Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

. —– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. Nearly 18,000 people participated in the 24-hour, online fundraising event, raising more than $2 million to benefit 1,200 local nonprofits.

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Community Giving Washington Arlington 158

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

As many of you know, before joining NTEN as the Membership Director last year, I managed the NetSquared program which included locally-organized groups around the world, innovation challenges, and more. It may have been a network of organizers in various towns or locations coordinating with each other and then operating locally.

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Community Organization Online Netsquared 179

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Whether it’s small communities coming together offline to train and share knowledge about using technology or it’s innovation projects competing in the same contest working together instead – we hope you’ll find this short paper compelling and share it with your networks.

Netsquared 162

Netsquared Community Case Study Build 162

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Description : Social media tools provide a lot of opportunities to make local, offline connections and build community. Date : November 15th, 2010. Location : Online. Topic : Social Media Basics. This webinar will introduce some best practices, strategies, and next steps for getting started with social media for you organization.

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Washington Social Media Accessibility Fund 105

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

Keep doing the offline stuff for the offline people! ’ In other words, if a large number of people in an area haven’t the access or the skills to use the internet – what are local public services doing to get this fixed?" ' There are two responses I usually give here.

Web 111

Web Offline Bookmarking Facilitation 111

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 2009

Every month, the NetSquared community comes together offline in cities around the world at Net Tuesday events to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and collaborate. Learn about Net Tuesdays and get local! If so, connect with the local organizers to find out about the next events, how to help, and spread the word!

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South Carolina Group Togo Atlanta 100

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2011

Hyper-local communities. About the CommBuild Chat: These monthly chats originated out of the #4Change network and are open to anyone interested in learning and sharing about building community, on and offline, with the use of social media or other technology tools. Using content to fuel community engagement. Social media in CRMs.

Community 123

Community DC Offline Contest 123

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2011

The conversation in this month’s chat focused on these questions: What are the best mechanisms for connecting online & offline communities? Thank you to everyone who joined in, followed along, and shared the archive! Get the chat archive! from @ BonnieKoenig. How much communication with your online community is too much? from @ehon.

Community 123

Community Conversation Offline Local 123

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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Case Study Community Impact Studies 117

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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India Network Netsquared Offline 126

Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

That means it’s time for our monthly roundup of all the crazy goodness created by NetSquared Local in May. What is NetSquared Local? NetSquared Local is TechSoup’s volunteer-driven network of nonprofit tech meetups and salons. NetSquared Local organizers rallied around Ushahidi’s BRCK kickstarter.

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Netsquared Guatemala Ecuador New Zealand 47

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

Whether I’m talking about Community-Driven Social Impact or community organizing, whether it’s focused on a hyper-local community project or global-reaching movement building, it’s always the same for me: our goals need to be focused on a change, not on ensuring that we keep our jobs. Read the full article. ].

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Change New York Exercise Chapter 203

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

A day of on and offline events spanning the globe celebrating the Web. with local networks working to create online spaces to bring more people online. Here are just a few ideas to get you started: Participate in Local Events. Today is OneWebDay ! This year’s theme is One Web. Get Involved. Post Your Own OneWebDay Story.

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Celebrate Web Digital Conversation 164

NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

The debate about what impact the online world has on offline action gets smashed when you look at these numbers and think about the over 12 million people around the world who are raising their consciousness by reading more about climate change and how they can get involved with their local communities. .

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Action Change Technology Sample 36

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

These fall into two types: crises that originate in social media, and crises that originate offline. In the weeks that have followed, Ichi’s e-mail provoked a series of responses from all over the world. ." In the era of Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, both types of crisis require a rapid, social media response.

Web 114

Web Disaster Japan Org 114

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

That’s not exactly the way business normally goes down offline. Social media is a space where the individual reigns, relationships are required, and conversations are public. And it has real impact on the way organizations fundraise.

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Social Media Organization Media Fundraising 102

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Lesson #3: Local vs Global. The final focus area is on the local vs global impact of social media. People don’t see ‘big picture’ but relate locally&# (@ kristianakocis ). Examples of Social Media. There were many, many examples cited in the discussion.

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Social Media Change Media Lesson 145

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. We have community groups, schools, local leaders and people at every age, interest, and skill level. Regional and local leaders were supported and given the opportunity to shine. Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. You can read her poem, Untitled, here.

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Build Community Technology Action 220

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

If your community meets offline at a local watering hole to share opinions and make plans, don’t bother setting up a Twitter account with the purpose of influencing them. One of the core principles in community engagement is to use the tools your community is using.

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Social Network Network Strategy Social 165

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

The tool is meant to openly share and visualize the operations of World Bank financed activities down to as local a level as possible and compare these with actual need and monitor the effects over time." Change the way we associated with others on and offline? But here's the thing: the trends aren't actually that good."

Web 114

Web Map Bookmarking Conversation 114

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2009

The piece is reposted below: Have we replicated our offline social dynamics and barriers online? If we truly are reproducing our offline social divides online, then it’s further proof that the central part of your social media strategy needs to be focused on your audience. I believe we have, and so does Danah Boyd.

Community 100

Community Myspace Social Network Demographics 100

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

Broadband users are more critical of their communities and local institutions." “Is it even possible to measure online influence, divorced from offline influence?&# The study will offer support for elected officials who run on open government platforms or who work for more transparency. asks Tom Webster over at BrandSavant.

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Web Plugin Influence Award 123

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

use the platform to increase local impact. use the platform to drive local social movement. Feedback to presentation: would want to involve staff and services in the offline local events to share their experiences, too. identify the thoughtfully passionate. provide easy, incremental steps to involvement.

Gift 108

Gift Wikipedia Case Study Facilitation 108

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2011

Online advocacy doesn't work in a vacuum - it works best when it's part of a thoughtful integrated campaign that combines offline and online actions. DO make your messages relevant to specific bills that are pending in Congress - and mention the bill by name in your sample letter text in your online advocacy campaign or petition.

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Advocacy Sample Facilitation Local 31

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. Today, I’m writing to ask you to show that support again.

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Resource Giving News NTEN 103

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

After taking some pictures at the local holiday parade, she finds that many others wanted to post their pictures on Flickr and started a group to pull them all together. Email Amy Sample Ward the link to your post! She posts her photos to the group and something clicks, “we could do this for our annual holiday event!”

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Roles Review Change Social 100

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

obama reach vs local reach. Are there ways of catching offline datapoints? NWF - every program we have has an offline component, i try to integrate a social media strategy that leverages and encourages the offline part; like #nwf wildlife watch, raises your awareness offline if you can see something and tweet it, etc.

Social Media 102

Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Something I’d like to focus on today comes about from two things: Tuesday, the eCampaigning Report was released that showed data and best practices for campaigning and advocacy online; and yesterday I met with a local climate change focused nonprofit organization about some of the work they are doing.

Action 100

Action Change Create Environment 100

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. They were able to use the platform for organizing offline events, finding and collaborating with volunteer organizers, and more. Raising awareness and providing local communities a venue for sharing their story.

Tools 100

Tools Tech Map Case Study 100

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

There are many different examples out there, ranging from small organization fundraising locally to organizations leveraging the global community for change. The difference with using social media for fundraising is that your organization may not even be involved anymore, the way it was offline. Learn more about the NCVO here.

Social Media 105

Social Media Interaction Government Case Study 105

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. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. How do you balance online action with offline engagement? In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely.

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Comment Social Media Jordan Cancer 95

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 31, 2011

Check out the interview below to learn more about how My Colorado Project is empowering local change! One of my favorite moments was when Robert Egger, the founder of DC Central Kitchen and V3, came to visit us a while back and his advice to me was to “keep it local and make sure it translates offline.”

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Colorado Local Project Interview 181

Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2013

In August, Ryan Deer* will head out with his baseball team and NEXT Worldwide to “Live the Mission” by working with church planting leaders in Guatemala who equip and assist local pastors with planting or strengthening new churches. Make It Personal.

Fundraising 30

Fundraising Help Student Guatemala 30

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

In this role, and through opportunities to spur innovation and collaboration in local communities, with government groups, and with other nonprofits, I’ve learned a lot – and am excited to share 5 tips I’ve found to be valuable in creating successful competitions. Has your organization run a competition online or offline?

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Tips FAQ Howto Netsquared 114

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. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. How do you balance online action with offline engagement? In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely.

Social Media 79

Social Media Cancer Jordan Kiva 79

NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly.

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Haiti Disaster Social Media Media 82