Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

I’ve had experience organizing communities offline in local communities, and organizing community online – but the kind of organizing that inspires me the most is combining online and offline. Check out TweetChat – it’s a great application that integrates with your Twitter account and makes chats more fun!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I had a lot of fun yesterday giving a webinar for the Nonprofit Webinar series ; it was a whole hour discussing community engagement! View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Even though much of these will be online social technologies, don’t forget about the offline spaces, too. Presentation. Do-It-Yourself.

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Metrics Community Map Template 219

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Positive reinforcement is one of the best leadership development practices you can build into your work across the board, whether it’s online or offline, on your facebook page, newsletter, annual fundraiser or neighborhood events. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. View more documents from Amy Sample Ward.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

The responses lean towards a reality in which our online presence is just as diverse as our offline personalities – people are connecting with a mix of others on difference platforms. After all, some of this is supposed to be for fun, right? Are you mixing your personal and professional self online?

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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!); GroupVine is a clearly a work-in-progress, and it’s fun getting to be on the “inside&# of development at this stage. Temporary versus Permanent Networks.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 9, 2009

How Technology is Redefining How We Connect | Psychology Today - An interesting read - focusing on the need to incorporate offline interaction in relationships. How does your organization encourage your online supporters/friends/fans to take action offline, together, or to meet with your organization?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

It may seem like so much fun to round up friends and record a video about why you are all so passionate about a cause, then edit it with catchy backgound music and effects, and post it on YouTube. You have more time than your community. This is a big one.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

For about a year, I moderated a monthly online chat focused on community building, community management, on and offline engagement, and the technologies that support those connections. So, what do you think? Want to have the chats on Twitter, on a tool like CoverItLive, or something else entirely?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Offline vs Online. Existing Communities. Stereotypes. Individual Level. Participate. Creative Approach. Visible Benefits. Session #2 Word Cloud: Relevant Content. Community of Interest. Individuals. Partnerships. What’s Success? User Generated. Access to People. COMMUNITIES.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Offline vs Online. Existing Communities. Stereotypes. Individual Level. Participate. Creative Approach. Visible Benefits. Session #2 Word Cloud: Relevant Content. Community of Interest. Individuals. Partnerships. What’s Success? User Generated. Access to People. COMMUNITIES.

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Voice Reflection Conversation Digital 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

Their hope was to develop a fun way to bring families together - old and young - to have some fun while ultimately raising money and funds for those battling childhood cancers. It focuses on relationship building -- very important to any fundraising success -- both online and offline - and regardless of tools. be authentic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

It’s the “champion” approach for social media fundraising. The organization identifies the people most passionate about their work in their online networks or offline community and empowers them to raise money through social fundraising platforms. If you’re already thinking, “I’m in! Where do I sign up?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

You know those bags tattooed with the sponsors' logos and filled with stickers, t-shirts, coupons, samples, and other goodies. is about building a bridge between two-way online communication and offline actions and impact. Never underestimate something that is fun and has short feed back loops. Ann Wizer, XSProject Founder.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

Our organizers hold monthly offline events for anyone interested in the connection of technology and social impact. Burlington, VT: Social Change Anytime Everywhere with Amy Sample Ward. Want in on the fun? That means it’s time for our monthly roundup of all the crazy goodness created by NetSquared Local in May.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Starting the Conversations: Here are some questions to consider: How does online discussion and networking connect with and support offline action? Check out TweetChat – it’s a great application that integrates with your Twitter account and makes chats more fun! How does the web change the way we organize for climate action?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2008

Amy Sample Ward contributed a workshop group exercise based on Forrester's POST method. Yep, that is the fun part. Step 4: Go Offline. We created a worksheet with more detailed questions adapted and remixed from CCTV's wiki. I like the framework that How To Develop a Social Media Plan by Mashable presents. Find people.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 5, 2009

>> Do You Have the Right Balance of Online/Offline Communication? The Social by Social Game is a fun way to dive into Social by Social: a practical guide in using technology for social impact. Do your communications with users build trust as well as maintain relationships? Read more about this session and vote here. >>

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Positive reinforcement is one of the best leadership development practices you can build into your movement, whether it’s online or offline, on a facebook page, newsletter, annual fundraiser or neighborhood events. Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 5, 2009

The “Swine Flu” scare was fun, wasn’t it? The missing link, though, is that the underlying opportunity (whether it is a petition to sign, an online or offline event, or anything else) needs to be networked across all the organization. I have a new blog post up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. Check it out here!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! Submitted by Amy Sample Ward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! Submitted by Amy Sample Ward.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 24, 2008

Here's a sampling of what other bloggers are saying about the new Change.org: "I can see Change.org becoming a social action site for the more mature crowd who want knowledge before they get involved, and who want to do more than passively sponsor causes through corporate donor widgets.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! Submitted by Amy Sample Ward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2009

Keep It Happy, Keep It Fun, Keep A Deadline, Keep It Urgent: I try as much as possible to have fun with these campaigns. The post was a fun fundraising appeal, " I Feel Good Now That I've Donated " I also had a deadline thanks to the Birthday Causes application and the match I set up. I think it works.

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M+R

JANUARY 31, 2023

The playlist also looked different for different types of nonprofits — every single environmental group that reported data in our sample experienced a decrease in year-over-year overall revenue. Offline, you can find her biking in the Berkeley hills and baking her top-secret chocolate chip cookie recipe. And that’s a… lot!

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

If you’re watching the recording, I hope you’re having a good day, no matter where you are, but we’re going to have some fun over the next hour or so. If you’re going to share this with a board member, that’d be kind of fun too. And so this is where it gets kind of fun. That was fun for my boy.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 31, 2011

Rather than try to get younger donors to fit into our existing programs, we’ve built a site that encourages young people to do what they’re best at – connect online, build networks of like-minded people, and make philanthropy fun. Wow – that doesn’t sound like fun! It will be, I promise that it will be super fun!

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 21, 2020

At OneCause, we specialize in supporting nonprofit charity auctions both on- and offline. Give sample social media posts to help ambassadors quickly spread the word. Ambassadors help you engage new networks in a virtual world, also adding fun and social proof to your online fundraising. Help with corporate sponsorship letters.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

It might be a little tight because we’ve got a lot of good stuff to share with you, but ask questions anyway because we might be able to get to your question offline as well. Here’s something on Alex’s Lemonade Stand where they share sample language that donors can share with their attorney. So thanks, Claire.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

So thanks for joining a special Wednesday session, this is kind of fun. That was one really fun example. . This is such a fun topic. So it was fun to have you again and learn from you. But Julie, would you mind maybe taking questions by email or, you know, offline here? Steven, would you assist me with that?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

And like you heard a couple times, I’m going to be sending out all those resources that Andy mentioned, that handout, the checklist, the sample questions. Andy and Harvey, are you cool taking questions maybe offline, online? And if not, you can send us questions offline either way. . Going to be a fun one.

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