Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2009

How do opportunities, successes, connections and authority online translate into offline opportunities and successes? What cultural shifts need to take place offline in order to provide non-privileged groups earlier access, interest, and opportunity in technology-related fields?

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JANUARY 27, 2009

We've been helping groups for many years with ways to have a little more influence and get a little more impact out of their online and offline events. Right now, there is an excellent example of this by the team behind the Davos 2009 World Economic Forum. Check it out ! And then Tweet about your blog posts on Twitter.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The report includes 24 months of online giving data from 1,895 nonprofit organizations, online major giving data from 2,397 nonprofits, and both online and offline data representing $5.1 Every nonprofit sector in the analysis has had double-digit online fundraising growth since 2009. billion in total fundraising from 1,560 nonprofits.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Network for Good and TrueSense Marketing have just released a landmark study of “the online giving experience” between 2003 and 2009. Here are some highlights: Just as the strength of the donor-charity relationship heavily influences offline giving, the online giving experience has a significant impact on donor loyalty, retention and.(

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

from 2009 when giving was $280.3 Median revenue per donor for multichannel supporters was $339 compared to $88 for offline. Check out some of the info and screenshots I shared last week on the Blackbaud webinar Year-End Fundraising Campaigns that Rock with Frank Barry from Blackbaud and Kai MacMahon from Autism Speaks.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Whether it’s small communities coming together offline to train and share knowledge about using technology or it’s innovation projects competing in the same contest working together instead – we hope you’ll find this short paper compelling and share it with your networks. Net Squared White Paper Nov 2009.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

The Index shows that online giving remained positive during most of 2009 and the trends for 2010 have been very encouraging. Target Analytics, a Blackbaud company, has been looking at trends in online and offline giving for many years now. Multichannel donors are more loyal than offline or online donors alone.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

If you've been following the fundraising and marketing trends over the last few years, you're probably hip to idea that the best strategies for maximizing engagement and fundraising for your organization involve integrating online and offline communications and campaign efforts. You're in luck!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2011

Growing Virtual Roots – How our online efforts led to amazing offline results – A great case study in community organizing, on and offline, from Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure. "From Submissions will be open until May 31 and the submission form can be filled out at the Lights.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2010

In 2008, many of the friends of the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace migrated over to Facebook, then in 2009 and 2010 a good number of the new fans came from @NonprofitOrgs on Twitter. Last week the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page reached the 10,000 fans milestone. That said, this information is very useful.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Today's Blog Action Day 2009 ! The debate about what impact the online world has on offline action gets smashed when you look at these numbers and think about the over 12 million people around the world who are raising their consciousness by reading more about climate change and how they can get involved with their local communities. .

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2009

The 2009 America’s Giving Challenge is a month long, national online competition that encourages people to leverage their online and offline personal networks to build communities via Facebook Causes, raise money and recruit supporters for a nonprofit.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2010

Reading the news in early January, I came across a few “Top 5” and “Top 10” lists for a variety of topics tied to 2009. Would it be possible to sift through a year’s worth of engagements as an independent marketing consultant and boil down the lessons I learned in 2009 into a series of “Top 5” lists?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Charities that have traditionally focused on offline fundraising have also learned in recent years the importance of online giving. Blackbaud studied 1,274 nonprofits to compare their online fundraising results for the first six months of 2008 to the same period of 2009. Steve MacLaughlin, Blackbaud. The Cannibalization Argument.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

I've had time offline, with family, and just relaxing. I've been thinking about goals for 2009 and one of them fits into this contest, so here's mine: I will continue to evangelize this idea and how it in action "Be A Geek Who Gives" - their time, skills, money, or other resources to a charity, cause, or nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2012

In 2009, the “Social Media ROI Poetry Slam” SXSW lead to a book “Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Social Media Smackdown: Online VS Offline Impact - [link] coordinated by Kayta Andresen. The Nonprofit Narrative - [link] coordinated by Dan Portnoy.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

Charity and Technology in the Online Universe This infographic from Mashable and Shane Snow puts social good into better context with donation numbers, growth charts, and some comparisons to its offline counterparts. Includes data from Blackbaud , American Red Cross , MobileMarketer.com , and the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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NTEN

JUNE 8, 2011

Well, my favorite white paper of 2009 just became my favorite white paper of 2011! Take some of the key findings: Every year, large proportions of online-acquired donors switch from online giving to offline sources - primarily to direct mail. The number of donors that give both on and offline is less than 10%. The lesson?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2010

Users can also download stories for offline reading. Updated: May 6, 2009. Released: November 16, 2009. The App allows users to listen live to public radio stations coast to coast and create a playlist of stories to hear in any order or to save for later. Humane Society of the United States :: Download. App Name: Humane TV.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2012

This is a question that was answered in a study from 2009 and the answer is yes. The relationship starts online, but the “ask” happens offline, perhaps on the phone, but most likely face-to-face. This is a question that was answered in a study from 2009 and the answer is yes. Find out how one successful nonprofit leader does it.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

From 2009 to 2010, the open rate for organizations of all sizes and sectors declined by 12% on average. Meanwhile, unsubscribe rates held steady from 2009 to 2010. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Highlights. The fundraising response rate fell by 19%, while the advocacy response rate fell by 7%.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Let me also suggest that we need to stop placing a wall between offline and online giving strategies and tactics. And donors that are 55-years and older have the highest retention rates for both online and offline giving. This online versus offline wall is mostly in our own heads. of total sales. It’s in our org charts.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The report includes 24 months of online giving data from 1,895 nonprofit organizations, online major giving data from 2,397 nonprofits, and both online and offline data representing $5.1 Every nonprofit sector in the analysis has had double-digit online fundraising growth since 2009. billion in total fundraising from 1,560 nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2010

And with the publishing of the 2010 Nonprofit Resolutions Guide , 5 main lessons learned in the way of multi-channel marketing were evident in 2009. Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Multi-Channel Engagement. If you insist on contacting me offline, then please tell me how I can respond online. Coordinate your efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

I have been tracking this giving day since its first Giving Day back in 2009 and every year do a debrief post or interview. For us, our offline activities are as important as online efforts. PadillaCRT has led our earned media strategies since we launched GiveMN in 2009. They are amazing partners who understand our business.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

In order to get a clear and complete picture of what is happening with orchestras and social media around the country, I sent around a survey to 53 orchestra marketing, communications and web managers in October and November, 2009. This week, I will kick off the Orchestras and Social Media Survey 2009 series on my blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

million raised by 2009 America’s Giving Challenge participants. And be sure to share invitations for the fundraiser and those that donate to his or her campaign to join your organization outside of facebook (on your enewsletter, your action alerts, an offline event, or something else to keep them on your list).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2011

As Sue tells it, “Inspired, I began to reach out to my personal network on Twitter and Facebook and offline through word of mouth. Here’s one story about how one free agent, a social media savvy volunteer for a local food bank, saw a problem, reached out to her network, and helped solved in collaboration with the local nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

In 2009, a dollar spent by the organization on online tools helped to improve 10 times as many neighborhoods as a dollar spent on playground equipment. is developing systems to recognize and reward those who are having the most impact both online and offline. In so doing, it has had more impact for less cost. We think that KaBOOM!

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2011

million gifts 1.879 million unique donors 66,470 different nonprofits Seven-year time span (2003-2009) Donations from a wide range of nonprofit sizes and types About the Study The purpose of this data mining wasn’t to create another study about the rapid growth of online giving (though it is skyrocketing). We looked at: 3.6

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

A day of on and offline events spanning the globe celebrating the Web. In 2009, we’re geared for events in over 50 cities in 20 countries! Today is OneWebDay ! This year’s theme is One Web. bringing attention to issues and work on digital inclusion. OneWebDay opens up techie conversations to everyone. Learn more about OneWebDay.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

My first ladder of engagement was developed for the America’s Giving Challenge contest that I won in 2008 - it was a framework that used the “community manager” or “network weaver” as the human face to connect with people and bring them to the next level of involvement.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Integrating online and offline communications. at 4:36 pm P.S. I thought my name would link to email, alas no, so please email me at tspann [at] convio.com if you’ve got a case study of online/offline campaign integration. Jon Stahl – I never thought of applying for grants to get this project done.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

This post originally written September 8, 2009. Create opportunities and events that bring people together online and offline - these activities can help move people up the ladder of engagement, get them volunteering or advocating for your organization, using your services or helping promote them. Visit the original post here.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 27, 2006

Getting Attention talks about boosting blog coverage – it can have good offline benefits for your organization. A Girl’s Guide to Managing Projects has a nice post about what Project Managers do all day, anyway. David Maister asks " What do consultants know? I’ll be posting the Carnival on Monday afternoon. {

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Each year since the event started in 2009, we’ve seen these numbers grow. This 6-page guide laid out specific steps for using Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, as well as advice for connecting offline events and media opportunities offered during Give to the Max Day. Check it out: Click for our full Give to the Max Day 2012 results.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

from 2009 when giving was $280.3 Median revenue per donor for multichannel supporters was $339 compared to $88 for offline. Check out some of the info and screenshots I shared last week on the Blackbaud webinar Year-End Fundraising Campaigns that Rock with Frank Barry from Blackbaud and Kai MacMahon from Autism Speaks. – AFP.

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