Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

Engaging the consultant search using a JEDI approach requires clarity of intent, a commitment to being uncomfortable, and a great deal of “cultural humility” (self-reflection, personal critique, and acknowledgment of existing biases), especially in white-lead and white-dominated organizations and institutions.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2021

When deciding to conduct research with a population, it is necessary to reflect on the timing and impact on participants before moving forward: Is the research we are conducting essential to carrying out the mission of the organization? Diverse research samples result in more inclusive outcomes.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The Global Scale project has had a slow start. Bonnie’s reflections are up on her blog, too. Writing this blog post also made me realize that I think even Bonnie and I have different views of the “Global Scale&# project – and that’s just fine! where do I fit?

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2022

In this guide, we’ll offer some tips and sample scripts you can use when calling donors to request a face-to-face meeting or directly request donations. Instead, try any of these: “I want your input on a project we’re planning.”. “We Below is a list of sample objections you might hear and a few ways you can handle them.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

As we cross the milestone of having 1 million Trailhead badges earned, now is a great opportunity to reflect and share key takeaways on what our team learned through the process of designing and implementing a learning program on Trailhead. A sampling of badge art from Salesforce.org Trailhead modules.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The After Action Review is a reflective practice that can be used for anything, but I find it especially valuable for social media pilots and experiments. The After Action Review (AAR) is a structured way to capture the lessons learned from any project, with the intent of improving future performance. The process is simple.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Sample fundraising calendar Be sure to update your quarterly and monthly totals for the year, comparing them to your original goals. Sample SMART fundraising goals Reflect on Your Focus Areas Begin by asking yourself some key questions related to your goals and focus areas. Are you on track to meet your goals?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2010

There’s also a group of well known influential thinkers who have contributed, including Jonathan Waddingham at JustGiving, Rachel Beer at beautiful world, Steve Bridger and Amy Sample Ward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2015

helps readers craft a volunteer program that reflects the organization’s mission and approaches daily management needs with an eye toward the future. Other esteemed contributors include: Jayne Cravens, Aria Finger, Holly Ross, Amy Sample Ward, Joe Waters, Scott Henderson, Meg Garlinghouse, Robert Eggers, and Greg Baldwin.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Furthermore, we found that how nonprofits are currently using data does not necessarily reflect how they would like to use it. Here is a sample of what we found: 99% of respondents track some sort of metrics. We'd like to thank Google for supporting this research project. 41% are tracking external data about their issue area.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2008

The NTEN project is an excellent learning laboratory for reflection and learning about this topic. "A critical friend is someone who is independent of the project who asks. I'm very interested in learning how different types of networks or communities work in a networked way - this whole notion of working wikily.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Here's the list: Amy Sample Ward, Building Blocks of Social Media. For this session, I presented two ROI approaches, one for the early stage projects or pilots based on David Armano's Listen, Learn, and Adapt and the traditional ROI analysis that IT staff in nonprofits might use for a major hardware or system investment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

And little did I know that Amy Sample Ward and Stacey Monk were planning one hell of a surprise party! I met Spencer Brodsky last December when he was doing a fundraiser campaign for his project in Rwanda. For now, enjoy Amy Sample Ward's reflection on crowdsourcing a surprise party ! And connected with Mark Horvath.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Reflecting on the Community and the work being done in every corner of the world, we’ve tried to articulate some of the aspects that make the NetSquared Community so unique and also so powerful. This new white paper captures just a few of the stories and the qualities that make up the special place where we all come together.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

On the other hand, sustained support from a broad base of recurring donors does the opposite: It empowers your nonprofit to stay true to its missions and tackle projects and initiatives with confidence. Make a sample recurring donation—or several—to ensure the transaction and email confirmations work as expected. Then test it again.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Exhibits), Rob Semper (Exploratorium) and I hosted a wide-ranging discussion session on design techniques for developing projects that involve both online and onsite elements. The REFLECTS project blends practical institutional demands with deep research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2015

This book is one of the central resources for the emerging leadership development project I’m currently working on. In addition to a plan and freezing other non-priority project work, reflection is a critical aspect so staff can make adjustments and also share their experience with others in the organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2008

I'd just finished blogging about the book giveaway (reading Amy Sample Ward 's reflection about it). We offered free copies of Media Rules by Brian Reich and Dan Solomon to generate participation on the wiki for the NTEN WeAreMedia Project. KISMET - Andrew wrote the introduction!

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2015

Sixteen nonprofit tech experts (including NTEN Members: Jeff Shuck , David Neff , Donna Wilkins , Frank Barry , and NTEN''s Amy Sample Ward ) share their ideas and fundraising best practices in Blackbaud ''s new free ebook, The Future of Fundraising. Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) , shares reflections on the 2015 Lesbians Who Tech Summit.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

.&# It is a chance to connect in real time, share ideas, and generally have space to explore ideas or questions that we have encountered during the week as we push ahead with our various jobs, projects and goals in the nonprofit and technology sector. But I hope we can go deeper both in what we share and how we listen.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Working through networks allows us to scale social change projects geographically and geometrically. Step 3: Reflection – where the greatest learning is. Reflection. Hired an arbitrator to be the editor. There was one thing that we both had in common: chocolate. What is the Networked Nonprofit? BE: understand networks.

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Network Nonprofit Guidelines Social Media 173

NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2013

In July 2010, Amy Sample Ward wrote a blog post called Monthly Chats About Community Building: Are You With Me? But we always know we can return to Twitter and #CommBuild week after week for networking, reflection, professional development, and resource sharing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2008

(The original worksheet was developed from recommendations from the Spin Project and the " Smart Chart " developed by Spitfire Strategies.) Amy Sample Ward contributed a workshop group exercise based on Forrester's POST method. The action - feed -reflection process is very important. Step 5: Measure Success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 13, 2008

Earlier this week, the WeAreMedia project we had an amazing phone call with some of the really smart people who are contributing the wiki (Michelle Murrain, Jocelyn Harmon, John Kenyon, Ben Sheldon, Ruby Sinreich, Amy Sample Ward, Sheetal Singh, and Katya Andersen). Amy Sample Ward has already volunteered for one of the modules.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

When nonprofit organizations pay their executives exorbitant salaries, or throw lavish expense-filled parties, it reflects badly on all nonprofits, and increases public and donor scrutiny of nonprofit financial stewardship. We were able to utilize volunteers for fundraising projects. We stopped services.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

The Social Actions project began in 2006. There wasn’t much scalability in the way I was pursuing the project. The results we were able to produce didn’t reflect the full contents of our database. They tended to reflect only the most recently-added actions, not the most relevant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2009

I agree with Amy Sample Ward , who tweeted " I'm putting I know Holly Ross on my resume ". for top nonprofit leaders), we also assume the responsibility of reflecting our sector as best we can. Holly Ross is on the list and it makes me so very happy to see Holly get the recognition she deserves! You rock Holly!

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NTEN

MAY 6, 2011

Ami Dar , founder of Idealist.org , reflects on the lessons he learned over the last 15 years in the foreword for the new book Nonprofit Management 101: A Complete and Practical Guide for Leaders and Professionals. She will also be collaborating with the team on client projects. Have more news to share?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2007

So, here goes: Michele Martin, The Bamboo Project. Michele is an amazing blogger and a master of reflection and learning. Amy Sample Ward's Version of NpTech Amy Sample Ward is writes about nonprofits, technology, and social media. But, it doesn't stop there. Michele creates communities around her.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

One of the most useful parts of the report is a two-page spread that illustrates sample metrics for transformations and transactions for each of these categories or a “metrics tool kit.” One of the resources that is mentioned in the book is a Progressive Technology Project’s database technology set up to track this work.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2013

In July 2010, Amy Sample Ward wrote a blog post called Monthly Chats About Community Building: Are You With Me? But we always know we can return to Twitter and #CommBuild week after week for networking, reflection, professional development, and resource sharing.

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Facilitation Guidelines Hosting Twitter 60

NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. The 2009 N2Y4 Conference showcased the Featured Projects from NetSquared's Global Challenge focused on mobile technology. The 2009 N2Y4 Conference showcased the Featured Projects from NetSquared's Global Challenge focused on mobile technology. Who are they and what are they working on?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 23, 2019

In reflecting on the sample, I’ve made some broad reflections on museum workers and visitors. I was impressed by the joy people felt about the projection of a wave at the entrance of their Unseen Oceans show. Me with a friend As I keep saying, I’ve been to a few museums of late. But dinosaurs are sort of a freebie.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2011

Colleague Debra Askanase was also overwhelmed and wrote this terrific reflection on how to be a thoughtful, responsible early adopter in the nonprofit technology community. Source: Mary Joyce, Digital Activism Workshop - E-Mediat Project. I’m reminded of this slide from Mary Joyce from the E-Mediat Training.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

I’m gathering my thoughts to start putting together my slides and presentation and wanted to stop for reflection and sharing. Your staff shouldn’t be in all the leadership positions nor should all the responsibility for moving a project (or program or service or tool) forward with development fall only on your shoulders.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 6, 2011

I'm interested in what you think about the reflections Sean shares and what you've learned from running your blog. "The But a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project should assuage some of those fears. Does your organization have a blog?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

As I was reflecting about Slideshare and thinking about the characteristics of nonprofits featured in our book, The Networked Nonprofit , I realized that Slideshare is a haven for them. For example, Amy Sample Ward , Danielle Brigida , and Michael Edson. Networked nonprofits are simple and transparent organizations.

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