Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Earlier this week, I had the terrific opportunity to participate on a panel at the US launch event for “Philanthropy and Social Media”, a whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy and The Indigo Trust. Download the full white paper or share it using this link: [link] Below are notes from my remarks. The internet is not new.

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NetWits

MAY 17, 2012

According to our 2011 Online Giving Report , the sector’s online earnings dropped by 55 percent; however, the drop was likely due to a spike in online donations coming from the Haiti earthquake in January 2010. For more information, download Blackbaud’s free 2011 Online Giving Report. Search engines? Social media sites?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

It might provide the necessary receipt information, but it just isn’t warm enough to meet the donor’s needs. When you send a prompt, well-written, moving, and informative receipt, you demonstrate to the donor that you are a well-organized organization that values professionalism. Information required by the IRS (US only).

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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

Every fundraiser knows the role that social media users played in delivering dollars to the American Red Cross for disaster relief in Haiti and to Planned Parenthood for mammogram screenings in the wake of the Komen Foundation’s withdrawal of funding, but actually how social media delivers such results has been a bit of mystery.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2020

Whether it be the tragedy of 9/11, a tsunami, an economic recession, an earthquake in Haiti, a country divided by an election or a devastating brushfire, there are many high-profile events of the past that have threatened to push the fundraising landscape to its limit. Visit www.blackbaud.com/covid-19 for more information.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Three specific examples that are very different include: Connectipedia : a wiki-based platform that allows anyone interested in philanthropy or social impact in the Pacific Northwest (or beyond) to share research, resources, information, or data about people, places and topics. The crowd decides and creates everything that it is.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Click here to put in your credit card information. It’s also about giving the donor choices in how much they give and information about where their money is going. Just a little more information… If you can collect a little information, that’s great but don’t be a burden. They want to be a part of making it happen.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

On January 12, 2010, I didn't personally experience the major earthquake that hit Haiti, but I was forever changed by it. We set up the home bases, provide mission-related information, and enjoy all the people who come in to play. But I wasn't prepared for the type of incoming information I saw in the weeks after January 12, 2010. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Not to be confused with Text-to-Give campaigns (Text HAITI to 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross), text alert campaigns are when individuals opt-in to be alerted of breaking news or calls to action via text message. DO Something is utilizing text alerts to inform individuals about volunteer opportunities in their area.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 14, 2020

In the day job, peer-to-peer fundraising at Blackbaud, we have seen the proliferation of the term ‘Virtual event’. It’s no surprise that nearly every nonprofit is working to move physical events online and searching for ways to diversify more traditional fundraising channels. The term ‘virtual event’ has become somewhat amorphous.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2010

So in times of natural disasters like the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti and affected more then two million people, can a mobile strategy help raise money in times of crisis? “Increasingly, especially with major events like Haiti, carriers waive these fees for the halo effect of social marketing.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

Dd co-founder and executive director Emily Jacobi recently showcased some of Dd's projects at an event hosted by the Center of Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) in Berkeley, California. Six years later, it looks like Dd hasn't strayed far from its roots.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

We’ll share some of these case studies below, but for more, check out these projects and learn more about the people behind them at the Games for Change Festival ( [link] ), NYC’s largest gaming event that convenes the social change community and game makers, next month (April 22-24 & 26). In Education. Around Gender. Conferences'

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2012

offerings for Haiti’s earthquake relief - many organizations received a. organizations enforcing a retention strategy were able to keep 15 percent of their new Haiti-related donors the following year. Pro Tip : Keep donors – both scarce and consistent – up-to-date with information. We found that.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2011

The lesson far too many nonprofits learn the hard way is how to be prepared for unplanned events. Adjust Your Message — Sometimes messaging around an event requires sensitivity. This information was originally posted by Convio's Molly Brooksbank in March of 2010. Read Molly's post.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

In a football game, as in life, there are always going to be circumstances and events beyond your control. They ask, "if I make this information readily available then someone might be able to formulate their own opinion about X." It was an event of biblical proportions, and of course launched our organization.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Susan Tenby explained how TechSoup helped non-profits establish a presence in SecondLife , demonstrating how the virtual world can be used to disseminate information and also act as a venue for people to meet. Furthermore, WiserEarth connected existing non-profit communities, enabling them to share relevant information.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2010

Keith Berner and the folks behind Crisis Commons have invited all you techies-for-good to an event in DC ( and elsewhere ) tomorrow. There are also projects you can participate in online, to put your nptech skills to work for earthquake-devastated Haiti. Aspiration's new online resource (can we call it "beta?")

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

It can inform members of a community of critical information as it happens, and tell an event's story visually with maps, interactive charts, and other visualizations. One of the new things Ushahidi was doing was crowdsourcing information. Surveyor is for teams collecting multiple data types from many sources.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2010

As an event fundraiser, I remember fighting for walkie-talkies during fundraising events, just to stay in touch with my co-workers and volunteers. 77 percent of respondents were aware of the Haiti text-to-donate efforts. With virtual meeting tools and video conferencing, we’re even doing less of that.)

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 11, 2011

It is just important to have the right level of expectation (not every campaign will match the Red Cross's $32 million for earthquake relief in Haiti), and to convey a sense of urgency to prospective donors. Another method is to launch the call-to-action at a large event and let it build momentum from there. Questions and Concerns.

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NTEN

JUNE 19, 2014

Today I''m at MCON , an event focused on Millennial engagement. I was especially intrigued about this part of the event because, with the help of our friends at LimeRed Studios, NTEN is planning its own Idea Accelerator at the Leading Change Summit this September.) Pitch-It competition. (I

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

What is your message and what do you want the audience to do? How do your all your communication channels work together to inform, engage, and motivate? What would be of most value to your existing audience – information, ability to transactions, and how? What is your objective? Who is the target audience?

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Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2012

According to Blackbaud 's 2011 Online Giving Report , online earnings dropped by 55 percent; but that was likely due to the increase in donations due to the Haiti earthquake in January 2010. For more information, download Blackbaud’s free 2011 Online Giving Report. Search engines? Social media sites? Partner websites?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi. Disasters like this, or the events of the Southeast Asian tsunamis, can literally change the shape of cities, countrysides, and coastlines.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Consult Details: Selecting the right database software or host-site to keep track of our constituents; mine that database of information for maximum return from investors; use better on-line fund-raising techniques. How did the Red Cross system work for Haiti? How to change events on website to keep calendar current.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

This terrible flood didn’t spare the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO), an event that he first learned about through his social networks. That’s why the Red Cross was so successful with their text message donation campaign during the Haiti crisis. This was also about the same time as the flood in Nashville. But it doesn’t stop there.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi. Disasters like this, or the events of the Southeast Asian tsunamis, can literally change the shape of cities, countrysides, and coastlines.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2011

As we all know, text-to-give has proven successful(ish), especially around disaster relief like last year’s Haiti earthquake. So let’s brainstorm – how could you leverage a “tap-to-pay” or even a “tap to get more information” feature on a smart phone? That’s pretty rad. Direct Mail.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

An upcoming event. The best opportunity to get a story about your event is before it happens. The second best opportunity is to invite the media to attend your event and cover it. The worst time to pitch about the event is after it happened. If you can’t figure out which reporter, find the Assignment Editor’s information.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Run appreciation events, give awards or simply start a “shout-out” campaign via social media. If I was planning on giving $50, then was presented with the information that a $60 gift would buys a month worth of food for a child in Haiti, I’d be happy to give that extra $10. Recognize them!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

SMS text-to-give in the United States experienced a major spike following the Haiti Earthquake in 2010 but has never achieved inflated expectations. Peer-to-peer run, walk, and ride events have been around for more than 30 years. Can you balance quantitative and qualitative information? Did you get the memo?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

And the capital campaign is a sequence of events that’s methodically planned. . And we called it Project Launch just because we know that when you’re ready, Aaron, to launch that campaign, we want to make sure that we’ve given you all the information to be successful. That’s one way to approach it. .

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

I’ll review some new green IT developments like how nonprofit solar electricity is thriving in Haiti. Green IT: Glad Tidings from Haiti. We’re used to hearing nothing but bad news from Haiti since it was hit by a succession of catastrophic events since 2010. Open Data in Africa.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

And somewhere on the internet this information is quietly collecting. An iPhone app called Memento compiles the data from your various disparate personal information repositories such as Twitter, Facebook and Flickr, and brings them back into a diary format, of all things. Newspapers know how to present information.

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sgEngage

MAY 10, 2011

Earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, and New Zealand along with floods and landslides in other parts of the world drove donors to give online. The growth of event fundraising over the past decade is now a significant contributor to these organization’s overall revenue.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The year-over-year growth was in large part due to the tremendous amount of online giving towards the Haiti Earthquake. These organizations raise most of these funds from disaster relief or from peer-to-peer event fundraising. Where can I get more information about online giving trends? How much is the average online gift?

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