Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

CTK Foundation Grant Award: Social Media, Technology, and Poetry for the Soul | Community Organizer 2.0 – "I was contacted by my colleague John Haydon last week to write about an interesting foundation grant challenge by the CTK Foundation. Is your organization considered a content curator? Are you a leader or a follower?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Granted, the positives do outweigh the negatives, but it is important to step back occasionally and take a critical look at how social media is impacting nonprofit technology at your organization as well as your digital staff. Nonprofits have spent years promoting Facebook and get rewarded with a 2% organic reach. Our reward?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2021

Avoid frustrated fundraisers by using a peer-to-peer software solution that includes the following tools to make fundraising easier. Without these customizable fundraising pages for your supporters, they’re often restricted to offline methods of fundraising. Make a Facebook fundraisers referral.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Social media has always been a key communication tool for Give to the Max Day. But this year, the buzz leading up to the November 15 event on Twitter and Facebook, as well as on sites like YouTube and Linkedin, was even stronger. We were able to coach many nonprofit staff on best practices using email, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

So often I find that we are too quick to say that because a website doesn’t have our domain, a tool is downloaded to our computer, or a platform doesn’t have our developers working on it that we can’t be responsible for measuring and analyzing the way we use it. Step 3: Identify the tools. New grants or new programs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/taprootfoundation. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? Website: www.taprootfoundation.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2011

Create a vibrant online platform that inspires offline action, where challenges are posted, solutions are debated, successes and failures are archived, data is both disseminated and captured, stories are shared, and essential civic relationships developed. Disclaimer: Razoo is a Zoetica client).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

If you have been following me on Twitter, Facebook, this blog or other social media channels, you know that my father passed away several weeks ago. I used simple measurement tools to collect data and further analyzed it in Excel spreadsheets. For the event, I used the Facebook Insights, Rowfeeder, and Storify. Fundraiser.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

The message explained that Causes would be focusing on only providing service to the Facebook platform, encouraging any MySpace users that wanted to continue using the application to migrate, too. In the Causes move, the issues around community are very clearly focused on the different demographic groups represented on MySpace and Facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2010

What’s the difference between online and offline marketing – or is there one? I think they are more alike than many people think — at least the people who get tied up focusing on the tools, rather than what they are trying to do with the tools. They represent every kind of nonprofit you can think of!

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Data analytics is one tool in that mission. Are social media users reading the blog posts that they click through to from Facebook posts? If your nonprofit has a Google Grant, you’re aware of the different metrics you can track as part of a successful Google Grant management strategy. Landing page. Online Giving Rate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I used this an opportunity to reflect on my experience as a free agent over the years and while the tools have changed, the principles effectively using social media to fundraising for a cause have not. And while the small nonprofit, The Sharing Foundation , benefited from the prize money, there were also other benefits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2009

You might remember that a few weeks ago there was an article in the Washington Post proclaiming that fundraising using Facebook Causes was a failure based on a calculation of dollars per donor. I'll boil it down to " Causes is A Friending Tool, Not A Fundraising Tool." Think like an offline community grassroots organizer.".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Anyone can set up a profile for an organization (it prompts for an EIN number ( but not required ) and Facebook account url) and you can opt to be the administrator. But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Maddie Grant, founding partner at Culture That Works and NTEN board member. NetSquared DC Engagement Strategies Panelists — Maddie Grant, Andrew Nachison, and Dale Pfeifer (left to right). Blog posts will be longer pieces, whereas Facebook posts will be much shorter. Or, find a new tool. Engage Offline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2009

So do “click actions” like signing a petition and becoming a Facebook fan actually make a difference? They are used to text messaging, MySpace, Facebook, get-in, get-out, instant gratification. This flaw is not that the tools are ineffective; it’s rather a misuse and missed opportunity by the organization.” – Kristin Ivie.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2007

I'm going to use it (if I can carve out the time before I leave) to create some screencasts of my workshops to have offline- just in case the Internet doesn't work. The content that I cover in the screencast, btw, is a quick peek at two Facebook apps. Alan also points to a blog devoted to Facebook apps. Yet to be created).

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

That’s why we’ve taken the guesswork out of the equation by curating only the best strategic marketing resources for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, and Pinterest. Social Media Marketing Tools. The way Make-A-Wish win at social media is through their Facebook account. Facebook updates per day.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 28, 2023

The current iteration of the AI boom, which went mainstream in 2020 and exploded toward the end of 2022, will revolutionize the internet, digital communication, and offline activities in ways we may not even realize. What do these new AI tools do? What Are The Limitations of AI Tools Like Chat-GPT? What do these new AI tools do?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2013

This year the foundation took their six-week fundraising campaign online using peer-to-peer fundraising to supplement their offline campaign activities. At the end of the day the foundation raised $203,817 which included a matching grant, recruited 152 fundraisers on 36 teams, and attracted 170 first time donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

He believes that: "Inspiration + Know how + tools = you can change the world" The tools are just tools, but you need to add your network. CRAM = Connect, Reward, Action, Memorable - mentions Technorati as a tool to find your potential audience who have interest in your cause or programs. What is the first step?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

And in each of these we will talk a bit about tools, tactics and strategies. Analog Tools. What this means for tools, specifically, is that we don’t actually like technology. The tools in an analog world fulfilled a specific function but did not influence our planning or programs. Digital Tools. So let’s dive in!

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Your organization already understands the importance of having updated and adaptive techniques for all its digital tools and marketing outlets. Modern nonprofits use a wide range of technology tools and software in their digital marketing efforts, including but not limited to: Their websites. Text messaging automation tools.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Patton, Donorly Multi-channel Marketing Strategies with Branding and Google Ad Grants – by Carl Diesing, DNL Omnimedia Turn Your Social Media Feed into a Viable Fundraising Channel – by Ryan Thomas, Oneicity. And one of the best ways to do that is through integrated, consistent messaging across all channels – online and offline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

They are working to combine online and offline organizing. There are multiple technologies in their tool-kit. and they combine them in any variety of ways depending on the campaign: website, blogs, ties to external bloggers, online media sites, Facebook, Twitter, online ads. There are multiple technologies in their tool-kit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use the free or low-cost tools and resources listed below to significantly improve your digital marketing and fundraising campaigns. The service provides analytics and easy integration with multiple third-party tools. Websites & Email.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2021

Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use the tools and resources listed below to significantly improve your digital marketing and fundraising campaigns. The tool also ensures that your website is compliant with WCAG 2.1 Websites & Email. accessiBe :: accessibe.com. See also OptInMonster.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

The goal is to help participants create a social media strategy AND take a deep dive into the tactics and tools of social media. What social media tools are they currently using? There is more and more audience research for users of particular social media tools and a lot of it is free. What will resonate with them?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

And I believe that when you do that, when you add those stories and the ease of telling a story to your tool chest, if you will, that you are building a strong foundation to be sustainable, to help people understand what it is you do, what you need, all of that, and that really you’re building lifelong supporters. .

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

You know, you’ve been on social media, you know you’ve been on Facebook and you’ve seen these donations you meant to give and you start scrolling and then, “Oh, I got. And when I say ready your board, have the proper tools and trainings in place. I have a Facebook group. ” They forgot.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

Annual reports, this is the number one tool that I use in my virtual asks. Our past donors, our current donors, our funders, the grants we received, what we’ve done in the last year, our successes. I won’t do it on Facebook. Twitter is fast, Facebook is friendly, LinkedIn is formal. Maybe our challenges.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 30, 2021

If they give online, and again, obviously, a lot of direct mail is going to get people online, but it’s still about 12% of donors that are going online, so a lot of money still comes in offline. When I started monthly giving, a lot of these tools didn’t exist. Now, you have online giving tools. You have the tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

A common mistake is to assume that because a person is “young&# and has been using Facebook for years to stay in touch with friends and family, then they must be good at using social media for branding an organization. What websites were your visitors on right before they visited your site [Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace]?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The internet is loaded with amazing free or low-cost tools and resources! Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use the tools listed below to significantly improve your web and email communications and your social media campaigns. Social Media. Buffer :: buffer.com. Chatfuel :: chatfuel.com.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Donate | Stay Informed | Twitter | Facebook. Donate | Take Action | Volunteer | Twitter | Facebook. The Tyler Clementi Foundation's mission is to end online and offline bullying in schools, workplaces and faith communities. Donate | Volunteer | Advocate | Twitter | Facebook. Donate | Stay Informed | Twitter | Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2018

The number of low-cost or free apps and online tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use the apps and tools listed below to significantly improve your web and email communications and your social media campaigns. Social Media.

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