Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

NTEN’s Technology Leadership Academy Returns for 2012 – "We're excited to announce that the Technology Leadership Academy is returning in 2012. Mellon Foundation, we're able to offer the Academy at no charge to qualifying organizations. The Academy gets at the very heart of what NTEN does.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Reporting : The best dashboards come with built-in reporting features that make it easy to see how your nonprofit is performing over time. Look for a dashboard that allows you to generate reports on a regular basis so you can track progress and identify areas where improvement is needed. Amplitude (company) – Wikipedia.

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sgEngage

MAY 6, 2012

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector. The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving reports that overall revenue increased by 2.2%

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

From new reports, to funding opportunities, to success stories, we hope you'll be as inspired as we are by your amazing nonprofit technology community! All kinds of new reports are available to inform your organizational strategy. Blackbaud just released the "Charitable Giving Report: How Nonprofit Fundraising Performed in 2012".

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 2, 2014

Steve has spent more than 15 years building successful online initiatives with for-profit and nonprofit organizations across the world. According to the 2013 Charitable Giving Report , last year marked the largest year-over-year increase in charitable giving since the recession – overall giving increased 4.9

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

NTEN partnered with Charity Dynamics to conduct the 2012 Nonrprofit Donor Engagement Study. A majority of donors (65%) reported supporting their top charity because they believe in the organization’s cause. > Download the study online here.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Most of our member organizations have budgets under $250,000 a year, but managing finances is essential to all of them, regardless of size. Whether your organization is looking for help paying the bills or tracking grants, we have the financial management tools to get the job done. Accounting Software from Sage and Acclivity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

The State of Nonprofit Data report was released this week (hat tip to Ted Fickes ). Idealware and NTEN prepared the report based on a survey in April 2012 with nearly 400 nonprofit organizations about how they manage and use data. The reports shares the infographic below to illustrate the “Data Machine.”

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The 2013 Charitable Giving Report includes 24 months of overall giving data from 4,129 nonprofit organizations representing more than $12.5 The report also includes online giving data from 3,359 nonprofits representing $1.7 It is the largest analysis of actual overall and online giving data in the nonprofit sector.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The latest Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits analyzed data from more than 4,000 nonprofits to provide the largest analysis in online giving data. According to the report, overall giving grew 4.9% in 2013 compared to 2012 (You can take a look at the review I did of their 2012 study).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2013

This year’s study – the seventh Benchmarks report – analyzes 1.6 million online gifts collected throughout 2012. This year’s study shows the growth of social media audiences outpaced email lists in 2012, growing an average of 46 percent on Facebook and 264 percent on Twitter. Google Analytics Report Infographic.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Both organizations work in the Caribbean, where sexual minorities face widespread violence, bigotry and marginalization. HRP members produced scientifically sound analysis that is advancing the process of legal justice in Guatemala. The testimony prompted further investigation that led to the arrest of three former senior officials.

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2012

According to a report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project nearly half (46%) of U.S. adults use smart phones as of February 2012, up 11% from May 2011 and 10% said that their phone was their primary means of getting online. Obviously I’m biased on the killer find, but I think you’ll enjoy the report. > [link].

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NetWits

APRIL 2, 2013

To say this is a highly anticipated, monumental report would be an understatement. The annual report informs how organizations measure impact relative to their peers. You may ask, does that mean my organization should be sending more email? To the strategic services team, it’s our bible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

While the primary goal is for students to learn about strategic use of networks and social media for international organizations, I will also be covering some practical career skills such as effective networking and self-directed professional learning (also called “Social Learning”).

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

The 2014 Charitable Giving Report includes 24 months of overall giving data from 4,798 nonprofit organizations representing more than $16.2 The report also includes online giving data from 3,724 nonprofits representing over $2 billion in online fundraising. billion in total fundraising. on a year-over-year basis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Alliance Magazine, September 2012. 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. ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” Larry McGill, “ Data for Good.”

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 18, 2017

A study cited by Nobel (2015) showed that individual donors are averse to funding organizations with high overhead rates. As reported by Knowlton (2016), “…only 7 percent of nonprofits report that foundations always cover the full cost of projects they fund.”. Grantor agencies also eschew funding these necessary expenses.

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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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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2013

[Editorial note: the following article first appeared in the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , a free quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders.] Collectively, these organizations begin to address the complex issue of hunger. When is a meal more than a meal? When it’s served in a soup kitchen.

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NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2013

In 2010, we organized an online workshop we affectionately titled “Taming the Data Monster.” But what about the steps an organization has to take before collecting or analyzing the data? The workshop was designed for the Communications and IT Staff who have the task of collecting and distributing data in effective and meaningful ways.

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sgEngage

MAY 1, 2013

For nearly three years now, Blackbaud has continued to expand the number of organizations and giving represented in the analysis. The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving reports that overall revenue decreased by 1.1% for the 3 months ending March 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012. Overall Fundraising Trends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Post-It Note Facilitation of A Network Map - 2012 Pakistan NGOs. For example, with board thing, we all have control over organizing and taking notes on the “sticky notes” – and was interesting to see our emergent collaboration. What’s in your facilitation toolkit? But wait, paper??? And, I’m not alone.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

As our own 2012 State of Nonprofit Data Report showed, 99% of organizations are already in the practice of collecting and tracking various types of data and metrics about their work and tactics -- but a very few indicate that this data is useful for progammatic decision-making.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. While driving to work recently I heard an NPR report about philanthropic giving in the US; but it was not the numbers I had just read in Giving USA 2012 published by the Giving USA Foundation and compiled by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.

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NTEN

JANUARY 8, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. These are just a handful of nonprofit-focused data sharing sites to get you started: National Center for Charitable Statistics: NCCS provides data, as well as analysis tools and reports, on Nonprofits around the US.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 29, 2011

The 2012 Summer Reading List for me included some light reading like The Confession (ok maybe that one wasn't so light.) That means if you are a horse organization in Wichita and “horses, Wichita” doesn’t bring you up wicked fast, kiss those web visitors goodbye. Author: Cheryl Black. Just ask your constituents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2014

” Charity Jacking is similar to brand jacking and news jacking , defined by David Meerman Scott as the process by which you inject your ideas or angles into breaking news, in real-time, in order to generate media coverage for yourself or your organization. .” It isn’t exactly new in fundraising or activism.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

advertising, surveys, reporting, and business analysis. GrantStation is a set of tools and resources to help organizations identify and secure grant dollars.) How would you describe your organization's location or service area (rural, urban, etc.)? Is your organization well known in your service area?

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NTEN

AUGUST 6, 2012

Flickr: JenWaller If you think it's too hot outside to be crunching numbers or analyzing information, pour yourself a fresh glass of lemonade because this week's Member Round Up revolves around data – from a free tool for visualizing data to a hot-off-the press report about the state of hiring in the nonprofit sector.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2012

Blackbaud recently released its 2011 Online Giving report. comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. organizations, online major giving data from 2,397 nonprofits, and both. One key finding: Online giving is up 13% year-over-year when you exclude large International Affairs organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

This week Idealware released the much-anticipated 2012 edition of our free Consumers Guide to Low-Cost Nonprofit Management Systems. Letting them subscribe to your site content through RSS feeds or email can help them ensure they’re getting the most-update information from your organization with ease and convenience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

One goes something like this, ”Our organization has to collect a lot of data, mostly counting data for our funders. Beth Kanter (@kanter) October 4, 2012. If you’ve not seen The Center for Effective Philanthropy survey of September, 2012, it sets up the challenge pretty clearly.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

By Patrick Ball On 14 February 2012, the New York Times reported that a Swiss team had found a weakness in a key algorithm used to make secure connections online. I've organized the detailed discussion as a series of questions. On 15 February 2012, another team (Heninger et al.) What exactly is the problem? are examining.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Descriptions of key digital measurement concepts, terminology and analysis techniques. Deep-dives into Google Analytics reports with specific examples for evaluating your digital marketing performance. In 2012, Howard Rheingold facilitated the production of the “ Peeragogy Handbook ,” a practical how-to.

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

since 2012, and only continues to grow in reach and influence. The rest of these tips don’t really make sense if you aren’t participating… GivingTuesday.org has great resources and a way to list your organization GivingTuesday.org/join. Think about how you can collaborate with other organizations in your cause area.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

As public-facing and serving organizations, nonprofits are held to higher ethical standards than their business counterparts are. Organizational transparency, the disclosure of operational, financial, and decision-making information, remains a significant factor in the formation of the public’s trust in an organization’s mission and intent.

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