Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Love of Philanthropy Photo Contest « Vivanista | Living Well. Twitter beta-tested a spine." So we need to remember that with social media!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

I've been asking myself how can we leverage the addition of nonprofits and charities on the Twitter Suggested User List? I followed the ant trails to the Chronicle of Philanthropy blog post today asking the question, Should Twitter Recommend More Charities? saying that Twitter was now a “king maker”.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit leader who needs advice on who the best prospects are to ask for legacy gifts. Have a question for our Fundraising Coach? Please submit your question here. 20% loyal donors = 500 loyal donors .

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Self-examination was the zeitgeist of philanthropy in 2021. Recent evidence from the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) indicates that grantmakers are asking the same questions with slight differences across funders, wasting a significant amount of a nonprofit's time during the application process. We reflected. We adapted.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Internalizing and externalizing an organization-wide culture of philanthropy. Then ask yourself these questions: Is your mission clear and compelling (i.e., Keep these questions in mind:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

How networked nonprofits use twitter. Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

If you missed it, you can listen to the recording here , or join us for one of two upcoming conversations on Giving Days: the #FundChat Twitter chat on the Playbook at 12 EST Wednesday Sept. 18, and a Google Hangout with the Chronicle of Philanthropy at 1 p.m. 18, and a Google Hangout with the Chronicle of Philanthropy at 1 p.m.

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2011

This is a continuing series of 5 Questions for experts from across the nonprofit sector: 5 Questions for Jay Frost. Follow Jay on Twitter at @gordonjayfrost or reach him by email at jay@fundraisinginfo.com. Jay Frost is a 25 year veteran of the fundraising field.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

Join us as we talk about the latest social good initiatives underway at Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and YouTube while also seeing how non-profit organizers are using these tools to change the world. Follow Frank on Twitter. Her second book, exploring how causes can excel using Twitter, comes out in the summer of 2011.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

DonorPerfect will scan your donors’ email addresses and pull links to their pages into their record and even allow you to interact with them on Twitter while you use DonorPerfect. Learn the 5 markers of philanthropy that predict major giving potential. 4) Find new, creative ways to show impact. Sign up for ShopRaise now !

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to encourage their Development Director to take meetings with major donors. . Thanks for this question, Charity Clairity. Have a question for our Fundraising Coach?

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

Claire Axelrad ( @charityclairity on Twitter) has been called a Fundraising Ninja, and we have to agree. In addition to her own insights, tips, and tricks, Claire curates the weekly “Clarity Click-It,” a hand-picked selection of the best articles on the web about philanthropy, fundraising, social media, and more. TECHSOUP BLOG.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2021

For years now, there’s been a powerful evolving discussion in the social benefit sector around “ culture of philanthropy ” and why it’s so critically important to fundraising success. Fund in the United States and the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy in the U.K. . That answers their questions. Be ethical.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Earlier this summer, I had the huge privilege to visit Romania and help with the Local Philanthropy Workshop. The Local Philanthropy Workshop: Facebook Campaigning in Romania. When it comes to campaigning on facebook, the real question is page vs group. The slides are below as well as some notes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2009

If used correctly, #hashtags can be very useful to nonprofits on Twitter. The problem is that there so many hashtags floating around on Twitter, that’s it tough to keep track of which hashtags work best and reach the most individuals. CharityTuesday : This hashtag is very popular on Twitter, but people use it in different ways.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 6, 2010

CauseWorld will appeal to the online activists… those folks that love to recruit you to join Causes on Facebook and Twitter, but it’s unclear how much $$ = 1 Karma. CharityFinder gives us a peak at what could be in App Philanthropy. That’s an App that will change philanthropy as we know it.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2014

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Is For-Profit the Future of Non-Profit?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Sean Stannard-Stockton has just posted my guest post on the Tactical Philanthropy blog. We can count our Twitter followers or how many people have commented on our blog post, or could have counted the number of supporters on Causes or voters on ideablob, but that doesn’t mean we connect with them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Most recently, we co-wrote an op-ed for the Chronicle of Philanthropy on the age of automation and it implications for fundraisers. Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about AI for Social Good and Nonprofits with an eye towards our next book. Here’s this month’s roundup.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). The more than 260,000 people who follow the American Red Cross’s Twitter account were promptly informed of the discovery. Accidentally, of course.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Scandals have been all-too-common on twitter. Click here to follow us on twitter!)

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Internalizing and externalizing an organization-wide culture of philanthropy. Talk to your team to see what questions people are asking. . Mastering relevant content marketing.

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Whole Whale

MAY 12, 2022

Philanthropy News Digest. Chronicle of Philanthropy. Take a look at our tips for hiring people at nonprofits to see the kind of questions that might be asked in an interview. Once you’re ready to apply for a nonprofit job, consider checking your resume for non-inclusive language with this resume tool. Skoll Social Edge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

In the lead-up to the December 3rd event, the question of how to extend a day of giving into a giving season? It answers many questions hosts may have about planning, implementing, and evaluating the day. Yesterday, FundChat hosted a Twitter Chat with the Playbook’s authors, Kari Dunn Saratovsky ( @kds ) of KDS Strategies ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Joe Solomon set up a Facebook Group called Save the World With Twitter. So maybe the question should be, how many whales did you save with that Tweet ? Or rather, how do we measure the value and effectiveness of Twitter? So, this is a Facebook group for people who use or want to use Twitter for good! Twitter for Health.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2013

But, this was back in 2009 in the days when you mentioned Twitter and people would look at you with a puzzling expression or say sarcastically, “Isn’t that where people share what their cat ate for breakfast?” Philanthropy Presenting' This tweet was sent a Packard Foundation board meeting four years ago.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 21, 2021

Before rolling out any new strategy, ask the question: “How will this make a donor feel?” . We give it labels like “culture of philanthropy” and “donor-centered fundraising.” And it’s the best way I know to convey to non-development staff how important their role is in facilitating philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

Review the Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. I learned a lot about Giving Circles from Philanthropy Together and am presently serving on the advisory committee for the WeGive Summit in May.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

Source: Philanthropy 2.0 Last week, Geoff Livingston , Qui Diaz and I posted a summary of our findings from our Philanthropy 2.0 The goal of our Community Philanthropy 2.0 research, a survey of the giving habits of the social media savvy, over at Mashable. Get your conversations going online NOW! I used a cli.gs

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Beth Asked a Question « A. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2013

The workshop is co-presented by S tanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. Pick something small and an easy win and repeat for 3 weeks. Maybe you want to get started with Twitter – start by summarizing an article you have read and want to share. Don’t say you have notimetotweet. Model the Model.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

That said, I do not cover personal LinkedIn Profiles in my upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Twitter and LinkedIn , but LinkedIn Groups and Company Pages are covered in detail in both the webinar and in the book. Maximize the website and Twitter fields. Post Authentic Updates—Don’t Sync with Twitter!

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). If you want to share the ways your organizations is using Facebook to engage with supporters, visit this link to get the questions and the submission information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2013

We’ll be talking about NTEN’s great work, #GivingTuesday, and why collective philanthropy is powerful. Join me for a Twitter Chat at 12:30 pm PST – I’ll be taking over the UnFoundation Twitter account. We are excited that @kanter will host our Twitter account tomorrow for #GivingTuesday !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2013

I detected a clear shift in attitudes in the audience at the conference based on the audience questions. I didn’t get asked ”What are the best tools to measure followers on Twitter?” With shifting attitudes, the skills and will to get past hurdles in measurement follow.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2017

There have been many news articles recently about social media for evil: How Facebook, Twitter, Google, and even Instagram have been abused for coordinated misinformation paid social media or advertising to influence our political system. He provides techniques to help you answer a simple question, “Does this deserve my attention?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Share Links w/Brief Comment : This comes from my daily scanning of resources about social media, nonprofits, and philanthropy and picking out five good links and passing them along with a 140 character annotation. Usually I ask a question, and try to get people to answer in another place like a google document or wiki.

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