Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2011

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NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the December 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. If you’re just looking to get your feet wet with a quick survey, one of the many free or low cost online tools will do the trick. Read the complete article, "From Outcomes to Impact," by subscribing to the journal for free! ].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

There are different media forms that mandate different types of content — and nonprofits must consider this as part of the online content strategy. Feeding America has a national hunger study. The Alliance for Biking and Walking has a benchmark report about the levels of biking and walking in the US. The PDF is. egypt.see3.net/.

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" This could finally make online fundraising a success.

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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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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.

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MAY 18, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending March 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. for the 3 months ending March 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving reports that online revenue decreased by 10.6%

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MARCH 17, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 1 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 17th, 2011 NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) is in Washington, DC and it’s sold out once again.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Myths about Online Giving Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 1st, 2010 There are so many myths about online giving. Older donors don’t give online Wrong. 25% of donors aged 65 and older give both online and offline.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Top States for New Donors & Online Donors Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 23rd, 2010 Blackbaud has a tremendous amount of data about the nonprofit sector. That’s the power and importance of benchmarking.

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MARCH 19, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 3 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 19th, 2011 This is the last day of NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ). That’s it for NTC 2011.

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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. Here are steps organizations can take: 1.

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APRIL 15, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending February 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. for the 3 months ending February 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. for the 3 months ending February 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010.

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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.

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MARCH 7, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Key Trends in Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 7th, 2011 Blackbaud has released two new groundbreaking research studies that reveal insights about peer-to-peer event fundraising.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Early Bird Registration for 2011 NTEN NTC is Open Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 12th, 2010 NTEN’s 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference is now open for early bird registration. The 2011 NTC should be the best yet.

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APRIL 6, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Video: Online Advocacy Trends Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 6th, 2011 The recordings from Blackbaud and Care2′s Advocacy Live 2011 event are now online. Hot or Not: What’s Sizzling in Online Fundraising?

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

This data comes from the our donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarking group and looks across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. That’s the power and importance of benchmarking. This group is comprised of 14 very large nonprofit organizations with data from 2009.

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MARCH 15, 2011

billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. for the 3 months ending January 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving reports that online revenue decreased by 9.3% for the 3 months ending January 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Between 40% and 50% of organizations in each sub-sector, except International, estimate a budget increase for 2011. Among grantmakers receiving more applications, 49% intend to increase their budgets in 2011. This approach provides more useful benchmarking information than repeated cross?sectional sectional studies.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. Users will be able to follow nonprofits to receive updates in their news feed and will be able to support those organizations in a variety of ways.

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JUNE 2, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Questions for Geoff Livingston Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on June 2nd, 2011 I’m starting a new series of short interviews with people who are really changing what’s happening in the nonprofit sector.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. Online Fundraising Continues to Grow The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports online revenue trends of more than 1,669 nonprofit organizations representing $424.6 over last year.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. Online Fundraising Trends The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports online revenue trends of more than 1,679 nonprofit organizations representing $421.1 million in yearly revenue on a monthly basis.

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. Online Fundraising Continues to Grow The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports online revenue trends of more than 1,679 nonprofit organizations representing $421.1 over last year.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 12th, 2011 One year ago a devastating 7.0 Do you have established contacts with the media and online content sites? Do you have offline and well as online channels ready to go? magnitude earthquake struck the island of Hispaniola. Do you have identified volunteers and engaged constituents?

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

Beth is hoping that people will sign an online petition letting Apple know that people want to give on their iPhones. Not until they improve their existing online giving options and optimize their website for mobile devices. Nonprofit organizations would get far better results from improving their own online giving experience.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The difference is that Causes is continuing to blur the line between online and offline activity. I was quoted in the article noting that less than 1% of online giving happens through social media today. Tags: Fundraising , Online Giving , Social Media Similiar Articles What if you stopped all communication? Will it work?

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. Release News (Part 4) jaynathan Well said, Steve jaynathan Well said.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Their online grant database gives people an interactive and innovative way to see the programs they fund. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. It’s a thought provoking concept.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

Email to Current Donors still Drives Online Giving: Email to current donors was the top driver of online donations last year in every country except the Netherlands. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

Yesterday’s launch of the new Facebook profile design also shows the company’s focus on presenting a more complete online picture of you. The feed is being fed like a holiday goose. Facebook’s value is mostly derived from what it knows about its users.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

reported that two decision-makers were involved when making decisions about their charitable giving 43% reported that they would leave more to charity if the estate tax were repealed 41% of couples conferred with members of their household and then made joint decisions 38% made a donation online 15.6% s network of friends/peers 72.4%

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

The session can be watched here: Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. Following what’s happening at the conference on Twitter with the #bbcon hash tag.

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