ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 1, 2011

One source of data informing this work is our annual State of the Sector Survey. Throughout the year, I’ve been blogging about key trends from our 2011 survey, which was completed by nearly 2,000 nonprofit leaders nationwide. Click here for more in-depth resources on the topic.). So what will next year bring?

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NTEN

MAY 26, 2011

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. The 2011 Games for Change Festival sure looks like fun. Pass judgment on us in the 2011 NTEN Community Survey. Pass judgment on us in the 2011 NTEN Community Survey. Read more posts on our blog. Why would you want to do that?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

Published by Resource Media. 8) Giving USA 2012: Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2011 :: Download. 13) 2012 Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey :: Download. 2) 2011 Nonprofit e-Business in Australia Report :: Download. View: All Blackbaud Reports. Published by See3 Communications.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2012

Back in September, we posted a summary of App It Up's nonprofit and library apps survey. We had some requests for more detailed survey results, so here they are! A Few Caveats Keep in mind, this was not a very scientific survey. small (less than 250), and we didn't try to survey a representative. September, 2011.

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NetWits

JUNE 19, 2012

The fact is email is an important tool that requires considerable planning, resources and expertise to be successful. Corporate email programs often have the resources to run more sophisticated email programs than nonprofits. I was there to share what I’ve learned about engaging email campaigns. Relevant content. Calls to action.

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Achieve

JUNE 11, 2021

Send Event Surveys. Use resources like. Securing a corporate sponsorship is an investment of time and resources, so take care to maintain these valuable connections through both big and small gestures such as extending a personal invitation to your next event. Send Event Surveys. Invite Them to Similar Events.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Each year, FEP releases the findings of its annual survey. One aspect of this survey is about average donor retention rates over the years. In 2011, the DonorVoice collaborated with around 250 nonprofits to find out what they had done well to keep about 1,200 donors loyal for many years. Surveying donors.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 10, 2012

This week’s installment of Research Friday will examine a range of new data from the field about our sector’s human resources—often, our most powerful but undervalued form of capital. First up: The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s recent survey of more than 900 young nonprofit professionals. Life happens. Things change.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. 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). As of November 2011, 89.6

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

[Note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the December 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Decide how information can be efficiently and realistically gathered utilizing the different methods that are best for your organization including: Surveys - Consider what features you will need.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. 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). That's the first time Facebook has lost U.S.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

The 2011 Convio Summit is 14 days away. There will be tons of resources and support being provided from Convio Community, Free ‘Do It Yourself’ campaign kits to getting support on Twitter. As a token of our appreciation, the first 50 visitors to fill out the survey will receive a free $5 Starbucks card.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 18, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. 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).

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. 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). Who Tweets? Get the Tagline Database and Report!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. 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).

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 15, 2011

For this week's post, we welcome Angela Francis, Senior Associate, from Nonprofit Finance Fund to discuss NFF's recently released State of the Sector survey findings. One source of data informing this work is our annual State of the Sector Survey. Welcome to Research Friday ! We welcome your comments, feedback, and suggestions!

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. 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). Do you have insurance? "Saw

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

—– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. My latest post on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog is now up. You can read it and join the conversation on the SSIR blog , or read the copy below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

I’m in learning mode, so this post is a quick summary of insights, questions, and resources. A simple audience survey to learn: How is your target audience using their mobile phones? Certainly, these and other questions would be a good start for a survey. Is mobile on your organization’s radar for 2011?

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AFP Blog

JULY 18, 2011

Engagement Focus of Mobile Technology | eJewish Philanthropy: Your Jewish Philanthropy Resource : "Fewer nonprofits are using text-to-give fundraising technology, while more are turning to mobile web-based media, with constituent-engagement emerging as the main motivation for nonprofits to launch mobile programs, a new report says.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. 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). Would love to hear your thoughts.

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Care2

MAY 18, 2012

Of the different trend-spotting resources, few are as important and authoritative as the "donorCentrics Index of National Fundraising Performance" published quarterly by Target Analytics, a division of Blackbaud. Overall revenue from nonprofits in Target's index declined again in 2011. The full report is here. More key findings.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 1, 2012

Nonprofits Challenged with Integrating Email, Growing, and Retaining Email Marketing Contact Lists, According to Sage Survey : Quarterly Survey Looked at North American Nonprofits’ Email Marketing Goals and Objectives AUSTIN, TX (March 1, 2012)—Sage North America today announced the results of its Sage Nonprofit Insights, Q4 2011, survey of U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 6, 2012

Thanks to you, we received a record 4,607 responses nationwide to our 2012 State of the Sector Survey, more than doubling responses from last year. In 2011, 85% of respondents reported an increase in demand. Although many organizations depend on this funding to make ends meet, these resources are in steady decline.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 25, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, March 25, 2011 Research Friday Guest Post: "State of the Sector 2011: All quiet on the nonprofit front" posted by Angela Francis , Senior Associate Nonprofit Finance Fund Welcome to Research Friday ! The survey primarily says no : 23% of national respondents were comfortable talking about their working capital needs.

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NTEN

MAY 2, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report found that 30% of Master Fundraisers – those that brought in more than $100,000 – were small organizations and a further 8% were medium-sized. You'll: Learn key trends in nonprofits' use of social media and how they're resourcing it. Discover three year trends and changes from 2010.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2012

Earlier this year, Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) received 4,600 responses to our annual 2012 State of the Sector Survey. This week’s installment of Research Friday looks at what the survey results tell us about nonprofit board engagement in tough times. So what happened in 2011, and what are respondents planning for 2012?

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Many volunteer managers cite recruitment as their greatest challenge; however, Brudney and Meijs (2009) contend that “the preoccupation with recruitment distracts attention and resources from the management and retention of volunteers” (p. It ain’t natural: Toward a new (natural) resource conceptualization for volunteer management.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2012

This past fall GrantStation and PhilanTech conducted the third semi-annual informal survey of nonprofits, The State of Grantseeking Fall 2011. Between mid-August and early October 2011, 928 nonprofits of various sizes, in different geographies, representing diverse issue areas completed the survey online.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 5, 2020

Raymond Flandez writes that “ of the 61 [major] institutions they surveyed, 17 percent of fundraisers were members of minority groups. Yuha Jung writes of this saying, “According to the most recent United States Census (2011), at least one-third of the American population is comprised of racial minorities.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. 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). There's a lot to dig into here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2011

On November 16, 2011, more than $13.4 Here is the breakdown of where our unique visits came from: We earned 202 new likes on our Facebook page on November 16, 2011 and increased our fans by 1,263 since Give to the Max Day 2010. And every year, the good folks in Minnesota share their results and lessons learned.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Recently, I've been thinking about the launch of NTEN's newest resource: NTEN:Change, A Quarterly Journal for Nonprofit Leaders. With support from Google, we were able to launch this new resource and provide it for free to the nonprofit community: [link] But What’s New About This Publication?

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Recent research findings by Christopher Einolf and Susan Chambre (2011) provided empirical evidence of the strong influence of both formal and informal social networks on volunteering. These challenging questions were addressed by the 2010 Arizona Health Survey sponsored by the St. As part of a. Luke’s Health Initiative. Einolf, C.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 30, 2017

According to a study conducted in 2011, 86 percent of nonprofit board members are Caucasian (Schwartz, Weinberg, Hagenbuch, & Scott, 2011). First, however, the board, management, and human resource teams need to reach an agreement on how the organization will proceed to create their version of such a workplace. Schwartz, R.,

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 14, 2012

In April of 2011, a story broke regarding The Central Asia Institute, a nonprofit organization. Thankfully, a recent survey conducted by BoardSource in 2012 shows signs of increased governance among nonprofits 2. Resources to create these documents and policies are available through many sources. Sources: 1. 3 October 2012.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

In a recent survey of nonprofit organizations in the United States, we learned more about where these types of nonprofits get their funding and where they find challenges to meeting the needs of their communities. of survey participants cited in the State of Grantseeking 2011 (published in November 2011 by GrantStation and PhilanTech).

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