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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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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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. You need to let them know why you are making the introduction and this can be done online or offline. These can be done offline and online. You can use sticky notes and markers.

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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. The report was filled with examples , but more and more are coming to life everyday. Here’s one: ACTion Alexandria is an online civic engagement initiative with three main goals.

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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

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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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

31% of offline-only first-time donors are retained for over a year , versus 25% of online-only first-time donors. Your online donation form itself should be easy to fill out to facilitate ongoing donations through your website. Donor Stewardship: Expert Tips To Build Strong Relationships.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

9 of the best nonprofit CRM solutions available Start compiling potential CRM solutions by reviewing the following top options for nonprofits: Bloomerang Bloomerang is dedicated to helping nonprofits build relationships with their supporters, raise funds, and ultimately retain more support year after year. How often is the software updated?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat. Innovation Lab Facilitation : For the past few years, I’ve trained in and designed and facilitated innovation labs using the Luma Institute Methods. Facilitation, Curriculum Development and Train the Trainers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Masters of relationship marketing. I recently took a workshop on visual facilitation with David Sibbet. As part of my learning journey to put these ideas into practice, I’m integrating visual techniques into my facilitation repertoire. Two things I did. JD Lasica and I co-facilitated a workshop on measurement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

Some points that particularly resonated and that I have been working on myself are: Mindfulness is about becoming aware of how you direct your attention – both online and offline. Social media can help maintain larger networks of weak ties, but only a limited number of strong-tie relationships can be maintained irrespective of media.

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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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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The talk, facilitated by online community veteran Scott Moore , delved into various facets of online community. Community managers foster relationships with customers and build community on an organization’s available channels. How can an online community be moved offline?

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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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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. He also added that it is important to have structured information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

They are asked to visualize the relationships – and who players are both online and offline. Also to show the relationships to different clusters (related people or organizations) and nodes (a person or organization). Ventura County Community Foundation - March, 2013. Radio Bilingue.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

But the important difference is all about the formation of connections, or relationships. Instead of thinking, “what can the relationships with members do for our organization?” or, “what can our relationships do for our members?” or, “what can our relationships do for our members?”

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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? Throughout the conference, Amy and I wrote articles on a select group of sessions highlighting innovations at the intersection of nonprofit technology and social change.

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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

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

More and better partners, more and better relationships with reporters and more or better policy maker relationships. So, for these organizations, their content pyramid also includes integrating offline w/online channels. On the Ground Engagement: What will you ask people to do offline? Content Curation on Twitter.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

However, learning to properly market online and offline is an important opportunity for organizations. If you’re not using social media to meet supporters where they are, then you’re missing out on an opportunity to build meaningful relationships and drive support for your mission. . Payment facilitators. Match donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

Tom and Cecile shared a rich story about culture change, loosing control, building relationships, story telling, multi-channel strategies, engagement techniques, online/offline metrics, and more. So, how specifically do they build relationships on social networks?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2011

What is needed, perhaps, is a Twitter Annotation project to facilitate translation of languages. 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.&#.

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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. In addition to the graphic facilitation, there will be other interactive learning elements. Online numbers don’t always equate offline results. And how will this impact the way we build relationships and find information? Trust me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

June Holley, an expert in networks and facilitating a community of practice of network weavers , defines some of these techniques below. 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. Mapping Your LinkedIn Network.

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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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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

DECEMBER 9, 2010

As Dan Michel notes, “ Our social media strategy focuses on brand awareness and engagement and is part of an integrated communications strategy. We spend time identifying and building relationships with super-advocates online and engage them — similar to the way you engage major donors or champion advocacy constituents.

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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

OCTOBER 19, 2005

After the second thread , Steve wrote an incredible post about blog community facilitation learning. I asked him some questions about connections between offline/online communities and how to encourage non-bloggers into a blogging community. His response: Steve answered my questions both in a comment and back over at his blog.

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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.

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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

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. . If you do the math, that's $41 per donor.

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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. The context is that many projects don't offer this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Jumo helps connects people with issues and organizations on the first rung of the ladder of engagement, but the challenge will be how to cultivate relationships to bring people up that ladder to higher levels of engagement and involvement – from following and connecting to making donations to making change offline. Chris Hughes.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

This resulted in us creating a “sneaker-net” approach to providing basic asynchronous ICT services to rural villages: a complete offline Wikipedia that fit on a CD-ROM, and severely restricted bandwidth throttling to allow community radios to access the Internet (via prepaid RBGAN) for $2-3 a day. .

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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.

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