Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2011

" 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report – "Five years into the research, it is clear that direct mail giving is still the overwhelming majority of fundraising revenue, and organizations must find ways to optimize multichannel giving versus hyper-focusing on internet giving alone. ."

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 12, 2023

When supporters text that short code to the dedicated number, they’ll receive a link to your custom donation page, where they can put in their payment information and contribute a gift. Your website is not only a place to highlight information about your organization, but it can be a key hub for fundraising.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

That's what happened with the Art Project—a new tool we're announcing today which puts more than 1,000 works of art at your fingertips, in extraordinary detail." – "The rise of social media has led to an exponential proliferation of content online and widespread demand for tools to filter that information.

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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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Achieve

MARCH 6, 2023

Did you get any actionable guest feedback from post-event surveys ? You can find so much information online for free, like Handbid's silent auction guide , to help you plan. Leveraging his software background, he built most of the tools his charities used, and in 2011 he launched Handbid at his own fundraising event.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

The tool is meant to openly share and visualize the operations of World Bank financed activities down to as local a level as possible and compare these with actual need and monitor the effects over time." " 2011: The Year the Check-in Died – "Early last year, "checking in" was the cool new craze.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The survey fundings are based on a sample nonprofit CEOs whose organizations are receiving funding from foundations giving at least $5 million annually in grants called the “Nonprofit Voice,” with 170 respondents answering the questions on this survey. The report ends with some reasons why there might be a disconnect.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the December 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. This person will take the helm on laying out tasks in a sequence, informing other staff of their roles and assignments, and providing assistance to people as they complete their parts of the evaluation.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2012

This past fall GrantStation and PhilanTech conducted the third semi-annual informal survey of nonprofits, The State of Grantseeking Fall 2011. Between mid-August and early October 2011, 928 nonprofits of various sizes, in different geographies, representing diverse issue areas completed the survey online.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Make sure your ads include all of the need-to-know event information, such as the date, time, purpose, location, and other logistical details. Include a QR code on your flyers that passersby can scan to access your information and registration page. Gather this information by sending pre-event surveys and conducting social media polls.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 14, 2012

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar or practitioner to highlight current nonprofit research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day practice. In April of 2011, a story broke regarding The Central Asia Institute, a nonprofit organization. Document retention.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Facebook in Online Privacy Breach; Applications Transmitting Identifying Information – WSJ.com – "Many of the most popular applications, or "apps," on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. Really looking forward to hearing your responses!

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 26, 2012

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. She gathered my information, gauged where I was in the process, and assisted me through the close of the issue. 84% of employees surveyed enjoy working for their organization because they believe in its mission and values. As part of a. Communicate the mission and strategy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

Our mandate, broadly speaking, was to engage in “blue-sky dreaming” and learn from our shared experiences to make Martus a more robust tool. We gathered input from other current and past users via online surveys and phone interviews, and we’re still gathering feedback. This is a truly unique moment in Martus’ history.

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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. The survey asked participants to share their great social media challenges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

I’m at the Innogive 2011 Conference today. What is the key to a viral campaign which combines these outreach tools. We started off with the question of why nonprofits must attention to mobile and integrate it into their communications tool box. Text Poll App from MobileCause. The focus is on Mobile Giving.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2022

do lots of surveying of your donors, supporters, partners and volunteers. Click these links for Timelines, checklists and roles and responsibilities to help make an informed decision. Be sure to collect contact information for any new supporters and guests. Has attendance at prior events been weak?

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NetWits

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Armed with a fundraising page and email tools, peer-to-peer fundraisers turn their family and friends into donors. Tell them your initial plans for 2011 and listen to their feedback. Ask what can be improved, invite them to planning meetings and send team captain-specific surveys.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

All of these donated software tools can be requested at the same time. Outlook integrates your email with calendars and contact information. The latest version of QuickBooks, Intuit QuickBooks 2011 , is in stock at TechSoup. Keep in mind that every donation program at TechSoup has its own rules and restrictions.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2012

What TechSoup's Cloud Survey Found. In our TechSoup Global NGO cloud survey we found that people in nonprofits and libraries are indeed concerned about data security in the cloud the world over. In February 2011 Google inadvertently deleted 150,000 Gmail accounts due to an internal software problem. Hybrid Cloud Storage.

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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. This helps inform decisions about content topics. It means we have to be nimble and responsive.”.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

A 2011 Gleanster survey found their most important value drivers were: Testing and measuring everything. Your constituents now expect to receive relevant and interesting information in every email. Online tools often do most of the work for you, including automatically and randomly dividing your list. Simple enough?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2011

In July 2011, TechSoup.org conducted a survey of nonprofits on their current use of cloud services, their plans for adopting cloud services, their expectations on costs, and their barriers to cloud adoption. The survey project was done under leadership of TechSoup's Dan Webb. We got 495 nonprofit respondents from 43 U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2016

Let’s face it; every day we use our smartphones and mobile technology to get through daily and simple tasks, from finding information, to exercise, to learning new languages, even finding the nearest grocery store. Gamification is a great motivator when research, information technology, and graphic design- all align.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 27, 2012

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. 2 Again, the study surveyed nonprofit financial managers such as CEOs and CFOs. The Moody’s Foundation, 2011. ASU Lodestar Center.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Input” usually means getting others to provide information of some kind such as feedback on an initiative or ideas for new campaigns or even to get answers to questions. Even for other information-based crowdsourced actions, you can still measure outcomes. You’ve raised $11,000? You’ve surpassed your goal.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

A third (33%) of nonprofit executives take over from someone who was fired or forced to resign, according to the 2011 Daring to Lead report, which surveyed 3000 nonprofit executive directors earlier this year. Author: Jennifer Darrouzet. Or know where your potential employer has no track record at all. This blows my mind.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 19, 2012

I've found the survey tool quite useful for Pathfinder's online work, whether for building our 'Contact Us' section of the website, or establishing RSVPs for events. I'm also a fan of the email tools. Outreach utilizing Girl2Woman.org skyrocketed our organic registration rates drove our Facebook following to record numbers.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Stacey Marie Garcia came to the MAH first as a graduate intern in the summer of 2011. It’s not solely about how museums can serve communities but rather what are the communities’ resources, knowledge and interests that can inform museum practice? They stress community engagement should be an asset- over needs-based approach.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 9, 2012

flickr: gonfishin New research, new tools, new ideas, and new opportunities to share your knowledge and ideas are the highlights of this latest Member Round Up. Speaking of data, contribute some of your own valuable thoughts to The State of Grantseeking Fall 2012 survey until October 12. Interest piqued? Start engaging here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2011

Spitfire’s useful SMART chart planning tool has been used by many nonprofits and was adapted for social media for nonprofits by NTEN’s WeAreMedia project several years ago. Increase number of retweets and @replies on Twitter by 20% by September, 30, 2011. Capacity: People, content, work flow, learning.

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Achieve

JULY 14, 2022

Email is a tried-and-true marketing tool in the mission-driven sector. An email newsletter sends important information, such as news and updates, to a list of subscribers. Add new information to each email newsletter, such as a success story, upcoming event, donor spotlight, or recent blog post. . online donor engagement.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 12, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Knight Foundation , was released in July 2011 and reported in CIRCLE , a publication of Tufts University. ASU Lodestar Center. and James L.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 6, 2012

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. An official press release for the study reads: The survey. NTEN is a great resource for best practices information and resources.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2014

It simply means adding another tool to your toolkit.and tool, when mastered, will help you find and engage customers on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and other social networks. Social selling does not replace all other sales and marketing processes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2013

They also can be a great tool for a whole range of goals, including reaching out to new donors, expanding a community foundation’s profile or helping nonprofits learn to use digital tools. However, many Giving Day organizers smartly narrow their focus to certain nonprofit and/or donor segments—informed by the goal they have set.

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