Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

Check out the short interview with Rob below and a preview of some of the functionality launched today! Interview: Rob Wu, CauseVox Founder. From there we were inspired to scale social good through technology. In spite of having a busy launch day, I got ahold of him to ask a few questions. What inspired you to start CauseVox ?

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2014

Check out this interview with Steph, follow her on Twitter @StephRouth , and drop her a message to introduce yourself! I remember going to an amazing unconference led by Ash Shepherd and Amy Sample Ward a number of years ago in Portland. Beyond your affiliation and organization, you are a passionate advocate for social change.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I’ve followed and supported the work of Peter Deitz and Social Actions ever since hearing about his passion and ideas a few years ago. Let’s start at the beginning: What is Social Actions and where does the API come in? The Social Actions project began in 2006. Earlier this week, I got ahold of Peter to get the full scoop!

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Description : In this month’s edition of Social Good, Allison Fine, the host, interviews Amy Sample Ward, community development manager at TechSoup Global, and Estrella Rosenberg, founder and executive director of Big Love Little Hearts in Chicago and author of the blog Adventures in Philanthropy. Sample Ward and Ms.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

I recently had the opportunity to present a webinar for the National Center for Media Engagement , focused on community-driven engagement, and present a session at the Public Media Development and Marketing Conference , talking about building a social media strategy. Using Social Media. Building Your Social Media Strategy.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2011

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. 100,000 in 3 Days: Interview about #TeamAutism. Social media in disaster response. Social media in disaster response. Journalists using social media in Egypt. Trimet misses the bus on social media.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

You can learn more about John and OpenAction in the interview below. With over a decade of web development experience, John channeled his skills into building something with social value. Last March I met Joe Solomon and the Social Actions team through twitter. Where did the idea for OpenAction begin?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2010

I’m thrilled to have the chance to share an interview with her here and encourage you to add your questions in the comments! This interview is part of her virtual book tour; check out the full calendar of events. Tags: interview marketing best practice fundraising storytelling.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

The Real-Time Web and Its Future , a new report from ReadWriteWeb , focused on the changing ecosystem of the Web, one that runs in real-time. “For the following report, we interviewed 50 companies, developers and executives building or leveraging real-time Web technology. First, what does the “real-time Web&# really mean?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

Influencers – We grabbed session leaders, keynote speakers, bloggers, and social media influencers to extend our message across to their audiences. Hustling around the conference to get session speakers, key note presenters, and others with audiences helped us reach a social media critical mass near the beginning.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Find out more in the interview below! Epic Change is a US nonprofit dedicated to helping social entrepreneurs harness the power of their stories to create change in their communities. Together with our fabulous volunteers Melissa & AJ Leon of theLacProject , we taught the students and teachers about computers and social media.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Find out more in the interview below! Epic Change is a US nonprofit dedicated to helping social entrepreneurs harness the power of their stories to create change in their communities. Together with our fabulous volunteers Melissa & AJ Leon of theLacProject , we taught the students and teachers about computers and social media.

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sgEngage

JUNE 22, 2021

Here are some examples: User Interviews. With a qualitative research method like this one, you really don’t need a large sample size to get good data. Data obtained from user interviews can be used to develop Audience Personas , to help guide design and content creation for your website/emails and to get ideas for improving events.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Topic : Nonprofits & Social Media. Social media has fundamentally shifted the way we communicate, personally and professionally. Join the Foundation Center for an engaging event on the strategies and tactics that make social media an effective way to activate your community, and the results you can expect. Video Interview.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2009

NetSquared currently has 3 open Challenges, calling for innovators and change makers around the world to submit ideas for Web and mobile-based technologies for social change. I recently sat down with Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody , and asked what he thought about the impact of the social web on innovation. Learn more.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Host interviews After you’ve identified potential board members, invite these individuals to an in-person meeting or video conference interview to get to know them and see if they’d be a good fit for the role. Examples CARE Mission statement: CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty, and achieve social justice.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

Nonetheless, many others recognize the value of such a commitment and show up as allies and in solidarity for the work of social change, while also sitting with the discomfort, dissonance, and truth required for such change. Frankly, the search, evaluation, interview, and selection process can be very rigorous and time-consuming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

Here’s a summary of tips, tools, examples, and resources for getting the most of our your nonprofit event with social media. (Here’s a curated link list used to create this post). You also need to post inviting content on your social channels that builds excitement, anticipation, and engagement about the event.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2011

This post originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog and was authored by Amy Sample Ward. Peter Deitz is a long-time member and contributor in the NetSquared (and TechSoup) community; he started the NetSquared Montreal group and his Social Actions project was a winner in the 2008 N2Y3 Mashup Challenge. read more.

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Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

The person we already know socially . You’ll find some sample matrices here. Names would get added back in for the interview process. Interview questions. You’ll also want to develop your interview questions now, together with the criteria and evaluation matrix. The person who attended the same school we did.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I was interviewed recently by Petra Kroon , a blogger focused on social media and entrepreneurship in The Netherlands, in which she asked some really great questions, including what I thought the trend would be for social entrepreneurship in 2010 as well as where we may be in 25 years. Do you have one you’d like to share?

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NetWits

JULY 29, 2010

The site features videos and interviews with Randi Zuckerberg from Facebook, Social media expert Chris Brogan , Twitpic founder Noah Everett , Holly Ross from NTEN, and NetSquared's Amy Sample Ward. The new website launches today with close to 40 videos from across the nonprofit sector.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2022

I have seen founders have success hiring a first employee to take over social media, email marketing, gift entry and acknowledgments, and event planning. Don’t expect someone who has a social worker background and program experience to also know how to design graphics for social media and be amazing on video. Work station.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Standford Social Innovation Review. Last night, I had the great opportunity to interview Clay Shirky , the author of Here Comes Everybody. 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 asked Prof.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Create Personas and outline tasks: Create a sample person that represents each audience group you serve. Define user habits, outline behavior, document social activity, note technology savvy-ness (IE, % mobile, etc.?), Assign them key tasks and document results. and identify their top 3 tasks on your site. It should inspire action!

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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. But Socap 09 has taken the concept of socially conscious schwag to new heights. In a brief interview with Ann, she shared some of her philosophy and passion. "I I want to design well made recycled bags.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Informal Social Network – the people you turn to for encouragement, support, or help with professional or personal challenges. Sample questions to ask include: How could I be more open about the decisions I make? To put this in perspective, humans spend just over one year socializing over the average lifetime.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Author’s Note: Recently, we used paid social ads to help a global nonprofit, Humanity & Inclusion , gain insights into their target audience. The project budget wouldn’t permit a nationwide research project replete with surveys, focus groups, user interviews, and so on. Three Unique Campaign Messages. There’s More to Come.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 28, 2023

Tips for conducting a skills and interest assessment include creating a survey or conducting one-on-one interviews. Here is a sample board skills assessment: Board Member Information What is your name? Do you have experience with social media or other digital marketing channels? grant proposals, solicitation letters, etc.)?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

Over the last few months, I’ve been collaborating with Andy Gibson and David Wilcox , and Clive Holtham and Nigel Courtney from Cass Business School, on a book about using new technologies for social benefit projects. The book is full of interviews, case studies, how-tos and more. The 45 Social by Social Propositions.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Of the major social media platforms, Instagram routinely tops the list as one of the most important engagement channels for nonprofits looking to reach a wider, younger audience. These tools allow your nonprofit event organizers to monitor social media chatter about your events and connect with supporters who are talking about it.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 12, 2009

my gift is social reporting. I think this is a really interesting perspective to build into a conference, especially one about public sector and social services. Social Reporting. I’ll be at the conference and my gift is some social reporting ! For two reasons: 1. it’s a gift economy event, and 2.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2013

Telefonica partnered with the Financial Times to commission 12,171 online quantitative interviews among Millennials. Country sample sizes represented in the global number were weighted by the percent of the population in each country with access to the internet. Read more about their findings here.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

AAPI Cuisines Around the World – Highlight the diversity of AAPI food cultures with cooking demos, food samples, or restaurant partnerships. Others may prefer moderated discussions or interviews. Make use of both traditional media and social media for marketing. Notable AAPI athletes, journalists, or other public figures.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

NetSquared’s February series exploring “Online Community Organizing” includes three different interviews; I’m really excited to participate! I’ve included my interview below, but you can also read it and join the conversation on the NetSquared blog. I definitely recommend them both!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2021

Every social sector organization can and should be doing impact management ! With a background in global public health and development, Mélodie has worked at the intersection of tech and social good for 15 years, focused on helping organizations around the world leverage data to optimize and manage their impact. About the Author.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

To enter, just submit a short essay (300 words or less) explaining an idea for how your non-profit can (or already does) use media and technology to solve a social problem. Generate interest in your organization’s social issue agenda in the absence of a “media worthy” disaster. NetSquared with Amy Sample Ward.

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