Amy Sample Ward

MAY 11, 2012

But a lot of what nonprofit folks do is similarly performance-oriented: every time you present on a panel at a conference, every time you pitch a prospective donor or funder, every time you talk to a reporter. You prepare (or not), and then you perform well (or not).

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Care2

FEBRUARY 14, 2015

This is a key principle in the book Amy Sample Ward of NTEN and I wrote about in our book Social Change Anytime Everywhere. 5) Broadcast Networks - These focus on media outlets and famous people. Your nonprofit also serves as a support network for your advocates, volunteers, and donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2016

But in the wake of last week’s technology meltdown during Give Local America — a May 3 campaign that affected some 13,000 nonprofits in more than 50 places — community foundations, nonprofits, and donors are suddenly feeling uneasy about the future of giving days. Last year, Give Local America raised $68.5 But not this year. In Columbia, S.C.,

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

They politely reply to tweets, express appreciation to donors, respond as quickly as possible to customer support issues, and generally try to add value to their network. "When most businesses and non-profits start using social media, they start with “small talk&# with their communities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

At first glance, it may seem impossible to recreate some of these types of events in a virtual format, but with a little creativity and the right fundraising event tools, you might be surprised at the high-quality experiences you can offer for your donors virtually. As an added benefit these types of classes are often easy to broadcast live.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

By Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN. Twitter should be used for cultivation, not broadcasting. Focused engagement, with direct messages, replies, and retweets required a different process and purpose than broadcast messages. Epic Change is no different. Stacey uses it for one-to-one personal connections.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. This session focuses on Millennial Donors, with Angela White from JGA presenting. What did they find out in the Millennial Donor Report? Last year, we did research on Millennial donors and it spurred us to do it again.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2009

What follows is my story and my video as a sample of the benefits to me as the volunteer, and also the benefits to my chosen nonprofit. Think how many of your future donors are broadcasting themselves. have a hard time seeing the downside, since people are broadcasting anyway.] Got great examples of volunteer videos?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond the webinars, we are also a provider of donor management software. And this will happen if you have a WhatsApp channel with different, you know, with different partners, donors, whatever that sometimes for some people it’s okay to text you at 9:00 p.m. We love doing them.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 21, 2020

Even if you haven’t hosted an auction in the past, you can still use your prior fundraising and donor data to inform your online auction strategy. What’s your average donor retention from one campaign or event to the next? What can your average donors afford to bid on? Broadcast your auction far and wide for maximum impact.

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