Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

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). " 2011: The Year the Check-in Died – "Early last year, "checking in" was the cool new craze. Change the internet?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

Last month, the Japan earthquake and tsunami occurred on March 11th 2011, the first day of the conference. Within 30 minutes, I registered a domain name, launched a fundraising site on CauseVox , and seeded it with key influencers on Twitter to help build momentum. What you will change the next time? Hindsight is always 20-20.

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Raise Japan Interview Disaster 176

sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Good Nonprofit Infographics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 12th, 2011 Who doesn’t love a good infographic? Especially when they help reveal a lot of information in a visual format.

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Blackbaud Benchmark Nonprofit Chart 87

NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Staff led on-the-ground efforts in just a handful of key cities, while the majority of actions were organized online and offline by activists and other citizens -– volunteers, by and large. Or was power based in the individual relationships offline and online, many of which continued to grow and strengthen after this day?

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Social Network Network Social Create 65

NetWits

AUGUST 23, 2011

I haven’t received any gifts and frankly don’t have the time. 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. And fundraisers who use Twitter along raise 10x more than those who don’t.

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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. Seattle Symphony created flashmob and promoted it with Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter effectively.

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Knowledge Seattle Social Media Measure 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2011

Note from Beth: Hosting events for your network – where they can meet offline – can be a terrific away to build your network. In early January, the American Museum of Natural History announced that it would hold a Brain Tweetup for 75 of its Twitter followers. By Jay Geneske, 2011.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Some tips to build capacity and benefiting from a fundraising contest: Get organized both online and offline. While they had a relatively smaller number of followers on Twitter or Facebook, they had focused on engaging their community online. as a first time donor. They have connected with many organizations on Twitter.

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Washington Training Train Giving 97

Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 12, 2011

with Gwen Bell As I mentioned in my post, Taking Back Your Time: Is Unplugging the New Green? My 5 takeaways were: Checking email, Twitter and Facebook constantly can be "insecurity work.". What needs are you trying to fulfill for yourself online that could be better met offline? Photo of Gwen Bell by Joel Longtine.

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Blogher San Diego Green Conference 81

Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2012

And already in 2011, “more than 50% of all ‘local’ searches were done from a mobile device.” ” moment like Ben Rigby from Sparked, now’s the time! Over 1 billion of those are smartphones. So, if you haven’t had your own “Holy mobile, Batman!” Nonprofits and Mobile Technology.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

As Twestival founder Amanda Rose told us, $264,000 wasn't raised in one day by them on Twitter. Twitter was just a channel to mobilise people to give up their time to create real offline fundraising events. Use social media to mobilise and engage, not just take money.

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Charity Digital Cancer Offline 51

NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

In his keynote address for South by Southwest Interactive in 2011, Seth Priebatsch of SCVNGR demonstrated how game mechanics can motivate real-world action by distributing different-colored cards to the audience, giving them rules (no talking, no moving from your seat) then having them exchange cards until each row had the same color.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

So, let’s get out the nonprofit vote for the nonprofit panels at SXSW 2011 ! Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands. And yes, indeed, in 2009, there were more nonprofit focused panels and happily the trend continued at SXSW 2010.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

grist.org’s key results are: Footprint: The reach of their activities, both online and offline. For example, they know from their survey research, real-time monitoring, and content analysis of comments on their posts that a lot of people care deeply about environment issues, but don’t self-identify as “environmentalists.”

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Measure Policy Social Media Green 97

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. If you’re making connections and supporting conversations across the network, you’re helping the community create strong ties that will not require your time and energy to maintain. Have people heard of 350.org

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. At the time the book was written, mobile wallets hadn’t been launched yet. However, defining Web 1.0 Add Google Wallet to the list.

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Social Media Social Chapter Media 269

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. At the time the book was written, mobile wallets hadn’t been launched yet. However, defining Web 1.0 Add Google Wallet to the list.

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Social Media Social Chapter Media 214

sgEngage

MAY 18, 2011

This makes them less sensitive to small timing issues or large fluctuations over a short period of time. 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.

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Blackbaud Trend Haiti Benchmark 66

sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2011

This makes them less sensitive to small timing issues or large fluctuations over a short period of time. The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending February 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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Blackbaud Haiti Trend Arts 56

NetWits

OCTOBER 18, 2011

The most followers that an organization has on Twitter is 840,653 (PBS)…but on the other hand, the organization following the most people is following 200,522 (The American Cancer Society)! The American Red Cross was the first organization on the list to create a Twitter account. 2011 Non-profit Social Networking Survey.

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Social Media Media Social Case Study 274

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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Blackbaud Disaster Haiti Giving 62

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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Los Angeles Gift Charity Trend 63

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

This makes them less sensitive to small timing issues or large fluctuations over a short period of time. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Statistics 70

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We thought about technology as something that took time, required a lot of maintenance and work, and was usually best kept confined to as few staff members as possible. We even forgot about our own website at times. The social period is a time when we start to relearn the separation between tactic and strategy.

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Slides Nptech Digital Case Study 213

sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2011

This makes them less sensitive to small timing issues or large fluctuations over a short period of time. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Haiti 62

sgEngage

DECEMBER 15, 2010

This makes them less sensitive to small timing issues or large fluctuations over a short period of time. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Statistics 58

Care2

APRIL 22, 2013

Let''s be honest, social media is progressing and changing every single day and most people don''t have the time to keep up with the most effective way to do social media. Don''t worry though, we can help you change that. As Founding Partner of Rad Campaign she leads the firm’s client and online strategic services.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2011

This report continues to be the most significant analysis of online/offline giving trends based on actual data from nonprofits. The 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report provides analysis of 28 major nonprofit organizations and transactions for over 15 million donors and more than $1 billion in revenue.

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Benchmark Internet Giving Offline 73

sgEngage

OCTOBER 28, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Troubling Nonprofit Statistics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on October 28th, 2010 I spend a lot of time looking at metrics and benchmarks from across the nonprofit sector. That’s not the case this time.

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Statistics Trend Benchmark Blackbaud 81

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2010 Online Giving Trends Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on February 15th, 2011 Blackbaud released its 2010 Online Giving Report today. compared to the same time period in 2009. billion in total fundraising from 1,438 nonprofits.

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Trend Online Giving Blackbaud 82

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Donors Flip Channels Dunham+Company has new data out in “A National Survey of the Impact of Offline Communication on Online Donations.&# The analysis found that 2% of donors under the age of 35 only gave offline. The same analysis found that donors age 65 or older only give offline 53% of the time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

to leverage social media as a way to engage our key audiences, Packard created the Friending the Finish Line project in July 2011. Like many state advocates, we were already on Facebook and Twitter when the Friending project started, but we weren’t always entirely sure how to use them. Recognizing an opportunity. effectively.

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