CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Together, we’ll unlock the potential of using your plan to thrive in changing circumstances. Take a look at your fundraising totals for the year so far, along with any changes in your organization’s budget that need to be accounted for. Evaluate your progress and determine whether you are on track to meet your targets.

Develop 76

Develop Fundraising Pledge Track 76

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2009

One person can change the world. We all get burnt out, whether we are dancing, canvassing, emailing or speaking for the changes we want to see happen. Empower the community : We can’t change the world completely alone. , some heartfelt dancing is exactly what the community needed and right when they needed it, too.

Change 169

Change Social Benchmark Metrics 169

NTEN

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Amy Sample Ward. While it''s daunting to try to condense this amazing year into a short list, I feel the following five highlights represent larger changes, opportunities, and discussions in the sector and in the world. 14ntc Community digital inclusion evaluation net neutrality women in tech'

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Review Sample Evaluation NTEN 93

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2021

It’s true that rigorous evaluation is critical, but right-sizing your evaluation is equally important. Sometimes, third-party evaluation, which includes rigorous study design and statistical analysis, is required to properly understand a program’s impact. How do I know I’m doing it right?

Integration 69

Integration Impact Practice Management 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2015

Evaluation. There are also some great practical tips , sample mentor/mentee agreement , and plan. And, of concern, of the younger professionals working the nonprofit sector survey, only 34% said they were committed to staying in the sector for the long haul. Trained mentors who can support on the job learning. Agreed upon plan.

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Develop People Change Mentoring 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

HP is giving away laptop and printer bundles as part of its HP’s Create Change program which is an example of " embedded giving." That's a buzz word coined by Lucy Bernholz to describe the common practice of building a philanthropic gift into another, unrelated, financial transaction. Amy Sample Ward. My Dirty Life & Times.

Social Media 95

Social Media Change Contest Widget 95

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

The good news is that the myth that you can’t make systemic change quickly is just that, a myth. You are in the business every day of figuring out how to have people engage, have fun, and build skills – change their behaviors through games. Have you considered using games to change expectations?

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Game Education Change Classroom 132

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Who: Speakers: Amy Sample Ward | Netsquared; Debra Askanase; Ivan Boothe. Traditional community organizing informs a successful online campaign and lays the groundwork for a sustainable, effective movement for social change. Workshop leaders will offer feedback and evaluation. When: 1:30 p.m.

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Campaign Community Online Organization 140

Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

What should you consider when evaluating eLearning consultants? If you’ve outgrown your current learning management system, a consultant can help you research solutions, evaluate them against your needs, and make a plan for implementing the new tech into your strategy. What Should You Consider When Evaluating eLearning Consultants?

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eLearning Consultant Guide Associations 69

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

, made me think again about the open-ended topic Ashoka posed in it’s “Blog your way to Hyderabad&# competition announcement: the interconnection between technology, invention and social change. Invention, Technology and Social Change: What’s driving you? There are so many examples we could include.

Change 108

Change Technology India Social 108

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

From navigating donor data to finding the most effective ways to communicate, AI for fundraising can be applied to many aspects of your organization to help lift some of the burden of changing the world. It can also evaluate your campaigns and programs to find the most successful strategies for you to use to fundraise more efficiently.

Fundraising 97

Fundraising Nonprofit Analysis Donor 97

NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

NTEN's Amy Sample Ward shares from her experiences at the Games for Change Festival. The good news is that the myth that you can't make systemic change quickly is just that, a myth. You are in the business every day of figuring out how to have people engage, have fun, and build skills - change their behaviors through games.

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Game Education Change Classroom 60

CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

It’s a time to focus on evaluating what fundraising approaches from 2020 worked and be honest about what didn’t pan out as planned. The downloadable spreadsheet includes a sample, along with a blank template for you to use for your own plan. There are some easy ways to increase giving that could be as simple as changing a button!

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Calendar Template Guide Fundraising 98

Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

You change more lives. You may feel compelled NOT to self-audit them out of fear you will find too many things you want to change or that aren’t working. What changes could you make to grow these numbers? Whatever tool you use should provide you with some metrics to evaluate your results each time you hit “send.”.

Marketing 69

Marketing Guide Metrics Nonprofit 69

Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

Every quarter, FEP provides a new set of updates on key performance indicators like new donor acquisition rate or changes in fundraising trends and patterns. Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) The Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) is the industry standard for donor retention stats and other related donor engagement metrics.

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Hype Research Marketing Benchmark 52

Global Giving

MARCH 7, 2019

To make things even trickier, it might be easy to assume that a change like this would naturally improve conversion rates, but we couldn’t find many other examples of other organizations who tried something similar and saw a positive result. We ran our test from late October 2018 through late January 2019. Make It Yours.

Learning 52

Learning Test Sample India 52

Double the Donation

AUGUST 21, 2021

Getting participants to sign up to fundraise for your organization (and providing them with basic details, sample emails, and suggestions about how to raise funds from their family and friends) is just the beginning. Be sure to periodically re-evaluate your software platform to ensure it’s still meeting your needs.

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Results Fundraising Software Raise 87

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2013

The new book I co-authored with Allyson Kapin, Social Change Anytime Everywhere , looks at the way nonprofit organizations can use multichannel strategies for advocacy, fundraising, and community building. You can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog or below. —–.

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Business People Podcast Broadcast 241

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

Evaluate your goals and objectives, as an organization. Hildy Gottlieb’s Pollyanna Principles are a great place to start if you want to learn more about how you can evaluate and identify your organizational goals (and larger view) in a way to successfully design projects, programs and even partnerships for real impact.

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Social Media Strategy Media Social 190

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Today, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward shared this fabulous video on Facebook. Measuring Networked Nonprofits: Using Data for Social Change is the topic of the book I’m co-authoring with KD Paine. Conversion, as measured in dollars and cents, as a means to evaluate and justify the time spent on social media.

Results 95

Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

An intern working on a master’s degree in public health conducted the evaluation, so costs for the study were minimal. The results are undeniable: the gardens do change lives,” said Nick Henry, director of the Community Food Resource Center at the food bank. Looking to build a culture of evaluation within your organization?

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Tucson Student Arizona Evaluation 40

Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2016

Tech Training for Nonprofit and Library Staff 101 gives you access to short how-tos, microlearning videos, online resources, live events featuring training experts, training plan samples, and more on TechSoup's new learning management system (LMS). Introduce you to how to manage technology change in your organization.

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Library Training Train Online 36

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

The needs and goals of the larger community are listened to by someone or a group of people and they create opportunities for action, service, and change. From listening, to creating to evaluating and then back to the listening again so that you can modify and then evaluate, and so on. View more documents from Amy Sample Ward.

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Case Study Community Impact Studies 117

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

And then the community changes, there’s an opportunity for the institution and the service to change or not to change. When it comes to innovation in civil society, there is nothing that can match the speed and ingenuity of communities that come together to make a change, develop a tool, or feed a need.

Community 167

Community Library Model Adopt 167

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2012

I love to see projects that are focused on measuring and evaluating data about their work and progress. ” I’m really encouraged about the potential to make life-saving and life-changing impact around the world when I see this kind of commitment from an organization, not just a philanthropic organization. Read More.

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Data Map Broadcast Project 241

Care2

APRIL 13, 2010

For example during the Super Heroes of Online Fundraising, Dijulio discussed the importance of creating a data template for how your organization will evaluate results before you conduct a test. It’s also important to ensure sample sizes will give statistically significant results. Avi Kaplan: Epic Change Design Matters!

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Conference Sample Technology NTC 61

Care2

APRIL 18, 2014

In the book Social Change Anytime Everywhere , that I co-wrote with Amy Sample Ward of NTEN, we disucss the pyschology of fundraising. This steady growth of peer-to-peer fundraising is a good sign for nonprofits, and Blackbaud asks you to consider a few insights to really evaluate the giving within your own organization.

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Studies Money Raise Charity 72

Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Not surprisingly, the pandemic caused many consumers to change the way they shop, including shifting to ecommerce channels. Per the Loyalty Barometer, 57% of consumers indicated that they did not change brands due to the events of 2020. Loyalty can sustain brands through disruption. Establish clear success metrics.

Donor 141

Donor Strategy Retention Relationship 141

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Here is a partial list of what we’ve completed as part of this review: Program evaluation based on a sample of 169 OE grants closed in 2007-2009, conducted by TCC Group (2011). Over the next month, we’d welcome your input on our thoughts, what we are proposing to change or add, and what we plan to keep.

Effective 96

Effective Program Work Review 96

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 18, 2010

If we are after impact, we have to reevaluate the way we approach evaluation! We can’t make change without community, whether locally or globally. As I explained above with the example of MLK, Jr.’s ’s focus on community, the idea of ROI doesn’t make sense. Then or now. You can go on and on. What do you think?

Community 179

Community ROI Facebook Evaluation 179

Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2014

The Proof is in the Program Evaluation: Applying the Idealware Program Evaluation Pyramid [#14NTCprogeval]. Key Takeaways: How to gather data to evaluate your programs and show funders how you’re meeting your outcomes. Hosted by: Allyson Kapin, Sheila Katz, and Amy Sample Ward. When: Thursday, March 13, 1:30-3PM.

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Time Evaluation Social Media Blackbaud 41

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Another great example is Epic Change. There have to be other criteria for defining and evaluating innovation. For many project teams I’ve worked with, having an endorsement actually took them further than having a chunk of change. Philanthropy has been able to move into the real time web, too. We can’t only invest in new.

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Philanthropy Social Media Media Social 244

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 12, 2010

The basic idea: The Gardener creates an ecosystem open to change, available to new groups, and full of fresh opportunities to emerge naturally. —— Last year I used the metaphor of “ gardening vs landscaping &# to outline some of the key attributes I believe make for successful community building, on or offline.

Build 143

Build Community Ning Offline 143

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

Semphonic Web Analytics Consulting: The X Change Non-Profit Analytics Challenge – "The Non-Profit Analytics Challenge is a rare opportunity for the brightest analysts in the digital measurement field to collaborate & assist non-profit organizations to optimize their websites.

Hunger 120

Hunger Web America Case Study 120

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Whether you were here in Toronto or not, I’d love to hear your ideas, feedback, and goals for change! View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. We need to let go of the idea that we are serving our constituents, and recognize the ways we could be working together to change their lives, their neighborhoods, and beyond.

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Build Community Technology Action 220

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2018

We were joined by a great group of panelists from across the sector: Amy Sample Ward, CEO, Nonprofit Technology Network. Innovation doesn’t have to mean a big, organization-wide change. Evaluate risks with information. Cheryl Contee, CEO, Fission Strategy, Sausalito, CA. It can be the small, everyday solutions.

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Culture Blackbaud Philanthropy Sample 30

Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

Changing the location can really spark creativity and mix up the energy of the group. Just remember that people are creatures of habit, and if you change the location, you’ll probably need extra reminders for those who don’t pay attention to detail or didn’t see the email or missed the last meeting. Meet at different locations.

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Fun Product Law Nonprofit 98