Amy Sample Ward

MAY 24, 2011

Making Stories Work for Your Org: What the Data Says | NTEN – "Don't count on a personal story to transform your fundraising appeal. Instead, tell stories that explain your mission and your impact. Recognize that these stories aren't enough to compel someone to give.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Last week was the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference and not only did I have the pleasure of presenting a couple sessions, it was also my first NTC as a staffer, as I joined NTEN earlier this month. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Org is a terrific example of a CDSI campaign. Case Studies. Campaigns: 350.org.

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NTEN

AUGUST 8, 2011

We'll be posting highlights from this meeting of the minds on the NTEN blog. If you know of another organization in your area that is also hiring for tech positions, see if you can approach a recruiter together to find candidates for both orgs, giving the recruiter extra incentive to find applicants focused on mission as well as tech.

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Tech Soup

JULY 22, 2014

Here's a sampling of the online courses TechSoup offers through its donation program: Atomic Training. Apply to NTEN's Nonprofit Tech Academy where you'll receive guidance and training from leaders in the technology and nonprofit communities. QuickBooks Made Easy for Nonprofits. Idealware Training in Technology Planning.

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Care2

APRIL 18, 2014

In the book Social Change Anytime Everywhere , that I co-wrote with Amy Sample Ward of NTEN, we disucss the pyschology of fundraising. How much are your event gift amounts compared to your org''s general gift? What events have been the most successful in raising money for your org? What''s your average self-donation?

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NTEN

AUGUST 26, 2010

proprietary, sessions for small orgs and sessions for large orgs. After that comes the hard part: figuring out what to put on the final agenda. It's a balancing act -- literally. We're always looking to balance sessions across tracks, open source v. Oh, and women vs. men presenters. We don't always succeed at that.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

See Amy Sample Ward's materials on Community Driven Social Impact for more details on strategically planning online communities.). On our “ samples from the field ” section of our website, we have opted for a low-tech solution to shield against viruses and inappropriate content. org / blog /2007/03/20/ nptech - tagging - community.

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NTEN

AUGUST 2, 2012

This month we have a few Nonprofit Technology DOs and DON’Ts for you to consider: DO hand off technology to “the youngest person in the org” because they know how to use Facebook. Definitely DON’T look at TechSoup’s sample technology budget to find out how to do this: [link] DON’T put technology in someone’s formal job description.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

Last week I dropped in on the weekly NTEN Water Cooler chat hosted by Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer of SocialFish. If you’ve created a listening strategy, whether it’s a vanity search on yourself or your org, or topics that you monitor, you can bring ALL of your listening into ONE place (see my slideshow for more tips on this).

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. How do you involve the org? Have you seen examples of your org changing? Below is the live blog or the archive of the live blog. Can’t wait! NWF - there is no failure.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Here's my contribution to this month's Net2ThinkTank question posed by Amy Sample Ward, "What are the key questions nonprofit orgs should ask to help them determine how to prioritize social media training and experimentation as they do their technology and organization-strengthening planning?" Mobilizing Generation 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2015

If website person is not around/available, ask local folks in your org network who they use/recommend. However, she was not surprised as they discovered this issue a year ago with some internal testing and have been working on a web design launch over the past few months. ”We’re launching the brand new NTEN website next month!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2017

Last week I had the privilege of networking with over 2000 nonprofit experts and professionals at NTEN ‘s Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC). – Amy Sample Ward , CEO, NTEN. ” The importance of being able to articulate the need for tech to achieve their mission.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

I look forward to the NTEN NTC (Nonprofit Technology Network's conference) every year. It's in Washington, DC March 17-19, although I'll be arriving in DC on the 16th for an NTEN Board Meeting. In fact, this year we have NTEN Organization membership so there will be four of us at the conference.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

I look forward to the NTEN NTC (Nonprofit Technology Network's conference) every year. It's in Washington, DC March 17-19, although I'll be arriving in DC on the 16th for an NTEN Board Meeting. In fact, this year we have NTEN Organization membership so there will be four of us at the conference.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

On the NTEN blog, Lauren Giardin says it’s time to Take Charge of Your Editorial Process as Air Traffic Control. This post highlights the success of NTEN’s campaign to re-engage the 24,000 subscribers who had not opened an email from them in the past year. To differentiate rather than compete, begin by surveying the field.

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