Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

Social Media: What I Learned This Year | Millennial Marketing – Carol Phillips has a great post recapping what she learned about social media in 2009, including: "Effective use of Social Media requires enthusiasm and diligence." Download the December 2009 version of this list here. NonProfit 2.0

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JULY 22, 2010

One of the biggest questions nonprofits have been asking for the past couple of years, is what benchmarks should they be using for social media? The 2010 Nonprofit Benchmarks Report released by NTEN has some great data that nonprofits can use for guidance. Nonprofit Social Media Benchmark Data You Need to Know. in 2009 to 48.1%

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

– "Despite the enormous popularity of peer-to-peer social networking, the adoption cycle for branded online communities has been relatively slow. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Google has a number of partners, including social network sites like LinkedIn, Friendster and Ning, as well as Salesforce, which does have very interesting implications given the increasing use of Salesforce in the nonprofit sector. Basically, if the more social network sites that adopt OpenSocial, the more open the whole thing gets.

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JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" You might check out some of the online advocacy and fundraising benchmark studies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Two weeks ago, I wrote up my prediction for fundraising trends for 2009. My guess is as we enter 2010, might we see the invention of Real Time Web fundraising events As more nonprofit explore the possibilities of location-based social networks and fundraising , the distinctions between online/offline fundraising will melt away.

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JULY 26, 2007

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DECEMBER 26, 2009

The Rise of Politicians Using Social Media. Are politicians finally understanding the value of being social via social networks? Chris McCroskey, founder of TweetCongress says that in 2009, the number of Members of Congress using Twitter has gone from two dozen to more than 160.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever – Guest Post by Joe Waters. A college grad researching a career in fundraising recently asked me what’s changed since I started in the field. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2000. Disruptive Model: Social Network. Everything,” I replied.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" You might check out some of the online advocacy and fundraising benchmark studies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Last month I made a prediction that we might see fundraisers with FourSquare or some other location-based mobile social network with gaming element. Looks like my observation of fundraising 2.0 trends of 2009 and my 2010 predictions are right on. Looks like my observation of fundraising 2.0

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JUNE 24, 2010

“If 2009 was the year of the "tweet", 2010 is the year of the "check-in", said Joe Waters, Director of Cause and Event Marketing at Boston Medical Center on this weeks Live Discussion over at the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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JUNE 5, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The total amount of money raised online increased by 26 percent from 2007 to 2008.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011. This is an indication that nonprofits are definitely moving in the right direction, which is also reflected in the Nielsen Study (What Americans Do Online, August 2010 ).

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

The study, which you can download here , summarizes “$381 million in online giving through Network for Good’s platform, including 3.6 million gifts to 66,470 different nonprofits from 2003 – 2009.&# Online fundraising is all about relationships. Here are some key findings. No surprise here.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

If you have an email list captured by one application, a donor list captured by another, a social network in another, and you give them all equal “weight,&# then you’re asking for trouble. And because of this, it makes sense that integration of these two is something that is a need to be filled.

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APRIL 5, 2013

Most organizations incorporate messaging training as part of the new hire process and encourage employees to “represent” when they are out and about at professional networking events. The reward for organizations that are “networked” as Beth Kanter would say , “is that you exponentially grow your reach and engagement.”

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MARCH 23, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" March 23, 2009 | Hatef Yamini Excellent list! It will be a great aid!

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MAY 29, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Does direct mail fundraising still work well for your organization?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

These local giving days focus more a community approach and help nonprofits build capacity in fundraising on all channels, while also promoting the idea of a Giving Day in the local community or geographic area. A quick look at the social media data from Give to the Max Day 2012 shows a sizable jump over the previous year.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Another example of indirect content is that of social networks. I will explain the use of mapping, fundraising, and crowdsourcing. Examples from Haiti.

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

The 2009 NMC Symposium for the Future , the fourteenth in the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia (October 27-29th), will explore actual and potential applications of technology that could impact issues of global importance over the next five years and beyond. Of course, they have professional fundraisers on staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 11-15, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Nonprofit social communications wizards share examples and tips to get your fans mobilized for action. It’s the Year 2040, 35 years after the social networking revolution began.

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APRIL 29, 2010

Foursquare is a location-based social network.      Think of it as a social network where your status up is not what you're doing, but where you are.   I started writing about FourSquare and the potential for fundraisers back in November.  Photo by Neatonjr.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. The SXSW Interactive Festival. Submitted by Leif Utne.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

Oh, and please do give a thumbs up to the panel Beth and I cooked up: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change ]. scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2009

Our brains our packed with ideas and inspiration for how to do our jobs better, our social networks are a little richer because of the new relationships we have forged, and our hearts are full with the comradeship of being with so many people that share our passion and perspective for the role of technology in work promoting the social good.

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JULY 2, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" I seriously think it’s "the" buzz word of 2009.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 30th, 2010 Jumo means “together in concert” in Yoruba, a West African language. About $500,000 came from unnamed individuals in the early days and in September 2010, Omidyar Network announced a grant of up to $750,000. When The Jumo website had its soft launch back on March 18, 2010.

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MARCH 18, 2011

5 Biggest Trends in Online Fundraising Friday, March 18, 2011, 1:30 to 3:00 pm Attendees will learn why online fundraising is fast becoming an integral part of any successful nonprofit’s fundraising strategy as well as a critical way to attract new and younger donors.

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JUNE 2, 2011

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Myths about Online Giving Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 1st, 2010 There are so many myths about online giving. The median online gift above $1,000 was $3,500 in 2009. Here are five that need to be busted.

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MARCH 17, 2011

5 Biggest Trends in Online Fundraising Friday, March 18, 2011, 1:30 to 3:00 pm Attendees will learn why online fundraising is fast becoming an integral part of any successful nonprofit’s fundraising strategy as well as a critical way to attract new and younger donors. All Rights Reserved

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking It’s the Seating Chart, Stupid Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 18th, 2010 Where should the Internet team be on the organization chart? Who should own the Internet at our nonprofit? All Rights Reserved

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MAY 27, 2010

At the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference, we -- Carie Lewis , Beth Kanter , David J. The Strategy by David Neff of Ridgewood: Ingenious Communication Strategies If 2009 was the year everyone and their mom jumped into the social media pool, then 2010 is the year of strategy. Now, anyone can log in to monitor this.

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JUNE 1, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" » Sunday May 31 2009 Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? nonprofits in 2008.

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