Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Lunch from 12-2: Refuel your stomach and mind with lunch brought to you by Convio. Fork over your lunch money to a local Austin organization and Convio will match your donation! Happy Hour from 3-6: Get your afternoon buzz on with snacks, beer, and live music to benefit Sweet Relief Musicians Fundsponsored by Salsa.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

.&# It takes aim at Convio’s recent benchmarking study. To their credit Convio asks this question on their blog : “Should organizations like Convio, and Giving USA continue to offer these sorts of insights to the nonprofit community, or is this simply self-serving marketing fluff?&# What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

HOW TO: Turn Slacktivists into Activists with Social Media – "Throughout the non-profit world, organizations struggle with social media’s impact on the volunteer and donor cycle. We sampled 201 ChatRoulette sessions, noting characteristics such as group size and gender. And, how do you do it?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2007

and although the sample sizes were small, and not representative of the nonprofit sector as a whole, the people surveyed seemed to like the open source tools available. Finally, Organizer’s Database is open source, but written on top of a proprietary platform (Microsoft Access). That’s pretty impressive.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

At first blush, although Kintera officially got out the door first, announcing Connect weeks ago, and delivering the APIs and docs on Friday, their play is a good start, but Convio, announcing Open tomorrow, appears to be ahead in terms of providing real openness. Convio has, seemingly, gotten some serious Web 2.0 apps out there.

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Care2

APRIL 7, 2010

Panelists: Andrew Magnuson, Convio and Matthew Mielcarek, Convio. Bringing Community Organizing Into Online Campaigns. Bringing Community Organizing Into Online Campaigns. Panelists: Debra Askanase, Community Organizer 2.0, Ivan Boothe, Rootwork.org, and Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Time: 10:30 AM.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 26, 2012

While enjoying the spring conference circuit, Convio put our (very patient) camerapeople and me to work. Watch the video now to see what sector leaders like Kivi Leroux Miller , Amy Sample Ward , John Kenyon, David J. Author: Cheryl Black. We asked 70 nonprofit pros what they think the biggest challenge facing the sector is.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2009

" Convio released a report ranking the highest online-donating cities in 2008 and 2009 year-to-date. The good news is that, according to Convio's tracking, this year should still see increased total online donations over last year, despite the down economy. Thanks for writing up this informative intro!

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Forum One

MAY 4, 2010

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others. The findings mirror many of benchmarks in the Convio report. Organizations with smaller list sizes have better response rates. donating money).

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Amy Sample Ward blogs about a new report on nonprofit's use of social media, summarizing the findings and adding a few insights and tips of her own. ReadWriteWeb wants to point out the "social media for good" organizations that deliver on the "good" part, not just the social media. Thank you for sharing, Amy!

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Amy Sample Ward blogs about a new report on nonprofit's use of social media, summarizing the findings and adding a few insights and tips of her own. ReadWriteWeb wants to point out the "social media for good" organizations that deliver on the "good" part, not just the social media. Thank you for sharing, Amy!

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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2012

When I joined Convio after 5 years as an event fundraiser, I was first introduced to the Communication Calendar while working with the Events360 and Komen 3-Day Events. Check out two sample communication plans in our recently published Social Media Kick Start Guide for P2P Events. Author: Robyn Mendez.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2011

Is your organization working to ready itself to respond to the needs caused by the earthquake in Japan? Convio wants to help you. A straight-forward communication will help your supporters understand your organization’s position to the crisis and how they can support your efforts. Author: Kent Gilliam. Read Molly's post.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

With matching funds from Convio , we've now got enough funding to send 18 people to the NTC. When you donate, you're helping some amazing organizations connect with the most amazing nonprofit technology community around -- you and the rest of the NTEN gang. Behold: Tags: scholarships NPTech convio 09NTC.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

(Note: I've changed up the format slightly to frame these round-ups around your success stories, your stories about working on "getting things right" on your job and with your organization with the help of technology. Tag your posts and news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help me find your stories online!).

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NTEN

MARCH 27, 2009

Flickr: bensheldon Allyson Kapin summarizes some key findings from Convio 's 2009 Online Marketing Benchmark Inex Study , and cites some analysis by Superstar NTEN member Robert Weiner. Amy Sample Ward invites you to join her for the "140 Character Mission" event. You don't even have to attend -- just follow along on Twitter.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Check out more awesome giveaways and highlights from a sampling of our exhibitors below. Visit the 501 Technology booth and enter to win an app from our MoblityCMS platform for your non-profit organization. It's completely free to your organization, and to your members as well! Convio in booths 107 & 108.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Check out more awesome giveaways and highlights from a sampling of our exhibitors below. Visit the 501 Technology booth and enter to win an app from our MoblityCMS platform for your non-profit organization. It's completely free to your organization, and to your members as well! Convio in booths 107 & 108.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 19, 2011

Well, the Nonprofit Technology Conference is an amazing experience every year: people from all kinds of organizations, all kinds of backgrounds, and with all kinds of passion, joining together to talk about how we can use technology to make even more social impact – it’s just my kind of community!

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OCTOBER 16, 2009

09 NTENnies At Large (Blackbaud's Chad Norman, and Convio's Jordan Viator) (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. and information on her Community Organizer 2.0 Debra wants you and your organization to use online tools effectively to engage with your supporters and constituents.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Judi is currently Vice President of Operations of Fight Colorectal Cancer , an organization she helped start in 2005. She is co-moderator of the popular community-led Nonprofit Salesforce Practitioners listserv and will be joining Convio’s Common Ground team as a full-time employee in January 2012. Never fear.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Thanks to the generosity of Convio , we can add another $10,000 to that total, bringing us to $17,195. Community Organizer 2.0. Amy Sample Ward. Once again, the amazing NTEN community rallied to support one another. In the last two weeks, you raised over $7,000 for the 10NTC Scholarship Campaign ! Exciting, right? Andrew Cohen.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2011

Nonprofit organizations have room for improvement here. DO make your messages relevant to specific bills that are pending in Congress - and mention the bill by name in your sample letter text in your online advocacy campaign or petition. DO include the name of your organization in the sample letter text.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Several organizations who use Convio's Advocacy product had a stimulating discussion yesterday here at the Convio Summit about online advocacy and what the future of the field is going to look like. Author: Sally Heaven. One participant said "We're winning the battles, but we might still lose the war."

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 12, 2010

A study for non-profits | Think Social – "Two weeks ago, Mashable posted a how-to for non-profit organizations trying to use Google Buzz. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Flickr Photo by RedRaspu Convio invited me to share my number one New Year's resolution as part of its "Now is the Time" campaign. The goal is to encourage nonprofits to make New Year's resolutions to that help them more efficiently and effectively move people to support their organizations. Why the number 52? Take Breaks.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2009

Good feelings and Facebook friends will not solely allow an organization to fulfill its goals or balance a budget, but in a time when technology staffs are particularly stressed, the NTEN Conference allows many of us an invaluable opportunity to recharge our spirits. I know work in the nonprofit sector is serious and sometimes tough business.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2009

In the nonprofit technology community, I've heard stories of cut backs on "nice to have" items and expenses such as travel and training so that organizations can focus on their most critical goals first and cut back on what they deem not to be completely necessary. Every dollar of your gift will be matched by Convio , up to $10,000.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 1, 2012

One of my fears when I left Fight Colorectal Cancer to join Convio is that I would lose my hands-on experience in Salesforce. That I would get too much distance from the day-to-day of actually using Salesforce/Common Ground at an organization. Tagged: Common Ground , Convio , CRM , Salesforce. I have a confession.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Rolling your own social network wrapped with your organization's branding, data, and integrated into an organizational site will provide more control. First, neither site has all the custom features, branding, or data integration that many organizations want. What do you think? Jon Stahl has a live blog post of remarks by the speakers.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Holiday giving is expected to be over $48 billion this year, and at least $6 billion will be online, based on a new study by Convio. In the Convio study, 74% of people said they responded most to emotional solicitations that provide info on the people, animals or places in need of their assistance. They’re busy, busy, busy.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2012

Lara Franklin of TechSoup Global and Upwell’s Rachel Weidinger started with a presentation about the basics —how organizations can begin segmenting and using email marketing clients to track and manage messages and campaigns. Drawing is the new Elevator Pitch. Do you see a lot of text? If so, you aren’t alone.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2011

I worked with her alma mater to develop a scholarship in her name, and after joining Convio , I started a personal fundraising page in her honor. Also, some of your best prospects are board members who have a personal investment in the organization. Since we were both in our late 20’s at the time a bequest did not make sense.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014. Nicole Wallace.

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