Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

." AGC Coversational Case Studies: Students for a Free Tibet: A mindful social media strategy for campaigns or contests – Beth Kanter and Allison Fine are evaluating the second America's Giving Challenge and are sharing case studies from the winners. This is the latest in the series.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

Submissions close January 22, 2010." It's really interesting as far as mobile fundraising, but also just that the ARC are able to gather, analyze and share data like this in close to real time. Thanks for all that you are doing, ARC! " My favorite lesson? . "This " My favorite lesson?

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Web Haiti Bookmarking Lesson 132

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. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2004. Everything,” I replied.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

millions PCs in Q4 2010. 79% of respondents volunteered in 2010, and they prefer to do it in groups. SmartOnline just wrapped up an Invent Your Mobile App contest. For example, a bike-a-thon in Texas has a Ride for Life app so that people can keep track of pledges and fundraising, see where others are, etc. Why mobile?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. It was great to see that Sarah Bunting to still one of their best free agent fundraisers).

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NTEN

JULY 29, 2010

You can write fundraising email copy in your sleep and hand code your e-appeal while making breakfast and watering your plants. You are fundraising email campaign ninjas! Four prizes totalling $20,000 will be awarded to organizations demonstrating innovation and results in paperless fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Should online contests be redesigned or just go away? That's the question that Kari Dunn Saratovsky asks in a post over at the Case Foundation blog , one of many blog posts and tweets about the controversy surrounding how the Chase Bank handled its online contest. 12/17: The Dark Side of Online Contests.

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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. Youthprise, a youth-serving nonprofit and grantmaking organization put up $14,000 in prize grants for the contest.

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2012

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to get your nonprofit ready in case of a technological disaster, take a free seminar on digital fundraising, or submit your amazing video to the nonprofit film festival. video contest and earn the chance to win money for your cause! In 2010, 62.8 In 2010, 62.8 Have more news to share?

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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. Online contests that award dollars to nonprofit causes are here to stay. Corporations use these contests to engage potential customers. Illustration by Jonny Goldstein of my SXSW panel proposal.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

millions PCs in Q4 2010. 79% of respondents volunteered in 2010, and they prefer to do it in groups. SmartOnline just wrapped up an Invent Your Mobile App contest. For example, a bike-a-thon in Texas has a Ride for Life app so that people can keep track of pledges and fundraising, see where others are, etc. Why mobile?

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Our CEO recently attended the Communications Network 2010 Conference. "Adin Miller, a friend and all-around smart guy, wrote a blog post reflecting on James Surowiecki’s talk about the“ Wisdom of Crowds ” at the Communications Network and CommA Fall 2010 Conference. Foundation application? Foundation application?

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See3

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

“Bundling&# is when the partner asks all the associates to ante up the maximum to attend a local fundraiser. We care about this because we care about using the internet for fundraising and advocacy. The internet, only the internet, makes possible this kind of retail fundraising. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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See3

JANUARY 23, 2008

They have had video contests, and have made lots of 30-second spots. They have used the web to fundraise for these spots. The page is their standard fundraising page (the kind you get with services such as Convio or Kintera). Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today!

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See3

JANUARY 15, 2008

Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to submit their videos to the contest, hosted on DoGooderTV , the video sharing platform for nonprofits. The theme of this year’s contest is From the Ground Up: Using Technology to Engage Constituents and Make the World a Better Place. net www.dogooder.tv

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

NTEN set up an event area on Slideshare for the NTC 2010. Some events have set up branded channels, like the Bar Camp Channel. (5) 7) Fundraising. National Wildlife Federation uses Slideshare for its presentations, but also to promote the winners of their photo contests. 6) Training. 8) Advocacy.

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See3

JANUARY 21, 2008

The fundraising page was set up on GlobalGiving by Michele Martin. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Go to THIS PAGE right now and donate and make a big difference.

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

They just added the functionality to allow users to embed YouTube videos on those pages — another step in the general recognition that video is effective for fundraising. Mark Sutton, Chief Executive Officer of Firstgiving stated, “Experience shows us that the more personal the appeal, the more successful the fundraiser.

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See3

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

I get their emails — like I do with many other organizations — so I can see what they’re up to and learn from a variety of techniques about best practices in online advocacy and fundraising. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

The Challenge: Get as many people as possible to tweet a link to this article, especially the people in the list below by midnight (ET) on Sunday, February 21 2010. The fundraising campaign added some extra buzz, a sponsor, Ice cream maker Häagen-Dazs, willing to pay for any Twitter user who tweets out the support for the cause.

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See3

AUGUST 6, 2007

I have been writing a long time about how advertising is changing, how you the fundraiser or the marketer must adopt the new paradigm that entertains, shows instead of tells, and meets people in their communities with content that interests them — and allows them to contribute to the conversation. And that is for a different post.

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See3

SEPTEMBER 24, 2007

“As I’ve written before, I think it is crucial for nonprofits to master this medium for conducting your fundraising, advocacy and educational efforts,&# Tom writes. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! minutes. * Join the Video Bandwagon [.]

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See3

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

11 Feb 2008 See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Obama – Online Fundraising Case Study [.] We care about this because we care about using the internet for fundraising and advocacy. The internet, only the internet, makes possible this kind of retail fundraising. Keep trying more – thanks!

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

His thoughtful response: “I know a bunch of people have tried (and there has actually been some discussion within the NTEN blogs and community about it) to use LinkedIn as a fundraising platform. But I have seen groups use LinkedIn to form committees that do fundraising, to have people volunteer time from an in-kind standpoint, etc.

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See3

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

The People Speak also demonstrates the UN Foundation’s dedication to online video, featuring video throughout the web site, running video contests , and inviting supporters to capture and submit their own stories. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today!

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See3

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Share and Enjoy: 2 Comments comment Russ Burke Hello Michael: Great website and critically important job you are doing to educate nonprofits…the newer fundraisers anxious to get into the eConnecting need the perspective and us older folks need to understand more so we can integrate it’s potential with what we already know works.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Ahern didn’t start in fundraising. From 2010-2014, Rood was Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Business Development for DC Entertainment at Warner Bros. From 2000-2010, Rood worked at Disney in the Disney/ABC Television Group and was the Senior Vice President and head of marketing for ABC Family. It was hardcore.

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NetWits

AUGUST 31, 2012

According to the Run Walk Ride fundraising council “The top thirty “thon” event fundraising programs generated $1.69 million or 2.46% from 2010 levels.”. There are thousands of smaller nonprofits who run peer-to-peer fundraising events. There are thousands of smaller nonprofits who run peer-to-peer fundraising events.

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See3

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Creating urgency is an important part of fundraising. And if they feel that way, then your appeals start to make them feel guilty, and guilt is not a tricky tactic in fundraising. There are many other approaches to fundraising, both online and off. I made that pledge, but I didn’t return the envelope. Why not tomorrow?

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

They are thinking beyond fundraising to service delivery, health care, and many other segments of community activity for which they are responsible. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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See3

MAY 12, 2007

I have never written an article in The Japan Times, though I have written articles on politics, fundraising and web marketing. Luckily, my own ranking is moving up due to writing for onPhilanthropy.com, a newsletter and blogs following the world of philanthropy and fundraising. Grace Lee did a film about all the people named Grace Lee.

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

It turns out that much of what fundraisers think they know is right, but there is a lot of subtlety. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2012

I united my passion for social media and nonprofits, training, fundraising with Cambodia. I raised money through my blog and later on Twitter to send a young women, Leng Sopharoth to college from 2006-2010. In 2007, I won the Yahoo for Good Contest, winning $50,000 for the Sharing Foundation.

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

Called “Web 2.0 – New Outreach and Fundraising Techniques,” the topic of this workshop is something every nonprofit marketing manager and online communications professional wants to talk about. They ran their contest on YouTube, but See3 has a private label, fully customizable video contest hosting, management, and marketing solution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

For the social media library giveaway I asked folks to leave a comment on how they would use the books to shape their 2010 social media strategy. When I announced the contest, I thought there was one important book missing, Shel Israel's Twitterville. Erin even wrote a little poetry as part of her entry.

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See3

MAY 25, 2007

Embedding a YouTube video is a widget, as are fundraising widgets , Flickr photostream, Photobucket, Slide and many others. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

So for this post, I'd like to share 5 fundraising trends that we saw emerging in 2009 related to fundraising and social media and that will most definitely continue to have impact in 2010. As we march into 2010, might we see the invention of Real Time Web fundraising events? A Platform for Self-Organizing.

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