Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

We’ve all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics “going viral” online before our eyes – the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. At SXSW, there…. Crowdfunding Social Ventures at SXSW. This topic was especially relevant….

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 7, 2019

Nonprofit Hub’s INSPIRE Hubcast series shares powerful and impactful stories of organizations persevering to create the change they want to see in the world. Each episode features a new guest with their own unique story.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2014

Houston, TX: Make Every Cent Count with Your Crowdfunding Project with PledgeCents Tips! Houston, TX: We’re Crushing on Open Technology this February and Open Houston’s Our Cupid! Victoria, Canada: The Art of Transmedia Storytelling: Creating Story Worlds Across Platforms. January Events. Tuesday, January 14.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 14, 2022

Nonprofit organizations regularly utilize storytelling as a method of engaging donors and supporters and often focus on stories that appeal to the heart and emotions of the intended audience. However, organizations should ensure that the people whose stories are told are not exploited or stripped of their dignity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Breaking news that communicates the story of your mission and programs. For example, this post by the Houston Food Bank tags and shows appreciation for their sponsor , CVS Health. Content that focuses on thought leadership, rather than inspirational storytelling, best serves the tone of the LinkedIn community. For example: 1.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Houston Food Bank. With simple but effective use of word repetition, the Houston Food Bank clarifies its work and impact. Homeboy Industries’ tagline is a mini-masterpiece, telling a memorable story in just six words. Media: Telling stories that make a difference — Barefoot Workshops. Human Services: Filling pantries.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

Most recently, he helped launch Sponsored Stories in the non-profit space with organizations like the Special Olympics, Alzheimer’s Association and UNICEF. He is an accidental tourist in Texas and lives in The Woodlands, just north of Houston, with his wife and two young boys. He loves bacon. Carl Sagan is his homeboy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2010

.&# A quick search of museum tweet up show many results including the recent Hubble and Holst , with a private showing of the Hubble 3D IMAX at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences and a special performance by Houston Symphony musicians. Have an amazing story? Some Tips: Tweet Before the Tweet Up To Build Excitement.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Marvel at the amazing Prezi presentation from Seattle, WA's Convening Community through Story event. Vancouver, Canada: Using Video to Tell Your Stories. Houston, TX: How Can We Use the City of Houston's Open Data to Do More Good? Adelaide, Australia: Adelaide HootUp with HootSuite, Yelp, and #socadl.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Houston, TX: We’re Crushing on Open Technology this February and Open Houston’s Our Cupid! Victoria, Canada: The Art of Transmedia Storytelling: Creating Story Worlds Across Platforms. Vancouver, Canada: Video for Nonprofits Workshop: The Essential Elements of Storytelling. Tuesday, February 18.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2016

Cleveland, Ohio: Sharing Your Story — How to Run an Effective Multi-channel Campaign. Houston, Texas: Monthly Meetup with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to BE! Houston, Texas: Monthly Meetup with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to BE! Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Orlando, Florida: Tech4Good Orlando October: Search Engine Optimization and Strategy. Wednesday, October 18, 2017. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night (Weekly). Thursday, October 19, 2017. Wednesday, October 11, 2017.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

Jim Lynch delves into the archives to tell the story of NetSquared: In the Beginning. Vancouver, Canada: Using Video to Tell Your Stories. Houston, TX: How Can We Use the City of Houston’s Open Data to Do More Good? Michael will be sharing the secrets of this massive online campaign at Seattle’s next meetup.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Melbourne, Australia: charity: water … A digital success story. Vancouver, Canada: Enhancing your Story with Digital Tools. Houston, TX: Use Your Tech Powers for Good - Volunteer! With 32 events planned (so far) for the month, there’s probably an event near you! Tuesday, October 1. Thursday, October 3.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Abuja, Nigeria: A Well-Told Digital Story Is Powerful. Cleveland, Ohio: Sharing Your Story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Another Listen for Good grantee is ECHOS, a nonprofit in Houston TX that provides 1:1 application assistance to low-income individuals so they and their families can access critical medical and social services such as food stamps or Medicaid.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2017

Houston, Texas: Net2Houston Refresh! Houston, Texas: Net2Houston Refresh! Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Nanaimo, British Columbia: "Free Money" (Microsoft Volume Licensing and Google for Nonprofits). Tuesday, July 25, 2017. Mukono, Uganda.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

We've all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics "going viral" online before our eyes - the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. At SXSW, there…. Crowdfunding Social Ventures at SXSW. This topic was especially relevant….

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2013

Houston, TX: Social Media Reality Check - Are you Measuring the Right Data for Engagement? Vancouver, Canada: Video for Nonprofits: Finding your Story. August’s NetSquared Events. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. With meetups in 50 cities there’s probably an event near you! Tuesday, August 13.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

Houston, Texas: Monthly Meetup with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to BE! Houston, Texas: Monthly Meetup with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to BE! Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Thursday, August 4, 2016.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The Houston Museum of Natural Science has a similar, equally popular series for young professionals. Learn how the Speed Art Museum is delivering an exceptional experience for visitors and employees: read the story. (Who doesn’t like a night off from the kids to play in exhibits with a cocktail and fare from a local food truck?)

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Cleveland, Ohio: A Well-Told Story Is Powerful. Kampala, Uganda: Story Makers 2016.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2014

San Francisco, California: Cause Funding: Indiegogo + Cause Funder: Geek Club Books, Autism Story Apps. Houston, Texas: Monthly Meet-Up with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to BE! Naples, Florida: NFN4Good Office Hours Q&A for Members. Tuesday, October 14, 2014. Wednesday, October 15, 2014.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 1, 2021

The Houston Food Bank teamed up with their local ABC affiliate during the Houston power outage and food crisis in February 2021. Use this restriction as an opportunity to tell different aspects of your campaign and your story over a series of posts, which is more engaging for your followers. 1) Text-to-Donate on Facebook.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Reading the report, I kept thinking of Rick Lowe, the artist and community activist behind Project Row Houses in Houston. When I met him at AAM, Rick told the story of the beginnings of Project Row Houses in the following way. He got to see the museum process from the inside.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Faith in Practice won an Honorable Mention in the Digital Storytelling Online Challenge for their Flickr story submission. I work full - time with Faith In Practice (FIP), a nonprofit organization out of Houston, Texas that does medical mission work in Guatemala. What organization do you work for and where are you located?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Packed with uplifting personal stories, action steps and writing exercises, you’ll learn how to be accountable for developing your character, integrity, and commitment to reaching your goals. Why writing your success story in reverse is the best approach. In 1984, the Houston Oilers drafted me as a top safety during the NFL draft.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

Cleveland, Ohio: Sharing Your Story — How to Run an Effective Multi-channel Campaign. Houston, Texas: Monthly Meetup with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to BE! Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Wednesday, June 22, 2016.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

million readers, hundreds of thousands of others have viewed the stories as well. In return, we received a frenzy of tweets after our top writers mentioned the blog carnival to their Twitter followers: Marc Lamont Hill, an African-American television commentator, tweeted his story to 40,552 followers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Once videos were complete, they were posted as home page material, and a communique to local press in Houston was sent. If any picked up on the story of the campaign, an email was sent to our activist list in Texas with a campaign update, a link to You Tube and a mention of the news coverage.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

Houston, Texas: Net2Houston Refresh! Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Seattle, Washington: Creating Videos to Inspire Fundraising and Engagement. Friday, April 21, 2017. Seattle, Washington: Roundtable for New Executives. Tuesday, April 25, 2017. Toronto, Ontario: Top 10s from the 2017 Nonprofit Technology Conference.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Houston, Texas: Net2Houston Refresh! Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Burlington, Vermont: Finance Friday: Numbers Don't Lie: What Your Board Needs to Know. Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Seattle, Washington: Board Advocacy: Are You Ready to Stand for Your Mission?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

This blog post is a roundup of the face-to-face we had last week in Houston to share some of the amazing lessons learned and some reflections. Stories: How will encourage people to share their stories and capture them? Friending the Finish Line. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Can you share some stories about a few of your recent fundraising with social media projects to help nonprofits in Austin, TX? Our food bank is also assisting the Houston food bank. Over one million people in the Houston area are still without electricity, so they can't store or cook fresh food.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Houston, Texas: NetSquared Holiday Party! Boston, Massachusetts: DataBasic Intro Workshop — Learn 3 New Tools for Finding Stories in Data. . ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Tuesday, December 8, 2015. San Francisco, California: SFN2's 2015 Meet, Mingle, and Make Merry Holiday Happy Hour!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Packed with uplifting personal stories, action steps and writing exercises, you’ll learn how to be accountable for developing your character, integrity, and commitment to reaching your goals. Why writing your success story in reverse is the best approach. In 1984, the Houston Oilers drafted me as a top safety during the NFL draft.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Net2 Houston, August Photo by Eschipul Nonprofits in Second Life Gala Opening Photo by RubyJi By looking at the photos tagged with NpTech, nonprofit techies were either on vacation or attending events. Two nptech events were visible in the NpTech tag stream, the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life Launch Party and the Net2 meetup in Houston.

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