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. And this year, you launched a new website in July and ran the giving day on your new website. For us, our offline activities are as important as online efforts. This has been a huge year for us.

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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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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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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

has used the Internet to disseminate its model, empowering local communities to self-organize and build their own playgrounds using free resources on its website. 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.

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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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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. This should be incredibly obvious in your navigation and in a callout box towards the top of your website. Fundraising Facts. In 2010 an estimated $291 billion was raised. – Charity Navigator.

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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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DECEMBER 8, 2010

million gifts to 66,470 different nonprofits from 2003 – 2009.&# Similar to offline fundraising, online fundraising is all about relationships. Use your website, in particular, and other Internet outposts as a way to build relationships with donors online. Your website is still your home base online.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Other channels included TV news, radio, newspapers, websites, phone calls, and through friends or family. Each year since the event started in 2009, we’ve seen these numbers grow. And, there were many offline events and printed marketing/communication materials that contributed to the turnout.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

This post originally written September 8, 2009. Despite this, less than half (48%) of the 187 charities that were surveyed as part of nfpSynergy’s Virtual Promise (2008) report said that their organization used social networking websites. Posted on Stanford Social Innovation Review’s Opinion blog. Visit the original post here.

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Care2

JANUARY 7, 2011

Check out these Stats: In 2009, 31% of associations reported that membership renewal rates decreased in the previous year. Content (online and offline) and products aimed at your members. Reaching Members Through Word of Mouth and Websites. In 2010, 44% of associations saw a decline in membership renewal rates.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

More than $250 million was raised online for Haitian relief efforts in the first 21 days after the quake through Convio powered emails, websites, and other campaigns (up from approximately $120 million in the same period during Katrina). billion emails, drive 44 million advocacy actions and power more than 3,500 websites.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

As of September 2009, scores of Facebook applications have been developed to support the nonprofit sector in one way. Over $5 million has been raised in 2009 alone. In April 2009, the Washington Post published a critique of Facebook Causes on the basis that it wasn't an effective tool for raising money. and Canada.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Are there any tools that you know of that combine CMS and CRM (rather than pasting a web form html snippet on to another website)? Integrating online and offline communications. mathew [link] 2 admin 01.15.09 at 12:43 pm Just wait for my follow up posts! 3 sudha 01.15.09 10 Tompkins Spann 01.23.09 11 Tompkins Spann 01.23.09

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Connect2Compete (C2C) is a project to supply low-cost broadband Internet, low-cost computers, and free training to as many as 100 million "offline" Americans. Department of Commerce (NTIA) stimulus grants in 2008 and 2009 and so it has had no government funding and has been struggling to successfully get off the ground.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

Websites like Facebook, MySpace and YouTube are among the top 10 most trafficked sites in the US. According to the just released 2009 eBenchmarks study by M&R Strategic Services and NTEN, most of the 32 groups featured in the study saw their online fundraising increase between 2007 and 2008. Who wants to do fund rising programs.

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Care2

JUNE 15, 2011

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard that multichannel fundraising, i.e. enabling your donors to give via postal mail, your website, telemarketing, social media, etc. How can I leverage online and offline giving for better fundraising results? is the answer to all of your fundraising woes.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2010

The New Year has officially begun, and it’s the perfect time to reflect on the year past, or for most people, look forward to see what resolutions and initiatives can be planned to make the new 2010 better than 2009. Evaluate your website’s effectiveness. Increase fundraising for participant-led events.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

The winning videos receive thousands of views and publicity online and offline. The winners will be announced at NTEN’s annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in San Francisco, which takes place April 26-28, 2009. Winners will be featured on The Nonprofit Times website. You can register for the NTC at www.nten.org/ntc.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Another example of indirect content is that of social networks.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

If a website is the hub or an organization’s activity (a big if) then does it necessarily follow that just because the masses go there the organization best serves my needs? But in many areas there will always be scope for offline delivery of a non-profit’s message. Allan assumes two points here.

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Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2012

Despite the large drop for International Affairs organizations, since 2009 nonprofits in all verticals have seen double-digit growth with International Affairs organizations leading the way, realizing 75 percent growth. How many people visit your organization’s website each month? Partner websites? Search engines?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Last year, Convio clients raised more than $777 million online and 2009 looks to be even better. ™ , which is designed specifically for organizations that have a website and know they need to do more online, but were reluctant to invest in Internet tools. Organizations of all sizes can get into the game, you just need a playbook.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Websites, Email & Constituent Management from Laura Quinn: Your website is you, online. For many people who find you online, your website is the organization. Your website should tell people who you and what you do. See the slide deck below and notes from the panelists: WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Some user curate user generated content, by tagging it on social bookmarking websites, voting for it on social voting websites, commenting on it, or linking to it. Collective action can take the form of signing online petitions, fundraising, tele-calling, or organizing an offline protest or event. The Third C: Community.

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JULY 23, 2009

The 2009 N2Y4 Conference showcased the Featured Projects from NetSquared's Global Challenge focused on mobile technology. We should also be getting a new website to showcase our work very soon. . There were 14 great teams pitching their Projects at the Conference, but only 3 voted as prize winners.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

60) Search « 5 Quick Steps to Better SEO | Main | Tech & Style Tips for Conducting Blog Interviews » Tuesday Mar 10 2009 Top 10 SXSW Interactive Panels Your Nonprofit Should Attend Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 05:27PM | by Allyson Kapin Are you planning to check out SXSW Interactive this year? Whitehouse.gov 2.0: Great post.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

60) Search « The ROI of Social Media | Main | Advocacy Online Launches in the US » Thursday May 21 2009 Earned Media: How to Stay Relevant and Track It Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 01:20PM | by Allyson Kapin “If you dont brand yourself, Google will brand you,” says branding expert Sherry Beck Paprocki.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

We so often focus on learning from innovative online campaigns that we miss out on opportunities to integrate offline cause communities and grassroots advocacy. He also shared an interactive map on his website so people could track the road trip’s progress visually using a tool called Track My Tour. Diverse Goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Only a very small amount of data is needed to produce quite a lot of information about each and every one of us and the law is so far behind the times that according to Facebook’s Deputy General Counselor, Mark Howitson , the social networking website aggressively invites litigation because they need new case law to set precedent.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

Websites, Email & Constituent Management from Laura Quinn: Your website is you, online. For many people who find you online, your website is the organization. Your website should tell people who you and what you do. Laura: Your website acts as a home base; where you can tell people who you are, what you do, and so on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2010

Right before the holidays, eBay released 2009 figures for Giving Works , its fundraising program and marked a historic record for total funds raised for non-profits through ebay.com. The first is that online giving is growing fast, at a rate that’s 7 times faster than offline giving.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 1, 2010

A higher percentage of donors 45 to 54 and 55 to 64 give online than offline. 25% of donors aged 65 and older give both online and offline. The median online gift above $1,000 was $3,500 in 2009. Also, a higher percentage of donors with annual incomes greater than $50,000 and beyond $100,000 give online than offline.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2011

billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. Disaster Giving Giving both online and offline towards disaster relief had a significant impact on the nonprofit sector in 2010. Small and medium organizations were up in the analysis, but large nonprofits were down 28.2%. All Rights Reserved

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The difference is that Causes is continuing to blur the line between online and offline activity. That means taking things offline and into a traditional retail environment. Companies like TisBest and Network for Good’s Good Card have been available for a few years now. Will it work? Is it worth paying attention to? Absolutely.

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