Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

The 2011 Millennial Donor report , the second in an annual series, focuses on engaging Millennials in fundraising. A compelling video won over 12% of donors, while fundraising contests only 42% inspired 5% to give. The data says we should move on. It’s an interesting and valuable report with a lot of great insights.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The power of social media really proved itself for us when the Gulf oil disaster first hit mainstream news, it was our web and social media presences that helped disseminate news and information to keep people up-to-date in real-time with our work on the ground. What is on your To Do List for 2011?

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NTEN

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Teaser: Network for Good has released a fantastic new report, " The Online Giving Study: A Call to Reinvent Donor Relationships ". Blog Content: Network for Good has released a fantastic new report, " The Online Giving Study: A Call to Reinvent Donor Relationships ". lower than for donors who give via charity-branded giving pages.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. The Red Cross has been around for 130 years and so much has changed - for example with text-to-give after disasters. We see a lot of attention on next generation leaders, but not on how they will change our institutions.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Network for Good has released a fantastic new report, " The Online Giving Study: A Call to Reinvent Donor Relationships ". Other findings include: 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 gift levels.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

From brainstorming new fundraising ideas to reaching out to prospective donors, nonprofits use much of their team members’ time to figure out how to raise more money. The process involves the following steps: A donor contributes to their nonprofit of choice. The employer matches the employee’s donation.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Early last year, mobile giving evolved from an emerging technology to mainstream awareness with Haiti earthquake relief, raising approximately $45 million for victims of that natural disaster. Since that time, other disaster relief efforts such as the Gulf oil spill, Japan disaster, and tornado relief in the Southeast U.S.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 8, 2020

Since the turn of the century, we have faced many societal and financial challenges to raising money for our organizations: September 11, 2001, the recession that began in 2007, and annual natural disasters that challenge the worldwide environment. Use technology to communicate with donors and prospects.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Working on our 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , we noticed something interesting when looking at year-over-year data by sector: The share of online revenue from monthly giving for International groups seemed to decline from 2009 to 2010. We decided to do some deeper digging to see if we were right!

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 12, 2012

Real Time Charitable Giving | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project : Yet while their initial contribution often involved little deliberation, 43% of these donors encouraged their friends or family members to give to the campaign as well.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Today's good news is that the checkout services will be free for another year (until January 1, 2011), but only for nonprofits also enrolled in Google Grants for free advertising. During a recent disaster-relief campaign, Google decided to run tests on various suggested donations to see which one yielded the best results. Tools Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2012

LandsAid is a humanitarian organization that aims to help people suffering the effects of natural or environmental disasters, armed conflicts, or oppression around the world. The organization, founded in 2011, received a Buhl Data comprehensive software package from Stifter-Helfen. Aiding People in Times of Crisis.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

The organization is a volunteer-staffed nonprofit that’s dedicated to timely disaster response and relief assistance. Historically, like many nonprofits, All Hands Volunteers had siloed data, with volunteer data and donor data housed in three different systems. million in 2011.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Fundraising with social media (particularly Facebook) means under- standing that donors don’t separate liking, sharing, or pledging, from donating,” explained John. Kickstarter is a perfect place for nonprofits to appeal to small-time donors. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2011. More than 1.5 Disruptor: Causecast.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2011

for the 3 months ending January 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. for the 3 months ending January 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. Disaster Giving Giving both online and offline towards disaster relief had a significant impact on the nonprofit sector in 2010.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Built-in marketing tools and a simple donation process make it easy for donors to give and pass along your mission to their networks, enabling you to reach a global audience. Additionally, some donors with smaller giving capacities may opt out of giving completely because they're unsure if their gifts will make a difference.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

This morning, I had the huge honor of presenting the keynote at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, ON. What do you point to when funders, donors, board members and the community ask if you are making a difference? I am so thrilled to have the chance to participate in this event and thankful for the invitation.

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sgEngage

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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Care2

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Network for Good turned ten a couple of weeks ago and to celebrate, they've created an infographic that shows how the online donor has evolved over the decade. Some key signs that online donations have gone mainstream are the prevalence of disaster relief gifts. And there is much to celebrate. Check out these stats!

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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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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Compare that to the $290 billion in total fundraising in the United States according to Giving USA 2011. Keep in mind that 92% of giving still comes from offline channels and that 32% of online donors switch to give through offline channels. In non-disaster fundraising, The Communities Foundation of Texas raised $10.7

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 22, 2017

And this next phase brings together the powerful sentiments of activists with the much needed support of donors. Over time, donors would continue to respond to both domestic and international relief efforts. Episodic giving shifted from being in response to a natural disaster to helping support a movement people cared about.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 12th, 2011 One year ago a devastating 7.0 Nonprofit organizations responded to the disaster and so did their supporters. Since that day many nonprofits have changed and improved how they respond to these kinds of disasters. Do you have pre-defined segments for previous episodic donors?

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sgEngage

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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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. This may cause problems with donors in non-US countries.

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sgEngage

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. For the responding organizations in the International sub-sector, 60% expect an increased budget.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Protect your donor, client, and project information across your entire network of "endpoints" (desktops, laptops, and servers) with Symantec's donated enterprise-level security software. This suite also includes Symantec Endpoint Protection, Symantec Mail Security, and Symantec System Recovery.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 18, 2013

Established in 1956 by the American Association of Fundraising Counsel, now The Giving Institute and is made possible by contributions from The Giving Institute member firms, foundations, and other donors. Arts, culture, and humanities saw its share of the total increase by one percentage point, from 4% in 2011 to 5% in 2012.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 15, 2010

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

made a donation in 2009 to a private foundation, a donor-advised fund, or a charitable trust 7.9% reported that the disaster relief donation replaced other gift(s) they make Giving Time, Talent, and Treasure The more high net worth individuals volunteered, the more they gave. s network of friends/peers 72.4% consulted accountants, 40.8%

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

They’ve seen poverty and tragedy in their city, experienced natural disasters and man-made neglect. The best way to engage with every single stakeholder.from donors to board members to community partners.is Her book "The Mission Myth" was released in November 2011. I present three of them to you now. Be relatable. Be likeable.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2014

This is the 2013 edition of my annual review of year-end email subject lines that started in 2011 and continued in 2012. A few words of advice and caution about these challenge campaigns: Don’t forget to follow-up with donors about the final results. Make a resolution for less outputs and more outcomes in 2014.

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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. Year-end online giving is still significant October, November, and December of 2010 represented 31.3%

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

He got the NTEN Award IN 2011. By single channel John Merritt means using only one, often traditional, way to reach donors – like email or direct mail, but leaving out all other options. will require solid analytics to track & leverage donor engagement. We’ll need lots of tools to reach our donors.

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