Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Three specific examples that are very different include: Connectipedia : a wiki-based platform that allows anyone interested in philanthropy or social impact in the Pacific Northwest (or beyond) to share research, resources, information, or data about people, places and topics.

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Community Case Study Haiti Social Media 207

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

I wanted to use today to focus in on a question recently posed by my good friend Joe Solomon on Twitter : What are the nonprofit/orgs that are working 2 wire the green movement, like what @ netsquared does 4 nonprofits, @ sunfoundation for politics; which orgs are working to expose data, leverage soc media, connect the orgs together?

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Green Mashup Aggregator Org 102

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. org before? The event happens in the week leading up to Mother’s Day and provides a platform where anyone can build a heartspace with text, photos and videos to show their love for their mother, an important woman in their life, or even people that inspire them. What is a movement?

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Build Community Technology Action 220

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 24, 2011

Making Stories Work for Your Org: What the Data Says | NTEN – "Don't count on a personal story to transform your fundraising appeal. We’ve cracked the competition process open, leveraging a combination of workflows and social tools to produce a compelling experience of real participation in key activities.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Or, if you are clearly visible and helping to pull together threads of knowledge building across many platforms, your organization’s name is getting valuable exposure. See Amy Sample Ward's materials on Community Driven Social Impact for more details on strategically planning online communities.). What roles are needed? rating items.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2009

Well, #CharityTuesday was started as a way of creating visibility for orgs using Twitter, get them talking to each other instead of just broadcasting information, and more. " DemocracyInAction Green Grants - DemocracyInAction Green Empowers grants provide organizations with the Salsa platform for free. Learn more here.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Provide them with graphics, sample posts, press releases, email templates and more. While we know that not all orgs have this same brand awareness, we believe that less can be more, that simple can be best. Many orgs create a mix of what is called “soft” and “hard” asks, balancing storytelling with urgency and straightforward requests.

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Guide Giving Campaign Social Media 73

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2015

If website person is not around/available, ask local folks in your org network who they use/recommend. When I queried professional colleagues for their advice on Facebook, Amy Sample Ward mentioned that NTEN’s site failed the test. Note the feedback as to what is not working. Work the project plan.

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Mobile Test Advice Nonprofit 50

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. Social media platforms come and go, but emails belong to you! These need not look like a commercial.

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Donor Sponsor Accessibility Music 343

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

.&# The first step here is to create processes within your organization that are collaborative by nature so that when any new projects (whether they are collaborations—with other orgs, etc.— or not) emerge, doing them in a collaborative way does not actually create new/more work.

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Collaboration Social Media Org Conversation 105

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

When planning content for your social media platforms, think first about your audience. In creating a social media plan, every single post you make on any social media platform should serve one of the following purposes: Informational articles showing the impact of your work and why there is a need. What’s Your Audience Interested in?

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Social Media Structure Media Social 124

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

How do you involve the org? Have you seen examples of your org changing? Think about which things you really need to track and measure those, not everything you could possibly track. Discussion: What is your learning process from social media? NWF - there is no failure. everything can be taken to scale.

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

Care2

JULY 24, 2007

If youve missed the launch of Facebook Apps Platform almost two months ago, youre already way behind the times. While the Causes idea smartly takes advantage of an existing platform with a huge audience, a deeper dive into the data is revealing. We took a sampling from all of the Causes to get a sense of what the potential is.

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Causes Facebook Social Media Advocacy 48

Classy

AUGUST 25, 2021

In 2020, nonprofits quickly transitioned their long-standing in-person fundraising events to virtual formats for the first time with the help of innovative online fundraising platforms. See How This Org Converts Attendees to Recurring Donors. Gamify your event through platforms such as Twitch .

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

If youve missed the launch of Facebook Apps Platform almost two months ago, youre already way behind the times. While the Causes idea smartly takes advantage of an existing platform with a huge audience, a deeper dive into the data is revealing. We took a sampling from all of the Causes to get a sense of what the potential is.

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Causes Facebook Social Media Advocacy 48

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. What : This meeting is for for people at orgs who have been using social media for several years and will be a forum to exchange advanced level tips and stories, as well as share what’s worked and what hasn’t. Thursday, April 8, 2010.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2022

Choose Your Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Platform. For your peer-to-peer fundraising campaign, you’ll need a fundraising platform to share progress, tell your story, drive donations, and run your peer-to-peer fundraising pages. Your fundraising platform should make it easier for you to setup your fundraising, not harder or more tedious.

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CauseVox

JULY 31, 2022

Choose Your Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Platform. For your peer-to-peer fundraising campaign, you’ll need a fundraising platform to share progress, tell your story, drive donations, and run your peer-to-peer fundraising pages. Your fundraising platform should make it easier for you to setup your fundraising, not harder or more tedious.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2017

Map your needs to a strategic plan: Leading indicators in our tech investment research that points to an org’s level of effectiveness is whether you can point to the need for tech in their strategic plan.” – Amy Sample Ward , CEO, NTEN. You have to tie the need for technology up to all of your strategic goals.

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Technology Impact Tips Blackbaud 20

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

A core group of the organizers are fluent with a variety of social media platforms including Twitter, Pinterest (a fun opportunity to take it out for a social change spin, thought Beth!) As Lucy would tweet later, “Pink is a color not an org.” and Facebook, plus Stephanie’s graphic design expertise.

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Reflection Doc Lesson Cancer 150

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 10, 2009

"Since 2005, hundreds of thousands of web publishers have used the free Conduit Platform to increase engagement, grow web traffic, and drive revenue. I can point to dozens of orgs that create sites that are essentially fundraising brochures with donation buttons and paragraphs about the history of the organization.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And here’s just a sample breakdown, $56 billion for individuals and families, $86 billion for health, $211 billion for education and childcare, $40 billion for transportation. And how are you growing your following in the various different platforms? . There’s more in there. How are you connecting with different donors?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

She spends a lot of time doing workshops, helping orgs with communications. In fact, for you, environmental folks listening, special focus on environmental orgs. And WhatsApp is the favorite social media platform in the world. And I’ll give you a bit more of a sample of this, you know, how can they share what they know?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

It’s a platform to connect, to earn trust, and for even the most reluctant of supporters to discover just how much they want to be a part of your community. Have you considered your platform? In an effort to promote good deeds and giving, he used the movement as a platform to jumpstart the holiday giving season.

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