Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2011

Last week, I had the opportunity to present at the 2011 Volunteer Management for Nonprofits Conference here in New York. And here are slides from a previous presentation: Twitter.Org: Twitter for Nonprofit Organizations. Using Twitter for a Global Conversation. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Twitter Resources.

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2011

A close read of the lyrics provides a good framework for thinking about communicating horizontally (across departments or silos) and vertically (with everyone from senior management to interns) in your organization about technology. In many organizations, technology is viewed as separate from the work the organization is doing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Idealware created the Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide to help organizations like yours determine what results and benefits you can reasonably expect from social media, and to guide you through the process of identifying the right channels for different goals. Social media is a conversation the world is having.

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NetWits

APRIL 12, 2012

In fact, Blackbaud’s 2011 Online Giving Report , noted that the largest online gift in 2011 was $260,000 ! The report further noted, “87% of the nonprofits in this analysis had at least one online gift of $1,000 or more during 2011.”. Many people and organizations define a “major gift” based on some minimum gift amount.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Starting over may not be an option, but in the absence of that, here are ten things event fundraisers and marketers should be considering to reinvent their plans for 2011: Become more data driven. The culling, organizing, and assessment of your event data is where the real work happens, and where the real insights emerge.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. "What is your organization accomplishing? " That is a question most nonprofit folks can answer pretty easily.

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NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Ted Fickes, Electronic Communications Manager, The Wilderness Society (Central Rockies Regional Office) In September, 2008, Green for All , 1Sky and the We Campaign organized a national day of action -- Green Jobs Now -- to demand progress on green jobs and a green economy. It can be organized and brought to bear upon a situation.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 10, 2020

These changes have significant consequences for how organizations connect with donors, clients, partners, and employees. According to Pew Research Center, a whopping 96 percent of Americans now own a cell phone, and the share that own smartphones is now 81 percent—up from just 35 percent in 2011. Cloud Computing. Applications.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

He shared an example of an initiative that demonstrates their approach to funding — the NPR One app — which personalizes the listener’s experience by curating content suited to their interests. The story is the starting point to create the conversations,” Chan added. According to the 2013 Foundation Center report , U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

Benchmarking is the process of comparing your organization’s practices and results with a group of peer organizations. It can be an informal study and fairly simple to do. You identify a list of similar organizations and collect specific metrics to compare. Devon summarized the data in the above presentation.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. Both of these organizations have been able to figure out how to bring people together across ages, cultures, etc. The Red Cross has been around for 130 years and so much has changed - for example with text-to-give after disasters.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

This morning, I had the huge honor of presenting the keynote at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, ON. Let’s start at the most fundamental place for this conversation. In the most simple terms, a movement is when organizations work with, and not for, the community. Your organization has goals, too.

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JUNE 11, 2021

At in-person events, your donor outreach team can have one-on-one conversations with multiple guests to help start your nonprofit’s relationship with them off on the right foot. For example, you could send a thank you message that welcomes first time guests to your nonprofit. Hybrid and virtual fundraising events. Send Event Surveys.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2011

We will answer your questions about how to make your organization’s social media efforts more efficient and effective. We’ll share tips, resources, and tools for saving time on engaging in conversations, listening, content strategy, measurement, tools and more.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of February 1st).

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

Once you have looked out for the safety and well being of your employees by implementing work from home, social distancing, and community hygiene, it is critical that you turn your attention to your organization’s future fiscal health. And, despite slight upticks in 2010 and 2011 in giving, they were still well below pre-GFC levels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

.” Content curation is sifting through information on the web and organizing, filtering and making sense of it and sharing the very best content with your network. While I have been doing content curation for the past twenty years that I’ve worked as a technology trainer, in July, 2011 I discovered the Scoop.It

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NTEN

JUNE 8, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from an article that first appeared in the June 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Pick accessible channels Make your organization as open to feedback as possible. If you have the capacity, consider organizing local chapter meetups. No organization is perfect.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Today, January 17, the 30th anniversary of the Betamax decision, we’re proud to mark Benetech’s participation in Copyright Week —a week of action that aims to engage communities in the ongoing conversation about changes to copyright law and celebrate six principles for a balanced copyright system.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, April 1, 2011 Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving? I like to be informed of what the organization is doing, but I dont want mail solicitations. 65% said that the reason they stopped supporting the nonprofit was because they no longer felt connected to the organization. More newsletters?

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Care2

JANUARY 21, 2012

But this doesn’t happen by magic – people donate money to your organization because they feel a connection to your organization and the issues you work on. So how did you do in 2011? For example, what issue were they first recruited on? They believe in what you do. Use Multiple Channels. Segment Your List.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 2, 2012

In 2011 I gave to over twenty different nonprofit organizations. For example, I gave $20.08 For example, I gave $20.08 Conversely, I gave $250 to a Christian humanitarian organization and received a thank you letter with an electronic signature. We welcome your comments and feedback.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

6: Social Media Can and Should be Measured: This principle is about incorporating the discipline of measurement into your approach and to go beyond just measuring “coverage&# but also measure conversation and communities. 2011 Putting Principles in Action: Valid Metrics Matrix.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The experience your organization provides online must be one that converts. Responsive web design started its takeover of the Internet in 2011 and has since become a necessity. So in the above example, let’s say your Staff section had even more pages for Executive, Marketing, Development, etc. And every pixel counts.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

These communication channels provide nonprofit organizations with an immediate and effective way to solicit, cultivate, and engage donor support. The process involves conversion of your current online donation page for viewing from a mobile device. This method basically reformats and converts the page content into a mobile experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The event is sold out, but they are live-streaming it ) They are crowdsourcing questions for the conversation here. Is your organization using performances assessment or outcome based measurement to measure progress towards goals? Still, adapting this grid as part of thinking through selection and prioritization of KPIs is useful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

I’m at the Innogive 2011 Conference today. For example, 13% of handhelds are smartphones, but account for 78% of data traffic and there are 180 billion text messages monthly. If all else fails, the message should be that the organization risks being irrelevant to its stakeholders. Text Poll App from MobileCause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Last week, I facilitated an interactive keynote in Seattle at 2011 Tech for Good Leadership Summit sponsored by Microsoft Community Affairs , in partnership with NPower Seattle. By all accounts , the event held the space for peer learning. Watech4good Summit. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. It directly increased ticket sales.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

Every campaign, every organization, and really, even every individual engaging with others online has a set of tools and techniques they've learned from and rely on every day. Two or three years ago, you could have a conversation out in the open and have people organically join in. By Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Last week was the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference and not only did I have the pleasure of presenting a couple sessions, it was also my first NTC as a staffer, as I joined NTEN earlier this month. CDSI is not something that you thought up inside your organization, even if you thought it up with your community in mind or at heart.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 5, 2014

Data published last year in the Chronicle of Philanthropy shows this trend clearly: online donations to nonprofits increased 14% in 2012 relative to 2011, while overall donations increased by only 1.5% Consider two examples. in the same period. But this trend has been uneven. of its donations online in that period.

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Achieve

MAY 6, 2015

When I first heard Ethan Marcotte speak on the topic of responsive web design in 2011, I remember the whole room being filled with a thick layer of wonder as we all mulled over what this meant for the web industry. For example, if you notice in the above graphic in the top right corner, there is an option to search the website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Also, check out Lucy’s Digital Civil Society wiki for examples of open data used for the social good. Beth’s Blog, September 2011. The group identified a few organizations that are using it well, but would it great to have a deeper field understanding of where we are with this technique. Beth Kanter, “ Data Informed.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the September 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Though each tool is a little different, they all create opportunities for your organization to start conversations and to show the personal side of, and the personalities behind, your work. Now apply that to social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

So how can we put the interest in video to work for our organizations, specifically your year-end fundraising? The American Jewish World Service (AJWS) , for example, shot amazing video of their work in India, Uganda and El Salvador a few years ago. If you see conversions increase along with play-through rates, great.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

While many organizations are running to develop iPhone and Android apps, with a Treesaver dynamic publication, you skip the hassle and cost of making separate apps for every target device. Many nonprofit organizations produce reports. For example, CREW –Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington just released a report about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

grist.org is a data-informed organization that uses a ladder of engagement not only to guide its content and social media integration strategy, but uses measurement at each rung of the ladder to ensure that they are getting results. Societal Change: Impact on society, policy discussions, and conversations that advance sustainable practices.

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