Care2

JULY 26, 2013

Millennials are often the target demographic for many nonprofits, as they are known to be the most technologically-savvy with high adoption rates of smart phones, their value of entrepreneurship, and the belief that they can make a local difference, according to the Telefonica Survey. Read more about their findings here.

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Global North America Difference Studies 78

Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Design a local route with varying distances to be both competitive and family-friendly. Ask your local donut maker to donate a portion of their proceeds on June 7 to your cause, or ask a favorite hot dog shack to give special coupons for a free or discounted frank to the folks that donate to you in a given time period. Bike-a-Thon.

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Ideas Fundraising Movie National 98

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

" Case Study: Feeding America and the Spark Generator | Call2Action – Great case study about Feeding America's recent multi-channel campaign: "Feeding America is the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity. Feeding America has utilized numerous Call2Action Sparks.

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Hunger Web America Case Study 120

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

" Interactive: How America Gives – How America Gives – The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas – The Chronicle of Philanthropy has launched a great new tool: an interactive map of giving data in the US.

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Web New York City Bookmarking Contest 137

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

I was an early adopter of this approach back in 2006 and over the years I have had the opportunity to raise over $250,000 for a charity that supports Cambodian children using these techniques as part of online giving contests like the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge.

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Community Giving Fundraising Contest 109

ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Despite the positive increases from 2010, the above numbers demonstrate that in most areas, there is still significant room for improvement for many nonprofits across America. Sample nonprofit job descriptions: Roles and responsibilities. Does your nonprofit need board governance assistance? Whistle-blower protection policy.

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Government Lesson Research Asia 80

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2007

I feel like I should be giving you this award for all you work to support the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge and sharing the very valuable information on your blog! Amy Sample Ward's Version of NpTech Amy Sample Ward is writes about nonprofits, technology, and social media. Thank you Roger!

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Blogger Award Community Create 50

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 7, 2008

Beth has been hard at work on her Take Back the Filter campaign to urge The Clorox Company, which owns Brita in North America, to redesign their filters, and provide a way for them to be recycled in the U.S. Sample e-mail.) 5) Write a letter to the editor of your local paper. 5) Write a letter to the editor of your local paper.

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North America PDF Oakland Badge 40

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2015

Readers will quickly become adept at : Leveraging all the lean resources around them , from their own skill set, local community, and personal circles to professional networks, online resources, and technology tools. Schroeder calls this The Lean Model Framework. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice.

Leadership 40

Leadership San Diego Yahoo Advice 40

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Amy Sample Ward, NTEN's fearless leader, has a different view. "There are many groups, locally and nationally, making real impact around digital skills and access to devices. My final bold prediction is that we'll forget Millennials in 2016 in favor of Generation X, America’s neglected middle child generation.

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Tech Change Mobile Images 36

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 17, 2009

" Apps for America Contest - Check out some of these really innovative (and cool!) It includes recommendations for local and national not-for-profit organisations who provide support to young adults." open source applications for helping make the government more transparent from Sunlight Labs.

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Web Bookmarking Chicago Delicious 100

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

" Check it out! "This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy.

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Web Bookmarking Contest Storytelling 126

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Moderated by NTEN membership director, former NetSquared organizer, and friend of TechSoup Amy Sample Ward , "Rethinking Movement Buildling" brought together three luminaries from organizations whose stock-in-trade are movements to promote social change. Case in point: Obama for America, the 2008 Obama election campaign effort.

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Netsquared America Director Social Media 54

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The America's Giving Challenge from Case Foundation spurred $2.1 Net2 Think Tank: Online Fundraising Lessons Learned | NetSquared – "The Facebook application Causes recently announced it hit the $20 Million mark in donations. Million in donations for charities this past winter. That’s not a believable theory of change.

Web 114

Web San Francisco Bookmarking Org 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

First of of all, there is the the appearance of a new and way-out idea that violates the status quo – such as say Local Food – the 100 mile diet. We see the Local Food Movement, Slow Money, Local Resiliency all growing. A million stories about local food or Home schooling on YouTube or on blogs are still fringe. .

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Story Action Model Adopt 79

CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Provide them with graphics, sample posts, press releases, email templates and more. Give Local worked with other organizations to highlight nonprofits during the holiday season. It’s a great idea to create a toolkit that your fundraisers can use to guide their work. Excert from Fiver’s Toolkit.

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Guide Giving Campaign Social Media 74

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 25, 2011

Respondents came from large organizations and small, and from all sub-sectors, and include a small sample from Arizona. Its very reflective of America's wallets. Nonprofit Finance Fund recently completed its third annual "State of the Nonprofit Sector" survey with the help of nearly 2,000 nonprofit leaders nationwide.

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Research Arizona Survey Fund 61

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

Save the Children has just launched an inspiring and informative catalog that lets you and your child explore a map of the world and imagine how simple gifts, vitamins for infants, library books for kids in rural America, or an apple tree in Ethiopia are extraordinary resources. "Time, enthusiasm, expertise, skills.it

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Teach Causes Philanthropy Giving 50

Classy

AUGUST 25, 2021

Classy’s Why America Gives report showed the early success of virtual events during the COVID-19 pandemic. Uniting local communities around location-based causes. Below, you’ll get a complete picture of how each event model offers fundraising value and how a hybrid fundraising model can give you the best of both worlds.

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Model Virtual Personal Fundraising 97

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

I used that tactic locally 2 move others to act. America’s Giving Challenge = push vs. Kiva peer-to-peer microfinance = pull. [link] was abt ppl, not an org. rootwork : Creating a sustainable org # 4change is good, but not at the expense of cultivating leadership among activists IMO.

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Campaign Org Social Media Measure 108

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The Giving Day Playbook has handy templates in the outreach section including blog posts, a social media calendar, sample tweets and marketing materials. They also hosted a local event at the Mall of the Americas where school principals rode a roller coaster for a certain amount of time based on the donations received.

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Campaign Template Miami Foundation 107

Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

Many of them will do like a little sample screening for you so you can see what it looks before you make the investment. So I have a sample donation reply card on the Resource page. Nails, the car, hair, you know, all those local small business vendors that are potential supporters of the organization. Location number two.

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Causes Chad Support Donor 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

And because you probably can't eat that much - unless, of course, you're Joey Chestnut - you put many small samples on your plate instead. ServiceNation , a national campaign to increase service opportunities and elevate the importance of service in America, has received a $500,000 grant from Facebook as part of its expanded partnership.

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Nptech Social Media Ning Media 91

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And we’re going to see what kind of shortfalls there are from a state and local perspective in the coming years because of COVID, but hoping that some of the other federal funds that we’re receiving through ARPA can try to help stop the bleeding a little bit. There’s more in there. I assume, yes, but. .

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Grant Build Video Strategy 114

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

And so I have more than five years of experience creating online and offline communities to support social and environmental causes as Steven said and I worked a lot in Latin America. We have all of Latin America. or in Latin America, if someone texts you at 9:00 p.m., So this is me. . So this is. all the green is WhatsApp.

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Community Video Broadcast Phone 64

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2012

Imagine if you could see a map of hunger in your city that included a broader set of data than what Share Our Strength, Feeding America, or your local food bank has collected. What if the map included information from service providers, schools, and other local organizations? I would love to see that map!

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Data Report Map Hunger 129

Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

You have to give board members scripts, you have to give them social media posts, you have to give them sample letters and emails. Here’s a little sample scripted email that I drafted up for you that you can send him that you can talk about with him on a call.” You have to create your advocates. You have to make it easy.

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Roles Resource Develop Video 118

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Jimmie Alford, one of the great fundraisers in America, told me a story a few years ago, which was about this volunteer who had to raise money for mental health in a community. ” You have lots of competition, you know, there’s a million charities in North America, and then the nonprofits outside of charitable giving.

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Money Question Raise Video 106

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

I'm writing this post from 30,000 feet aboard Virgin America as I fly back to California from a whirlwind week on the East Coast. Adam Zand who I first met at Boston Social Media Breakfast event last holiday season where we helped leverage a donation for the local Food Bank. This is just a sampling. Flickr Photo by Ghbrett.

Community 91

Community Blogher Boston Conference 91

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

David Wilcox and I are getting ready for iterations on Social by Social - the first two being applications of the lessons learned and strategies for using social media shared in Social by Social ( read online or download the PDF for free, or buy your hardcopy ) in local communities and the same for local government.

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Local Community Government Collaboration 150

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

It’s also worth noting, as I think Crystal mentioned in the chat, that yes, many local organizations in your community often have their own memberships to Foundation Directory Online that they can provide you either for free or as a member benefit. Or there may be local organizations that have their own databases. .

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Grant Lesson Tips Video 75

Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

I’m going to show you some sample social media posts. From 2018 - 2020, she served as the Director of Communications for the Public Relations Society of America's local Hoosier chapter. Of course, that 20% still kind of needs to be interesting. You don’t have to write. You don’t have to be a journalist.

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Social Media Trend Video Marketing 78