Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

" 2011 NTEN Champions Fundraising Campaign by the Numbers | NTEN – "The funny thing about being the Nonprofit Technology Network is that it can be really hard to practice what we preach. An increase in email use, however, was visible in the 55+ age group, who used web-email 15% more in 2010 than in 2009.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

– Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – No matter where you look, social media is on everyone’s radar. " How Useful is Social Media to Nonprofits? The big question nonprofits ask is, how useful is social media?

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MAY 17, 2010

" The Next Generation of American Giving – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – Here is a great guest post from Jocelyn Harmon on the Care2 Frogloop blog: "“Our donors are aging-out.&# “We need to attract younger donors.&# “We need to be on Facebook.&#

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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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JANUARY 7, 2011

." Thanks to Stacey Monk for the tip that Animoto let's nonprofits apply for free pro accounts – looking for a tool to help with your video storytelling, multimedia fundraising and more? Check out Animoto!

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APRIL 12, 2010

" 'Online fundraising will change everything' – Third Sector – "Azadi Sheridan, the chair of the Institute of Fundraising's Technology Special Interest Group, tells David Ainsworth why donor 'churn and burn' won't work in the future.

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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. 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. Large scale fundraising events? Why mobile? million smartphones and 92.1

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MAY 17, 2011

From 2009 to 2010, the open rate for organizations of all sizes and sectors declined by 12% on average. The fundraising response rate fell by 19%, while the advocacy response rate fell by 7%. Meanwhile, unsubscribe rates held steady from 2009 to 2010. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Highlights.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

" Five Social Media Fundraising Trends for 2009 – Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media – "Over the past six months, I've been collaborating on a book with Allison Fine, titled "The Networked Nonprofit" and we've been sifting through stories, research, and seeing many patterns. ."

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 8, 2009

2009 Year-End Fundraising Guide – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – “Is your nonprofit sending out 8-10 online fundraising appeals this holiday season? The paper will be open to comment til the end of January 2010.&#.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

They are hoping to start conversations and hear feedback about the competitions, the fundraising techniques and more. Interested organizations can register to win and find out more at [link] But, it's only going until June 4th, 2010, so they'll need to get on it pretty quick to be part of it." What do you think?

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DECEMBER 18, 2009

February 12, 2010, and promises to be “more than just a conference on the next generation web.&# Plus, if you register soon you can get a 20% discount! Are you a an online advocacy guru, a fundraiser, or grassroots organizer? Fundraising. NonProfit 2.0 Unconference is coming to Washington, D.C., Unconference here.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

– Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – "According to the study, “women at every income level give to charity more often than men do. The YMCA of Metro Chicago faced just this challenge in the summer of 2010. Women Rule the Philanthropic Roost!

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2011

So, when the ICT-KM Program was tasked with organising the social reporting for the Share Fair on Agricultural and Rural Development Knowledge in Africa in Addis Ababa in October 2010, it was clear that it was high time that we document the social reporting team’s experiences and lessons learned in a generic guide. Event management?

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

February 12, 2010, and promises to be "more than just a conference on the next generation web." Fundraising Sources for Social Entrepreneurs – December 2009 Edition – "Each month Ashoka compiles a list of fundraising and other resources for Ashoka Fellows. NonProfit 2.0 Unconference here: [link]. ."

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 2010

"" Free Access: Nonprofit Tagline Database & Report | Nonprofit Marketing | Getting Attention – "Don't miss the just-released, all-new Nonprofit Tagline Database with 4,800+ organizational, program, fundraising campaign and special event taglines. Get the Tagline Database and Report!"

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 13, 2010

" Deadline: January 31, 2010. Participate in this campaign to recognize the top-rated nonprofits developing your community through job training or job placement." " Check out the stats highlighted by Allyson Kapin in this short but interesting post!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 21, 2010

Social Media’s Changing Landscape to Make A Profit – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – I'm really looking forward to this conversation – what do you think? "Admit "In the last week, I attended both the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference and the AFP 2010 Conference.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

WWT 2010: Apps and Tools to Energize Your Base. This may be other organizations/partners, donors, volunteers, fundraisers, event attendees, etc. View more presentations from womenwhotech. My slides covered the tools and apps for the back stage side of energizing your community. Your goal: why do you engage with them.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011

I will explain the use of mapping, fundraising, and crowdsourcing. Within just three hours of the earthquakes hitting Haiti on January 12th, the Red Cross had set up a mobile fundraising mechanism that let people donate $10 (or any other amount they wished) from their phone by sending HAITI to 90999. Examples from Haiti. link] 9546.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

A year later, in 2010, it was even bigger. Instead of fundraising separately, activating communities separately, connecting with legislators separately, the organizations recognized a unique opportunity they had to come together. What about a fundraising tool? And then something exciting happened. 1Sky and 350 merged.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 23, 2010

ClientTrack is an extremely capable web-based solution that fully: Enables organizational best practices and improves efficiency at a pace organizations can support, Ensures and simplifies compliance reporting for funding sources, Enhances outcome reporting to strengthen fundraising and build community awareness, and.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

A great read if you have a fan page for your organization as these changes are said to go into effect in early 2010. " Click For a Cause | Conduit – Conduit's Gives 2010 project offers $3.6 Million for 100 Nonprofit Organizations! "Since " Women, Social Media and Influence (cont’d) « A. Do join in!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

" Check out the 12 Trends, from Personalized Video Thanking to Ebooks to Digital Fundraising Staffing! " Check out the 12 Trends, from Personalized Video Thanking to Ebooks to Digital Fundraising Staffing! When these organizations are included in the analysis the overall online fundraising growth rate drops to 0.3%."

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Since 2008, non-profits have cracked the $1 billion mark for online fundraising. In 2010, the average online gift jumped up to $91.94." The graphic compares money raised, awareness gained and a variety of other factors across a three-year period.

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