NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The information in our 2009 research comes from approximately 2,300 nonprofit organizations using a combination of our online fundraising, email marketing, and integrated CRM tools. Blackbaud’s research found that online revenue grew by 46% in 2009 compared to 2008. This was a decrease of only 2% compared to December 2008.

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Haiti Trend Online Giving 68

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Inform and inspire your foundation’s messaging. It’s one of your most effective marketing tools, but the 2008 GettingAttention.org survey showed that 72% of nonprofit organizations don’t have a tagline or rate theirs as performing poorly. For more information, visit this FAQ.

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Award FAQ Poll Attention 108

ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 14, 2012

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar or practitioner to highlight current nonprofit research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day practice. Sample nonprofit job descriptions: Roles and responsibilities. We welcome your comments and feedback. Sources: 1.

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Government Lesson Research Asia 80

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

On the morning of July 7th, a page was created for the events taking place in central London and as both television news and personal witnesses revealed more information the page content grew – by the minute. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups.

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2009

" Convio released a report ranking the highest online-donating cities in 2008 and 2009 year-to-date. Thanks for writing up this informative intro! Amy Sample Ward , who is a great resource for nptech across the pond now, gives the heads-up about an event and upcoming e-benchmarks report.

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NTEN Drupal Convio Nptech 54

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 8, 2009

2008 Online Giving Trends - Connections - Want to compare your 2008 numbers/results to other organizations? This information comes from approximately 2,000 nonprofit organizations using Blackbaud's Internet solutions." Check out some great designs that could get you thinking!

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Remix Bookmarking ROI Blackbaud 100

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

In 2010, we enter in to a new era of social media marketing, one based on information, rationalization, and resolve." And furthermore, by focusing on justification and metrics, we were distracted from the primary objective of building relationships and cultivating dialogue. … But that was then and this is now.

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Web ROI Bookmarking Phase 108

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

There are too many visionaries in the article for me to list them all here, but here's a sampling, with links to their blogs: Political digital artist and print maker, Favianna Rodriguez. Founder of Americans for Informed Democracy , Seth Green. Image credit: Utne Reader November/December 2008 cover image from Utnereader.com.

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Change Green Artist Blogger 40

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008.

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Research Arizona Survey Studies 40

Forum One

MAY 4, 2010

Overall, the report is well done and shows the information in a visually appealing manner (I’ll admit that I took a few extra copies!). Some of these were: Online fundraising grew in 2009 as compared to 2008 but the average gift size was smaller. As NARAL found, it could mean the difference in an additional 0.63

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Benchmark Convio Trend Statistics 49

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 12, 2008

Mashups of applications and spaces, not just information. Tools for individuals are great, but what we’ve seen in 2008 is that the tools that individuals like the most and use the most are the ones that create the most dynamic communities. What was your favorite innovation from 2008? Community Movement.

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Mashup Wiki Contact Issue 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Amy Sample Ward lays out a 5 things to think about before you get into the execution of a social media strategy for the first time. But, maybe you've done some of that thinking and implemented a few focused social media experiments in 2008 and have gleaned some insights. Don't limit high quality information , filter out the crap.

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Social Media Media Tips Social 98

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. but pack in a tremendous amount of information. View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. A great example of using Twitter for real information exchange and for conversation. Very cool project from 2008: Twitter Vote Report. The sessions are short (only 50 minutes!)

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Tools Tech Map Case Study 100

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

.&# I recently had the opportunity to connect with Marshall to discuss the report and the insights RWW discovered through the process of aggregating and distilling so much information from experts and Web users. Probably middle of 2008. Real-time information delivery has changed the way that organization works in radical ways.

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Interview Report Web Time 120

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008. Let's Fondle The Tools the Right Way Chris Brogan's A Sample Social Media Toolkit describes a few sample tools and what they can be used to accomplish. Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! Wonder if smashups are eligible?) Her selection criteria.

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Summary Nptech Tag Tools 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Amy Sample Ward shares her first reflections and critique of the platform and wonders what’s the point? But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&#

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New York Profile Argentina New York City 104

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 13, 2009

TechSoup.org is a trusted technology resource that offers a variety of information and services for the nonprofit sector. billion in IT expenses as of September 2008. Whether you’re brand new to Web 2.0 Have any questions? Please email: community@techsoup.org. About TechSoup.org.

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Beginner Free Social Media Hosting 100

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Moderated by NTEN membership director, former NetSquared organizer, and friend of TechSoup Amy Sample Ward , "Rethinking Movement Buildling" brought together three luminaries from organizations whose stock-in-trade are movements to promote social change. Case in point: Obama for America, the 2008 Obama election campaign effort.

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Netsquared America Director Social Media 54

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. It was organized by Ed Schipul. Let's discuss: join us!

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Comment Social Media Jordan Cancer 95

NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. How can we do that? More and more, now we can.

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Haiti Disaster Social Media Media 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. It was organized by Ed Schipul. Let's discuss: join us!

Social Media 79

Social Media Cancer Jordan Kiva 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

I suspect that the good folks at SeaChange are busy updated the 2008 the Procrastinators Guide To Year-End Fundraising. Amy Sample Ward writes about the new plugin launched by Social Actions that will place ???possibly It probably isn't too early to start thinking about that busy year-end online fundraising season. And if you???

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Nptech Social Fundraising Plugin 50

NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

By Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN. By comparison, when Epic Change launched the original TweetsGiving in 2008 - when Stacey herself had far fewer followers & the Twitter ecosystem itself was exponentially smaller – the campaign generated over 3,000 tweets in just 48 hours. Information for bloggers.

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Case Study Tools Studies Community 80

NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. It was organized by Ed Schipul. Let's discuss: join us!

Social Media 67

Social Media Nonprofit Jordan Cancer 67

Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

In this interview, she shares her insights into the strategic and the tactical information nonprofits might find useful as they consider their approach to using video to reach their communications goals. For example, what are some of the best export settings with respect to frame rate, compression, resolution dimensions sample rates, etc?

YouTube 34

YouTube Social Media Video Advocacy 34

Care2

JULY 14, 2008

In this interview, she shares her insights into the strategic and the tactical information nonprofits might find useful as they consider their approach to using video to reach their communications goals. For example, what are some of the best export settings with respect to frame rate, compression, resolution dimensions sample rates, etc?

YouTube 34

YouTube Video Social Media Advocacy 34

Care2

MAY 15, 2009

WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. A great example of using Twitter for real information exchange and for conversation. You can embed Google Earth into your website to present information to your community that really helps tell the story of your work and your issue.

Social Media 34

Social Media Tools Online Advocacy 34

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

The report was released on December 8, 2008 (with an interim report published earlier this year in July). Organizations should: be specific in the sample letter about the bill number and the position your organization is taking (pro or con). be courteous even if you disagree with your Member's position on the issue.

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Advocacy Aggregator Issue Social Network 20

Care2

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

For more information on the event, click here. For those of you who are interested, heres a sampling of what we learned: 1. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Issues Dynamic, Inc. put together a "Beltway Bloggers Boot Camp" scheduled for today, November 13 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. All rights reserved.

Social Media 28

Social Media Advocacy Digg Jordan 28

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2007

To that end, there's an added incentive for this pilot stage (through June 2008): $5000 to any exhibit concept deemed spectacular enough to develop into a real exhibit here at The Tech. I've spent the last month building some sample exhibits, as well as a tutorial on interactive exhibit design. A contractor, Involve Inc.,

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Museum Virtual Tech Second Life 20

Care2

APRIL 22, 2013

Join me, Allyson Kapin, Co-founder of Rad Campaign and Blogger-in-Chief of Care2''s Frogloop blog and Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director of NTEN for this free webinar. Let''s be honest, social media is progressing and changing every single day and most people don''t have the time to keep up with the most effective way to do social media.

Social Media 70

Social Media Media Colorado Social 70

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

There are 75 pages of statistics and trend information in the report. Smörgåsbord of Stats Here are just a sample of some of the statistics in the report worth noting: 98.2% The study is part of an ongoing research partnership with the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University , which began in 2006.

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Studies Philanthropy Trend Attitude 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2012

I will be facilitating a panel discussion with: Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN. Approaches and tools: What are the basic guidelines for designing and using data and information visualizations? Data and information visualizations for advocacy, evaluation, social media, network analysis, operations, and more!

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San Francisco NTC Conference NPO 89

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

And in 2010, online giving is expected to bring in more donations than ever, after having seen a 46% increase in online revenue between 2008 and 2009. Here are some sample bulletins: [link]. For more information and help creating a strategy that makes your project successful, read How to Run a Successful Fundraising Campaign on Causes.

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Causes Zimbabwe Fundraising Malawi 87

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

In this way, information about scams or risks can easily be distributed to communities, or reports can be shared throughout the network. Working people and communities around the world can make sharing information and even just communicating a difficult task. >> Learn more about Aashika and Survivors Connect today: [link].

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Collaboration Technology Impact North America 179

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

data from edison research from 2008 on podcasting listenership. data from edison research from 2008 on podcasting listenership. Maybe you just target your board members to keep them informed, etc.; use the show notes well, point back to the blog, more information, etc. Check out their postcasts: Corey: 501c3cast.

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Podcast Support Files Audio 123

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

For example, in April 2007 I wrote 52 posts, but in April 2008 I wrote 61. I just sampled one month. In early 2008 it was slightly lower for several reasons. The unique visitor count doesn't include the people who aren't looking for information about social media and nonprofits! In June 2008, it has more than doubled.

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Reflection Measure Technorati Metrics 50