Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 9, 2009

How Technology is Redefining How We Connect | Psychology Today - An interesting read - focusing on the need to incorporate offline interaction in relationships. How does your organization encourage your online supporters/friends/fans to take action offline, together, or to meet with your organization?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2013

While beautiful charity galas and creative offline campaigns still gather support for nonprofits’ causes, they slowly slip away from donors’ focus. Online fundraising platforms – an easy way to get help for both monetary support and for spreading your cause on a network to gain supporters.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

This session will explore peer-to-peer fundraising and how to turn constituents into ambassadors for your cause. Charity Dynamics’ Donna Wilkins will help you beef up your event communication. Join us and get new ideas for connecting Facebook®, Twitter®, YouTube®, email and more. Tired of the same old fundraising routines?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2009

Flickr Photo by DaveFishernc Charity Balls, Dinner Dances, Black Tie Charity Events, and other parties where people donate money to a charity to have fun together are nothing new. From an article in the New York Times dated April, 1896 about the Hackensack Hospital's Charity Ball) . Charity Ball 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

They build up an online and offline community, create great projects, and then ask the community to fund them through donations. Giving days are 24-hour online fundraising competitions that combine gamification and deep social interaction to bring communities together for local causes. million for Minnesota charities in just 24 hours.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I wrote a reflection on an article in CNET called " Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0 " based on an interview with Toby Daniels of Think Social and Scott Harrison of charity:water. One quote from the article related to Cause fatigue caught my eye. "If Photo by Thomas Hawk.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

nfpSynergy, a leading nonprofit sector think-tank and research consultancy in the UK, “tracks a representative sample of over 1000 11-25 year olds throughout mainland Britain twice-yearly, gaining insights into their views and habits, both social and charity-related” in its Youth Engagement Monitor. The Research. What It Means.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

Last month, I presented at the NCVO Foresight seminar: Changing ICT – what does it mean for your charity with a focus on the future of online revenue generation for nonprofit organizations. That’s not exactly the way business normally goes down offline. And it has real impact on the way organizations fundraise.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

Donation pages also come with social media tools built in for sharing across Twitter, Facebook, and more. You can also accept offline donations via a manual donation page. Donors Fundraising Online Fundraising cloud causes cloud computing community' Personal and Team Fundraising. Case Studies.

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NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

How can nonprofits use game elements to promote their cause? Even if your cause doesn't require that level of interaction, here are some other ideas for games to think about: Trivia and quizzes to educate your audience about your cause. Personality quizzes that help educate people about your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

I've been on Twitter since almost the beginning and have watched charitable giving and fundraising go from the edge to mainstream. Twitter is establishing itself as a charitable giving and cause marketing channel. . We're now seeing the concept of a Twitter "Tweet-a-thon" evolve. Each tweet raises 10 cents for CARE.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Some people are beginning to use twitter for adverts…and doing ‘paid tweets’ Is this going against the whole ethos of SM and especially Twitter, when authenticity is the key?” The difference with using social media for fundraising is that your organization may not even be involved anymore, the way it was offline.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

The event blended virtual video speaker conferencing; online presentation and video; and live audience chatting and social networking, including conversation on Twitter using the #NPLive hashtag. Once registered, nonprofits can create a custom, branded cause platform for their online fundraising complete with video and photo functionality.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Last week, I wrote about Twestival , the most recent example of fundraising on Twitter and a networked fundraiser of a scale we haven't seen before. I titled the post " Look Out Here Comes Everybody To Raise Money for charity:water on Twitter " with a wink to Clay Shirky's work. Says Ben, "We knew each other on Twitter."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I used this an opportunity to reflect on my experience as a free agent over the years and while the tools have changed, the principles effectively using social media to fundraising for a cause have not. And while the small nonprofit, The Sharing Foundation , benefited from the prize money, there were also other benefits.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 14, 2017

Have charities been able to learn from e-commerce sites like Amazon and Zappos to improve their online donor journey? For a children’s charity, HMA found that 73% of online donations were received from donors who already existed in the direct mail program. The latest figures from the Blackbaud Index for Canadian giving and U.S.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Their Causes page garnered over $94,000 from 6,268 members in 50 days. How did they do it?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Their Causes page garnered over $94,000 from 6,268 members in 50 days. How did they do it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Charities outside the US can set up a profile. To generate a robust profile, your organization should be able to plug in existing social media presences (Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, Blog RSS Feed, Etc) so it seems to favor organizations that have already established a social media content strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

If you have been following me on Twitter, Facebook, this blog or other social media channels, you know that my father passed away several weeks ago. 8% of donors were “weak ties” or people that I know online only who may read my blog, follow me on Twitter or Facebook. Only a small percentage 2% had met my Dad.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2009

Photo emailed from Cambodia by Elephant, Sharing Foundation 's in-country director In this post, I share some learnings as a free agent fundraise r (an individual who uses personal fundraising to raise money for a charity) who is leveraging their personal network to support a nonprofit's programs that help children in need.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

The landscape has changed dramatically for the nonprofit, charity, and voluntary sector in the UK and I heard people across the country raise the question many times and with many different intentions, asking if there were simply “too many” organizations. Cause-First. 350ppm was the rallying point and as such remains so today.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Encourage your offline members to donate online so you can capture their email addresses.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. Cause Layouts :: causelayouts.com. A must-download for nonprofit Twitterers! What’s unique and useful about it is that it can be configured to integrate with your Twitter and Facebook accounts. It is a must download!

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

That’s why we’ve taken the guesswork out of the equation by curating only the best strategic marketing resources for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, and Pinterest. What’s more we’ve had our eye on a few nonprofits who are not only doing a great job at promoting themselves, but also their cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. How do you balance online action with offline engagement? Will new "online" groups drive their predecessors to extinction? Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

For news and happenings from the live event, feel free to follow me at @jordanv on Twitter). And for all you people using Four Square , it's also one of the official Check-in for Charity locations (hint: new badge anyone?). The Beacon: Lounge with a Conscience!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Submitted by Brian Reich, publisher of Thinking About Media I have been critical of Facebook Causes, almost from the day it emerged onto the scene. Facebook Causes followed the same path. But its not just Facebook Causes. The Facebook Causes platform doesn’t change that. The fundraising results have been underwhelming.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

It might be a little tight because we’ve got a lot of good stuff to share with you, but ask questions anyway because we might be able to get to your question offline as well. And you can also send us a tweet, I’ll keep an eye on Twitter. That’s the number one reason people don’t give to charity period.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. How do you balance online action with offline engagement? Will new "online" groups drive their predecessors to extinction? Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People!

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Both are exhausting and a turn-off when it comes to making a donation to a charity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2009

Last August, I saw the impact of Twitter's velocity first-hand with a fundraising experiment. As Lucy Bernholz noted, this might be one more example that fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. Or donating to a cause during a presentation or speech that motivated the giver?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Tis the Season for Charity Gift Cards Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 9th, 2010 The Los Angeles Times had an article the other day called “Causes offers gift cards for charitable giving.&# Will it work? Absolutely.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. How do you balance online action with offline engagement? Will new "online" groups drive their predecessors to extinction? Submitted by Ted Fickes. Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People!

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

But with so many elements to modern fundraising—both online and offline—it can be tough to keep up. Not only will you be less likely to experience a shock revenue loss if you lose a major donor, but small donors who give regularly are demonstrating real passion for your cause: All those “small” donations add up to a lot of support over time!

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Send us a tweet if you’re a Twitter type person, I’ll be looking at those as well. Initially said, “I have no interest in this cause.” The charity got a $2,500 check the following week without any ask. People want to know why they should be the person contributing to the cause.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I’ll keep an eye on Twitter. But, and here’s the key, cause me to feel something when you do that. Some of the folks that do a really great job of taking pictures in the field are the folks at Charity Water. So creatively causing your organization to have a system for your thanking. Lori: I do too.

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