Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 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. " Hey, Let’s Fix The Internet – What do you think – can we change? Change the internet?

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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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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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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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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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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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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 10, 2012

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. The Internet is indeed a blank canvas in many ways.

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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.

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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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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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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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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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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

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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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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NetWits

JUNE 13, 2011

Although the findings of the recently released 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report haven’t changed much since the last edition three years ago, its release has (re)fueled the conversation fire in the #nptech community. flickr.com/photos/mikebaird.

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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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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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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.

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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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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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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2013

Say good bye to "online fundraising" and "offline fundraising," there is only fundraising. He also ran his own Internet marketing business working with brands such as VitaminWater and SmartWater. At Care2 Eric advises nonprofits on email acquisition and multichannel conversion strategies.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 16, 2024

The software allows you to understand your audience’s preferences, which helps foster meaningful conversations, all within a unified platform. Mailchimp’s behavior-based automations also help increase conversion rates and deepen user engagement.

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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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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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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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NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Staff led on-the-ground efforts in just a handful of key cities, while the majority of actions were organized online and offline by activists and other citizens -– volunteers, by and large. Or was power based in the individual relationships offline and online, many of which continued to grow and strengthen after this day?

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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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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2009

Please come to this fun and informative webinar, where you'll receive top technology tips from library technology experts, hear what MaintainIT Project staff learned from their many conversations and library travels around the country, and you'll find out how you can keep the rich Cookbook content and community alive on WebJunction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

Today, we had an amazing conversation and interview with Cecile Richards and Tom Subak to learn more about Planned Parenthood 's Social Media Strategy and their movement building techniques. Over the past three years, Planned Parenthood has built an impressive Internet presence and social media strategy. Others have a different take.

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CauseVox

MAY 12, 2022

Eliminate fields you may not need, like postal address, and use a solution that makes their giving experience easy — and you’ll see a much higher conversion rate. Across the internet, there’s been an increased number of security breaches, leaving many people’s cards vulnerable. Fraud prevention.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

I have spent almost all day today testing different ways to compress and host video posts that might work where the Internet access is slow or if you are video blogging from an Internet cafe and the computer does not have windows movie maker on it. You need to add Cambodia's voice to the global conversation happening on video blogs.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 12, 2011

I think that unplugging and limiting internet and tech use is an upcoming cultural trend, so I was thrilled to see that one of the sessions was Unplug, Unfriend, Unfollow, Unwind: Is That Sacrilege? What needs are you trying to fulfill for yourself online that could be better met offline? with Gwen Bell. Pretty awesome. A real treat.

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NTEN

JUNE 9, 2011

Facebook is the noodgiest site on the Internet. Ask them to comment on a recent conversation (list links to a few recent ones). Just as in the offline world, people are more likely to do something when personally invited. Your members need regular reminders to visit. Emails are the best reminders. Just look at Facebook.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

For example, Facebook messages are ideal for communicating short, basic information, but aren't good for an in-depth or personal conversation. " In most cases, youth will think it's "creepy" if you talk about what happens online when you're offline. Beware of "Facebook creeping."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2009

As a SEO and Social Media Manager, I have learned the ins and outs of traffic building, lead generation, website user conversion and community building. You did see that I billed myself as the 'slightly insane internet marketer' right? I started blogging in 2001 with my very first 'blog' on Diaryland. How do keep sane?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

If you want to take a page from Dell’s book, have it include three tiers: personal users, spokespeople answering questions and traditional, offline spokespeople (such as your CEO) who now must also be online spokespeople. From Texas Instruments , social media is global and we must keep that in mind.

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