Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2009

It’s the time of year again when organizations, large and small, try to break out the holiday wishes, stories, and campaigns to get one last donation, one last gift and one last pledge in before the new year. Tags: case studies campaign christmas education games gifts giving holidays oxfam. A Little Story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

Living Case Studies: Social Media and Sustainable Agriculture. As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m designing and delivering peer training sessions for grantees all around the theme of social media, learning, and measurement. Living Case Study.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 27, 2022

Golf fundraisers do more than just raise money for an organization or cause—they attract high capacity donors and sponsors, raise awareness, expand your donor base, advance important relationships, and more. Case studies from successful events. Time: 1pm EST / 10am PST. Cost: Free. Ways to maximize fundraising.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2009

There are a few other speakers who will be presenting their ideas or personal case studies for this kind of campaigning. I will be speaking last: tying together the previous speeches, and highlighting key case studies that show how young people have been empowered to shape the future they are a part of.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2012

We wondered to what extent organizations were effectively replacing traditional IT functions and servers with Cloud solutions. Our interviews with diverse nonprofits revealed a number of great examples from local and international organizations of all sizes and from across a wide range of technology expertise.

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

This vast library contains more than 34,000 freely available philanthropic resources authored by organizations in our sector—including reports, case studies, surveys, toolkits, and more. It outlines 10 core principles for philanthropy serving organizations (PSOs) to enhance their impact and contribute to broader systems change.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

We at NTEN are finally working on a website overhaul and re-launch in earnest. After all, the nonprofit association for people working at the intersection of technology and social change should have a website to match that mission and vision. case study Web Sites website design Communications'

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

We focused on principles for community building and community organizing, as well as examples of both short-term and long-term engagement. Principles of Community Organizing. Here are the five core principles as we see them from our work: 1. Highlight the work of the community on the home page of the campaign or website.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2011

So much so, that I gave away access to five organizations to try it themselves. I’m really excited to share her guest post below where she documents some of the questions they asked and how they interpret the feedback to inform their work and programs. Here’s a Qriously case study, from Katy Gilbert – enjoy!

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. How the sector understands and engages in knowledge work is crucial to the success of philanthropic efforts.

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 2, 2023

Your organization is about to begin the search for new a ssociation m anagement software (AMS). Perhaps you are working with an outside consultant to help you through the process. Who is your association about to enter into a long-term partnership with , and will your organizations work well together? Congratulations!

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Achieve

MARCH 11, 2015

That is how many organizations see Millennials. Peer fundraising is the best way to raise money from this new generation of supporters, and a few organizations are already harnessing this strategy. Strategic Email Campaigns still work! A generation of slacktivists? slacker + activist]. LiNK (Liberty in North Korea).

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

CDSI is not something that you thought up inside your organization, even if you thought it up with your community in mind or at heart. It means honestly that the ideas, shape and even strategy came from the community and you as the organization are the ones to support it or nurture it. What’s the foundation of CDSI?

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2012

Most nonprofits have at least one thing in common: regardless of their missions, they need to provide a secure, reliable technology infrastructure that allows staff to carry out the day-to-day work. We talked to a few organizations doing just that to see just what functions they’re sharing, and how it works.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

Every campaign, every organization, and really, even every individual engaging with others online has a set of tools and techniques they've learned from and rely on every day. Two or three years ago, you could have a conversation out in the open and have people organically join in. By Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2010

While we've used traditional research methods, including a survey of 720 Challenge Participants and interviews, we are facilitating “Conversational Case Studies” that explore best practices in integrating social media with fundraising campaigns by the America’s Giving Challenge (AGC) winners. Does it work?

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 6, 2024

Every day you sit down to begin working on a project. Or an invitation to your organization’s latest event. Or maybe you’ve finally decided to work on your email welcome series. As you’re about to get back to work, a board member stops in to tell you about a new grant *opportunity.* All day long your goals are hijacked.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Oakland Local is launching in partnership with 35 local nonprofit, neighborhood & community organizations: it combines postings of partner organizations’ news and information with blogging and with reported stories from a top quality news team. About Oakland Local. What do you think?

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Candid

JUNE 28, 2023

Candid’s in-depth guide, Centering equity and justice in climate philanthropy , outlines approaches that have worked for experienced funders, including how intermediaries can help motivate and inspire climate funders to grow their giving. However, collecting and sharing demographic data poses a learning curve for many organizations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

But the secret to success for the most innovative and agile companies is not just one good idea, rather a dedication to perpetual innovation and relentless experimentation that pulses through an organization, top to bottom,” explains Tabrizi. Thank you to the book’s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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NTEN

AUGUST 11, 2010

" There emerged in this discussion thread a "case study," that I felt was both inspiring and instructive. The organization could not manage either of those. It's vital to the organization's success, especially in these financially-trying times. pursuing other things."

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NTEN

JUNE 16, 2011

All-volunteer run until 1984, with the addition of full-time staff, the organization also broadened the range of services it offered to include professional counseling to victims and survivors of hate violence, and services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and HIV-related violence. First, what’s the ask for our community?

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 19, 2014

According to Case, Millennials don’t just want to work for companies that do good things. They want to work with organizations that empower them to make the impact on the community that they desire. No longer are they just at work, then just at home and being social. Put Millennials On Your Board.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Our gratitude goes out to the mission-driven organizations that we are honored to work with. It’s our pleasure to assist your organizations in transforming ideas into impact. Here are a select few that our readers most visited. Engaging with our content drives our calendar, and we value your feedback and questions.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2012

TechSoup Global's partner in Germany, Stifter-Helfen.de – IT for Nonprofits , has been collecting case studies from the organizations it works with over the last year. Through Stifter-helfen.de, the organization received donations from Microsoft, SurveyMonkey, as well as 18 Flip Video Mino-HD cameras.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

In other cases, organizations produce statistics and indicators at the exclusion of "soft" data to convey a sense of business responsibility, pressured by the demand for nonprofit accountability to mirror for-profit financial statements. In other words, data can tell a continuous story that is meaningful, dynamic, and actionable.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A study conducted by McKinley Advisors found that successful associations take time to plan strategically. Study interviewees shared the importance of defined, long-term planning that encompasses the current and future state of the industry and organization. We are very fortunate to have Nimble AMS.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

Dig into the book, Talent , to learn the case studies of Johnson & Johnson, Hemnet, Argus Media, HireRight, Vishal Retail, Depop and Oak Street Health. We source candidates through our Talent Bank (which is our repository of vetted execs in the cloud) and quite often work with our preferred search partners.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

I love community organizing. I’ve had experience organizing communities offline in local communities, and organizing community online – but the kind of organizing that inspires me the most is combining online and offline. Social media tools work because they are powered by people, and people are social.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 19, 2014

We emailed six nonprofit organizations (ranging from small local nonprofits to nationally known organizations) asking for basic volunteer information. Offer multiple ways they could get involved, ranging from one afternoon to a weekly scheduled time they can give back through your organization. Give them options.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

HealthRIGHT 360 is an impressive and complex organization, the combination of two renowned community nonprofits, Haight-Ashbury Free Clinics and Walden House. Check out the BetterVoice Unified Communications - Access to Discounted Rates program to learn more and possibly improve your organization's operations and telecom experience.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

In all seriousness though, I see examples everyday where small issues with our own internal document management system can easily spiral into much larger issues of lost productivity, duplicated work, or conflicting messages, and I'm guessing NTEN is not alone in this.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2023

This means the story you share about your mission-driven work can motivate everyone—from your potential and existing donors to your staff and board members. In addition to navigating through your own website, this person is likely scrolling through many search results to find out more information about your organization. It’s human.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Note from Beth: Two years ago while working on a capacity building project for NGOs funded by the Dept of State in the Middle East, I found myself in Jordan and visiting colleague Rami Al Karmi’s start up lab. As a bonus, it also includes a few dozen case studies and some great extra material from Lean Startup conferences.

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NTEN

AUGUST 22, 2013

During my 7 year tenure at NTEN, I''ve had the pleasure of looking at a lot of data, and figuring out ways to use that data in strategic ways to drive the organization and our community forward.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of a case study in the March 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. M+R Strategic Services has been working with Oxfam America, an international relief organization, since 2002. By Gwen Emmons and Marc Ruben, M+R Strategic Services Start early. We all know we should do it.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The outcomes you can achieve tend to fall into four buckets that benefit your organization. These will support your business case by aligning with your goals: Consistent, trusted data with standard interactive reports using a common language that employees throughout your organization easily understand – all in a secure data warehouse.

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