Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

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? To that end, siloed brands are replaced by unifying goals that rally more than select individuals but entire communities. The full keynote and presentation are below.

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Candid

MARCH 9, 2022

Q&A with a Toledo-based library on building community capacity. Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (TLCPL) has been part of Candid’s Funding Information Network since 1980, providing local nonprofits and the public with access to Candid’s resources, including Foundation Directory, for free.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2013

NetSquared Local is growing! All we need is a bit of sunlight, water and your participation for our tribe of nonprofit techies to keep expanding into new communities. NetSquared believes that the best way to build a strong, self- sufficient community of #nptech practitioners is for us to go outside and get face-to-face.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue? What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models? These social enterprise efforts can add a business model by creating sustainable revenue.

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Candid

MAY 24, 2023

He sought out support from the Bunbury Fund at the Princeton Area Community Foundation knowing that capacity-building was their jam. He was reminded how profoundly his community needed him, especially during the pandemic. Drew was a new CEO arriving at PSRC a year before the world shut down. He did what donors love.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

This can help you start defining goals and considering which model strategic plan will best work for your organization. Choose a strategic planning model based on your nonprofit’s current circumstances, opportunities, and threats. It’s best to use this model when your organization’s external surroundings are generally calm.

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Candid

MAY 24, 2023

He sought out support from the Bunbury Fund at the Princeton Area Community Foundation knowing that capacity-building was their jam. He was reminded how profoundly his community needed him, especially during the pandemic. Drew was a new CEO arriving at PSRC a year before the world shut down. He did what donors love.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2013

We are deep into June already, but NetSquared Local isn’t taking a vacation! NetSquared Local believes that the best way to build a strong, self sufficient community of #nptech practitioners is for us to go outside and get face-to-face. We challenge you to join a NetSquared Local group or start your own !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Last week, I got to BoardSource at 8 am just so I could hear Marnie Webb and Rebecca Masisak, CO-CEOs of TechSoup Global share their lessons learned in developing, weaving, and stewarding two very different types of networks. Local connections built through engagement. Organizers in local community own the agenda.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

To mitigate the impacts of this pandemic on girls and secure a better future, we’ve found that supporting locally-led initiatives works best. Profound Change Starts With Local Partners. Until Salesforce.org’s newly-released Grants Management tool, there was no comprehensive grantmaking product that fit our unique model and approach.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 5, 2021

Additionally, Salesforce provides specific volunteering opportunities that align with its citizen philanthropy and strategic programs to maximize impact in the local communities. . Simbi’s virtual reading platform enables global literacy through the power of narration, creation, translation, and donation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

Investing in education has an incredible multiplier effect as it leads to increased prosperity not just for individuals, but also for their communities and societies. This topic was center-stage at this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum. It provides returns for decades. This is where philanthropy comes in.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2023

These movements typically don’t start with a structured entity, but with inspired individuals who see what needs to change in their communities and decide to act on it. Our “boots on the ground” colleagues are often working alongside community leaders to help residents advocate for change. Moments can start with unexpected champions.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Apply Pressure to Limit Global Warming to 1.5 The nonprofit sector is at the heart of helping communities adapt to the effects of climate change and is working across sectors to innovate new ways to address it. Protect the Worst-Affected Communities. Learner juggling caretaking with school work.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Recognizing that the effects of climate change aren’t equal, this lab aims to co-design a technology solution to support low-income communities of color that are most impacted by the climate crisis. Impact Labs convenes community experts across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

We faced a global pandemic, resulting in oftentimes disastrous fundraising. And one of the biggest event-driven fundraising models shuttered their doors. Eroding Trust The loss of trust is now a global problem. The past five years have seen tremendous change in the world — and in the nonprofit sector. You get the drift.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

I had a really wonderful time, and the Community-Driven Social Impact session was terrific! Let’s start at the beginning: what is “community-driven social impact” anyway? CDSI is not something that you thought up inside your organization, even if you thought it up with your community in mind or at heart. Presentation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

An Interview with Ruy Fortini , Founder and CEO of Doare and official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. 1) The Global Trends in Giving Report is meant to help the nonprofit sector better understand individual giving worldwide, but data and statistics don’t communicate well what is happening on the ground in Brazil.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

Open source champion Brian Behlendorf spoke at the event, encouraging the hackers to focus on finding an interesting problem to solve rather than worrying about building a sustainable model. While the challenges were focused mainly on local or statewide issues, they came up with solutions that could be adopted for national issues as well.

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Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

McGruder, the Ford Foundation’s Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer, oversees Ford’s global operations and finances for its offices in New York, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In addition, Classy has a really impressive platform and business model with a lot of potential for growth given the broader societal shift to online giving.”.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2020

To limit virus contagious, events with attendees over 50 are being cancelled and/or postponed, and communities are issuing fines for groups that are meeting with over 5 individuals. Event organizers and planners will have to start thinking small and thinking local. Connecting Local Events. Not an ideal situation for anyone.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 2, 2022

Here are three ways nonprofits are delivering better outcomes for the communities they serve. For impact-driven organizations like Boys & Girls Clubs of America , an organization devoted to helping young people achieve their full potential, close community connections mean they are facing society’s biggest challenges head-on.

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Everyaction

JUNE 20, 2018

They have since expanded to become a leading advocate for resolution of global refugee crises by world leaders. Their model of empowerment amplifies the voices of refugee communities, allowing them to act as their own champions. Refugees International was founded in 1979 as a citizens’ movement to protect Indochinese refugees.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Local businesses that pitch in to make a difference. Sending out your day-of communications and social media posts early in the morning may help you attract more donors organically. Set aside a list of popular hashtags to use on social media for the global day of giving. A group of major donors who want to make a big impact.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Part of my role as the Global Community Development Manager at NetSquared is to support and grow our offline organizers from around the world. We now have over 50 cities globally hosting monthly events with many more getting started. I cannot wait for the experiences ahead for all those chosen to participate in this journey.

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Achieve

MAY 15, 2016

As an executive you probably know that you need a corporate social responsibility (CSR) program, i.e., an organizational commitment to the community and environment in which your business operates. focuses on three main areas: Working to reduce our global footprint, creating a more sustainable food system and building healthier communities.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Many nonprofit organization employees work in direct service fields, meaning they are hands-on and emotionally connected to the vulnerable population their organization serves in the community. She is interested in developing young women and girl’s leadership skills through sports locally and globally.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

When you focus on what makes a donor feel good, you create more long-term donor relationships, bringing them together in a community around your cause. Twitter Blue is one of the first major social media subscription models that has emerged within the last year. The outcome? They also uncovered how “It’s not about how we talk to them.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

NetSquared’s Global Community Builder , Amy Sample Ward, will be at the NTC this year to connect and collaborate with friends, colleagues and new faces in the sector. A chance for local organizers to come together, network, ask questions, etc. Takeaways: A chance to connect with other local organizers. Net Tuesdays.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2020

To limit virus contagious, events with attendees over 50 are being canceled and/or postponed, and communities are issuing fines for groups that are meeting with over 5 individuals. Event organizers and planners will have to start thinking small and thinking local. Connecting Local Events. Not an ideal situation for anyone.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

One of the most significant issues facing any event, but particularly those in a hybrid model, is that of attendance. . Thinking about a global audience does not necessarily mean expanding your niche. Look to community and industry leaders. How do you get people to turn up in person and online? .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

So, I’m thrilled that community manager, Meghan Ventura, who is responsible for cultivating the community presence of Games for Change agreed to write this guest post about nonprofits who are using games for social change. And, don’t miss this special offer: Get 10% off tickets with the code beth_g4c14. In Education.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 1, 2020

And development officers are pivoting their giving days to support the needs of students and surrounding community members affected by the pandemic. As we continue learning how to navigate today’s shifting landscape, here are three themes we have seen emerge throughout the global crisis. Education transforms lives and society.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2014

But they knew that in order to scale their work globally, they needed to use the web to influence lasting change. So in 2011, the organization adopted an online movement-building model that they hoped would more effectively engage its community of half-a-million divers. million divers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

David shares why he decided to respond to the blogger outreach - a counterpoint to my advice about what not to do: I went along because an email from Svetlana was a model of how an organization can reach out to bloggers. As David notes, the pitch was personal just like their giving model. But once you???ve second wave philanthropy???

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. It harnesses locally based solutions to decrease the effects of disasters and rehabilitate communities in disaster-prone areas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2011

Over the past 18 months, I’ve been participating in The Network of Networked Funders , a community of practice for grantmakers facilitated by the Monitor Institute. The Community of Practice includes diverse perspectives: community foundations and private philanthropies working across a range of issues. Story of Stuff.

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