Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Internet Director. Web Producer. Online Campaigner.

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.orgSource

MAY 14, 2024

To— Kevin Ordonez, President and Managing Director,orgSource, and I at the ColLAB. Leverage technology to break new ground and set new benchmarks for what your organization can achieve. The following ideas are a sample of the talking points. Here’s a brief explanation of each of the HEART values.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

Here are a few: The blog at the Nonprofit Times, called “Don’t Tell the Donor&# has a very interesting entry on the flurry of benchmarking studies that came out recently. It’s titled “ Benchmarking With a Warped Stick.&# It takes aim at Convio’s recent benchmarking study. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Today, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward shared this fabulous video on Facebook. I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

The event also featured two keynotes, one from Afua Bruce and Amy Sample Ward, co-authors of “The Tech That Comes Next: How Changemakers, Philanthropists, and Technologists Can Build an Equitable World”; and a second by Lisa Mae Brunson, CEO of Wonder Woman Tech. How to Register: Registration for 2024 is not yet open.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

posted by Abby Elsener Assistant Director of Development, ASU Foundation. Despite this small sample size and lack of evidence for success, the concept has captivated politicians and Wall Street alike. Social impact bonds (SIBs), also known as pay for success programs, are not actually bonds. Retrieved September 22, 2016, from: [link].

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2009

M+R Strategic Services released the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study ( with NTEN ) last week, and Allyson Kapin wrote up some top take-aways. Our friends at TechSoup Global are getting ready for N2Y4, and Amy Sample Ward announced the opportunity to become a N2Y4 Project Champion and get a free ticket to the event. Thanks, Peter!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

The Internet, especially the mobile web, encourages rapid, distracted sampling of small bits of information from many sources. We had two super-short video veterans presenting at our webinar: Aaron Bramley is a filmmaker and the co-founder and interim executive director of Lights. Benchmarks for nonprofit video and guide for creators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

You know those bags tattooed with the sponsors' logos and filled with stickers, t-shirts, coupons, samples, and other goodies. There was an emphasis on finding consistent or standardized quantitative benchmarks. Ann Wizer, XSProject Founder. What's a conference without schwag ? Measurement is the major theme as the sector grows up.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Dennis McCarthy gave us a sneak peak of the 2013 online benchmark report last year , who will make an appearance this year? Just be sure to join NTEN CEO Amy Sample Ward and Membership Director Megan Keane for a webinar on February 26 to learn how to get the most from your first NTC experience! The Breakout Sessions.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

To get the details behind their successes, we spoke to Melissa Benjamin, Fiver’s Director of Development. Provide them with graphics, sample posts, press releases, email templates and more. The 2021 M+R Benchmarks report saw an increase in fundraising email response rates. Excert from Fiver’s Toolkit.

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sgEngage

MAY 17, 2021

CASE has contributed to the dialog through a number of resources available to our members from our recent Currents cover story, “ Reckoning with the Past ,” to our extensive library collections of subject guides and samples related to renaming, how to talk about race, and other critical topics. The full picture is what is most helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Return on Investment is what many executive directors may be thinking when social media strategy comes up. I've been doing the ROI analysis openly on my blog for the past two years and the presentation uses a slightly more refined version of this benchmarking process. Benchmark studies. They want to know: How much will it cost?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

Letter from your Executive Director or Board chair. ” Measuring success While there may be some national benchmarks for some of these numbers, the smartest thing you can do is measure against yourself. While there may be some national benchmarks for some of these numbers, the smartest thing you can do is measure against yourself.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Using past campaigns as a benchmark, we set our goal at $50,000. It’s nearly impossible to successfully fundraise for a cause you don’t fully believe in, so we brought in Molly McHugh, Grassroot Soccer’s Communications Director. First, we thought it was crucial for our employees to understand more about Grassroot Soccer. Get social!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So the program director, their resume. So, if you’re going to have an overarching goal, such as improve health or improve the stability of families or anything that’s not considered a SMART criteria, you should be following up with objectives that state, “These are the benchmarks to know that we were successful.”

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

I am a former development and marketing director. My trusted sources, if you want to do a little bit more research anytime I cite a statistic, it’s always going to be from Pew Internet, M+R Benchmarks, Global Trends In Giving. But 20% promotion, this is kind of a good benchmark, a good rule of thumb for you.

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