The Next Web

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

In this Internet age, a company sells products or services via an online store, app, or subscription service. This webshop gets organic traffic and eventually sales from the company’s own online and offline marketing efforts and existing brand reputation. Customers don’t need to actually visit one of your offline stores.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2025

Mobile giving is raising funds through a mobile device, whether via text, the Internet, an app, or email. The primary reason for this is that internet users are much more self-focused when using mobile devices. Pair online and offline fundraising strategies. Text-to-give and mobile giving are like poodles and dogs.

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Mobile Giving Guide Nonprofit 104

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The social impact landscape in Romania is complex and exciting – you can see struggle and hope, fear and enthusiasm mixed in every conversation and every presentation. I had the opportunity to facilitate the IT track and had lots of fun poking, prodding, and supporting some really interesting conversations and sharing sessions.

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Romania Campaign Facebook NGO 178

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

He also makes a false distinction between online/offline or as Allison and I have called it “online and onland&# activism. One key point is that Internet bolsters strong ties directly and indirectly. Even then, those who donated were definitely contacts with whom I had more in-depth conversations. That was the point.

Social Media 119

Social Media Offline Network Org 119

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2009

You can read the full post and join the conversation on SSIR here. to share some of what I believe is the core of successful community building (on or offline). That the Internet is a huge community of people looking to connect with others like them to form smaller, more specific communities. The post is copied below.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

A day of on and offline events spanning the globe celebrating the Web. OneWebDay opens up techie conversations to everyone. So, for OneWebDay today I wanted to share a few ways that I think we can all help others join the conversation about creating a Web that includes everyone. Perform an Internet Health Check.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

This a free tool from Google that allows you to easily create UTMs to track your website performance, such as referral traffic from social media campaigns and conversions from online ads. Internet Archive Wayback Machine :: archive.org/web. MeetUp is a service that focuses on helping people meet up offline and in person.

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Tools Resource Free Nonprofit 351

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

I’ve included my interview below, but you can also read it and join the conversation on the NetSquared blog. When you bring the Internet, online social tools, mobile technologies, and all the rest into the equation, you do not fundamentally change how communities organize or make change. I definitely recommend them both!

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Community Organization Online Netsquared 179

NetWits

APRIL 12, 2012

Of course, the internet and our websites are important. But I would suggest what I think are two important points: It’s an Offline Process. Major gifts fundraising, the process of cultivating and soliciting a “stop-and-think” gift, is primarily an offline process. I really doubt there is any debate about that today.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2021

Internet Archive Wayback Machine :: archive.org/web. The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is an online library of almost 500 billion screenshots of websites since 1996. Otter uses Ambient Voice Intelligence to transcribe meetings, Zoom calls, and conversations into searchable notes that can be easily shared. Otter :: otter.ai.

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Tools Resource Free Nonprofit 358

TechSpot

APRIL 23, 2025

This update enables real-time translation in English, French, Italian, and Spanish, allowing users to hold conversations across language barriers and hear instant translations through their glasses. Read Entire Article

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Offline Language Internet Conversation 72

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 12, 2010

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is now up – you can check it out and join the conversation there ; or read the repost below! —— Last year I used the metaphor of “ gardening vs landscaping &# to outline some of the key attributes I believe make for successful community building, on or offline.

Community 143

Community Build Ning Offline 143

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 3, 2010

You can check out the post and conversation there , or read a copy of the post below. According to the Pew Neighbors Online study recently released, 27% of American adult Internet users (or 20% of adults overall) use “digital tools to talk to their neighbors and keep informed about community issues. Meetup Everywhere.

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Local Global Tools Social Media 143

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 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. Keep doing the offline stuff for the offline people! ' There are two responses I usually give here.

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Web Offline Bookmarking Facebook 111

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Baker presented an engaging and dynamic presentation which emphasized the symbiotic relationship of both online and offline engagement, the power of both to create community, encourage activism, develop branding, and unify those with common goals, both locally and globally. The key concepts behind this are activism and self-organization.

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Conversation Online San Francisco Digital 63

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2011

Tonight she tagged me in her Facebook post about how support Egyptians march tomorrow online and offline. Here’s the list: ONLINE activism: Tweet with the hashtag #Egypt to the top of the trends. Offline action: Talk to people – make global news part of their everyday conversation. Blog your hearts out!

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Egypt Demonstration Offline Homeless 105

NetWits

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Investigate the possibility of a Google Grant if you are not using one already, and ensure that your website can be found on major search engines, with key search terms that are showing high conversion rates. You need to connect with your online donors as much as you do your with your offline donors. Focus on your relationships.

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Online Giving Tips Websites 171

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 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. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of July 29th).

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Web Bookmarking Social Media Twitter 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

Thought leaders drive conversations – online and off, influence others, and shape perceptions in their field. Before social networks and the Internet, it was fairly easy to put clear boundaries between work and personal lives – it was pretty black and white Public/Private and Personal/Professional.

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Social Media Leadership Social Media 136

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

This post summarizes the content I shared in my presentation and offers some reflection on the conversational keynote. I started my talk with a story about why I liked Twitter: It allows me to connect with people in my professional field and have a great conversations or ad hoc collaborations that improve practice.

Social Media 118

Social Media Media Social Nonprofit 118

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 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. “Is it even possible to measure online influence, divorced from offline influence?&#

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Web Plugin Social Media Influence 123

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Let’s start at the most fundamental place for this conversation. For this conversation, and those to have over the course of the next two days together at least, let’s work from the place that a movement is larger than coalitions. Yes we have an accessible and attention span limited world thanks in great deal to the internet.

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Community Build Technology Action 220

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

Has this view been changed by the pervasive Internet access? And back to David Wilcox's posts about blogger actvists preparing for a conversation. So, the question isn't should we put down our social media tools and have a conversation? Music in video: Wonder Drums by porchcat

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Social Media Conversation Tools Media 50

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Use the tag #MPS09 to follow conversations and highlights from others at the event. conversations. do you think about online or offline? we mean a group being ‘led’ Community confusion: people rarely consider themselves part of communities offline. most proud of job at an adoption charity. shared interest.

Community 117

Community Ning Offline Spam 117

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

There were interesting conversations at every turn and I also had requests to share my notes and slides. For this conversation, we are going to start with the frame of the analog paradigm and move forward from there. It was a terrific conference, with people from all areas of the state and all areas of the sector. Social Tactics.

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Nptech Slides Community Strategy 213

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2009

I asked my Twitter followers for suggestions for questions , I tweeted the key points from the conversation yesterday. He suggests that organizations forget that they're on the Internet and think about what their strategy in offline terms. Think like an offline community grassroots organizer.".

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Causes Green Conversation Case Study 50

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up and I hope you’ll dive into the conversation with me! The debate around social media and the Internet in general as a leveling force is still heated from all sides. This may not seem too terribly interesting or scary, but let’s take a closer look.

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Myspace Technology Causes Social Network 158

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up and I hope you’ll dive into the conversation with me! The debate around social media and the Internet in general as a leveling force is still heated from all sides. This may not seem too terribly interesting or scary, but let’s take a closer look.

Myspace 158

Myspace Technology Causes Social Network 158

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

Sangeet Paul Choudary analyzes business models for Internet startups at his blog Platform Thinking. Online platforms work on principles similar to offline communities. You can follow him on Twitter @sanguit. The onset of crime and vandalism in a community can lead to large-scale abandonment.

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Online Offline YouTube Platform 126

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2008

Joseph Jaffe offered bloggers a review copy of his boo, Join the Conversation: How to Engage Marketing-Weary Consumers with the Power of Community, Dialogue, and Partnership. He attended the Cambodian Blogging Summit and received the digital audio recorder to create language lessons for his students (offline podcasts!) (The

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Conversation Contest Classroom Student 50

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 5, 2009

I have a new post up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog and wanted to share it here as well because I think it could start some interesting conversation. Many organizations have been saying the same thing about using the Internet for many years now, “we need someone to make us a Web site!” No, you really don’t.

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Network Campaign Offline Case Study 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2007

So, I starting worrying about the Internet connection in Cambodia. I'm working on a screencast and it might be excellent way to do research or share implicit geek shoudlder-to-shoulder knowledge across the Internet. Some possible uses: I put this out on the SalesForce Nonprofit Practitioners listserv. Also, I'm a visual learner.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

On the home tech front, Open Home Foundation is building a more empowering smart home platform focused on offline control and privacy, with an Alexa alternative that works without internet. The group also established a Wake Word Collective to help train the voice assistant, which will work entirely offline.)

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Companies Sound Audio Tech 55

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

Here’s what I learned: Global Social Media and Mobile Usage Studies and Internet Penetration. For US nonprofits, we turn to the the Pew Internet and America Life for studies and audience research about the hyper-connected. billion global internet users today – roughly 35% of the world’s population. Global Conversations.

Social Media 104

Social Media Policy International Social 104

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

The internet connection here is such that I don’t think a live blog portal will sustain itself. assessed the conversation and they had a 58% negative blog/conversation ratio (used manual researching, icerocket, forumtracker, search.twitter, etc.), Are there ways of catching offline datapoints? Can’t wait!

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Social Media Map Media Strategy 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

We are in the middle of global disruption due to widespread mobile Internet and cloud technology, Big Data, the rise of the collaborative economy and crowdsourcing/funding. Bots needs to be designed increase engagement, support and inspire offline action. The next step is figure out the script and pathways for the conversation.

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Nonprofit Facebook Script Ethiopia 106

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

But despite the prevalence of the internet and an increase in digital commerce, the fact remains that over 85% of commerce still happens offline in the United States. . So much software is dedicated to helping businesses improve interactions online, whether it be aimed at sales, marketing or customer service.

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