Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

Last week, I visited Omaha, Nebraska, and had a great time presenting to the PRSA Nebraska chapter. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. The fundraising response rate fell by 19%, while the advocacy response rate fell by 7%. Highlights.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 27, 2022

Use A/B testing to assess the effectiveness of your CTAs. If you’re prompting supporters to get involved with an advocacy campaign , you wouldn’t want to use a long-winded CTA button that says “Click Here to Advocate for Animals In Your Area Today.” Use A/B testing to assess the effectiveness of your CTAs. Your CTAs should: .

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Care2

JANUARY 27, 2010

On Tuesday, Care2’s Justin Perkins moderated the webinar Connecting Advocacy to Fundraising for Maximum Impact. However, according to M&R’s eNonprofit Benchmark study, 61% of online activists take action one-time. Be relevant and timely. Integrate advocacy and fundraising.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

We have a choice of where to invest those dollars – our time – and we want to invest them in the activities and tasks that produce the most returns. Focus instead on how to optimize your time investment. Many women invest their precious and limited time and energy based on assumption rather than insight.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Stronger Advocacy: There’s strength in numbers, and a strong membership base provides organizations with more voices to amplify their cause, advocate for policy changes, influence the community, and raise awareness for their mission. Smooth and easy” can be subjective—ask a few people to test the process.)

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

The last time I was in Baltimore was in 2007, with Amnesty International at their regional conference, attending as a bright-eyed student organizer trying to learn how to more effectively spread the good word of social justice and human rights (the story of how I got involved in nonprofit marketing!).

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

For example, you can create segments for new donors, long-time donors, major donors, corporate donors, and so on. This can help save time when drafting donor outreach campaigns. For instance, the Ahern Audit runs the “you test” and grade-level tests. Integrations save time and reduce data transmission issues.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 23, 2020

This means we are incrementally moving donors through levels of engagement over time. In the politically organizing context, this model leans into the idea no matter what level of engagement people come in at, you can present them with opportunities for more responsibility as a volunteer and constituent. Will you see huge results?

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 28, 2011

One a general welcome, one highlighting our research work, one highlighting our advocacy work. If you have never designed an HTML email before, then stop and review this fantastic presentation from Sean Powell and Shana Masterson at #NTC11 on the right way to deal with code for email. I've tried a number of email testing services.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2009

As I announced recently , Advocacy Online and Fairsay have jointly produced a benchmark report to examine key e-campaigning performance measures. I also referenced the report in my latest presentation slides about social media use by individuals in nonprofit organizations.). Advocacy Online summary document - download.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 19, 2016

There’s a simple one-page form that can save you a ton of time and stress if your organization does some sort of legislative lobbying. Form 5768 , more popularly known as the 501(h) election or the expenditure test, can do wonders for your lobbying efforts. This is referred to as the substantial part test. Disadvantages.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 24, 2011

I was able to share her predicament with the people there, and the chair of one of the organizations present jumped to offer his assistance to this parent, since he had worked on LD advocacy in her very state. Although the topic was on learning disabilities, one of the funders present had a strong interest in environmental ideas.

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M+R

JUNE 22, 2021

Read time: 4 minutes. This year’s annual M+R Benchmarks Study includes front-page news, long-form analysis, mild-mannered reporting, and even a crossword puzzle all about the newest news and topical trends affecting nonprofit digital marketing, advocacy, and fundraising. .

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 28, 2011

Now that our rebranding is off the ground, we've finally implemented something in Salesforce I've wanted to do for a long time…a welcome series of emails to new contacts. One a general welcome, one highlighting our research work, one highlighting our advocacy work. I've tried a number of email testing services.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I worked with both to prepare an ignite style presentation that shared a specific campaign or project that incorporated social media. Following the presentation, I provided feedback on best practices and how to extend them – then asked questions to kick off a group discussion.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 19, 2018

It’s a time for summer vacations and longer days with more sunshine…that usually means shorter days in the office. It’s feeling like the lazy days of summer will not be so slow for advocacy organizations this year. . Optimize your moment by testing and be flexible enough to change course while in a campaign .

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2023

The longer a donor stays with your nonprofit, the more times they’ll be able to complete this cycle, deepening their engagement with your nonprofit. Here are five strategies to help your nonprofit increase your supporters’ value and build relationships that stand the test of time. Personalize communication.

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Everyaction

APRIL 23, 2018

Here are five of our favorite CRM-based tools that you might not know about, but definitely should be using to save time and maximize the impact of your work! Utilize A/B testing for more impactful emails. EveryAction’s multivariate testing suite enables A-J testing of up to 10 options.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Grantees, Experts, and Partners at the end of the Brainerd Foundation’s 21st Century Advocacy Design Lab. What if a funder got real-time input from its grantees and other partners to develop its investment strategy? In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”.

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CauseVox

MAY 4, 2021

It was my first time on the customer side of the experience, and I have to say: it’s as easy as we keep telling you it is. AuSM serves Minnesotans, throughout their lives, with a fundamental commitment to advocacy, education, support, collaboration, and community building. Personal Outreach And Finding Fundraisers. Lessons Learned.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Implement the ladder of engagement in real time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Strategic integration into children’s health advocacy. Support national partner Facebook chats, blog carnivals, and other networked advocacy activities. It takes time to develop a solid organizational practice in social media, so we wanted to celebrate those small victories. Written social media policy. Cultivate “super fans”.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

But I want to be clear: Is this something you can do with free tools in your spare time? We were so focused on our mission and what we were trying to accomplish, that no time was spent making sure we had a brand and a clear message. At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck Consulting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Ruby Sinreich's Advocacy 2.0 Presentation Slides on flickr Blog post here. Michelle Murrain is curbing her time on "walled gardens " like LinkedIn and Facebook while pondering the question, " How Open Is Facebook, Really? Nonprofit Times covers it here. NpTech Talk. The Socialmarkets Manifesto is here.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) The trends aren’t all bad though.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2012

The agenda includes discussion and presentation of the innovative projects and approaches and the challenges of scaling social change. Intercepting wildlife transferred across borders is critical to slowing illegal trade and DNA barcoding provides a public library of DNA barcode tests for enforcement officials to use as a front-line tool.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

We chatted with digital strategist Yash Mori for insights on creating video for nonprofits, campaigns, and advocacy organizations. At the very beginning of my digital storytelling career, I didn't spend a lot of time on the pre-production. I also take the time to come up with a Plan B, C, and D for the day of filming.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2016

I’m excited to present 2 sessions, work the expo, network and expand my knowledge about our amazing industry (it’s the best isn’t it?). 3:15 PM – Mobilize Real Time Passion from Supporters with Social Listening. It’s the perfect time to unwind and plan your night out in DC. 1:30 PM – Game Changing Tests to Try Now!

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 16, 2023

For example, you can use the feature to track an advocacy day letter-writing campaign (job) or an advocacy day event on Monday or Tuesday (shift). This cutting-edge LWC provides unparalleled flexibility, allowing admins to easily configure and select data sources to present your records in a visually appealing card format.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2017

We’ve already seen significant fluctuations in US giving behavior over 2017, with the change in presidential administrations , natural disasters and several moments in time in between – all which would otherwise point towards a more precarious situation for Giving Tuesday and end-of-year fundraising efforts.

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Forum One

MAY 4, 2010

Recently, M+R Strategic Services — in collaboration with NTEN — released their own report , and also gave a presentation at the Human Rights Campaign on some of the report’s findings. They also pointed to specific testing done on their email campaigns, to determine the best copy to send to their constituents.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

While both approaches have value for specific purposes at particular points in time, numbers and narratives can be more powerfully and seamlessly employed to capture individual nonprofit and sector-wide work and more intentionally shape strategy and collaborations. and "to what ends?"

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) MoveOns video fit that bill.

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Social Media Campaign Advocacy Online 28

Forj

JULY 5, 2017

Shawn Martin , Senior Vice President, Advocacy, Practice Advancement, and Policy, . In this session, you will learn about key aspects of the QPP, what is to come and how advocacy from medicine achieved improvements for patients and physicians. Trucil, MA, MPH , Communications Manager, American Geriatrics Society.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

This is the sixth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. 2) Post 2-5 times weekly to your Facebook Page and respond to your followers. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts.

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EveryAction

JUNE 20, 2023

We’ve stood, marched, messaged, and canvassed in your shoes as organizers, advocacy managers, volunteer coordinators, and so much more; and we’ve done this work across 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations as well as labor unions and political campaigns. Engage your community. Activate supporters with Mobilize.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 25, 2010

Was the social media plan you implemented worth the time you spent running it? In the same way key performance indicators are outlined for website metrics, fundraising goals or advocacy efforts, define successful outcomes from social media and keep these top-of-mind while building a social presence and/or campaign.

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