Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

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). JustGiving blog: Seven-year-old Charlie raises more than £100,000 for Haiti! As Charlie puts on his JG page, ‘at least 10 laps, I hope!’

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

And did you catch the Pew Research Center’s latest findings , announced this week, revealing that a third of text, or short message service (SMS), users prefer to be reached via SMS? Pacific time via the Twitter hashtag #Text2Give for a real-time discussion of how text-to-give campaigns can help nonprofits.

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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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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 have a robust social media presence on all the sites you'd expect: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and our blog. In the midst of inexplicable tragedy, my personal definition of the social web got rocked.

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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. When researching this post, I was fairly stunned by how few nonprofits have launched text alert campaigns.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

If not, you can follow the conversation in real time on Twitter with the hashtag #crowdx. (We’ll Ushahidi : most recently, Ushahidi adpated it’s platform for use in Haiti and Chili to let the crowd both in Haiti/Chili and outside share information and data in real time via mobiles or a web browser.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

She shared some insights about the Red Cross’s social media work leading up to Haiti. She made great points about what they had in place the day before the earthquake in Haiti struck: Robust listening program where staff skims and responds. Think of it as another channel of research for campaign. Over 1,000 mentions a day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

Source: National Arts Index It's at times like these -- in the midst of an extended recession and the wake of the tragedy in Haiti -- that the role of funding arts in society may be called into question. After all, funding for the arts (theater, dance, music, museums etc.) The way the campaign works is simple.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Before and during her studies, she conducted field research for governmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as foundations, on maternal and child health in Sri Lanka, Ghana, Haiti, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya and India. She did a joint Masters in Public Health and Economic Development at Columbia University. Share Tweet.

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2011

He lectures and publishes regularly on fundraising and philanthropy and will be presenting on “The Global Search: Current Strategies and Tactics for International Fundraising and Prospect Research” at this year’s BBCON in Washington, DC. Follow Jay on Twitter at @gordonjayfrost or reach him by email at jay@fundraisinginfo.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in the final #zoogood Twitter chat of 2010. Maybe that first step is research. Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in the final #zoogood Twitter chat of 2010. A simple audience survey to learn: How is your target audience using their mobile phones?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Our survey showed that 91% of our respondents use Facebook, 63% use Twitter, 45% use YouTube and 35% use LinkedIn, amongst other media. 1] And not just that, according to Gartner Research, by 2013 mobile phones will take over PC’s as the most common web access device. [2] 2] Also, 41% of mobile internet time is spent on email.[3]

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Twitter: 238 million monthly active users – organic reach is estimated to be 4%. Elon Musk’s Twitter is chaotic, and if it continues on its current path, many nonprofits will be forced to pause or leave Twitter. Instagram: 1.4 billion monthly active users – organic reach is estimated to be 6%.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 25, 2010

As an advocacy buff, I've been particularly impressed with the action alerts and online petitions related to Haiti. After doing a little research, I wasn't able to find a plug-and-play solution out there to meet this need, so I decided to build my own! With a little help from a friend, I created TweetAtCongress.com.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

How did the Red Cross system work for Haiti? for engaging college students, faculty, and nonprofits, to involve them in helping develop, implement, and evaluate Research Matchmaker. Identify an appropriate spectrum of tools (Facebook, Twitter, etc) to use in this endeavor. What kind of cost are we looking at? Consult Details: 1.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2010

Of course, I probably wondered why anyone would use Facebook and Twitter at some point and now I use them regularly. In the coming weeks we’ll be posting more information and hosting webinars, but for now, I wanted to introduce the research to you. I’ve put a lot of "duh moments" into these posts lately.)

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Here is a short list of innovations that happened after online giving began in 1999: Airbnb, Android, Bitcoin, Chrome, Dropbox, Etsy, Facebook, Github, Hashtags, iPod, iPhone, iPad, jQuery, Kindle, LinkedIn, MySpace, Netflix, Oculus Rift, Pinterest, Reddit, Slack, Tesla, Twitter, USB Flash Drive, Venmo, Wii, Xbox, YouTube, and the Zettabyte.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2010

Of course, I probably wondered why anyone would use Facebook and Twitter at some point and now I use them regularly. In the coming weeks we’ll be posting more information and hosting webinars, but for now, I wanted to introduce the research to you. I’ve put a lot of "duh moments" into these posts lately.)

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sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What’s Different One Year After Haiti? The earthquake occurred at 4:53pm EST and the epicenter was 16 miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 12th, 2011 One year ago a devastating 7.0

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Nonprofit Research Collaborative Releases First Report Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 29th, 2010 The Nonprofit Research Collaborative released its first report today.

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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. Sanebox starts at $2 per month per user.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2011

This is the first time that the indices have included fundraising data related to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The Blackbaud indices include organizations that raised money specifically for Haiti relief in the year-over-year analysis. Some important trends will be explored later to show analysis of post-Haiti giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2010

In our research, we found that some nonprofits are born as naturally networked nonprofits and have it in their DNA. Social media is not my problem: I have over a quarter million followers on Twitter, 10,800 subscribers on YouTube, and 2.1 I offered to connect the community supporting my work with your efforts in Haiti.

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sgEngage

MAY 10, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on May 10th, 2011 The Chronicle of Philanthropy is not only a great publication, but they also publish some excellent research about online fundraising trends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

&# I had a quick chat with Claire about this idea and invited her write a guest post to celebrate the launch of her new book, Twitter for Good – which is filled with great insights and practical advice about making Twitter power your nonprofit’s mission. Understood. But relationships ? Don’t ask me. Even better.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

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. It provides much needed difference and rhythm we are attracted to, over the often mind-numbing flat Twitter or Facebook feed.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 5, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! He blogs about his choices, twitters his journeys, and shares stories with his Facebook fans.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 3 Nonprofit Predictions for 2011 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 10th, 2011 Philanthropy Journal has published three of my nonprofit predictions for 2011. You can read them online and here’s a teaser: 1. Giving Gets Better 2.

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sgEngage

MAY 18, 2011

The negative trend continues to show the impact of Haiti giving in 2010 compared to 2011. The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving reports that online revenue decreased by 10.6% for the 3 months ending March 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. All Rights Reserved

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2011

This increase is especially noteworthy considering the substantial giving to Haiti in the prior year period.” This decrease continues a trend from January and is attributable to the large amount of Haiti relief giving in 2010. million in yearly revenue on a monthly basis. All Rights Reserved

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 2 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 18th, 2011 Day 2 of NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) in Washington, DC is when things really kick into high gear. All Rights Reserved

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sgEngage

JANUARY 20, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking How Nonprofits Can Avoid Online Credit Card Fraud Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 20th, 2011 Nonprofit organizations are a big target for online credit card fraud. One size never fits all. The only best practice is to test.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2011

Next: How Nonprofits Can Avoid Online Credit Card Fraud ABOUT Nonprofit Trends is a blog by Steve MacLaughlin that takes a look at the trends shaping the nonprofit sector SUBSCRIBE More subscription options: Subscribe to the RSS feed › Follow Steve on Twitter › Popular Posts What is Jumo? All Rights Reserved

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

You can join the book club by following their Twitter feed, @read4change , and discuss the book on Twitter the last Wednesday of the month at 8PM ET using the #read4change hashtag. Finally, as I mentioned in my post, How Did You Decide to Help Haiti for the Rest of 2010? CARE has a list of recommended books on their site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

In August, I did a little fundraising experiment that involved Twitter and an integrated offline component at the Gnomedex Conference in Seattle. For them to spend time researching and exploring would take too long in today's fast paced world. By the end of the conference, the total had climbed to $3,774. How do they give?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2010 Online Giving Trends Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on February 15th, 2011 Blackbaud released its 2010 Online Giving Report today. This change can almost single handedly be attributed to giving to Haiti relief efforts.

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