Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources across the web ever day. 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). Check out this great webinar series from Polar Unlimited.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

Charity and Technology in the Online Universe This infographic from Mashable and Shane Snow puts social good into better context with donation numbers, growth charts, and some comparisons to its offline counterparts. Includes data from Blackbaud , American Red Cross , MobileMarketer.com , and the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

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

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

India Social Entrepreneurship Journey, February 2010 Contest - Please support me! Part of my role as the Global Community Development Manager at NetSquared is to support and grow our offline organizers from around the world. Here is a copy of the application narrative; you can read it and vote for me on the competition site here.

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Care2

JANUARY 7, 2011

As organizations continue to plan for 2011, it’s important to examine 2010 benchmarks such as the Membership Marketing Benchmark report that surveyed over 400 association executives. In 2010, 44% of associations saw a decline in membership renewal rates. Content (online and offline) and products aimed at your members.

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sgEngage

JULY 17, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending May 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. for the 3 months ending May 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. for the 3 months ending May 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

In 2010, my three words were Networked, Generosity, and Full of Life. Extrapolate on the broader terms, and find one word to hang the idea on. I’ve been doing this for two years now. In 2009, my three words were: Streamline, Weave, and Einstein.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I have always been proud to support WWT both during the telesummit and during the rest of the year with other offline meetups, online content, and more. WWT 2010: Apps and Tools to Energize Your Base. Here are two great resources to get you started: unconference and open space technology. How do you set up an unconference?

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

At the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference I attended a group discussion breakfast about personal vs. professional branding. Kara Carrell (aka @Karitas ) pointed out that she has a "How I Roll" post that she links to and updates as her on and offline world evolves. I'll accept if we've had a conversation I can remember, on or offline.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

At the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference I attended a group discussion breakfast about personal vs. professional branding. Kara Carrell (aka @Karitas ) pointed out that she has a "How I Roll" post that she links to and updates as her on and offline world evolves. I loved that idea. Check us out. Connect on LinkedIn.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

"I don’t have enough resources to do online fundraising and marketing", and. The fact is, you too have the resources and you can’t afford NOT to get into the online game. No matter your size and your resources, the time has never been better to invest in the online channel. You can read all the details here. ].

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Even if they do, it takes developer time to write the code to do the integration, and that may be resources that a nonprofit doesn’t have. All of these strategies take time and resources, but of different kinds. Some take internal staff resources (especially the Manual strategy.) Some CRMs still don’t have openAPIs.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Connect2Compete (C2C) is a project to supply low-cost broadband Internet, low-cost computers, and free training to as many as 100 million "offline" Americans. People like Stan Pokras of Nonprofit Technology Resources have been working in this field for as long as I can remember (which is a long time). in Philadelphia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Jumo helps connects people with issues and organizations on the first rung of the ladder of engagement, but the challenge will be how to cultivate relationships to bring people up that ladder to higher levels of engagement and involvement – from following and connecting to making donations to making change offline. Chris Hughes.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

—– Over on the NetSquared platform right now we are in the midst of the 2010 FACT Social Justice Challenge. Has your organization run a competition online or offline? I’m honored to have a guest post up on Care2′s Frogloop blog today! —– What do you think? We’d love to hear your examples!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Rather than trying to write it out it thought I’d point you to the graphic blog post or Cartoon by Rob Cottingham of Social Signal … I found it on Beth’s Blog where she recapped her time at Blog World Expo 2010. First, create a page on Causes and activist resource center. Meet Geoff. Check out the video. Where should I start?

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Our community was very active, serving some 20,000 regular visitors and about 14,000 subscribers to our email list, and offline events complemented online activities well. We are also increasingly willing to commit the necessary resources, staff time, and expertise to develop and manage networks, because we?ve

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2013

In July 2010, Amy Sample Ward wrote a blog post called Monthly Chats About Community Building: Are You With Me? But we always know we can return to Twitter and #CommBuild week after week for networking, reflection, professional development, and resource sharing.

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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. We will explore how nonprofits can unleash the power of social good by transitioning from stand-alone institutions to networks energized by abundant resources in their ecosystem. What are they good for?

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NTEN

JUNE 19, 2014

We can take spontaneous action wherever and whenever we want to do so." • The 2010 Haiti earthquake brought mobile giving into public consciousness, citing strong percentages of people who have given via mobile who say they now prefer giving that way…but there are few mobile channels that allow and inspire us to give. •

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 12, 2011

What needs are you trying to fulfill for yourself online that could be better met offline? Jessica of NRDC (Natural Resource Defense Council). Full disclosure: I was a Contributing Editor for BlogHer from January 2006-May 2010. My 5 takeaways were: Checking email, Twitter and Facebook constantly can be "insecurity work.".

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. In a June 2010 survey of the DomPrep40, an advisory board of disaster response practitioners and opinion leaders, nine out of 10 respondents said they are not staffed to monitor social media applications and respond in a major event.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2013

In July 2010, Amy Sample Ward wrote a blog post called Monthly Chats About Community Building: Are You With Me? But we always know we can return to Twitter and #CommBuild week after week for networking, reflection, professional development, and resource sharing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Just because organization 1 gets 45,000 unique visits per month, and organization 2 gets 3,000 means nothing in relationship to the impact that organization has in the world, or in relationship to how it uses its resources. But in many areas there will always be scope for offline delivery of a non-profit’s message.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

A year later, in 2010, it was even bigger. Those metrics and accompanying goals are the best resources for identifying the focus and the calls to action for your campaigns and even daily communications. But listening to the community, to the news, to the larger conversation on and offline and identifying where the opportunities are.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

Encourage your offline members to donate online so you can capture their email addresses. Use email appends to match your offline donors with their email addresses. April 1, 2010 | sales leads Copyright © 2008, Care2.com No organization wants to be left in the dark and scramble to play catch up later. All rights reserved.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending September 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. for the 3 months ending September 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. Read more about the methodology. over last year.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending November 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. for the 3 months ending November 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending November 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending October 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. for the 3 months ending October 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending October 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Jacky was only 8 years old in 2010, when he was separated from his mother after the 2010 earthquake and forced into child slavery. In Haiti, VisionLink tools are being used to deploy online resources, asset mapping and visualizations and to build collaborative networks of partner organizations.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

“That includes sending direct mail to drive traffic online, as well as sending direct mail to get a response in the mail, and sending email to reinforce an offline message,” Kirchoff said. Its a waste of natural and financial resources. Stan @SonicPrint May 14, 2010 | Sonic Print Direct Mail Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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sgEngage

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. A higher percentage of donors 45 to 54 and 55 to 64 give online than offline. All Rights Reserved

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2011

This is the first time that the indices have included fundraising data related to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. for the 3 months ending January 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. million in yearly revenue on a monthly basis.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Tis the Season for Charity Gift Cards Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 9th, 2010 The Los Angeles Times had an article the other day called “Causes offers gift cards for charitable giving.&# Will it work? Absolutely.

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sgEngage

MAY 18, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending March 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. for the 3 months ending March 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. for the 3 months ending March 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010.

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Blackbaud Trend Haiti Benchmark 66

sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

What has your nonprofit done since January 12, 2010? Do you have offline and well as online channels ready to go? Since that day many nonprofits have changed and improved how they respond to these kinds of disasters. Some still haven’t applied the lessons learned to their organizations. Do you have email templates ready to go?

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2015

Microsoft had already stopped releasing non-security updates in mid-2010. If you absolutely can't upgrade before mid-July, we would advise that you keep unsupported systems offline and isolated. Triage your inventory list — Categorize and prioritize those applications based on resource demands and critical systems.

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