Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2010

What’s the difference between online and offline marketing – or is there one? Nonprofits seem to be more acutely concerned than small businesses, for example, about what someone might think or what someone might say about this or that, and it makes them too cautious and conservative in their marketing.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 28, 2011

Over the past couple of years I’ve developed a little bit of a love affair with one of our clients: Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). WCS is a global conservation organization that manages five living institutions in New York City, including the Bronx Zoo. Author: Michelle Shefter.

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Everyaction

APRIL 9, 2018

Beautiful Forms Donors who support conservation efforts are keenly appreciative of the beauty found in the natural world around them, and they look for you to demonstrate that you understand this by providing an aesthetically pleasing user experience when interacting with your materials, such as donation forms. Offline Organizing Capability.

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NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

Priebatsch even proposed how school could be improved by adding better game mechanics than those that already exist: for example, having a points system that allows you to "level up" rather than our current grading-average system, and building in an honor system to eliminate cheating ( as Princeton has done , with huge success).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

92% of donors were “strong ties” people I knew and had a relationship with online/offline – most were professional colleagues and some friends from high school — all Facebook friends. Total raise $5563 or 10% over goal of $5,000 in 2 weeks. 80% of the goal was raised before the Online Memorial Event on July 3rd.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2011

Just as with national advocacy, that local policy campaign will need some online/offline synergy to succeed. Unfortunately, I'm not yet able to point to a Pepco campaign as an example of advocacy success (I'm actually still trying to find a citizen group that is working on this).

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

iOS/Android: The First Aid app from the American Red Cross is a great example of why the content of an app should inform it’s functionality and design. Charities like Habitat for Humanity, Feeding America, and the Nature Conservancy are already on board. First Aid by American Red Cross. Score one for team collaboration!

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

First Aid by American Red Cross iOS/Android: The First Aid app from the American Red Cross is a great example of why the content of an app should inform it’s functionality and design. Charities like Habitat for Humanity, Feeding America, and the Nature Conservancy are already on board. Score one for team collaboration!

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Connection Cafe

JULY 26, 2017

According to the latest research from the Charitable Giving Report: The average donor retention rates for first-year offline-only donors is 29%. For example, it could take a few years for an occasional donor to transition to an annual donor and even longer to become a major donor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

I was just reading an interview with The Nature Conservancy's Jonathon Coleman on Treehugger. re doing offline. The PBS group is a good example. There was a great question about social networking and representing one's organization posted on the Social Networking Affinity Group at NTEN by K.E: It has to be a real human being.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2012

So direct mail and telemarketing (offline) for the large part rule the roost. To reinforce the two points above, "conservation" alone is not the solution. As a colleague put it: "you can't conserve your way into infinity with energy plans, just like you can't cut all marketing to 'save' money. Starting to sound pretty familiar?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Harvey McKinnon (Harvey McKinnon Associates) and Teva Harrison (The Nature Conservancy Canada) join Ryann Miller (Care2) to discuss why to have a monthly giving program, what it means for donor loyalty, and the fundamental elements of all good monthly programs. What about sending text messages connected to your email actions the next day?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

After studying irrigation and soil and water conservation, which pays attention to the interface between social systems and irrigation technology in developing countries, she worked for ten years in Africa. An offline newsletter or meeting is very important in Ghana for instance for reaching people as they don???t Practical examples.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

But with so many elements to modern fundraising—both online and offline—it can be tough to keep up. Common examples of nonprofit KPIs include average donation size, number of recurring or repeat donors, new donor acquisition rate, and donor attrition rate. For example, you don’t want to only reach out when you’re making an ask.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. For a great example of a nonprofit using Meetup, see the the Nature Conservancy’s Picnic for the Planet. MoFuse :: mofuse.com. nonprofitorgs.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

Here’s a couple examples pulled from recent CauseVox campaigns. Source: Casa Congo, School for Conservation). This metric should reflect both online and offline donations, ideally, as close to real-time as possible. Take Card Kingdom’s The Gauntlet campaign for example. Need some inspiration?

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

And one of the best ways to do that is through integrated, consistent messaging across all channels – online and offline. For example, older donors (65+) still respond well to direct mail offers. For example, most of your teenage cousins would probably see a quick text message or a Snapchat. Donation frequency or size.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

While this represents around 150 million more users than this time last year, these numbers may still be conservative. Benchmark Studies and Examples. For example, the UN Refugee Agency, encourages all field officers to tell the stories of the refugees they are working with as this recent tweet from Syria illustrates.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

” And Lynn Grant, a great fundraiser working with Nature Conservancy in Canada, was going into a corporate office a number of years ago, they were going to ask for a quarter of a million dollars. So it was probably a bad example of the reflex, deflect. . And, you know, one example is a minimum amount. . Harvey: Oh, okay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

For example, see Plan Asia’s Flavors Page at flavors.me/planasia. Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. For example, you can see my Re.vu To see a live example, view the Wibbitz Demo.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

For example, see Plan Asia’s Flavors Page at flavors.me/planasia. For example, see the Local Impact Map for TechSoup.org. Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. Meetup :: meetup.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

For example, see Plan Asia’s Flavors Page at flavors.me/planasia. For example, see the Local Impact Map for TechSoup.org. Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. Meetup :: meetup.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

For example, see Plan Asia’s Flavors Page at flavors.me/planasia. For example, see the Local Impact Map for TechSoup.org. Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. Meetup :: meetup.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

To see a live example, view the Wibbitz Demo. For example, see the followers of @ NonprofitOrgs by country at tweepsmap.com/!nonprofitorgs. For example, here are the results for a search of the word “nonprofit.” For example, see this recent Present.me What The Trend :: whatthetrend.com. nonprofitorgs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

For example, see Plan Asia’s Flavors Page at flavors.me/planasia. Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. For example, you can see my Re.vu To see a live example, view the Wibbitz Demo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

These principles will no doubt be copied, refined, remixed, and extended as nonprofits experiment with social media-powered fundraising techniques: Weaving Together Online/Offline Into Real Time Web Fundraising Events. A great example of how well this multi-channel approach works is the Humane Society’s Spay Day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

3) Tweet Meet Give : This approach weaves together online and offline activities and leverages "Tweet Ups." Take for example, The Free Rice Game , an interactive online game that donated rice to the United Nations World Food Program based on clicking. Sponsored Tweets/Hashtags. They also ask that you donate some money. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2011

For example, a campaign about a push to reduce prison penalties in California to reduce the budget might not get a reader’s attention as a more “likeable&# cause. Recently, I also heard reports of nonprofits using Facebook ads as part of their page recruitment, promote offline events, and social fundraising campaigns.

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