Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is back and calling for your best 2011 nonprofit videos! Did your organization create impactful videos in 2011? The 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is taking submissions starting February 1st. Are you a nonprofit? So what do the winning nonprofits get for participating?

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Video Contest Cisco Org 156

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

—– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. My latest post on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog is now up. You can read it and join the conversation on the SSIR blog , or read the copy below.

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Community Giving Washington Arlington 158

NetWits

AUGUST 23, 2011

Include a sample email and talk about the impact of gifts ( Did you know just raising $25 can provide sick kids with a toy this holiday?). In 2011, Blackbaud and the Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council conducted an online survey of individuals who have participated in at least one run, walk or ride event in the last two years.

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Raise Money Fundraising Social Media 209

Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2017

Teach Supporters to Fundraise and Provide Samples. Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. Provide samples of everything. Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. Encourage them to use their social network.

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Support Fundraising Sample Tips 39

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Last year, Blackbaud saw a 53% increase on this day of giving in comparison from 2011. Encourage your current fundraising participants to push their efforts on #GivingTuesday by hosting a fundraising contest. And for those of us in the non-profit world, four days after Thanksgiving there is #GivingTuesday.

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Turkey Social Media Comparison Raise 39

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

All we needed to say was I heard they were using facebook; or my son has a YouTube account so I’ll have him set up ours. If facebook was blocked, then start working on facebook at home. We can stop saying that facebook is our strategy and start saying that facebook is one part of our engagement strategy.

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Slides Nptech Digital Case Study 213