Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

Earlier this week, an announcement on the Causes Application blog broke the news that over $20 Million has been donated since May 2007 via donors using the social networking application. Social networks are still for engagement, not money. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, have raised over $100,000 using Causes.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting social networking tools to create a sense of community among members and donors. Although these statistics reinforce nonprofit's acceptance of social media, the numbers do not show whether organizations have adopted internal or external tools. .

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The Verge

DECEMBER 17, 2020

It follows a similar full-page newspaper ad in the The Wall Street Journal , New York Times , and the Washington Post yesterday. These changes will impact Facebook’s lucrative ad business, but the social networking giant is framing them as something far larger that could impact small businesses. Image: Apple.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2009

If you missed The Chronicle of Philanthropy's June 23 online discussion Using Social Networks to Promote Good Causes , the transcript is now available. Wendy Harman , the social-media manager at the American Red Cross, in Washington, DC. Tags: Fundraising Online Fundraising Social Networking Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2009

The speakers include: Danielle Brigida , the social-media outreach coordinator at the National Wildlife Federation, in Washington, DC where she manages the organization's voice on online networks such as Facebook, MySpace, Care2, Change.org, Digg, and StumbleUpon. Tags: Social Networking Web 2.0

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

The Washington Post did a great article today that reinforces the value of nonprofits' using email as a core fundraising strategy rather then social networks. "Show me the money." That’s what nonprofits are asking of Facebook Causes pages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Submitted by Steve MacLaughlin, publisher of Connections For a while now I've been talking with a lot of nonprofits about using social media and social networking in their organizations. Friendraising Not Fundraising If the reason why you want to use social networks is just to raise money, then stop now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

In January, after the Haiti Earthquake struck, if you were participating on social networks, you couldn’t help but notice the many, many Tweets and Facebook status messages about the Haiti Earthquake. This will facilitate a self-organized, community scrapbook of the event from attendees. Hope you will too.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

. • Transparency and Government 2.0. • Video Activism. • Launching Your Own Startup. • Breaking Through the Digital Ceiling. • Tech Marketing in a Recession. • Social Networks and Diversity Barriers. • Innovation and Tech Career Reinvention. • What Shirky Didn’t Tell Us. • Feminine Mystique.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

In the wake of the groundbreaking Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against Facebook, The Washington Post is reporting new details of the company’s negotiations with regulators in the run-up to the case, including an unusual offer to license its code and network to competitors. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

X, formerly known as Twitter, was throttling traffic to websites that the social network’s owner Elon Musk publicly dislikes. The delays were noticed by users on the Hacker News forum and were first reported by The Washington Post. The platform appears to be reversing the slow access to news sites on Tuesday afternoon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Meanwhile in down at action camp in San Antonio, Texas, I heard through Twitter that copies of the Networked Nonprofit were offered in a raffle. Networked Nonprofit at PRSA in Washington, DC. I met “ichi&# virtually when he let me know about a Netsquared Japan meet up featuring the Networked Nonprofit.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

Yesterday in Washington, DC, Target's senior fundraising analyst Paige Grainger gave a terrific "state of the nonprofit industry" talk, which summarized key findings from Target's latest, 2011 Index. Paige spoke at a luncheon that Care2 sponsored of the Direct Marketing Association of Washington (DMAW).

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

After all, associations have been in the "social networking" business long before Facebook and Twitter became household names, Lehman says. This is why social media has been so successfully adopted by associations and integrated into their existing marketing mix. Social networking is another layer that enables that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 13, 2013

Social network maps, tree maps, and dot plots are some of the newest charts to enter the nonprofit field.† Ann Emery is an evaluator at Innovation Network in Washington, DC. Check them out! Once youíve mastered the essentials, spread your wings with new-ish chart types. What are your chart secrets?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2014

These are the questions discussed during the Health Datapalooza conference in Washington, D.C. There are more and more people like me who are tracking their health on their smartphone or on social networks and a growing number of wearable devices that can track data. Are there other benefits? What are the challenges? last month.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

Unconference is coming to Washington, D.C., Will Kill MyBlogLog Next Month – "Five years to the month after it was founded, cross-blog social networking widget MyBlogLog will be closed down by Yahoo! ." Read all of the lessons Carol learned – and I'd love to hear what you learned! NonProfit 2.0

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2011

He has played a leadership role in a number of companies including FundraisingINFO.com (FRI), WealthEngine and Wealth ID, as well as serving as a fundraiser in New York and Washington and a grantmaker with the federal government. How do you see social networks reshaping traditional donor research or fundraising techniques?

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Care2

AUGUST 10, 2012

While 50% say that President Obama has not changed how Washington works, only 25% blame it on the President. 40% of millennials are in college – a time when many people start exploring and learning more about politics and social justice issues. If you are looking to reach millennials 75% use social networking sites.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Check out this page to see where NTEN will be in the community this month, we''d love to link up with you.

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The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2021

But the FTC itself says this is “inaccurate” and that its rules require no such action, reports The Washington Post. The FTC’s acting director for the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Samuel Levine, complained to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a letter obtained by The Washington Post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2011

The New York Times reported on the use of social media and protests suggesting that Egypt’s government was afraid of the power of social networking tools.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

My experience searching for Bob is concrete evidence of the helpfulness of various social networking sites (SNS) like LinkedIn and Facebook. So, I was intrigued with a report from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project about the social impact of widespread use of social networking sites.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 2 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 18th, 2011 Day 2 of NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) in Washington, DC is when things really kick into high gear.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference will take place on March 17-19, 2011 in Washington, DC. I proposed two panels You Can’t Recycle Wasted Time on Social Networks and I’ve Found My Free Agent, Now What? Part of what makes the NTC unique is how they involve the community in every aspect of conference planning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

In my spare time, a video crew was following me around to create a short piece for Blackbaud Conference on October 20-21st in Washington, DC as part of the keynote to be delivered live by Allison. (I’ll He asked if we had seen any organizations change their mission as a result of connectedness on social networks.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Dane Grams will be making his Care2 speaking debut at the DMA Washington Nonprofit Conference, on a panel called Follow that Donor! NOI RootsCamp Washington, DC. Engaging Networks Community Conference (North America) Toronto, ON. DMA Washington Nonprofit Conference Washington, DC. Feb 18 - 19. Ryann Miller.

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Care2

JULY 24, 2012

This means embracing online registration tools and even social networking integration applications. Make it fun and interesting so that people will want to get involved and use all of the tools you’d use in other campaigns (ads, social networks, email, etc.). Bring registration to where your base spends time!

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The most vocal of the two has been Facebook, which temporarily blocked users and publishers from sharing news content on its main social network and only relented after the Australian government agreed to make a series of amendments to the proposed law. The new code has seen fierce opposition from the two tech giants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

During the past 8 days the two of us have wandered this great land of ours, bouncing around from Reston Va, to Ann Arbor Mi, a stop in Boulder Co, a quick hop over the Rocky’s to Seattle Wa and finally coming home to Washington DC. When Danielle speaks it’s from the heart.

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NTEN

MARCH 31, 2011

After it aired on the big screen, even the Washington Hilton IT staff wanted a copy, so we posted it to YouTube. And the 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report found that 30% of the organizations that have raised more than $100,000 on Facebook have budgets under $5 million.

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Care2

DECEMBER 28, 2009

A new report from the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers shows definitively that grantmakers expect to give fewer grants in 2010 than in 2009. Tags: Online Advocacy Online Fundraising Online Marketing Online Organizing Social Networking Trends Web 2.0 Make room for strategic serendipity.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Last week, I had the privilege to serve as General Manager of Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington , an online fundraising event that raised $2 million for 1200 local nonprofits from almost 18,000 donors. Traditional mainstays like the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Washington Nationals Dream Foundation also fared well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

She talked about how online social networks mirror off-line social dynamics, and described the phenomenon of “white flight” from MySpace to Facebook. Alec Ross from the State Department, who talked about “21 st Century Statecraft,” a concept of foreign relations that is focused on the power of networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

Conference , especially the “ unconference sessions “ in Washington, DC on Friday. We kicked off the conference with an interview style keynote about the Networked Nonprofit, moderated by fabulous Shireen Mitchell (aka digitalsista ). Look to your in-house lists for potential free agents.

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Care2

MARCH 18, 2012

It’s been close to two weeks since Invisible Children released it’s "Kony 2012" video, which quickly spread across social networks, blogs, and made headlines across major news networks and newspapers like the NYT and the Washington Post.

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2011

The Haiti response has indelibly impacted the way we now think about fundraising and individual philanthropy, and the role that social networks and mobile donations can play therein.

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