Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 8, 2009

According to Mark Rovner and Alia McKee of Sea Change Strategies who led the recent webinar Procrastinator’s Guide to Year-End Fundraising with Kathryn Powers of Conservation International and moderated by Eric Rardin of Care2 and Rebecca Higman of Network of Good, this tactic has been helping organizations raise a lot of money.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Listening and paying attention will help you adjust quickly – whether it’s adding more information on the FAQ page, understanding difficult aspects of participation and finding ways to improve them, or simply understanding what those outside your organization think of your efforts. Tip #3: Operate in public.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2011

And here are slides from a previous presentation: Twitter.Org: Twitter for Nonprofit Organizations. Last week, I had the opportunity to present at the 2011 Volunteer Management for Nonprofits Conference here in New York. Here are my slides from the VMNC: Twitter Basics for Engaging Volunteers. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

When people who work in services, programs, grant writing and fundraising, for example, all share their view of the groups in the community, not only can you start mapping the network but you can also have really rich discussions about the way different parts of your organization view the community. Step 3: Identify the tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

In fact, the web is so full of information that many organizations are finding it useful to pull together topic-specific content on the web and make it available in one place. I’m excited to see organizations diving in to Scoop.it to organize news and information about their cause, neighborhood, or organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

He is one of the best teachers to learn howto use brand storytelling and social media to build your organization’s reputation, donor community, and social impact. He is offering a seminar (visit www.WeFirst13.com com for details).

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 31, 2012

That’s right, a widely recognized nonprofit organization has created a parody so that it can propagate a meme. Why would an organization even consider participating in something like this? Everyone involved in an organization and everyone online is, actually, human, and fun is a good thing. Why meme at all?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 16, 2011

" Nonprofit Uses QR Code, Quora to Make Cause Marketing More Transparent | Cause marketing for nonprofits – Here is a really interesting case study where an organization is using both a QR code and the answer platform Quora to engage and inform supporters. "This We hope you will join us." Look no further!

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NCE Social Media

JULY 12, 2012

Now how can your organization use it? Do you use Pinterest for your organization? If you’re interested in the demographics, more women than men have started use it. Well, Pinterest has a pinboard with lots of examples including using it with blogging, education, YouTube, and many more.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

" Sharing photos online – a decision matrix for non-profit organizations : Social Media 4 Good – "Many non-profits, NGOs and International Organizations are of two minds when it comes to sharing photos on the internet.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

Tell us about your organization and its vision, how the small things you do make a big difference and why it’s so important that you continue your mission." Acceptable submission formats include Windows Media, Quick Time and MPEG (files ending in.wmv,avi,mov,mpg or.mp4). Be passionate. Be creative. Be concise.

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NCE Social Media

MARCH 14, 2011

because it organizes the posts made by people you follow into categories. You may also even set up a paper for a specific hashtag or keyword that is of interest to you such as this one. You may also have multiple papers. I like Paper.li When people post links to photos or videos, it adds those too.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 25, 2011

Katherine Snider, Executive Director of Baby Buggy will join to share her case study of using Twitter with her organization. The presentation will cover the ins and outs, as well as best practices and ways to get started using Twitter as a tool for communicating with, surfacing new, and recognizing volunteers. Volunteer Management Group.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

Aspiration uses these tools to help organizations identify deficits and establish best practices in their eAdvocacy work. " Videos Posted by Non-Profits on Facebook: Non-Profit Resource Center [HQ] – Looking for tips and resources for building up your organization's presence on facebook?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2011

." The Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide – "With more than 750 million people signed up for Facebook alone, there’s little doubt that social media can be a powerful part of most organizations’ communications mix. But what can it be used for—outreach and engagement? Event management? How about fundraising?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 23, 2011

What a terrific way to help tell the story of your impact in the community – I can see something similar working for all kinds of organizations, schools, and more. "The ." Library Value Calculator | Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library – I love this!

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

However, these two alternative structures of human organization can interact in a variety of ways, both mutually beneficial and destructive. Below is a typology of how networks affect hierarchies in the digital world. In their interactions with hierarchies, members of networks can act in the following roles."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2008

Michele Martin says "Not as excited about Me media related names because it's too organization-centric in a sense--makes it sound like it's all about me, rather than it's all about listening and the conversations." NpTech - Grassroots media HOWTO. " Many folks suggested names and we had a little fun brainstorming.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

Every day I field questions from organizations and community groups looking to use facebook, Twitter or YouTube. Survivors Connect is an organization supporting activists and building survivor advocacy networks using collaborative technologies to end modern-day slavery and human trafficking. Please share it with your networks!

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