Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

org on Climate Change and Building a Movement – "Social Media Coordinator, Joe Solomon took some time to explain what 350 really means, talk about transforming community inspiration into political power, and share a story about how his work with 350.org org inspired him in ways he never imagined."

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Here is the first critical question to ask before you do anything else: WHY will your nonprofit exist? Sit down and write out the answers to these questions. As you consider these questions, here are two important exercises that will help you clarify your vision and goals: 1. This will help you gain clarity of mission.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Attend one of more than 30 NetSquared Local events happening around the world, including social media surgeries in Vancouver and Peterborough, Canada; Guatemala City; and Cambridge and Manchester, United Kingdom. And don't miss a fun new way we'll be answering your most burning social media questions in our Doctor Is In video series.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 16, 2022

They see the information about a gala event that your organization is hosting at the local aquarium. This is not only a disappointing experience for your visitor, but it can also lead them to ask a series of questions about your organization as a whole. Is the organization still relevant? Is the organization still relevant?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

We have community groups, schools, local leaders and people at every age, interest, and skill level. Before exploring the questions around limitations and needs, I want to share a couple examples of things happening right now to remind us that even though it will take a lot of work, and honestly a good bit of time, that we are already moving.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

Question 1: How do we define campaigning in the context of social media? Question #2: what are some of the best examples you’ve seen? Question #3: What are elements in these examples that are integral to the campaign’s success? link] was abt ppl, not an org. I used that tactic locally 2 move others to act.

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Campaign Org Social Media Measure 108

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” There’s also a Q&A box specifically, your questions might be a little more visible there if you use that one. We’ll take questions at the end.

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Money Question Raise Video 110

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

One of the questions that came up during a discussion of concerns at the beginning of the day, was "We have 5,000 friends on Facebook, now what? Deepen relationship through custom apps that improve on org activites (event fundraising, petitions). Identify leaders/super-activists and empower them to host local events. do you use?"

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Activities Active Activism Social Media 50

Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2012

Together we aim to create a useful set of practices for nonprofits local and global to implement through the Watchitoo collaborative whiteboard during the live hour of Nonprofits Live. Audience participation is appreciated as we ask great questions of our invited guests! Jamie Henn at 350.org Pacific time.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

As the group discussed strategies and tactics, one of the points was about just this question - how much should you ask someone to donate? Very good questions, and the only answers are to be found in testing - the answers may differ from one organization's housefile to another. What if they are brand new?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2015

For years, I have been monitoring my mobile traffic numbers, asking myself that dreaded question – is it time to include mobile in my next site upgrade. If website person is not around/available, ask local folks in your org network who they use/recommend. My colleague Amy Gahran, a mobile expert, has an analysis here.

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Mobile Test Advice Nonprofit 50

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

But most importantly, I want to recommend and encourage all of you to chat in your questions and comments throughout the next hour or so. But keep the questions coming. But the other question that they have to really think through is, well, what can we do? I think that’s a loaded question. So don’t be shy.

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NTEN

JULY 24, 2009

You can see their tagline and Nancy Schwartz 's comments -- oh, and submit YOUR ORG's tag line -- here ! The 1300th submission to the Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards is the Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations (LANO). David Neff 's Lights. It's the first film festival dedicated to nonprofit and cause-driven films.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2009

Allison says the loss of arts organizations will create enormous, possibly permanent loss of social capital for local communities. Allison suggests in her post that there is definitely a business model problem. Maybe arts organizations need to be doing "Social Capital Impact" studies along with other forms of advocacy?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

So, we started listening and asking questions to learn more about what they really liked and what they didn’t need from the old model. Org is a terrific example of a CDSI campaign. Again, feel free to discuss at the table both if you have questions about the tools and which ones you’re choosing. Campaigns: 350.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

But the connections might be so be numerous, or the formal org charts might be so misleading, that you can’t “see” what is happening easily. Maybe your question is about inter-organizational connections in your issue system (eg: agriculture, finance, housing) – it may be local, regional or global.

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Analysis Social Network Network South Africa 71

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

This can be 4 emails a year dedicated to sponsors who give the org $10K or more. You can create small posters for sponsor businesses to show off that they are giving back and sponsoring your org, team, project, or campaign. Many of us are familiar with local businesses sponsoring local sports teams. Photo and Bio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

I got flooded with questions and wasn't able to answer them all in an hour. So, I wrote a post organizing all the questions and providing some short answers in a follow up post. Kevin Gilnack came by and wrote terrific responses to those questions. I'm elevating them from the comments because they make a great post.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Building local chapters. org, and five Unity College students embarked on a bio-diesel powered road trip to encourage President Obama to restore solar paneling to the White House roof. The film and road trip led to hundreds of screenings and dialogues where people engaged with the questions DWF raised.

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Advocacy Community Build Storytelling 72

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

obama reach vs local reach. How do you involve the org? Livingston - if you don’t have their email, call them, keep asking questions but it is labor intensive. Any resources to move from national to local? Have you seen examples of your org changing? what things need to be measured. industry benchmarks.

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Ask these questions: Is there a project you want to get funded for immediate use, before the end of the year or early into next year? Your answers to these questions should help you to determine the type of campaign you want to create, and how you do it. Goals don’t come out of thin air. They should come from your programmatic needs.

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Guide Giving Campaign Social Media 73

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

During the webinar, we received a ton of questions regarding: When and how to start end of the year planning. So, with the influx of questions we received around preparing for end of year fundraising, I realized that these questions are probably on a lot of fundraisers’ minds these days. Great question. Danielle .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

You need to practice talking to people online about your cause; these aren’t skills that more traditional orgs have in their DNA. This integration has lead to lead to 7 Chapter groups communicating local news to their community and a national group with over 3,400 people sharing their stories and experiences.

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Philanthropy Results Studies North America 51

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Send frontrunners your RFP and offer to answer any additional questions that they may have. And if you have any questions about your own organization’s upcoming projects or needs, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Access to your own researcher to answer any and all questions. Review your candidates. Review their proposals.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2010

There have been a number of examples that I could use, but here are couple of examples of “checkout” donation opportunities that I’ll use to ask the questions and pontificate. Some of the questions I have are: - What if we could put the URL of the organization on the slip and make sure the donor took it home?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Bev Traynor builds on the list here and reflects on how it isn't quite a yes or not question. The 59 Smartest orgs online is a list of 59 organizations that make good use of the web2.0 " (See David Weinberger's write up " Cool Democracy Tools " and his question - Why are the tools for open democracy coming from the left?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Got a hard case at your org who wants “real data”? For “quick-and-dirty” usability testing, I will often ask the potential test participant a couple of simple questions. Then rinse-and-repeat until your design sings. A quick screener for quick tests: Do you use Facebook or Twitter and how often?

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2017

Media are the everyday bloggers, local groups and traditional media. You can learn what we’re all about over at nonprofit hub dot org. JEANETTE: That is a great question. If you or anyone you know would like to help with our mission, you can visit nonprofit hub dot org slash sponsorships. True celebrities.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

So don’t be shy, ask questions. There’s a question box. We’d love to answer your questions. . And I’m going to leave time for questions, as Steven said. And you can always listen to the recording, follow up with any questions. There’s a chat box. You can tweet us.

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

But most importantly, please feel free to chat in any questions or comments that you have along the way. And then as Steven said, we’ll do some Q&A at the end, so feel free to get those questions coming. . And I kind of like this question, who should be a bigger donor? But don’t be shy. I really like this one.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2009

This included the biggest brands and some small orgs that I had never heard of. ” That’s a good question. Here are the final results – unscientific and I am sure it’s not comprehensive. In a 72 hour period, I was exposed to more than 250 “messages” from 189 different nonprofit organizations.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

I’d like to extend my thanks to Emily and Beth for participating, and to all of the audience for your good, insightful questions. Beth : That is a question that is not easy to answer in a couple of sentences because there are so many "it depends" variations. If you missed it, you can register to receive the recording at [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

One, the key issue facing activists who wish for real social change is the mismatch between the scale of our problems (global) and the natural scale of our sociality (local). Alexis Madrigal in his post Gladwell on Social Media and Activism also questions the black and white description of strong/weak ties that Gladwell states.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 30, 2009

Instead, I'd like to spend a little time thinking about the questions that were raised for me (and maybe you). My question: what are the other 14% doing? If you are worried about lack of knowledge or money, then go to the local college or university and create an unpaid internship. My question: why is this?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

This month's Net2 Think Tank question is: How do real-world (offline) events fit into social media conversations and campaigns ? So - a major question is: How can your online community also support events in the real world? org Actions are a great example of coordinated events with a shared agenda. Courtesy of Joe Solomon.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

If only I'd had this map , I could have laid the scale questions to rest. " (This, when the interesting part of the story was the trussed rooster under my seat that slowly slid forward and stared at me for most of the trip. Unsettling!) Maps present a different way for your organization to tell its stories.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

“There is no question that it is down for most organizations. Recently, I sent out a direct mail letter for a small local non-profit and they saw a 12% response rate directly, but in fact it was larger because some of the recipients donated other things such as time and resources. And the age group of recipients was 21-75.

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