Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The rise of social media has also given rise to online giving on cause awareness and giving days. The rise of social media has inspired in-the-moment fundraising on cause awareness and giving days. million mentions on social media). million mentions on social media). The Trend of Cause Awareness and Giving Days.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Should you change your nonprofit’s Facebook profile image to show support of a hot political issue? As they say, “With any social media profile, comes great responsibility.” Having a social media policy in place will help you answer these questions, and inform you or your social media manager on what to do in similar situations.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 23, 2013

Topic : A Beginner’s Guide to Social Media. Description : Social media presents a confusing blur of personal and professional profiles. In a tightly integrated community like ours, social media use requires special consideration. Location : King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

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Social Media Guide Lecture Media 105

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

The session focused on using core social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to raise awareness and inspire others as a volunteer. When it comes to creating great content, there are four important elements, especially with social media, as you can see in the image at the top of this post. Creating Great Content.

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Social Network Volunteer Network Social 228

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

One of the themes that bubbled up was the role of ambient data from social media channels and I agreed to lead a discussion on: How useful is this data for foundations? The professional tools for monitoring and analyzing social media data can be expensive and pose a steep learning curve.

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NCE Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Second, a local nonprofit executive is suing LinkedIn , because someone put up a LinkedIn profile with his personal information without his permission. It leads me to point out that even if you don’t post information to social media – others will on your behalf. What do you expect from social media in 2013?

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Linkedin Policy Photo Social Media 130

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

So far, trying to navigate the site to browse or set up a profile has about a 50/50 chance of hitting either a 504 or 500 error page. I’m not sure that organizations will want to maintain, or create, a profile on facebook just as a ticket to using Jumo. “Amy Sample Ward wrote on her/her profile:&#. Messaging.

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Reflection Profile Facebook Platform 279

Care2

MAY 13, 2013

Last week Amy Sample Ward and I held a webinar with Care2 on Social Media: You’re Probably Doing it Wrong. We recommend that if you need to schedule social media posts, you do so sparingly and be prepared to delete them quickly if breaking news is happening. People began blasting Kenneth Cole publicly on social media.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Timo Luege recently shared the new social media staff guidelines created at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). >> Review the IFRC Social Media Staff Guides here. Why create social media staff guidelines? Highlights from IFRC Social Media Staff Guides. What do you think?

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Social Media Examples Guide Guidelines 114

sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

To get started, consider this sample workplace giving plan; then, build out each phase to craft a clear roadmap for success that fits your organization’s efforts. More than likely, you’ve been using your fundraising technology to collect data and build detailed donor profiles in your CRM. Use social media.

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Build Giving Strategy Tips 73

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

“ 72% of the 209 respondents describe their approaches to personal/professional use of social media as either ‘blended’ or ‘segmented by channel’ ” Facebook friends aren’t created equal; or, rather, Facebook gives you the options to treat your friends differently. Be a social recommender!

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2014

Amy Sample Ward. The internet might be everywhere, but where are you? Amy makes the case for making your website your digital home. For all this effort to create content and spark conversations, we won''t be successful if our online presence didn''t have a home. Our website is that home, and being a home is a difficult but important role.

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Websites Sample Linkedin NTEN 60

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

For those that follow the #4Change twitter-based chats, this is a post recapping and highlighting our latest conversation on social media application in the Climate Change movement. How can we and how are we using social media tools for social change? So, what are the biggest lessons for using social media in a global movement?

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Social Media Change Media Lesson 145

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2009

Jamie Burke is hosting the Female Social Media Guru UK Awards as an opportunity to “challenge the current under-representation of females on event panels by offering a high profile platform for women.&# You can vote for the Female Social Media Guru UK Awards here!

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Award Social Media Media Austin 100

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

Social media is a space where the individual reigns, relationships are required, and conversations are public. Like I said at the beginning, it’s important for organizations to move into the social media space using the processes that are accepted and successful, with the focus on being transparent and real, and so on.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

Now, your sharing and connecting settings apply to much more of the web than just your social networking profile. My Google+ profile automatically includes a Google Buzz tab to see the stream from that space. But, at least right now, you can still only have that one profile.

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Google Profile Stream Classes 267

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2014

As you build your storytelling profile, Hatch will suggest tools, case studies and resources customized to your needs. These recommendations will always be saved to your profile so you can access them later. Here’s just a sampling of what you’ll find: How to Make the Case to Invest in Story. Taming the Measurement Monster.

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Storytelling Digital Impact Tools 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Amy Sample Ward put the Global Giving Widget on her Facebook profile. I got to meet Amy when I was in Portland earlier this month and enjoyed the opportunity to talk about social media and nonprofits. I've known of Darren Barefoot's work, but he really caught my attention in flickr with his " social media starfish."

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

. —– Google+, the social network launched by Google nearly 5 months ago, has recently opened up the platform to organizations and brands with a profile type akin to the options for individuals and Pages on Facebook. Are you using Google+ now and have you set up a profile for your organization? Apples and Oranges.

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Social Network Network Strategy Social 165

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

Here’s a sampling of just a few: How do you create ideas that the crowd embraces, makes stronger, and spreads? One of my favorite chapters of the book describes different leadership profiles based on the values and leadership approaches that different leaders use. Each profile is illustrated with an in-depth case study.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2008

Today we start NTEN's Be The Media journey where the community is the curriculum ! We invite you to join the conversation each week as roll out a new theme related to social media and nonprofits. This week we'll be discussing Module 1: Why Your Nonprofit Organization Should Be The Media. Flickr Photo by Liquid Lucidity.

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Social Media Media Social Module 50

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

The key to true cross-channel engagement like the #gosilent campaign is to link your accounts or use common profile names so that supporters can easily find you. IAVA didn’t confine their own use of social tools to Facebook and Twitter, as their supporters would be using other tools, too.

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DipJar

MARCH 21, 2022

While social media platforms and search engines can get you started, you’ll also need access to the following: . Don’t be afraid to ask for samples of their work or ask their past clients for feedback on their performance. . Invite them to subscribe to your email newsletter, social media profiles, and other communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Many of us have been up early playing with Jumo, setting up our individual profiles and finding issues and organizations or setting up profiles for organizations. Amy Sample Ward shares her first reflections and critique of the platform and wonders what’s the point?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Here is a Sample Six-Month Planning Timeline to help you get started. This Sample Budget Template provides a more detailed expense breakdown and can be used to start your Giving Day budget. None of this can be done effectively without systematic planning upfront – and that takes time. How much staff time is involved?

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Hosting Foundation Question Giving 94

NCE Social Media

APRIL 29, 2009

4) Link to your profiles on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. That’s just a small sampling of what your organization can now do on Change.org with the premium toolset. Finally, you may have noticed that a number of organizations such as Amnesty International [link] have branded headers for their profiles.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Topic : Community-Driven Planning: Creating a Social Media Strategy. Description : This all-day workshop starts with the real foundation of social media engagement: community and content. Topic : Social Media Boundaries: Personal/Personnel Policy. Topic : Social Media Done Right in 30 Minutes/Day.

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Kentucky Leadership ROI Social Media 122

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

nfpSynergy, a leading nonprofit sector think-tank and research consultancy in the UK, “tracks a representative sample of over 1000 11-25 year olds throughout mainland Britain twice-yearly, gaining insights into their views and habits, both social and charity-related” in its Youth Engagement Monitor. The Research. No one likes secrets!

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Online Social Network Facebook Charity 126

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Description : Nonprofits, just like businesses and other enterprises, have seen a dramatic impact from the increased use of social media. I’m not talking about more or less fundraising dollars, or new programs – I’m talking about the way social media uses, relies on even, a human face of organizations.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 7, 2010

The site said the original message was in Greek and translated to “From the 16th to the 20th of November, we shall change our profile pictures to our favourite cartoon characters. The purpose of this game is to remove all photos of human for a few days from Facebook.&#.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 13, 2010

My session focuses on the fact that nonprofits, just like businesses and other enterprises, have seen a dramatic impact from the increased use of social media. I’m not talking about more or less fundraising dollars, or new programs – I’m talking about the way social media uses, relies on even, a human face of organizations.

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Conference Social Media Profile Comment 157

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Celebrities, politicians and others with a high profile. Lauren outlines 7 Lists that organizations may find useful, including: Your organisation’s chapters and campaigns. Related international organisations and campaigns. Organisations that are somewhat related to your organisation. Volunteers. Retweeters and people who have contacted you.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2009

Just take a glimpse at the excitement Beth Kanter and Amy Sample Ward are already buzzing about around this year’s NTC…). (An event, I might add, that might be seen as one of those “nice to haves&# in your budget meetings but is, of course, completely important to anyone working in nonprofit technology!

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Celebrities, politicians and others with a high profile. Lauren outlines 7 Lists that organizations may find useful, including: Your organisation’s chapters and campaigns. Related international organisations and campaigns. Organisations that are somewhat related to your organisation. Volunteers. Retweeters and people who have contacted you.

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Twitter Chapter Campaign Celebrate 227

NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Here's a few highlights: Social Media and Climate Change : #4Change, the Twitter-based chat, recently tweet-chatted about social media in the climate movement. Amy Sample Ward recaps the lively discussion and shares some excellent resources like this Climate Debate Map , the Drupal.org profile of TckTckTck and the Climate Lab Wiki.

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2010

All three session designers (myself, Ivan Boothe, Amy Sample Ward) have a background in community organizing, have run successful community organizing campaigns, and offer expertise in the field of social media. . That about sums up my life as a social media consultant! I love chatting on twitter: @askdebra.

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Campaign Community Question Organization 73

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Why Real-World Socializing Is the Next Big Thing for Social Media – "From the Latin root socials, meaning “united, living with others,” the word social is firmly grounded in the physical world and implies face-to-face interaction. ." The folks at Best Friends Animal Society would answer with a resounding yes!

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