a real difference. 3 Ways to Use Social Media in Your Next Campaign by Amy Sample Ward, Author of Social Change Anytime Everywhere and Membership Director at NTEN.

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Ideas Fundraising Effective Blackbaud 55

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

And be sure to share invitations for the fundraiser and those that donate to his or her campaign to join your organization outside of facebook (on your enewsletter, your action alerts, an offline event, or something else to keep them on your list). How many of your fans or group members are in your database, though?

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Causes Myspace Donation Application 166

Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2015

Amy Sample Ward — CEO, NTEN. It is a set of procedures for how people at an organization will stay in touch and keep doing their jobs in the event of a disaster or emergency. And when you're offline, you have access to all the Box documents because the documents cache offline." Here's what they said.

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Disaster Hurricane Images Offline 36

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Be sure to really consider this as there are probably many different groups, supporters, collaborators, or other audiences that you may not list right away! List these next to each audience group from the first column. Are they offline: at events, in your office, elsewhere? #4: 1: Who are “They&#. 2: What we Want.

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Conversation Story Support Strategy 111

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2009

to share some of what I believe is the core of successful community building (on or offline). Some people define it as organizing, especially around specific events, campaigns, legislation, or fundraising. I want to take a break from all the hard work building community (does that get a wink?)

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Community Build Online Social Network 226

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Every month, a group called #4Change organizes open & lively conversations about how web-connected communities and our use of social media tools are helping to create change in the world. Starting the Conversations: Here are some questions to consider: How does online discussion and networking connect with and support offline action?

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Social Media Twitter Change Media 117

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

A recent event has brought up some huge red flags for me around data, around communities, around social impact, inclusion and even more. This event focuses on Causes , an application for supporting and fundraising for organizations by individuals, groups and even the organizations themselves. What it Means to Individuals.

Myspace 158

Myspace Technology Causes Application 158

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

A recent event has brought up some huge red flags for me around data, around communities, around social impact, inclusion and even more. This event focuses on Causes , an application for supporting and fundraising for organizations by individuals, groups and even the organizations themselves. What it Means to Individuals.

Myspace 158

Myspace Technology Causes Application 158

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2010

This interview is part of her virtual book tour; check out the full calendar of events. When I moved from California to Washington DC in 1998 to be with my then-boyfriend, now-husband, I decided to start my own consulting company, which originally focused on writing for environmental groups, thus EcoScribe Communications was born.

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