Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

—– It’s not a surprise to any of us that social media is changing the way our organizations work, not just communicate. The lessons in social media are especially important for organizations working with the public, whether it’s public service or opinion. Joining the conversation really means conversations.

Conversation 114

Conversation Effective PDF Social Media 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The overall goal was to provide participants with a combination of insights and practical tips to help them be effective. This face-to-face master class and mini-workshops will be followed with a smaller peer learning group that will meet regularly to compare notes as they put the ideas into practice.

Social Media 100

Social Media Effective Media Social 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Social Impact Nonprofit Social Media Survey View more presentations from Weber Shandwick Social Impact. Here's the topline results: There is extensive experimentation with social media in the nonprofit sector, but only half (51%) surveyed are active users. Measure social media with key metrics for visibility, engagement and advocacy .

Social Media 95

Social Media Adopt Survey Media 95

sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2022

The longer a donor gives to your organization, the more time you have to build meaningful relationships that will reinforce their long-lasting support. . Furthermore, focusing on retaining donors is also far more cost-effective than navigating a constant need to acquire more support. Personalize all appeals .

Retention 97

Retention Communication Donor Strategy 97

Qgiv

AUGUST 4, 2023

Volunteers are the backbone of every nonprofit’s workforce, and having a good volunteer staff helps your organization accomplish more for your cause. To keep your volunteers as effective as possible, develop a volunteer management process that helps you recruit, train, and steward volunteers for your organization.

Retention 95

Retention Volunteer Management Practice 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Our session will share lots of great advice about what to do before , during , and after leading an effective technology training. Using the ADDIE for designing your workshop, you arrive at the “E” or evaluation. Too often, our participant surveys only focus on the first level. Can participants apply the skills?”

Evaluation 128

Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Decades before the dawn of digital ads and social media, advertising legend David Ogilvy penned his seminal book “Ogilvy on Advertising” sharing hard-won lessons on how to effectively persuade consumers. Survey existing donors on what compelled them to support you before. Don’t rely too much on gimmicks or guilt.

Lesson 59

Lesson Fundraising Digital Test 59

Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Donor engagement is what your organization does to build and strengthen donor relationships and the methods you use to keep donors active and involved. Your donor engagement strategy outlines exactly how you’ll reach out to donors and the KPIs you’ll track to measure how engaged a donor is with your organization.

Donor 98

Donor Strategy Nonprofit Phone 98

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2024

Text marketing , also known as SMS marketing, can help your organization engage supporters, build relationships, and ultimately boost your fundraising results. Give your nonprofit more chances to interact with donors by asking every existing donor to opt in to receive texts from your organization. Keep an eye on your metrics.

Practice 59

Practice Puerto Rico Fundraising Metrics 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

National Study Reveals: Digital and Social Media Are Delivering for Arts Organizations , Guest Post by Mary Trudel and Rory MacPherson. Just over a year ago, we asked ourselves a question: How are arts organizations using digital and social media, and what sorts of results are they getting? Arts organizations are not alone in this.

Arts 110

Arts Social Media Studies National 110

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Nothing makes a donor feel recognized and appreciated quite like personalized communication from your organization. One way your team can maintain a personal touch with your donor communications is by using donor segmentation—organizing your donors into common groups and tailoring your messaging for each segment.

Effective 109

Effective Donor Guide Social Media 109

Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Get feedback with volunteer surveys. This data shows you who your most engaged volunteers are based on how often they participate, the average number of volunteer hours contributed per month, and the division of volunteer labor across each area of your organization. Favorite agencies, organizations, and programs.

Volunteer 52

Volunteer Profile Survey Track 52

Whole Whale

APRIL 28, 2023

In the world of nonprofit organizations, board involvement in fundraising is crucial for long-term success. Engaging board members in fundraising efforts not only boost the organization’s financial resources but also strengthens the board’s commitment to the organization’s mission.

Strategy 52

Strategy Fundraising Skills Sample 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

Fortunately, most of my career I’ve worked in effective corporate cultures. If I put together the best of each, here is what made those environments effective: • Leaders led by example on a consistent basis and were willing to roll up their sleeves, particularly during tight deadlines or challenging times.

Culture 56

Culture Effective Blended Influence 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. Here’s an example where I calculated the mean, median, and standard deviation of the age of people who were served by a nonprofit organization. Ask for help.

Data 139

Data Tutorial Chart Statistics 139

Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2023

To run a successful nonprofit organization, you need to convince people to support you and help you raise funds to further your cause. One way to encourage people to support your organization is through great nonprofit storytelling. Storytelling can be extremely effective when utilized in your email campaigns. Email newsletters.

Story 59

Story Build Storytelling Images 59

Robert Weiner

JULY 17, 2009

SupportingAdvancement.com has published the results of their 2009 survey on how nonprofits are handling corporate matching gifts --their fourth such survey. The responses came primarily from academic institutions, but also included significant numbers from healthcare, religious, and social service organizations.

Gift 100

Gift Practice Survey Technique 100

Bloomerang

MAY 10, 2022

The foundation of an effective fundraising strategy is built on the relationships your team forms with the people who power your mission. In this guide to donor stewardship, we’ll review what your organization needs to know and do to build authentic, long-lasting relationships with donors. Building your donor stewardship plan.

Relationship 96

Relationship Donor Build Tips 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

What Social Media Analytics Can’t Tell You I’m thrilled to be on a panel organized by Alexandra Samuel, Vision Critical , along with Jeremiah Owyang and Colby Flint. The session will share the results and insights from research studies that combining social media analytics with survey data. More about the session here.

Conference 113

Conference San Diego New York City Social Media 113

Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2015

In previous articles, my colleagues at Cathexis Partners and I have given you some proven tips and techniques for planning and launching a successful peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising campaign: Mark Becker, Founding Partner, wrote about four things you should know before starting a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign.

Technique 20

Technique Campaign Fundraising Raise 20

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2014

And depending on your average gift amount, this could equate to a significant increase for your organization. If a supporter has to be taken to a 3rd party website to make a donation to your organization, you stand a higher chance of donation form drop-off. That’s a 200% improvement! Sounds like a worthwhile effort, eh?

Donation 55

Donation Effective New Hampshire Gift 55

Kindful

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If you work for a nonprofit organization, you’ve likely heard that Giving Tuesday is one of the most important days of the year. Gift matching programs are designed to drive support for your organization without even asking your donors for more of their own dollars. In 2020, nonprofits raised $2.47 billion—just in the United States!

Resource 113

Resource Giving Nonprofit Template 113

Gyrus

MAY 12, 2016

Today’s tech-savvy, social and mobile learners are no longer interested in traditional classroom training and demand learning techniques that blends best with their current working style and outlook. According to a survey by eMarketer, 59.3 Mobile learning. percent of the U.S. billion smartphones were sold worldwide.

Online Learning 56

Online Learning Trend Learning Online 56

Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

Lisa is a leader on the MiHIA Thrive ACE’s initiative steering team and has worked with nonprofit organizations such as the American Cancer Society. How do you recover from burnout with effective wellness habits for nonprofits? The onus was on the individual to ask for what they needed and not so much on the organization. .

Culture 105

Culture Nonprofit Attitude Awareness 105

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 7, 2019

In the process, they are increasingly confronted with enablement constraints that limit their ability to get their jobs done effectively. Nearly half of employees do not feel that their teams receive high-quality support from other teams within their organizations.

Empowerment 40

Empowerment Authoring Roles Job 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

In the process, they are increasingly confronted with enablement constraints that limit their ability to get their jobs done effectively. Nearly half of employees do not feel that their teams receive high-quality support from other teams within their organizations.

Empowerment 41

Empowerment Authoring Roles Job 41

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

By using segmentation, nonprofits can target groups more effectively, as well as get the most out of their marketing efforts. According to a survey by Bloomerang , in cooperation with Nonprofit Marketing Guide: Most nonprofits are familiar with communication segmenting. What Methodology Best Serves Nonprofits? It makes sense.

Communication 57

Communication Library Demographics Nonprofit 57

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2015

Note from Beth: At the end of the day, organizations that are committed to learning will be more effective at meeting the needs of the people they serve. by using those tools to become more effective. (Or, Organize your program data so it is accessible. We call this the Cycle of Progress: Listen, Act, Learn.

Fund 50

Fund Learning Help Map 50

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

This field is moving toward augmenting the current approach of reporting on how much organizations spend on overhead and executive salaries to reporting on how effective programs are in their work. Less than half of respondent organizations are collecting short-term client satisfaction feedback data.

Evaluation 64

Evaluation Service Measure Database 64

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve just returned from an inspiring week in Kiev, Ukraine where I got to facilitate a training for women’s organizations organized by Wake , an amazing start up founded by two respected colleagues Trish Tierney and Heather Ramsey. You have to think of your interpreters as extensions of your facilitation techniques.

Facilitation 50

Facilitation Training Train International 50

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 27, 2017

In the process, they are increasingly confronted with enablement constraints that limit their ability to get their jobs done effectively. Nearly half of employees do not feel that their teams receive high-quality support from other teams within their organizations.

Empowerment 40

Empowerment Authoring Roles Job 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The concept was genius — providing an app and free cell phone to the individuals in exchange for filling out the surveys. Completing the survey would get them more cell phone time. The concept included enlisting a telco partner who would provide the phones and data cards. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd!

Data 107

Data Help Measure Analysis 107

Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

These proven strategies will lay a strong foundation for your organization and pave the way for future growth. To set effective goals, use the S.M.A.R.T Be sure to include a few engagement and growth goals for your organization. Regardless of the platform you use, your data should be well-organized and accurate.

Guide 52

Guide Fundraising Mail Metrics 52

Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

We discuss issues and trends in modern web technologies that help your organization achieve more with less. 5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits. 5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits. Effective communication â?? and more precisely, the effective transfer or exchange of knowledge â??

Knowledge 60

Knowledge Effective PDF Evaluation 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

And, if you are attending NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology in March, join me, John Kenyon, Andrea Barry, and Cindy Leonard for a session on designing effective technology training. It takes several iterations of your survey to develop one that works, but you really gain a good understanding of the level of your audience.

Instructional Design 111

Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Have a clear, linear chain of cause effect. Brennan shared some of the core techniques of developmental evaluation which included: 1. Key Informant/Stakeholder Surveys and Interviews. These techniques are often applied to measuring social media and networks and making sense of the data. Based on a logic model.

Evaluation 97

Evaluation Generation Method Slides 97

Everyaction

APRIL 30, 2018

Luckily, technology can make this process easier, enabling universities to communicate with alumni effectively and cultivate deep relationships over time. Email programs are one of the cheapest and most effective ways to reach alumni, but increasingly overflowing inboxes can mean that many emails go unread, or skimmed and deleted.

University 40

University Practice Tech Mail 40