Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

I recently had the opportunity to present a webinar for the National Center for Media Engagement , focused on community-driven engagement, and present a session at the Public Media Development and Marketing Conference , talking about building a social media strategy. Defining Community. Engaging Community.

Social Media 178

Social Media Media Public Community 178

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 2010

One of the sessions I’m a part of , along with Manny Hernandez, Peggy Duvette, and Christine Egger, hopes to answer the question how you can build strong online communities without losing your sanity. If you want to build a strong online community, getting the right platform in place is only half the battle, and it’s the easy half.

Community 150

Community Build Online Atlanta 150

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. Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community. Communities As A Model. Libraries can and should be doing the same.

Community 167

Community Library Adopt Evaluation 167

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Today’s Community Builder chat focused on examples and best practices for connecting on and offline community activities, events, and organizing. The Community Organizers Handbook available as a public resource, you can certainly refer there for information/feedback/best practices on offline organizing: [link].

Offline 117

Offline Community Ethiopia Org 117

NetWits

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

View the Session Recording | Download the Slides. View the Session Recording | Download the Slides . View the Session Recording | Download the Slides. View the Session Recording | Download the Slides . That said, we’ve compiled a few resources that might help you think through your next website redesign.

Design 247

Design Web Nonprofit Guide 247

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 19, 2011

Topic : Do-It-Yourself Community Metrics. Description : Social media, online campaigns, and community engagement can be tricky things to dive into and do well without measuring, monitoring and evaluating. Slides and notes. Date : January 19th, 2010. Location : online with Nonprofit Webinars. But what to measure? Blog post.

Metrics 100

Metrics Community Nonprofit Guidelines 100

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 11, 2011

Topic : Crowdsourcing vs Community-sourcing. Well, there’s a big difference between working with the crowd and working with your community! Slides and notes. Date : May 11, 2011, 3 pm EST. Location : Online. Description : Have you heard about “crowdsourcing&# or maybe even tried it at your organization?

Community 100

Community Nonprofit Slides Ideas 100

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 18, 2011

Topic : Community-Driven Social Impact. Description : This session will focus on strategies and tactics to amplify the impact of mission-based programs through community-driven efforts. We’ll address emerging best practices and discuss the associated opportunities and challenges of community-driven strategies. Session page.

Conference 100

Conference Impact Community Social 100

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Pair these speeches with a slide deck to transfer over visuals from your report, telling a tale of your organization’s efficacy through photos, videos, and graphics. Display this signage during community events and conferences or within organizational spaces to serve as a constant reminder of your nonprofit’s impact.

Digital 111

Digital Impact Report Marketing 111

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 7, 2011

Topic : Bringing Community Organizing Into Online Campaigns. Description : Integrating volunteers into online campaigns for requires a great community organizer. Traditional community organizing lays the groundwork for online campaigns and effective movements. Slides and notes. Location : New Orleans, LA.

Community 100

Community Volunteer National Conference 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

By Beth Singer , Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and the mission of their institutions through design solutions. What is the best ratio of spoken language to visual slides in your online presentation?

Professional 201

Professional Tips Online Slides 201

Bloomerang

JANUARY 6, 2025

If youre like many nonprofit professionals, you may have felt like someone sliding backward down a water slide in 2024. The stakes are too high for your cause and the communities relying on you. ” because you love your cause and your community too much to give up on them now.

Metrics 105

Metrics Fundraising Retention Gift 105

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Community engagement, though at times unwieldy and time-consuming, is critical to truly propel all variables towards a common goal. Julie Ha Truong will outline best practices in community engagement in planning. I wish I could see you all because so much of what we do in this work is building community. Here we go.

Community 110

Community Video Slides Process 110

NetWits

JULY 16, 2012

Here’s a few ways you could go about communicating these things …. Give parents an idea of the community they’ll be joining. Most schools (and nonprofits) have a long history of helping the community through impacting the people they serve. Launch of new programs, colleges/schools, community work, etc. Show off landmarks.

Facebook 274

Facebook Create Work Student 274

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.

Library 241

Library Community Model Collaboration 241

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2011

Unless you are an Internet personality, an organization with a full-time community manager or a professional online content publisher, there is not enough time to succeed in the multitude of social networks AND manage your own social content. Others will simply focus on the networks that have the most impact on their community.

Google 124

Google Community Social Nptech 124

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2010

The talk: My talk may not be as easily captured in the slides as some of my other talks are since this was a smaller group and I had the time to dive into each example and discuss it with the participants, instead of a more traditional presentation. Hint: click through to view the slides on SlideShare.net to see speaking notes.).

Social Media 189

Social Media Philanthropy Media Social 189

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Maybe outlines how a new program is going to make a specific change to your community or the world.

Slideshare 230

Slideshare Nonprofit Stats Case Study 230

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 16, 2018

The reality is that nonprofits must keep up with changing donor expectations or they will be left behind… along with the communities they aim to serve. As we slide toward the end of 2018, there are five broader digital trends that we see affecting non-profits next year. 1) Marketing Automation/Giving Automation.

Trend 274

Trend Digital Fundraising Donor 274

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

It was much more traffic than I would have ever thought possible, but thanks to the burgeoning “Nonprofit Organizations” communities that I had built on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, launching a blog was much easier in 2009 than it was when I tried and failed in 2004. That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0 received 13,000 visitors.

Content 250

Content Ideas Nonprofit Social Media 250

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Share it back: Be sure that you don’t just track and store the data, but you report back out to the organization and even community. Don’t just share with your staff, but share back with your community! Slides & Video. You can review the slides below, or check out Nonprofit Webinars to watch the full recording !

Social Media 240

Social Media Media Social Help 240

Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

Lindsay Simonds will decode the top five most impactful ways people contribute to communities. By understanding core motivations, intentions, perspectives reflected in this webinar, you will be able to build a stronger case for support, increase the impact you have, and gain strategies for creating and preserving community.

Community 110

Community People Video Podcast 110

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

Yesterday was the 2012 New York Cares Leadership Conference , and I had the distinct pleasure of presenting a session to volunteer leaders and inspiring community members. On Twitter , look up hashtags that your community uses and follow them to track conversations. Anyone in here want to share what you are now or want to start doing?

Social Network 228

Social Network Volunteer Network Social 228

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 26, 2010

Earlier this month, I had the great pleasure and honor to lead a webinar with Lori Jacobwith ’s community. I had a bit of fun with it, especially with the pictures on the slides, by using a party metaphor: Social Media for Organizations: Enjoy Your Own Party! Tags: presentation socialmedia intro slides social media.

Social Media 123

Social Media Media Organization Social 123

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2010

We also discussed best practices for coordinating online communications and specific how-to’s to provide participants with the information they need to get started in their online listening. Presentation slides. I can’t believe we had to, and managed to, fit everything into just one hour, including questions/answers!

Social Media 211

Social Media Media Social Audio 211

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

If a news story is breaking when you get to work in the morning, and it is related to your mission or your programs, write up a quick two-paragraph summary of or commentary about the breaking news story, add a link to the original source, and then distribute your blog post to your communities. Provide Organizational Updates.

Ideas 227

Ideas Content Nonprofit Interview 227

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 4, 2011

Last week I had the huge honor of guest lecturing in Laurel Hart’s class for the masters course in Corporate and Organizational Communications at NYU’s school of continuing studies. I want to share the slides here and especially some of the links and resources. Community & Content. Content Mapping template!

Lecture 137

Lecture Storytelling Data Strategy 137

NetWits

JULY 11, 2012

Once you have you page you’ve got to put in the time, effort and creativity to build a vibrant community of engaged fans. Here are a few tips that will help you get started and/or enable you to take your Facebook community to new levels of engagement. Make sure to check out the slides below for a bunch more.

Facebook 186

Facebook Student Social Media Poll 186

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

—– Whether you are part of a nonprofit organization, an action campaign, a local community, or a school, you know that it is through stories you can showcase your work, change people’s minds, inspire them to make change, or join you to make a difference. or read the entire post copied below.

Story 222

Story Tools Help Online 222

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Create Community Dialogue. Whether you are asking for feedback, sharing stories, or urging people to take action, providing a place for your community to share back with you shows your openness to feedback and interest in the community. Do you have videos, pictures, or slides? Multimedia Storytelling.

Organization 237

Organization Create Romania Local 237

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

It was so much fun and it was an amazing experience to work with people like Chris Worman and meet with so many local nonprofit and community changemakers. The slides are below as well as some notes. In the slides, I highlighted some of the work of 350.org The Local Philanthropy Workshop: Facebook Campaigning in Romania.

Romania 178

Romania Campaign Facebook NGO 178

Mashable Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

Over the years, iFixit's staff and community have written countless articles explaining what causes Joy-Con drift and how to fix it yourself. The modules used by Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox all feature potentiometers, which is a fancy way of saying that they use a tiny metal arm that slides along a resistive layer of graphite.

Effective 117

Effective Measure Causes Game 117

NTEN

JANUARY 25, 2022

This evaluation process involves all three equity committees, including board, community, and staff. This year, implementing the new concurrent and holistic committee application process resulted in a more accessible and streamlined experience with more community members on NTEN committees than ever before. 2022 focus. 2022 focus.

Community 88

Community NTC NTEN Sponsor 88

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

My slides covered the tools and apps for the back stage side of energizing your community. Having tools in place to help you monitor, measure, and evaluate your work in real time will help you be more successful with your campaign, better engage with the community, and make more lasting change in the long run. Community Mapping.

Tools 162

Tools Tech RSS Map 162

NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

As we all know, the nonprofit tech community is loaded with smart and thoughtful organizers who give their time and efforts to help the rest of us do the good work we do. We recognize NTEN’s 501 Tech Clubs (local in-person groups) and Communities of Practice (CoPs) (online affinity groups) organizers are one clever and innovative bunch!

Community 76

Community Tools Organization Jing 76

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Description : Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community. And when the community changes, there’s an opportunity for the institution and the service to change or not to change. Blog post with slides and notes. Libraries can and should be doing the same. Hashtag #ERL11.

Library 100

Library Conference Resource Slides 100

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

Here are the slides ( Hint: visit the slideshare site by clicking on the link below to see the speaking notes as well! ). Connecting to Youth: Leveraging social media for work with young communities. Tags: events presentation cgen10 community storytelling youth. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Discussion.

Social Media 140

Social Media Generation Media Social 140