Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Date : June 6, 2011, 10:30 am – 12 pm. media strategy building, online engagement, and even how do get started. Location : Toronto, ON, Canada. Topic : Social Media Success in 30 Minutes Per Day. Description : The world of social media expands every day, supporting all those arguments. it seems there’s so much to learn first.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 1, 2023

IBM, makers of the chatbot Watson, describes the strategy like this: “Conversational marketing is a form of interactive marketing that engages consumers in dialogue-driven, personalized experiences at a one-to-one level, enabling brands to listen and gain unique customer insights while also providing value to the user.”

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011. We hope that nonprofits will find this trend(y) report handy in planning their technology strategies for the New Year! 93% of our respondents plan on using email marketing in 2011.

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NetWits

MAY 15, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Fundraising Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. The largest online gift received in 2011 was $260,000 – more than two-and-a-half times 2010′s largest gift.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2012

3) 2012 Funding Mobile Strategies for Social Impact: The Future is Now :: Download. 4) 2011 Online Giving Report :: Download. 5) 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report :: Download. 5) 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report :: Download. Published by Convio.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

2) Giving USA 2012: Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2011 :: Download. 6) 2012 Funding Mobile Strategies for Social Impact: The Future is Now :: Download. 7) 2011 Online Giving Report :: Download. 8) 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report :: Download. Published by NTEN.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Note from Beth: Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating two workshops on becoming a Networked Nonprofit: Effective Social Strategy for nonprofits in Santa Barbara hosted by the Fund for Santa Barbara. A must for any organization of any size.” – Erin Fogg, 2011. Photo by Gary Clark. You can download it here. Great idea!

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NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2011

Review how your efforts, dollars and strategy are spent They say it's hard to see the forest for the trees. Formally assign someone the job -- even if it's just part of their job -- of creating a strategy for how the org will change its processes, staff structure, service delivery, and budget to leverage technology in mission delivery.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2013

3) Giving USA 2012: Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2011 :: Download. 8) 2012 Funding Mobile Strategies for Social Impact: The Future is Now :: Download. 8) 2011 Online Giving Report :: Download. 9) 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report :: Download. Published by NTEN.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 26, 2022

Stakeholders are more likely to participate in collaboration initiatives when they are involved with the drafting of the strategy, and higher participation rates lead to thriving programs. Be strategic: involve stakeholders in the participation plan from the beginning. Seek diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 8, 2011

This week we welcome Marla Cornelius, co-author of Daring to Lead 2011: A National Study of Nonprofit Executive Leadership. If you're interested in learning more, this topic will be explored in more depth in the upcoming Daring to Lead 2011 brief: Inside the Executive Director Job , which you can find on the Daring to Lead website next month.

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NetWits

JULY 9, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Our report recommends implementing a solid retention strategy to turn one-time donors into repetitive donors. Ask Carefully.

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NetWits

JANUARY 14, 2011

Jeremiah Owyang, an industry analyst with digital strategy consulting firm Altimeter Group , interviewed 140 enterprise-class social strategists for a report on the “ Career Path of the Corporate Social Strategist ”. Do you plan on increasing your budget for social media efforts in 2011? What’s your 2011 social media budget?

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Wild Apricot

JULY 20, 2011

This month's round-up of free non-profit webinars includes 32 webinars on topics such as: fundraising, volunteer engagement, multi-generational board development, grant-seeking, e-strategy development, LinkedIn and much more.( read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2013

The second year in 2011, we did two sets of peer groups using workshops, action learning projects, and micro grants to encourage experimentation. Staff members from theatre and arts service organizations met in San Francisco offices to undergo instructor-level training in strategy and tactical digital and social media.

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NetWits

MAY 17, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Fundraising Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. While it does not yet amount to the bulk of fundraising for most nonprofits, online giving grew by 13 percent from 2010 to 2011.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2011

Some of the past chats have discussed strategy, philosophy, and best practices, but this time we were all excited to share our tips and tricks for measurement, goal-setting, and specific tools to help us do it all! The April Community Builder chat zeroed in on data and tools. Get the full archive here!

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Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

A recent survey on Technology Trends for Nonprofits suggests that, compared to email and social media engagement strategies, nonprofits have a long way to go to tap into the fast-growing mobile audience.( read more ).

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 28, 2011

This month, we've found 20 free webinars on topics such as: fundraising, grant writing, social media strategies, volunteer management, video tips for non-profits and much more. Here is our monthly round-up of free webinars for non-profits for the month of April. read more ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2013

3) Giving USA 2012: Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2011 :: Download. 9) 2012 Funding Mobile Strategies for Social Impact: The Future is Now :: Download. 11) 2011 Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey :: Download. 2) 2011 Nonprofit e-Business in Australia Report :: Download.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Today, at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, I had a ton of fun leading a session and discussion around making the most of social media in just 30 minutes a day. 5 Steps to a Successful Social Media Strategy. Here are the slides from the session and links to get you started: Social Media in 30 Minutes a Day.

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NetWits

APRIL 12, 2011

Petri Darby is the Director of Brand Marketing & Digital Strategy at Make-A-Wish Foundation of America. I had a chance to spend time with Petri at SXSW this year where we talked about how Make-a-Wish Foundation of American is using social media as part of their digital strategy. He blogs at darbyDARNIT.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2011

During the 2011 NTC, that rose to 15%. We clearly need to think about our mobile strategy. So far this year, mobile traffic has made up about 3.5% of the traffic to NTEN.org. SmartOnline has a new white paper, " A Mobile World: how your supporters are using their Smartphones and why you should care ".

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

What are the best strategies for when your client/manager/boss doesn’t understand social media, or you have a different opinion about how to use it? Not a small feat. from @vrhinesmith. Question 2: How do we lower the barriers to entry for participation in our (our = whatever your community is) community? from Anna McDonnell.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Given that nonprofits must operate in a wide variety of complex environments, they must work diligently to continuously create innovate strategies to meet the needs and expectations of their diverse stakeholder populations (Benjamin, 2012). Ethics,” 2017). Individual donations account for 72 percent or $281.86 The answer is clear.

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NetWits

APRIL 10, 2011

Heading in to 2011 most nonprofits (92%), regardless of organization size are using at least one social network like Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn and close to nine out of ten nonprofits (89%) have a presence on Facebook – up from 74% in 2009. By comparison only 70% of small businesses use Facebook as part of their online strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

I asked fans on Facebook, “Does your organization use an editorial calendar and “editorial meetings” to get ideas and manage content for a content strategy?” These meetings in addition to other check ins and end of year planning all comes together to plot out our themes and strategy. My answer: Yes!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

I’m at the Innogive 2011 Conference today. Here’s the description: Where and how do mobile and social strategy intersect. We discussed nonprofit readiness for integrating a mobile strategy. Nonprofits need two things: engagement strategy and to think differently about content.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

While all nonprofits recognize the value of cultivating donors over the long-term, they feel an incredible amount of pressure to implement short-term strategies that will raise money today. Between 2006 and 2011 donor retention rates decreased about 10%. What are your favorite strategies to retain donors?

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NetWits

JANUARY 13, 2011

So, how are you thinking about your online fundraising strategy? Are you doing anything differently or adding anything new in 2011? I’m not sure what 2010 looks like yet, but based on the growth we’ve seen since 1997 (as shown below) it’s pretty safe to say that 2010 online giving numbers went up.

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NTEN

MARCH 4, 2011

CiviCRM Training Details: Date: March 16 - 17, 2011 Location: Pew DC Conference Center, 901 E St. Penguin Day DC 2011 is organized by Aspiration and PICnet. There's plenty on the calendar but we want to be sure that a few special events make it to your calendars, too: Innogive, CiviCRM Training, and Penguin Day.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2014

2) 2011 Nonprofit e-Business in Australia Report :: Download. Written on the premise that all communications and fundraising are now mobile and social, Mobile for Good is a step-by-step how-to guide for writing, implementing, and maintaining a mobile and social fundraising strategy for your nonprofit. . Wirth Consulting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Note from Beth: I’ve been looking for good examples of nonprofit mobile strategies. I wanted to find out more about how Seafood Watch integrates its mobile strategy across its communications channel, including social media. mIs the app the only component of your mobile strategy? What is different?mIs

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference will sell out shortly. However you join us, we'll do our best to make sure you get the actionable strategies you need to create the change you want to see in the world. So, if you've been putting off that registration, don't wait much longer.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 31, 2016

Businesses spent an estimated $12 billion in leadership development in 2011. From a funding standpoint, foundation support for leadership development was less than 1 percent of overall giving from 1992 to 2011 (Hirschfield, 2014). Leadership development needs to embedded in strategy and taken on with a high level of commitment.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2012

3) 2012 Funding Mobile Strategies for Social Impact: The Future is Now :: Download. 4) 2011 Online Giving Report :: Download. 5) 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report :: Download. 5) 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report :: Download. Published by Convio.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Date : November 9, 2011, 3 pm EST. Location : Online. Topic : Strong Connections: Linking your strategy, to goals, to data. Description : When it comes to social media, email marketing, or even online engagement in general, we often have a feeling when things are going well or when they aren’t.

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