Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 9, 2009

How Technology is Redefining How We Connect | Psychology Today - An interesting read - focusing on the need to incorporate offline interaction in relationships. How does your organization encourage your online supporters/friends/fans to take action offline, together, or to meet with your organization? Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2009

We all know from offline life experience that you don’t just schedule a meeting, but you have to show up and contribute for the meeting to be successful; you probably also have action items that come out of the meeting that people work on individually and that also draw them back together for another meeting.

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Life Learning Offline Social 100

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. Net Tuesdays are monthly events, organized by local volunteers in over 30 cities around the world. Tags: community events net tuesday net2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2005

Tag Poetry. Yesterday, Nancy White suggested that we add having the students create poetry from their tags. When I got back from on-site work (reflections on that follow) and finished my mommy shift, I discovered that Nancy wrote a poem with her tags. " What if you linked your tag words to something?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

That’s not exactly the way business normally goes down offline. How are you showing your gratitude for the hard work of your supporters (“volunteer&# means something very different online!) Tags: events fundraising presentation facebook individuals notes slides socialmedia ssir. What do you think?

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Social Media Organization Media Fundraising 102

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

After the small group discussions, we had volunteers from each group provide a short report back to the full room of some of the highlights or lingering questions that came out of the conversation. Offline vs Online. Tags: events issues digitalengagement digitalinclusion socialbysocial. Session #2 Word Cloud: Relevant Content.

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Voice Reflection Conversation Digital 102

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

After the small group discussions, we had volunteers from each group provide a short report back to the full room of some of the highlights or lingering questions that came out of the conversation. Offline vs Online. Tags: events issues digitalengagement digitalinclusion socialbysocial. Session #2 Word Cloud: Relevant Content.

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Voice Reflection Conversation Digital 102

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

A day of on and offline events spanning the globe celebrating the Web. Sign up for a Mozilla Service Week Volunteer Opportunity. In 2008, OneWebDay organizers documented volunteer-driven events in 34 different cities across the world. Tags: issues socialchange digitalinclusion onewebday owd09 uk. Today is OneWebDay !

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Celebrate Web Digital Conversation 164

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

A final example is that of sissing persons support: The Extraordinaries launched a mobile application that lets users take advantage of moments of free time to volunteer via their phone. Volunteers look at a photo of a missing person, compare it to a news image, and see if they can find a match.

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Those that have opened themselves up to using these tools and connecting with passionate people in their networks find abundance. Here’s one story about how one free agent, a social media savvy volunteer for a local food bank, saw a problem, reached out to her network, and helped solved in collaboration with the local nonprofit.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

Be sure that you are connecting with the passionate volunteers going out and raising money for you: thank them, support them, encourage them. Tags: fundraising issues causes data facebook myspace. I’m incredibly frustrated at the lack of transparency from Causes, especially around this issue. What do you think?

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Causes Myspace Donation Application 166

Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

You can easily see when donors have given, volunteered, attended an event, or interacted in any other way with your organization chronologically without searching through cluttered lists. The solution offers tools for everything from volunteer management to marketing and communications and online giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

I'm thrilled that Peggy Duvette, Executive Director, agreed to share a post about their new capacity to speak many languages and its offline events. . This effort was realized thanks to more than 10 months of work by a team of 43 volunteer translators based in Brazil, France, Mexico and the US. Tags: socialnetworks.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I have always been proud to support WWT both during the telesummit and during the rest of the year with other offline meetups, online content, and more. This may be other organizations/partners, donors, volunteers, fundraisers, event attendees, etc. Your goal: why do you engage with them. How do you set up an unconference?

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Tools Tech Map RSS 162

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

What’s this mean to you as an activist, supporter, volunteer, changemaker, entrepreneur, innovator or *insert preferred title* online? There are many who approach the online landscape with very different views than their offline business decisions. and so… The Conversation. Well, it means a lot.

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Myspace Causes Philanthropy Offline 108

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

How do we activate the online activists to take action offline?" I was not presenting, but decided to use Twitter crowd source some suggestions, screencapture them, and put those into my presentation later in the day. jeffshuck @ kanter I'm biased, but events are a powerful way to move online advocates offline. I suggest a tweetup.

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Activities Active Activism Social Media 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

Marnie also introduced me to social booking and tagging way back in 2004 as the originator of the NpTech Tag. 6: Use social media to close the loop between online and offline action. I was also an early member of Netsquared Community , another one of Marnie’s brilliant ideas that rocked the field. Theory and Practice.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Create opportunities and events that bring people together online and offline - these activities can help move people up the ladder of engagement, get them volunteering or advocating for your organization, using your services or helping promote them. So, throw a party or two, and have fun! What do you think?

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Online Social Network Facebook Charity 126

Care2

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Are their offline events they can sign up to attend? Can they volunteer? Tags: Marketing Research Nonprofit Benchmark Studies Online Advocacy Online Marketing Online Organizing. Write a letter to the editor? Survey their list at least once a year and ask supporters what issues do they think the organization should take on?

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Studies Communication Online Practice 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2009

Educate general public, local leaders, supporters, donors and volunteers. Reach new supporters, donors and volunteers. Are your supporters, donors, volunteers online? Reach new supporters, donors and volunteers. Make it easy for people to give online and offline while also showing people how you are using their money.

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Goal Strategy YouTube Demonstration 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Do orchestra managers share the opinion that fundraising and attracting volunteers are highly valuable metrics, or do they have different goals and objectives? Dutch native Marc van Bree is a public relations practitioner in Chicago with more than 5 years of experience communicating—on and offline—in the nonprofit environment.

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Social Media Survey Media Social 92

NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

You can also use ZIP code to restrict or show events near a constituent’s area and show nearby volunteering opportunities. Offline activities. If you track event attendees or volunteers, follow up online by sending a thank you email with pictures of the event. Interests. How do you know what your constituents are interested in?

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Texas Personal Online Experiment 80

NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

The Extraordinaries launched a mobile application last year that lets users take advantage of moments of free time to volunteer via their phone. The application has more then 50 organizations contributing volunteer opportunities to over 6,000 users (with 35,000+ micro-tasks already completed). Missing Persons. What's Changing?

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Haiti Disaster Social Media Media 82

Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2009

12 noon Pacific, to celebrate the amazing contributions from volunteers, contributors, steering committee members, staff, and friends of the many libraries which have worked with the project since its inception three years ago. Congrats to all of the public libraries, staff, volunteers, and contributors to such a successful project!

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NetWits

MAY 20, 2008

The Challenge: Bread for the City wanted a new website that would create a more professional image, drive more support for the mission, and allow the organization to better integrate its online and offline marketing activities. Success stories demonstrate the organization’s community impact to supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Other organizations broke their efforts down into bite-size pieces for their volunteers by creating templates to use to send messages to their friends, post and comment on blogs, and create their own videos.” There were 44 followers that used the #floodofsupport hash tag or linked to the Crowdrise page or blog post.

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Nashville Twitter Blogger Contest 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2009

He takes the long view of short attention spans…it’s sometimes hard for people to find the right organizations to volunteer for, and it can be equally hard for organizations to capitalize on the various skills that volunteers bring to the table… But microvolunteerism, Colker says, ‘is perfectly suited for the Millennial Generation.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Someone who signs up and then shows up for offline events? Being clear about what you need from the most active 20% of your supporters, activists, readers, or volunteers is the first step to ensuring you're building structures to find, cultivate, and support those critical folks. Is it a monthly donor?

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Including various social media tools in the way you do your work (whether it’s communications, fundraising, outreach, volunteer recruitment or service delivery) comes from strategically identifying the right tools for the right things. Social media is a tool for you to use to help you achieve your mission.

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Social Media Interaction Government Case Study 105

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 11, 2009

Well, it is going to take everyone, whether you are part of an organization or receive services from one, whether you are a philanthropist or a volunteer, whether you work for a for-profit business or are a community member. There is so much talk both online and offline, from inside organizations and from outside, that “nonprofits are broken.”

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Review San Francisco Student Issue 100

Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

You can achieve all sorts of goals, whether you want to increase advocacy participation, boost volunteer registrations, or promote resources to your beneficiaries. Using Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager, they’ll keep you in the loop on performance by creating live dashboards and reports that you can reference at any time.

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Grant Google Management Guide 52

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

traditional offline software) into the cloud (a.k.a. For example, QuickBooks offline to QuickBooks online is almost seamless, whereas a move from Sage MIP to QuickBooks online would require a multi-step process (i.e. Tags: cloud computing Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN rob jordan IT Staff.

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Org Jordan Offline Consultant 61

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

traditional offline software) into the cloud (a.k.a. For example, QuickBooks offline to QuickBooks online is almost seamless, whereas a move from Sage MIP to QuickBooks online would require a multi-step process (i.e. Tags: cloud computing Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN rob jordan IT Staff.

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Org Jordan Offline Consultant 57

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Next, focus on your goals – Are you trying to raise a million dollars or mobilize a group of offline volunteers? Tags: Conferences Guest Post. First, create a page on Causes and activist resource center. Or, if you are a non-profit, check out the non-profit resource center.

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Social Media Video Social Media 98

Care2

JULY 9, 2009

Are their offline events they can attend? Can they volunteer? Tags: Email Marketing Online Advertising Online Advocacy Online Fundraising Online Organizing. Look at what you’re asking your members to do. How can they help your nonprofit and advance your mission besides signing petitions or donating money?

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Calendar Offline Advocacy Rate 31

Care2

JULY 9, 2009

Are their offline events they can attend? Can they volunteer? Tags: Email Marketing Online Advertising Online Advocacy Online Fundraising Online Organizing. Look at what you’re asking your members to do. How can they help your nonprofit and advance your mission besides signing petitions or donating money?

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Calendar Offline Advocacy Rate 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

The free agents do it when and how they please, making them distinct from and more powerful than traditional volunteers. They’re convening Barcamp-like unconferences called PubCamps all over the country, allowing local techies and citizen journalists to forge collaborative projects with NPR and PBS stations, both online and offline.

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