Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

I recently had the opportunity to connect with John Brennan , the driving force behind OpenAction.org , which empowers individuals and organizations by helping them tell the world about the positive impact their actions have. You can learn more about John and OpenAction in the interview below. On July 5 the real fun began.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 30, 2012

CASE launched the ESI Award in 2009, and Benetech is proud to join the company of past award recipients. I was delighted to hear Joanne’s thoughts and to share some insights and lessons learned from the work that the Benetech Human Rights Program is doing to build the capacity of LGBTI-rights focused NGOs in Africa and the Caribbean.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

DECEMBER 27, 2011

When I had surgery in 2009, I used eHop e as an online tool to help me stay in touch with my community and ask for help. This time, I'm going to try out two other online tools: CaringBridge , which will help me update my farflung family, friends, and colleagues. I'm scheduled to have surgery on January 20th.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 16, 2018

If there is not written succession plan, consider the following: How can the existing leader help with the transition process? If your existing leader is unwilling or unable to help with the process to replace them, consider appointing an interim leader. What are the lessons learned from the major fundraising events?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 23, 2010

I’ve considered myself pretty successful at both helping clients navigate the tough waters of web development projects, as well as accomplishing web projects for them. The clients should not have expected to get slick 2009 functionality for a mid 5-figure budget. And walked away if they insisted. It’s that simple.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

What are your nonprofit resolutions for 2009? Convio just released a helpful guide for nonprofits appropriately titled, " Nonprofit Resolutions That Make the Difference in 2009 ". What are your top nonprofit resolutions for 2009? Need ideas to turn your resolutions into reality? Receive monthly updates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2011

And every year, the good folks in Minnesota share their results and lessons learned. In total, GiveMN has helped raise $46 million for nonprofit organizations across the state of Minnesota since launching in November 2009. And every year, the good folks in Minnesota share their results and lessons learned.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 14, 2011

At Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), we use data to help us understand and communicate the financial reality facing nonprofit practitioners on the ground. In 2009, we conducted a broad financial overview of 70 domestic violence (DV) service providers, which was followed by a comparative financial analysis of 18 organizations in 2010.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Here’s one story about how one free agent, a social media savvy volunteer for a local food bank, saw a problem, reached out to her network, and helped solved in collaboration with the local nonprofit. Sue Kerr has put her social media savvy to work to fight hunger in the Greater Pittsburgh area and save the environment.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

million raised by 2009 America’s Giving Challenge participants. Would love to hear your experiences, any lessons learned or best practices, and ideas. 25 median donation amount. 35,000 causes have received at least one donation. million raised through the Birthday Wish feature. Skewing the numbers? What do you think?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2019

Children in this group are learning about values that will last a lifetime. Ensure that their faith and giving back are part of the lessons learned. Generation Z: Born 1996–2009. This generation is considered one of the loneliest generations, and church can help fill that void. Generation X: Born 1965–1980.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Allan hit the nail on the head when he said: Again, this is a lesson in Web 2.0 From both a business point of view and from the point of view of how our sector should work to heighten transparency in society at large, there’s no reason to limit the ability of coders to learn about and discuss the API at hand. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. One of the ideas we explored is it possible through social media to share some of the findings in a conversational way to help prod more insights from the field.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Note from Beth : This is an ongoing series from the Organizational Effectiveness Program team at the Packard Foundation about developing their program funding strategy in an open way or what has been dubbed “Learning In Public.” Assessment of 46 OE grants to networks awarded 2009-2011, conducted by Monitor Institute (2012).

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

During the course of the 2009 fundraising campaign, the task ahead of me often felt like Medusa : if I stared directly into any of those serpentine eyes, I was frozen. I meant to write this blog post last summer to share our lessons learned, but I wasn't sure if they were actually applicable. That's maddening.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

60) Search « The Joys of Google Grants, Part 2 | Main | The Joys of Google Grants, Part 1 » Sunday Feb 01 2009 Nonprofit Resolutions That Will Make A Difference in 2009 Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 08:56PM | by Allyson Kapin What are your nonprofit resolutions for 2009? All rights reserved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

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 more nonprofit focused panels and happily the trend continued at SXSW 2010. What are the lessons learned from Free Agents about working with nonprofits? Trust me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

In 2009, a dollar spent by the organization on online tools helped to improve 10 times as many neighborhoods as a dollar spent on playground equipment. The more you can simplify your program model and codify it, the easier it will be to help others replicate it in their own communities. What lessons are YOU learning?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 5, 2018

Rather than spend time telling you what they said and why it’s important – thanks to modern-day technology, you can learn directly from them on your train ride home (you are using mass transit, right!?) – I thought I’d talk a bit about what I have learned through transitions in my career. Do the things that got you to where you are.

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NTEN

JUNE 30, 2010

At the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we gave our session evaluation system a major tech overhaul by highlighting a mobile text messaging option in addition to our normal paper evaluations -- as well as an online option that was added at the last minute.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

This terrible flood didn’t spare the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO), an event that he first learned about through his social networks. He wanted to raise some money to help the local orchestra and test some ideas. Here is what he learned. The lessons for arts organizations. Guest Post by Marc van Bree.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

A webinar on lessons learned will be held in Q2 to share some of the key findings with NTEN members. Video, social media, and peer-to-peer fundraising and engagement are helping nonprofits leverage the trends and data to be more successful in their communications and fundraising programs. To get your invitation visit [link].).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

Balancing Learning Through Content Delivery and Sharing Experience. What I’m most excited about is “networked learning&# – it is part peer learning, part content-delivery, and another part engaging people in the room and not in the room in conversation through the use of social media. Some Reflections.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

While writing about multi-channel engagement , I couldn’t help but to think that each lesson learned applied mainly to supporters who are actively engaged with your nonprofit organization. Well, last year, I learned that there are many options when you’re trying to reconnect with donors.

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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2009

I literally just rolled off the red-eye back from the 2009 Non Profit Technology Conference (NTC '09), and although I'm exhausted - both physically and mentally - I'm hopeful and excited about everything I heard and saw. This year I was fortunate enough to play a very active role at the conference.

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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2009

I literally just rolled off the red-eye back from the 2009 Non Profit Technology Conference (NTC '09), and although I'm exhausted - both physically and mentally - I'm hopeful and excited about everything I heard and saw. This year I was fortunate enough to play a very active role at the conference.

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Achieve

AUGUST 3, 2011

So far the site has only raised just over $13,000 since 2009. But the LoveDrop team does such an excellent job utilizing social media to keep followers updated on the progress, engaged in the families, and excited to see the outcome of their donation each month, that donors don’t seem to mind paying to help operating costs.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

As always, we try to use this blog post to speak from our experience as a learning technology partner to organizations that provide continuing education and professional development. To wit, we in online learning are often in the business of managing transactions. Not financial transactions—those get offloaded to payment gateway.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Last year, Convio clients raised more than $777 million online and 2009 looks to be even better. Do you need help getting your leadership or board on board to make the move to a more robust online fundraising program? The fact is, you too have the resources and you can’t afford NOT to get into the online game.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

In 2009 , students built a participatory exhibit from scratch. This post shares my reflections on the projects and five things I learned from their work. These nontraditional audience engagement techniques helped make complex goals and visions explicit and understandable to visitors. This year, we took a different approach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

I also contacted Georgina to learn more the campaign’s inspiration, how the Luce Center is utilizing the “ Listen, Learn, Adapt ” methodology during the campaign, and any advice she would give other institutions creating Flickr campaigns. She kindly answered all of the questions below: Q. at the Smithsonian 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2009

I've gathered up some of best of the best folks in the nonprofit tech field to share their social media measurement lessons learned. Mashable Party Monday, March 16, 9:30pm-12:30am Six Lounge, 117 W 4th, Austin, TX 7870 There will also be an effort to help raise awareness of childhood hunger issue during SXSW, so stay tuned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

On June 25, 2009, I announced on my blog that I was five days away from a cross-country move and knew it would disrupt my routine, including my blogging routine. It was also set up in a way that I could get help from someone else. Alistair Croll, Guest Post: Using Twitter for Fundraising - Lessons Learned from Beers for Canada.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 13-17, 2009 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. I've gathered up some of best of the best folks in the nonprofit tech field to share their stories, metrics, and lessons learned - this will be informative AND entertaining. THIS is Iron Chef ??? With snacks!

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 16, 2009

CDF had help during this process - Omni Studio completely redesigned CDF's web assets in 2008, and RedEngine Digital led the process to integrate SEO recommendations. And the proof of the pudding is in the eating - since the new site was launched on March, 2009: overall site visits from 2008 to 2009 increased by 12%.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

They designed the event with the goal of sharing lessons from agencies who have some early experiences. NIH does this to allow teens a way to get credible information from a trusted third party - and NIH gets some great intelligence about what is on the minds of teens (eg in 2009 twice as many marijuana questions as in 2008.).

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