Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

The report lays out some new metrics for movement building – that are paths to the more easily counted tangible results and where the unit of analysis is the movement or network, not an organization. Research and policy analysis. As the report points out, movement organizers are grappling with big questions. Alliance building.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2013

Sometimes I feel like there''s an encyclopedia of online advocacy, fundraising, and social media stuck in my head. They share best practices in online campaigning as well as concrete data and analysis from their A/B testing. Check out some of my favorite resources in the nonprofit space.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Earlier this month, Advocacy Online released an eCampaign Benchmarks study looking at the online campaign practices of international organizations. You can also read some analysis and take-aways from Allyson Kapin on the study, who pulls out the things nonprofits probably need to improve on. You can download it here. Nice work! .

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Divided into three sections, it began with a look at the importance of text messaging by Jessica Bosanko of M+R Strategic Services , then went to apps and tools, discussed by Shana Glickfield of the Beekeeper Group and then wrapped up nicely by Amy Sample Ward of NetSquared who discussed measurement; both what and how.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Great analysis of causes!

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Causes Facebook Social Media Advocacy 48

Care2

JULY 24, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Great analysis of causes!

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Causes Facebook Social Media Advocacy 48

NTEN

OCTOBER 16, 2009

If you're a communications strategy person for your organization, or, heck, even if you're just curious about how social media can impact advocacy discussions and movements, check out Amy Sample Ward 's recent article in the SSIR that provides thoughtful analysis and examples of HOW social media can work to create change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Here's the list: Amy Sample Ward, Building Blocks of Social Media. As you can see the words paint a picture of a traditional ROI analysis, with the emphasis on quantitative, measurable results. Does return always have to be represented in $, or if you're an advocacy group, couldn't we look at e-petition signatures, volunteers?

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 8, 2009

2009 Year-End Fundraising Guide – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – “Is your nonprofit sending out 8-10 online fundraising appeals this holiday season? The analysis is approached from a user’s perspective, and highlights the types of problems consumers frequently encounter with the service.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The 30 participating organizations in the report are members of the State Fiscal Analysis Initiative, a group of independent, nonprofits with a shared commitment to responsible budget and tax policies.

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Conversation Effective PDF Social Media 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Amy Sample Ward writes a blog about nonprofit technology and social media and is the community builder for Netsquared. is an online engagement strategist for World Resources Institutes and in her spare time writes a blog about using metrics for nonprofit web advocacy. Megan Keane blogs at TechSoup community site. Rachel Weidinger.

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Technology Companies Netsquared Social Media 75

Connection Cafe

JUNE 25, 2010

In the same way key performance indicators are outlined for website metrics, fundraising goals or advocacy efforts, define successful outcomes from social media and keep these top-of-mind while building a social presence and/or campaign. This makes measuring less overwhelming and analysis much more realistic. Measure actionable items.

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ROI Social Media Measure Metrics 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Network-Centric Advocacy blogs points to a new feature at Alex's Lemonade Stand called "From the Mail Bag." KM4Dev has a section devoted to Social Network Analysis process and tools. This post traces the evolution of social networking sites from the 80's to present time, although missing a few major early players.

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M+R

JANUARY 31, 2023

For our overall analysis, we included only one-time gifts — ongoing monthly revenue is not included in those numbers, and all gifts are in the months of November and December in order to include Giving Tuesday. This data includes a mix of organizations that work on topics ranging from international relief to health to environmental issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

As FrogLoop blog concludes in its recent analysis of MySpace, "Social networking sites are essentially a microcosm of the internet, and hosting a profile on either is akin to managing a website. Social Change Websites is an excellent directory of the best nonprofit, grassroots, and advocacy campaign websites devoted to social change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2012

I will be facilitating a panel discussion with: Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN. Data and information visualizations for advocacy, evaluation, social media, network analysis, operations, and more! Learn about the tools available that bring mobile, web and social together. Amy Gahran, CNN Journalist. Session Takeaways.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

That’s one question posed by a new study, Beyond The Cause: The Art and Science of Advocacy, and the conclusion is, well, inconclusive. It turns out that there just isn’t much consensus across the sector on this very basic – if difficult – question."

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Web ROI Bookmarking Tech 137

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Or maybe you’re really looking for larger scale, a change, right, systems-level policy advocacy change. What is the kind of market competitors’ analysis? . Madison was wondering your take on the SWOT analysis. It’s multiple stakeholders, maybe it’s cross-sector, public, private. Here are some good ones.

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