Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Women Who Tech brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. Also posted on the Frogloop blog for nonprofits here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. 5) 2013 Visual Storytelling Best Practices Guide :: Download. Published by Blackbaud. View: All Blackbaud Reports. Published by Convio.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Nonprofit tech experts team up to help others master ‘social tools for social change’. Beth Kanter, Amy Sample Ward, Katrin Verclas and John Haydon are among the familiar names in the nonprofit tech sector who are part of the effort. Socialbrite.org is launching with a rich set of resources: A directory of Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

NetSquared Local is TechSoup's volunteer-driven network of nonprofit tech meetups and salons. Digital Storytelling Challenge. NetSquared organizers were jazzed by the Digital Storytelling Challenge. Ten Net2 groups held Digital Storytelling events in their community, with an estimated 360 attendees.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 2, 2011

If that isn't enough for you, there's also information about video storytelling or connecting on Google+! The presenter is NTEN's own Amy Sample Ward ! Luckily, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 They're showing off women in tech positions across the industry though their video storytelling campaign. Have more news to share?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2016

Sort of like tech speed dating. Sounds like it's only for the elite tech-savvy user, huh? Don't let the terminology intimidate you — it's really not that tech-y! We will provide you with sample data and step-by-step instructions for practice. Oh, what's data visualization? spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2016

Sort of like tech speed dating. Sounds like it's only for the elite tech-savvy user, huh? Don't let the terminology intimidate you — it's really not that tech-y! We will provide you with sample data and step-by-step instructions for practice. Oh, what's data visualization? spanhidden.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 2, 2011

If that isn't enough for you, there's also information about video storytelling or connecting on Google+! The presenter is NTEN's own Amy Sample Ward ! Luckily, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 They're showing off women in tech positions across the industry though their video storytelling campaign. Have more news to share?

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CauseVox

AUGUST 31, 2021

With these tools in hand, even her most tech-phobic board members felt comfortable setting up their CauseVox page and sharing via email and social media. Not only did she give her fundraisers resources and sample language, she also encouraged them to make it their own. Make It Personal. Use Your Donation Form Fully.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Storytelling can play a key role in a #GivingTuesday campaign, so here are eight tips to consider. By spending time thinking of the narrative and how it can develop, it becomes easier to use your storytelling skills to build a connection with your supporters. This is where inspiring storytelling can be useful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2011

Millennials – We know they are young, tech savvy and well-educated-but they are also some of the most active when it comes to donating and volunteering. Applying Strategic Storytelling and Fundraising by Geoff Livingston. Be sure to read these blog posts about other topics covered at the Millennial Donor Summit.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

" Great example of digital storytelling and community engagement. . – "Join Vivanista in sharing the love of philanthropy by participating in our Love of Philanthropy photo contest that showcases images of what it means to be philanthropic." Check it out and submit a photo yourself! Twitter beta-tested a spine."

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

A brief story about your organization’s work: Storytelling is effective in so many nonprofit communications, and the thank you letter is no exception. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Now that you understand what to include and what to leave out, let’s look at some sample thank you letters. Thank you for caring!’

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 21, 2010

These words included things like: open, mutuality, learning, not “techie,&# not about CTX, knowledge sharing and storytelling (and more). For example, there are others creating or sharing content specifically about tech, like ComputerWorld, UKRiders and CharityWebForum. What already exists? peer to peer. questions answered.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

" World Bank’s Mapping for Results launched – Check out this deployment of the Ushahidi platform for digital storytelling and reporting: "This weekend at the World Bank annual meetings the World Bank launched their new Mapping for Results platform.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Prepare a simple marketing toolkit with sample social media updates, relevant imagery, and links. Are you finding ways to include donors and supporters in your storytelling? Head to the Water Cooler. Include Your Community in Your Campaign. One of the most effective ways to get buy-in for anything is to show personal value.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 4, 2017

We sent several of our best representatives to meet our fellow nonprofits and take in the latest tech info from the sessions. This is just a sample of the secrets MacLaughlin revealed during his NTC session. Obey the Simple Truths of Digital Storytelling. Prioritize accessibility testing ( WAVE ) on your storytelling channels.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

In our recent webinar on super-short videos , we heard from digital storytelling experts about how nonprofits and libraries can use these tools to easily make their own super-short videos. The Internet, especially the mobile web, encourages rapid, distracted sampling of small bits of information from many sources. Really short.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2011

Nonprofit tech and social change bloggers are supporting the campaign with these inspiring posts. Amy Sample Ward: Can Love Change The World? Stacey’s been running this campaigns since 2008 that combine core human emotions – giving thanks or love. She has also built up a responsive core group of supporters.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Create personas and outline tasks: Create a sample persona that represents each audience group you serve. Define user habits, outline behavior, document social activity, note their tendency to be tech savvy (what percentage are using a mobile platform, etc.), Assign them key tasks and document results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

The sampling of some of the top rated resources this week: Death Threats Are Not Protected Speech. Digital Storytelling, Media, and Communications. General conclusion: culture shift before tech adoption, keep it simple, small steps, and focused on real needs. (It It's moved. Update your bookmarks: [link].

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

annanten : @engagejoe online campaigning = (relationship building + storytelling) * shared cause ^ common goal. rootwork : I remember a campaign from some time ago about getting more women on tech panels, but can’t find specific blogs abt it. realize_ink : @ChristinasWorld I agree completely! Both important.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Nonprofit marketers who have a documented content marketing strategy allocate more of their marketing budget to content marketing (33% on average) when compared with the total sample (23% on average). The post 2015 Content Marketing Report Benchmarks appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. But, if you have a good percentage of your constinuents who are early adopters and tech savvy, its a great place to be. Websites, Email & Constituent Management from Laura Quinn: Your website is you, online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Nonprofit Software Earlier this month, Convio alerted its nonprofit clients of an Online Security Issue as reported by the nonprofit tech blog (be sure to read through the comments), NTEN and TechSoup blog. Amy Sample Ward has an interesting take on adoption issues as related to micro-media tools.

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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.” ” The importance of being able to articulate the need for tech to achieve their mission.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 12, 2010

Our contributors are from widely different fields – from social entrepreneurship to philanthropy, from deep tech space to community activism, from neuroscience to labor and economic history, from social network analysis to storytelling. I expect that you, the viewers and participants, are a wide range of people too.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Two I’d recommend first are Beth Kanter’s Blog and NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward's personal blog. Digital Storytelling 101: Blogs (TechSoup Canada). This will give you a feel for what works, what you like, and what is possible. She recommends a list of good nonprofit blogs to get you started. TechSoup Resources.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

We believe that with improved tech leadership, nonprofits like yours will provide more and better programs, inspire more communities, and involve more volunteers to share their time." Digital Storytelling Challenge from TechSoup – "TechSoup’s annual Digital Storytelling Challenge (TSDigs), powered by Lights.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). When writing your fundraising appeals, it’s important to opt for the latter. Checklists.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014. Happy new year!

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