Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Part of my role as the Global Community Development Manager at NetSquared is to support and grow our offline organizers from around the world. This offline network, called Net Tuesdays, balances the work we do online to connect all those working at the intersection of technology and social impact.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

A nonprofit CRM helps you keep all this information organized and easily accessible. Once you have information about your supporters’ interests, engagement histories, and past interactions with your organization, you can reach out to them with more personalized messages that speak to their motivations.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 23, 2023

When it comes to the following payment types, a payment processor is required in order to facilitate a secure transaction: Credit and debit cards: This is the most common digital payment method, allowing donors to use their cards for one-time or recurring donations. Two things to note real quick about offline payment methods.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2011

And, with resources like “ Like Minded &# that facilitate the fast sharing of best practices, we’re bound to see more. Does a fundraising campaign simply happen by itself or are there core organizers who help with lift off? The report was filled with examples , but more and more are coming to life everyday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

Earlier this month I was lucky enough to attend the CATechFest in LA designed and expertly facilitated by Aspiration. Or they can be maps of networks of organizations and communities. Organization. You need to let them know why you are making the introduction and this can be done online or offline. Hierarchical Position.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 4, 2020

It is likely that the questions and responses will prompt conversations between participants that can continue offline or in another session. Links to Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, can help you increase brand awareness and facilitate networking before and during your virtual event. Program Networking Sessions.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

It’s crucial to understand just how important year-end fundraising is for your organization. 31% of offline-only first-time donors are retained for over a year , versus 25% of online-only first-time donors. They will see your organization as more credible and trustworthy as a result. Year-end giving statistics roundup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

The book is about self-care for individuals who work for nonprofits and how it scales within nonprofit organizations. If your organization has a story to share for our book, let us know. I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

This year I took off a full two weeks during the holiday, spending time with family on the Big Island on a coffee farm and mostly offline. Facilitator for Learning Network: Most of my work is designing and delivering capacity building projects for nonprofits literally all over the world and here in the US. The Sun Sets on 2014.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Scales social media by empowering everyone in the organization and integrating social into work flow. Masters of relationship marketing. I recently took a workshop on visual facilitation with David Sibbet. That’s the biggest problem we have with content strategies – getting organized.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The talk, facilitated by online community veteran Scott Moore , delved into various facets of online community. The purpose of managing customer service is to answer questions and address experiences with products and/or services an organization offers. How can an online community be moved offline?

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

However, learning to properly market online and offline is an important opportunity for organizations. That’s why far too many organizations operate without a clear marketing strategy: making a good one is time-consuming. . You can even post a video that takes your supporters behind-the-scenes of your organization. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

What is its relationship with charity:water? How did the relationship originate? How is it being organized? On February 12, 2009, Twitter users will meet up in over 100 plus cities to socialize offline, meet other Twitter users, enjoy some fun, have a few drinks, and raise money for charity: water.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 4, 2020

It is likely that the questions and responses will prompt conversations between participants that can continue offline or in another session. Links to Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, can help you increase brand awareness and facilitate networking before and during your virtual event. Program Networking Sessions.

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Virtual Network Create Social Media 52

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

The first thing I asked about was his view of the new role of nonprofit organizations in the social media or technology revolution that is well underway. I still think this is one of the most dynamic opportunities that nonprofit organizations have now, providing a way to be more than a source, a service, or a membership. I asked Prof.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

I use low tech tools first – paper, markers, sticky notes, and sticky dots. Participants spend time working together to draw their networks — people and organizations who are important to reaching their organization’s outcomes. These are people or organizations that are strongly connected within a network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2011

It can also facilitate informal communications with other people in the grantee organization. What contributes to the consultant relationship success ? It is just getting underway both online and offline. The former being a strategic planning process that changes the way the organization works.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

More and better partners, more and better relationships with reporters and more or better policy maker relationships. Organizations’ communications strategies have more impact individually and collectively. So, for these organizations, their content pyramid also includes integrating offline w/online channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Casey Foundation's " Making Connections " initiative Part of the Making Connections core approach uses (offline) social networks. The pot luck supper is a wink and node to what I learned from Eugune Eric Kim a few weeks ago It is the idea that trust building and relationship building is important to informal learning networks.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2015

Activism That Drives Supporters How is it possible to establish meaningful relationships to create and mobilize for change in this noisy digital age? Amidst that backdrop, one session hosted a critical conversation about the real issues of online harassment and opportunities for organizing for change. >>Read

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Jonny will provide live graphic facilitation of the highly interactive and fun panel. It was organized by Ed Schipul. But free agents are smashing headfirst into nonprofit fortresses—organizations with high walls and wide moats that work very hard to keep insiders in and outsiders out. Check out his illustration of the panel).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them. This is important for both online and offline instructional delivery. This gave me an excuse to look at different types of peer learning exercises and facilitation techniques. Illustration by Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Last week, Dan Michel offered an intriguing answer to this question : “What form of social media measurement does your organization engage in; Community participation, advocacy (earned mentions, discussions), or donations ($ or time)? &#. As Michel notes, The bill passed and our advocacy folks are taking a well-deserved break.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2011

As she says, “ Go one way, and you risk overstating the influence, go the other and you’re dismissed as assuming individuals in the Arab world incapable of leveraging social media tools for organizing.&#. What is needed, perhaps, is a Twitter Annotation project to facilitate translation of languages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

This is especially important if you want to be effective using social media for your organization, but it is bigger than that. You need to let them know why you are making the introduction and these can be done both online and offline. These can be done offline and online. You can more efficient. Mapping Your LinkedIn Network.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 8, 2017

During this time, many nonprofits reviewed their email marketing programs for compliance, and Blackbaud ensured all of our products used to send email facilitated your ability to do so. Sending transparent, relevant messages to those who asked to hear from you is the best way to enjoy long-lasting relationships with your email subscribers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The focus of Eugene's work with this network was to better understand its community, the most promising group practices, and have an open discussion that would facilitate learning and interaction among these leaders who were miles apart, spoke different languages, and had Internet access challenges. We visualize networks in a different way.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

Social media can be a useful (though often overlooked) tool for frontline workers in social service agencies to engage with youth, according to Jason Shim, a Program Facilitator at the Canadian nonprofit, Mosaic Counselling & Family Services. Focus on the relationship. Beware of "Facebook creeping." Don't sell.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Many of us have been up early playing with Jumo, setting up our individual profiles and finding issues and organizations or setting up profiles for organizations. The platform was seeded with some initial organization profiles and a focused set of issues. Here’s the article from today’s New York Times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

I agree with her points: Causes facilitates the spread of your organization's message. I'd also add that if you do the relationship building piece, you can get better results with fundraising dollars on causes. It's the relationship building, it's the relationship building. . My fundraising colleagues concur.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The second C, Collaboration, refers to the idea that social media facilitates the aggregation of small individual actions into meaningful collective results. Collective action can take the form of signing online petitions, fundraising, tele-calling, or organizing an offline protest or event. The Second C: Collaboration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

I attended a panel called "The Future of Social Innovation on the Web" This all-guy panel was facilitated by Dennis Whittle, Global Giving and featured Premal Shah, Kiva.org; Jonathan Greenblatt, Our Good Works; Steve Newcomb, Virgance; and Ben Rattray, Change.org. There must be catalytic organizations. He defined it as: "If Web 1.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2005

Last week I wrote about Steve Shu's post about facilitating blog communities. I asked if there were a set of best practices or design principles in facilitating blog communities. Steve has shared his learnings on facilitating a blog community. Steve posted a comment with some tips. Steve provides some examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

Being online or living a connected lifestyle is something many of us do - and as smart phones, Facebook, ipads, and other technology tools become part of lives, we have to examine our relationship with them and find balance. She reaching for her blackberry facilitated "hyperthinking" with others. Soren Gordhamer, Wisdom 2.0

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

NetSquared DC organized a panel discussion on Engagement Strategy: Empowering Champions* and Influencers* on November 3, 2015, to delve into this question. Create meaningful relationships with both of these groups. Think of a team, group, community, or organization that you're really passionate about. Engage Offline.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Beth is an internationally recognized trainer who has developed and implemented effective sector capacity building programs that help organizations integrate social media, network building and relationship marketing best practices. He’s handed out more than 1,200 bags to shelters, soup kitchens or even on the street.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2005

conference, will help non-profit organizations move into that world -- byte by byte, blog by blog, RSS feed by RSS feed. What we do know is that both the online and offline work of every non-profit can be enhanced by a dynamic online community in which organizations and users support one another. This site, and the Net??

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