Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2011

The June Community Builder chat focused a lot on listening, engaging, and supporting communities with organic and emerging conversations and goals. Some of the highlights discussed for engaging your community included: In terms of participation from community, we welcome posts and mentions with positive affirmations.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2011

The conversation in this month’s chat focused on these questions: What are the best mechanisms for connecting online & offline communities? How much communication with your online community is too much? Are you looking for some new ideas to get conversation started with your community? from @ BonnieKoenig.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

This morning, I had the huge honor of presenting the keynote at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, ON. Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. How many people hear that word and think it is just as generic as the word community? The full keynote and presentation are below. Or engagement?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

T, December 10th, the international community is observing Human Rights Day to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Today, at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, I had a ton of fun leading a session and discussion around making the most of social media in just 30 minutes a day. Community Map Template: [link]. DIY Community Engagement Metrics. Crowdsourcing vs Community Sourcing. Sustainable Community Building.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 8, 2014

When we raised a seed round for Filmaster from a German fund HackFwd in Spring of 2011, we were one of the first Polish startups to work with a foreign investor. The post How a community is born: The rise of Polish startups appeared first on The Next Web. Borys Musielak is the founder and CEO of Filmaster.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2011

The April Community Builder chat zeroed in on data and tools. Topic: Community Building, of course! Some of the past chats have discussed strategy, philosophy, and best practices, but this time we were all excited to share our tips and tricks for measurement, goal-setting, and specific tools to help us do it all!

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2011

What’s really interesting about Joelle’s work is that she helps build community through social media for the 155 overnight summer camps that the FJC supports across North America. SXSW 2011: Joelle Berman Talks Social Media and Community Building with Frank Barry.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 30, 2012

Last October, I had the pleasure and honor to visit the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, to accept on behalf of Benetech the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation (ESI). We are grateful for CASE’s recognition of Benetech's work.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. I’m guilty of calling our community on the social web selfish because what it means is that anything we put out, it needs to be useful for them. Suzy : You can only sell so much, community has to sell it for you. It has to be with the community.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

—– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. We should also measure success according to the increased capacity in the organizations participating and a long-term benefit to the community as a whole.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 7, 2023

In 2011, Covenant House saw the need for a technology that could assist their work and empower them to provide more and better support to their communities. Apricot by Social Solutions helped them exceed their goal of adding 400 available beds by 167%, allowing them to provide 293 more beds than originally planned!

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Homeless Build Goal Community 238

Engadget

MARCH 25, 2025

The retail giant only held on to Napster for a few years before selling to Rhapsody in 2011. We just dont see anybody in the streaming space creating spaces for music. Napster holds numerous licenses to stream millions of songs, which is what made it an attractive prospect to Infinite Reality. In 2008, Best Buy came calling and scooped it up.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 27, 2011

Along with the Wild Apricot product webinars, this month's topics include: Online Networks and Offline Community Building; Promoting Nonprofit Events With Social Media; Using Google Analytics to Improve Your Website; Ten Best Practices for Year-end Fundraising and much more.( Here is our round-up of free non-profit webinars for June.

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Tableau

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We had this in mind when in 2011, Tableau created the Ideas section of the Forums to help you share Tableau product features you’d like to see created. We're excited to share the progress we've made releasing and responding to community ideas and provide insight into how our product teams work with the DataFam to build the features you want.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Back in January of 2008 he told us (the non-profit sector) that we should be looking to use the internet in new and innovative ways to build community and engage our supporters because direct mail, although still a huge revenue source, was beginning to show signs of fatigue. My Question to You.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Defying its name, Tumblr user growth has accelerated dramatically in 2011 ( up 218% over last year ) and the eleven nonprofits listed below are paving the way for early adoption in the nonprofit sector.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

We think if Musk is going to wreak havoc on our communities, then he cant expect business as usual in showrooms. DOGE paralyzed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which has saved consumers roughly $21 billion since it was founded in 2011; the agency also had a plan to save consumers another $15 billion a year in overdraft fees.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Originally published in the November 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine where I have written a quarterly column throughout 2011. Though Facebook had gone public nine months previous, Facebook Groups were only just beginning to be used as community-building tools by nonprofits and Facebook Pages didn’t exist yet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

Written for the June 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine , where I am writing a quarterly column throughout 2011. Yet tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of nonprofits every day send messages to their communities on social-networking sites with completely wrecked logos. Absolutely not! Craziness!

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NetWits

MARCH 22, 2011

I just got back from the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , where listening was top of mind: Listening to the amazing speakers, listening to the #nptech community , and listening to all the great ideas floating around the halls of the Washington Hilton.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Last week was the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference and not only did I have the pleasure of presenting a couple sessions, it was also my first NTC as a staffer, as I joined NTEN earlier this month. I had a really wonderful time, and the Community-Driven Social Impact session was terrific! Presentation.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Why Community? So, why community? You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Another part of my position is coaching the volunteers to embrace social media and use it to mobilize their volunteer base and communicate our message in their communities. We are planning to launch a mobile version of our website in 2011. What is on your To Do List for 2011? (1) We have over 70 affiliates in the U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The following is an excerpt from the newly released Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits and was published in the September 2011 edition of Fundraising Success Magazine (@ frsuccess ). They are attentive to their communities on an almost daily basis. Has experience in online communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

Add in some training for nonprofits, a communications campaign, and a well designed online contest that make it a win-win for all nonprofits and you have a powerful strategy for giving a financial boost for a community’s nonprofits. These platforms allow nonprofits to seamlessly integrate social media into an online campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 11, 2012

The ability for fans to translate your Page’s Status Updates into their native language appears to have been launched in October 2011, though I didn’t notice it until very recently. I’ll let you know how it goes and if it was worth it: 5) Ability to Translate Status Updates Using Bing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 14, 2012

The Mobile Web was on their to-do list, but it was relegated to 2011 and 2012. To Improve Location-Based Community Campaigns. For the most part, nonprofits have been slow to launch mobile websites. In 2009 and 2010, nonprofits were busy launching and improving their social media campaigns.

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NetWits

MAY 22, 2012

Typically they’re first-time donors who shell out nearly double the amount that offline first-time donors do - to the tune of $62 versus $32 on average, according to our 2011 Multichannel Fundraising Report. Click here to download the free 2011 Multichannel Fundraising Report and learn more about donor retention.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Start Some Good, a platform for social good groups – whether nonprofit organizations or not – to raise funds and build community, highlighted eight diverse projects working for social impact at an evening event hosted by Center61 at SXSW. At SXSW, there…. Crowdfunding Social Ventures at SXSW. I’ve been….

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NetWits

APRIL 6, 2011

Because of Groupon’s roots being in social change it was only a matter of time before some sort of social good initiative or program came out – Enter the G-Team – the folks at Groupon who focus on supporting causes by creating every thing from ridiculous flashmobs to fundraisers that benefit local community organizations.

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The Verge

AUGUST 19, 2021

Facebook has today, and has maintained since 2011, a dominant share of the relevant market for US personal social networking services,” the complaint alleges, citing time spent and active-user metrics on the daily and monthly scale. Facebook has today, and has maintained since 2011, a dominant share of the relevant market”.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Read the post below or visit SSIR to read and comment with that community. Both campaigns leveraged the community and competition aspects of social media. The 2011 Millennial Donor report , the second in an annual series, focuses on engaging Millennials in fundraising. How are you working to build trust with your community?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

That’s right, the session selection process is open for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference ! Building a Community Across Platforms. Most commonly, communities form around an issue, a cause, or even a campaign on many different types of social media, and stretch across platforms. Community Driven Social Impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

She also helps cultivate community on a number of our social sites including ours at ChatBigCats.com. What is on your To Do List for 2011? Our plan for 2011 is to keep growing the relationships we have been building in all of these social arenas and to roll out our new website. Please summarize your ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2011

Written for the March 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine , where I am writing a quarterly column throughout 2011. * * * * * * * * * * *. Well, that’s when nonprofits started using MySpace to engage the MySpace community. Source: Social Good: Charity and Technology in the Online Universe.

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NetWits

MARCH 8, 2012

Giving Day’s) like those held in Minnesota, Colorado, Pittsburgh, Ohio and Texas have raised tens of millions of dollars and generated significant publicity for their nonprofit communities. To learn more you can read the full report on the Case Foundation website - How Giving Days Can Strengthen Nonprofit Communities.

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