Amy Sample Ward

MAY 24, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Making Stories Work for Your Org: What the Data Says | NTEN – "Don't count on a personal story to transform your fundraising appeal.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

In my case, I'll be talking about some of my hard-learned lessons of not having a well-defined personal brand in social media when I first started out way back in 2002 and how that has carried over to the work side of my life. It's a nice mix as you have someone from a larger org, someone from a smaller org, and a consultant-type.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

In my case, I'll be talking about some of my hard-learned lessons of not having a well-defined personal brand in social media when I first started out way back in 2002 and how that has carried over to the work side of my life. A big issue I face in my small org is how to be security cop without hindering productivity.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

If we focus our work on feeding the hungry, for example, do we actually create a system in which we rely on people needing our services? Learn more! I have talked many times before about the way we as nonprofit organizations and changemakers set our goals. (If What would happen, instead, if organizations focused on eliminating hunger?)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

This is an example of how you can use social media to crowdsource your professional development and learning. Also, try not to tweet about your own org on an average of more than once every seven or so tweets. Kevin Gilnack came by and wrote terrific responses to those questions. Thank you Kevin!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

My curiosity drove me to investigate: ? Can we listen to the tides of Internet conversation on an issue, and learn to predict and ‘surf’ them? ? Can we use the momentum of focused attention to raise an issue above the noise? 6 Big Listening Helps You Fail Faster and Learn More Quickly. What is Big Listening?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 18, 2010

I thought that the Twitter feed @abolishcancer, which is the entire org, except for the blog, would be strictly focused on developing a following that had one thing in common- to fight cancer. I have been fascinated with how a message can go viral and have learned some interesting tricks as to how to make a message get retweeted.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Feed 50 more families? How to Start Your Own Fundraiser for [org]. Why do you love [insert org]? Celebrate generosity with [insert org]. Let them know that their gift was valuable and ask if they would like to learn more about how they can be a part of your mission. Do you want to double donations from last year?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Feed people? The needs assessment is a learning and listening phase. A better way to plan for the future is to set up an account—You can still use Gmail— with your firstname(at)organizationname(dot)org. Use a tool like Buffer to schedule posts and keep your feeds fresh. Everyone starts a nonprofit to make a difference.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2011

Up to you & the culture of your org- maybe add initials. I think you do need basic social media guidelines for your org. Look to other orgs for examples. Think about and decide who will have ownership of your orgs official social media outposts. to help with your orgs early efforts. Have the convo early.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

And, is this type of campaign a departure from what your org typically does? She has witnessed our programs in the region and tells first-hand stories on her blog and on her twitter feed. We are constantly learning on how to better use infographics ourselves. Seems a little edgy?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Themes that people want to learn: new metrics structures can bubble up. List, Learn, Adapt - concept from David Armano: “Insight must before investment when implementing a social media project.&#. Learning: evaluating what is being said and what information is needed. How do you use a RSS feed like a rockstar?

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

You found you had a knack for technology and you became your org's go-to person for computer problems. I work with our Executive Director to determine how we integrate technology into our programs and make decisions that affect the overall direction of our org. And what are these learning and networking activities?

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2010

Visit [link] to learn more. Campaign deadline: August 31, 2010 So, when you've got a free moment, head on over there and rate the science and technology orgs you know. Help GreatNonprofits and GuideStar spread a little love by providing feed back on all the nonprofits you know and care about. Which ones need some improvement?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

of videos and other resources related to cyberbullying, along with a feed. You can learn more by participating in the social. org, www.stopcyberbullyi ng.org, www.ncsriu.org. Follow the feed. You can subscribe to the feed or follow it on Twitter: [link] st.com/digest3/ RBPBKDZEIH. There's a growing number.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

In a networked nonprofit, VCs might mine their personal and professional networks for ideation, best practices, and case studies to learn how organizations are engaging volunteers effectively. Opportunity Design. Opportunity Design is the process of understanding the required skills and experience for a given volunteer role.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Imagine my great joy upon learning that Reddit is hosting a fantastic resource to connect volunteers of all stripes with organizations that need them this holiday season -- and those volunteers could win some BACON! The Feed a Need project is pretty simple. You may have read about my intense love of all things bacon.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

When you have a posting plan, you make it more likely for your supporters to see one of your posts and learn about your Giving Tuesday campaign. You’ll need to set up an easy-to-remember text fundraising keyword such as your org names plus GT (so long as autocorrect won’t change your keyword to something else). Final thoughts.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Not exactly as simply as the goldfish, but one that after a few steps feeds back to the beginning. As I said earlier, often the ideas you have come from conversations or learning about the community and not from a specific recommendation (though you may get some of those, too!). Org is a terrific example of a CDSI campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2007

where a group doesn't have the same beneficial news-feed options that a. I wished all of his friends a happy birthday so that they could laugh at Ranger Rick in their news feed (not to mention get him more exposure). profiles that are welcomed by the public, useful and informative but. they are severely limiting their options.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The events don't always have a set topic, but are open discussions for questions, sharing, and learning from your peers. If you're creating a hashtag for your org or an event, make sure you register it with Twapper Keeper. (No, Chad is an absolute rock star when it comes to social media and marketing. No, not trapper keeper.)

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2011

Now that you’ve shown how rewarding it is to feed hungry kittens or help kiddos learn to read, let your viewers be a part of the fun. This is also good for a more generic video and your copy should encourage them to continue learning more about your organization through your email newsletter. Learn more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

It's call org.2.0! Yep, and you should also learn how to use an RSS reader so you can efficiently monitor those feeds and respond. Graphic in Flickr Source: Tara Hunt's post " Cross the Chasm " Chris Brogan sent me a link to the new NpowerNY/Squido Handout on Seth's Blog. in nonprofit land. Or maybe not. Tap the Blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

To get the most out of Friendfeed you do have to put more into it than just feeding your stuff in and reading others' stuff. Many community members are avid users of and students of social media – for some it is an integral part of their profession, so this is a great place to learn about social media. An incredible listening tool.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Learn more about this and how to create the fundraising goal that’s right for you in our guide. Want to learn right from Melissa Benjamin and Matt Gayer about how Fiver and Catalogue For Philanthropy successfully planned and executed their respective #GivingTuesday campaigns? Aligning Year-End Giving With #GivingTuesday.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Here's my contribution to this month's Net2ThinkTank question posed by Amy Sample Ward, "What are the key questions nonprofit orgs should ask to help them determine how to prioritize social media training and experimentation as they do their technology and organization-strengthening planning?" If it's not working, delete it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2007

ICT Hub has taken an active approach to evaluation -Please contribute to what we have been learning - pointed to the evaluation forms in the packet -Conclusions will feed into lessons learned - what works, what doesn't - if you have written anything about what works in practice - they need to know.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

P ut together an all-org donor listening team—Ask for help then show the WIIFM of donor feedback via tangible examples. As their giving grows and you learn more about them you can retain them and get them giving more by developing a cultivation plan that honors their interests and sets a revenue goal for your ask.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

In addition the content, I learned a lot about the delivery - in terms of a visual approach to powerpoint). Do you have a significant contingent of people networked via Facebook who are not joining your email list but are receiving messages, feeds, events, etc from you via Facebook? It happens one person at a time.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

Currently (on my lowly grad student budget), I only give money to one nonprofit org. In regards to your comments on connections I learned more about this in the past few weeks. While I'm clearly an advocate for the effectiveness of building an online community, sometimes you just have to talk directly to the people.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

We so often focus on learning from innovative online campaigns that we miss out on opportunities to integrate offline cause communities and grassroots advocacy. Mark shared his progress around the country in YouTube videos (he’s been featured on the YouTube homepage, blog posts , and his Twitter feed. Diverse Goals. Over to You.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2020

The days when you learn of loss. I invite you to take to every platform you have to advocate for financial resources for our sector and org. Then go to twitter and add other useful resources to the feed. Eventually, we need to say to ourselves as a field, 'what is the Renaissance you’re planning?' Let the tough days be.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

And if you’re shopping before the end of the year or want to make a switch, you can visit our website, learn all about us. But don’t do the at right now because you are all on for a treat over the next hour or so to learn about capital campaigns from my buddies, Aaron and Brian. Aaron: You know, I’ve seen org charts.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

P ut together an all-org donor listening team—Ask for help then show the WIIFM of donor feedback via tangible examples. As their giving grows and you learn more about them you can retain them and get them giving more by developing a cultivation plan that honors their interests and sets a revenue goal for your ask.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2009

Sunday, I decided not to add them to the total – I did not count churches, but did count faith-based organizations, like the Mobile Loaves and Fishes truck feeding the homeless near a downtown park. This included the biggest brands and some small orgs that I had never heard of. So what’s next?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

She learned of the Zeynep Tufekci from a tweet by Ruby Sinreich who she has only met in person a handful of times, but follows her on Twitter. Every day I see their faces in my feed. Learning how to harness the power of the cloud will mark the difference between a modest success and overwhelming one.

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

Learn how it all started while you read this. You’ll learn best practices and get immediately-usable tactics for your campaign. Have an internal point person executing the plan and creating a wrap up analysis with learnings for next year (this doesn’t have to be your classic fundraising person either). Enroll here. .

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