Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2011

Social media in disaster response. Using Twitter for a Global Conversation. Twitter at use for Tu Diabetes community. There are so many resources out there that hopefully this list will help filter and curate for you! 100,000 in 3 Days: Interview about #TeamAutism. National Theatre screws up, what we can learn from mistakes.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The largest theme that is constant in disaster philanthropy is partnership. 82% of that funding came from corporations, where 18% was sourced from independent, community and public foundations. Of course, 2017 has added significant other challenges with the high frequency of natural disasters in a short period of time.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Interoperability Made Real: Open Referral’s Data Standard for Resource Directories Visionlink is dedicated to data standards and data exchange as a necessary part of supporting successful communities. In the community services market, we have converted, migrated, and exchanged more data than any other provider. Working with ANSI, U.S.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 12, 2022

From natural disasters to economic uncertainty, sometimes it feels like today’s grantmaking organizations have to be ready for just about anything. The 2022 bbcon Grantmaking-track sessions will provide thought-provoking ideas and actionable takeaways to help your grantmaking organization drive greater impact for your communities.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. Let’s start at the most fundamental place for this conversation. How many people hear that word and think it is just as generic as the word community? In the most simple terms, a movement is when organizations work with, and not for, the community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2016

“ Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time – Guest Post by Peter Panepento. Community foundations across the country have been promoting local giving days to motivate people to support nearby charities, encourage nonprofits to embrace technology, and bolster their reputations. Kimbia, an Austin, Tex.-based

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

When smaller, place-based foundations collaborate and align their work, they provide unique value to local communities and nonprofits. Smaller, place-based foundations are managed by individuals with deep ties to the community. 1) Meeting Urgent Needs in the Community . 2) Offering Networking and Education .

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

I've always evangelized the potential of tools like Facebook and Twitter to create meaningful communities and collaborations, but now realize the true opportunity for all of us who spend our days mixing up cocktails of mission and technology: . We're good at listening, responding, engaging, building community, and providing value.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Corporate giving isn’t just about writing checks; it’s a strategic partnership between businesses and nonprofits to transform communities. Year-round CSR strategies enable companies to make an enduring difference in their communities and for the causes they support. This increased generosity is good news for nonprofits!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

OFM: A Model for Partner Participation in Open Source Community Projects. We’re also thrilled to bring together several special guests for keynotes and fireside chat conversations! Are we doing enough on the front end to prevent personal and professional disasters from happening? Don’t Configure Technology, Configure Its Users.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 20, 2022

As a result, educators have an important opportunity to harness and facilitate this passion by connecting students to the global citizen science community. Students have the chance to present the workshops’ findings to the global citizen science community and take part in the WEF’s programming.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2021

As an industry, we have typically thought of disasters in the natural sense, however after 2020, we have had to take a completely new stance on what disasters can look like. E4E Relief , a 501©3 organization directed by IRS guidelines, is able to provide direct relief in crisis to corporations, community foundations, and individuals.

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NetWits

JULY 6, 2011

It’s doubtful that you’d go barging in to conversations or groups of people without first getting the lay of the land by observing the room, looking for others who you may know or know of, and thinking about what you could talk about with those attending. Spend some time observing (aka listening). Be the initiator and giver. Say thank you.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

And these cohorts are tech savvy and socially conscious, with deep commitments to causes like welfare, healthcare, housing, and disaster relief. PayPal users are almost four times more likely to donate when PayPal is accepted, and donation conversions increase by over 32% when digital payment options are available.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Conversely, the mission statement encompasses your shorter target goal and can be changed once that goal is met. Habitat for Humanity : bring people together to build homes, communities and hope. GlobalGiving : To transform aid and philanthropy to accelerate community-led change. vision statements. Now go write those statements!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

Catchafire works with 8,000 nonprofits and 43 funders who anticipate the growing need for immediate and long-term assistance , especially relating directly to COVID-19 and is tapping its volunteer community for responsive health and human services. . hours of community service.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 25, 2022

Between ongoing health crises ; disasters both natural and human-caused ; and, yes, the upcoming midterm elections, folks are engaged—and it’s now more important than ever for nonprofits to elevate supporter voices. Overcome barriers to connect with supporters.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2022

This transformation must happen in our communities, in our workplaces, and in ourselves. Throughout the Global South, the extraction of natural resources — metals, minerals, forests, and fossil fuels — is growing rapidly, causing severe environmental damage and social harm, particularly to indigenous and rural communities.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. What does it mean for community change?" Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world.

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Candid

APRIL 14, 2021

As we emerge from the depths of the pandemic, we must remember that never in the history of the United States have we experienced an equitable recovery to a disaster or recession. Faith and community leaders. Leverage your team’s social media skills for online research and put networking skills to use in discovery conversations.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 27, 2011

It's a conversation !" But what do you do when that conversation goes sour? That protection comes in the form of communicating effectively with your social media friends and followers. More often than not, deleting comments or simply ignoring them results in the community becoming distrustful and angry.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

How to Protect Your Pets in a Natural Disaster. I used to do this weekly when I worked at the San Francisco Food Bank because breaking news, changes in government policy, and disruptions in the economy tended to have an outsized impact on our work, the need in the community, and what donors cared about. Arts and culture.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Many of their partnerships respond to food insecurity concerns and disaster relief efforts. There, they welcome local hunters to donate specific, legally tagged, wild game meat, including deer, and they’ve designed an FDA-approved butchering process to package the meat for community members who select that food option.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Perhaps my favorite, the partnership between Sweetgreen (a popular organic restaurant) and World Central Kitchen (an organization that provides meals in the wake of natural disasters) fed frontline medical personnel and vulnerable communities through COVID-19. The State of Modern Philanthropy 2020.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? This is a great example of how events like the apps breakfast help social change app developers get feedback on the spot from the nonprofit community. Increasing Community Engagement.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Even though inflation made dollars not stretch as far, world events and climate disasters increased need across many communities. If a government regulation changed or community preferences shifted, would you have time to react? So many nonprofits found 2023 to be particularly stressful.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

In the nonprofit sector, communities of practice are an established concept. These groups bring together cross-sector leaders to develop talent, improve performance, and deepen community impact. We also participate in communities of practice ourselves and have observed some particularly successful collaborations over the years.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In that piece, I shared my predictions for an upcoming increase in CEO activism, a heightened focus on leadership development through volunteer service and a call to action for corporate partners to effectively address disaster resiliency in affected communities. Skilled Volunteerism to Address Disaster Resiliency.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 21, 2018

Each of them is trying to understand how to best serve their companies, their colleagues and their communities while staying at a comfortable lead ahead of others in the field or, at the very least, to keep up with new ideas. And like all good conversations, there was so much more to say than we had time for.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I join as many social media sites as I can and try to spend time learning each community so I can offer advice to others on how to engage with them. Just because it may not work for me doesn’t mean it doesn’t work for another person building a community. I foresee our members relying on traditional communications tools for a while.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2013

That’s why nonprofits spend a lot of time and resources on designing donation pages that focus on conversion rates. While it’s nice to see Facebook being charitable, having a little Donate button mixed in with all of their other features vying for users attention will negatively impact conversion rates. ” The Ugly.

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VisionLink

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, it''s appropriate to pause and think about the walls between services in our communities. Much as the fall of the Berlin wall was a world changing event, the fall of barriers between services can truly change communities. The conversation is shifting however.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 15, 2019

Building Your Community. An essential piece of any Facebook strategy is building a community to engage with the content you share. Think of your Facebook Page as your welcome desk or bulletin board and Groups as an intimate gathering/conversation with all of your biggest supporters. track performance through conversions.

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Care2

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I predict that the majority of nonprofit organizations won’t raise very much money on Facebook unless your organization’s mission is to protect cute wildlife and animals, or works on disaster relief during a disaster. Facebook’s User Experience is Not Focused on Donation Conversions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

They build up an online and offline community, create great projects, and then ask the community to fund them through donations. Giving days are 24-hour online fundraising competitions that combine gamification and deep social interaction to bring communities together for local causes.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Our research on 135 online communities representing 45 major brands indicates that, with few exceptions, the answer is no."

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Qgiv

JULY 14, 2021

She is especially passionate about helping boards become more inclusive and intentional in representing the communities they serve. It should also help guide you to identifying other related pieces that will deepen your organization’s impact on the community once your project is complete. We’ve all been there. The budget.

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