Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Yesterday, I had the huge honor and pleasure to present the keynote at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits ‘ NPTech Conference, eStrategy in an iWorld. The Evolution of NPTech: Where we came from, and [maybe] where we’re going. If you have other questions, or other ideas, please share them! That was a silly time.

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NTEN

JUNE 17, 2009

Many of you maintain both individual and organizational profiles, leaving the "cause talk" to your org profiles. Environmental Defense Fund : @EnvDefenseFund. Tags: community buzz NPTech NTEN twitter. We were impressed (but not surprised) to see these Green orgs on the list: Defenders of Wildlife : @Defenders.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

It’s called the TechBridge Nonprofit Exchange and it is designed to address the problem of grantmakers’ reluctance to fund infrastructure improvements for charities. Then after the project is funded, the money goes to TechBridge to implement and complete the work. I also want to mark the passing of one of my NPTech heroes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

NPTech Twitter Group is a list of 263 nonprofit technology geeks. The organization's chief geek, Shelley Bernstein, runs the Twitter profile. All staff members are active and have their individual profiles. They tweet about important resources, charities, and funding programs in their region.

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2011

But raising funds online is not about technology, any more than raising funds through the mail is about paper. Keep your organization’s profile up to date (contact info, mission, etc.) It’s about the relationship between the nonprofit and the donor who wants to support a cause. Declutter your site.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

In fact, the end of the calendar year is also a significant source of the funds raised online for nonprofits. The Online Donor Profile. We know a lot more about the profile of an online donor than we did in years past. Tags: Fundraising Newsletter NPTech NTEN online fundraising steve maclaughlin.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

The Center wanted to expand its reach, connections, and impact using social media and received grant funding in 2011 for social media planning and implementation through 2012. They also participate in conversations in Linkedin Groups, and Twitter (via Director Mark Lachs’ twitter profile, @drmarklachs ).

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2014

You''ll know who they are because they''ll be the ones who are most active in local tech groups and in nptech conversations online. The Nontrepreneur - or the nonprofit''s guide to entrepreneurship and reducing reliance on foundation funding. Take them to lunch and learn more about what they''re doing. Don''t see a group near you?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Joining your LinkedIn group adds your organization to my professional profile, and allows easier in-network messaging. If funding doesn’t help incentivize this change, our sector will remain in a slow dance toward synchronization. . Tags: Data Leadership NPTech NTEN.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Compliance : Nonprofit board management software should help you keep track of key details such as board and committee member expectations, conflicts of interest, member profiles, and levels of engagement.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2015

Her donation history seems fairly involved with two gifts over a five year span of $550 each to your main annual fund campaign. With this new information, would you still keep her in your annual fund direct mail campaign? Advanced analytics can also help you manage annual fund and direct response campaigns. Announcing Anita.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2009

It's no surprise that every other blog post you read these days talks about how to raise money, stretch funds and build supporters in the current economic climate. We're raising money, and matching funds up to $10,000 , to help make sure we get as many great, deserving people to this year's conference as possible. That's right.

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2011

But raising funds online is not about technology, any more than raising funds through the mail is about paper. So keep your organization’s profile up to date (contact info, mission, etc.) The Big Finding: Relationships Matter! When we talk tech, we tend to focus on the latest new bell, whistle, or widget for fundraising.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2015

Technology investments should be considered a force multiplier and a necessary expense to maintain the vitality in connecting with and gaining donors and funding. There is an emulatable technology profile of a successful fundraiser. But how does one begin to promote technical or procedural change?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

We’re listening for those conversations, and trying to meet those people where they are, rather than going out and saying, ‘This is the exact demographic profile of the person who we want to reach.’”. It also helps illustrate that the orgs who you think of as competitors for funding are actually great collaborators on campaigns.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The organization and challenge: After years of traditional fund-raising events, Catholic Charities CYO (CC) in San Francisco decided its approach was getting stale and that it needed to broaden its audience to include opportunities for young people. Tags: Community NPTech NTEN Fundraising. Fundraising Events. Adrienne holds a B.S.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

What competing organizations are doing to raise funds. Although past donation is never a 100% guaranteed assurance of continued support in the future, it can help you to determine the profile of your typical supporter in order to target them more efficiently. What you need to do in order to induce them to donate.

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2011

Well, my favorite new procedure is the introduction of the online eligibility quiz to help you determine if your organization has the right profile to apply. What sorts of changes are we seeing in grantmaking due to the rapid growth and ever changing landscape we call technology? Hope you can join us!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Compliance : Nonprofit board management software should help you keep track of key details such as board and committee member expectations, conflicts of interest, member profiles, and levels of engagement.

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

Such an investment could pay for itself, however, in the form of increased effectiveness and increased funding. Tags: ingvild bjornvold measurement Newsletter NPTech NTEN performance management. Cost: How much any organization is willing to invest in a performance management data system is relative to its size and resources.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

The Humane Society of the United States raised $20,000 in 6 days , all through their cause, to fund a team of journalists documenting the seal slaughter in Canada. And Camfed raised $4,500 to build a roof on a school in Malawi , then turned around and funded another $3,386 project to give shoes to schoolgirls in Zimbabwe. .

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2013

This time I’ll review a yet another massive new digital inclusion initiative, the launch of a new free mobile phone calling and text plan, new technology in encrypted web browsing, a new NPTech news source find, scary stats on the looming Internet of things, and the coming of the bionic eye. on mobile computing and social media.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Chris Hughes Jumo has been raising $2 million in funding from individuals and foundations. He has also put together a team of advisers including Jeffrey David Sachs , Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO of the Acumen Fund , and Linda Rottenberg is CEO and Co-founder of Endeavor.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) That the total funds raised by U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

Gavin's NpTech Timeline in SlideShare. " Gavin's idiosyncratic timeline of circuit riders, NTEN, and other things related to the NPTech community. This is one of several powerpoint presentations now archived in SlideShare and also included in a NpTech History wiki (anyone can join and contribute.). Kikono - Digg for NpTech.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Crowd funding. The crowd funding model uses the web to pool financial support for projects from large groups of individuals. Kickstarter is perhaps the best-known crowd funding platform. Some nonprofits still successfully use Kickstarter to fund discrete projects, but there are more choices out there. 2) Try New Things.

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