Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

This post originally appeared on the NTEN blog – you can also read the full post and join the conversation on the NTEN.org website. —– I love data as much as the next person. Give me an interactive map, a pivot table, even a plain old pie chart and I’m happy. Is data helpful if you aren’t using it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

This finding is also different from another study that looked at how nonprofits were using data conducted by NTEN and Idealware, that found that while many nonprofits were collecting data, they were not using it for decision-making and improvement. The sample in the NTEN/Idealware study is larger and broader than the CEP study.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

and provided the two possible responses of “friends&# or “data&# – I used the question style where respondents had to pick one answer or the other exclusively. And once all 100 responses were gathered, I took a look at all the data. First, overall: And when you click on “What does this chart mean?&#

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

That sounds like the title of a report that NTEN might produce that surveys the technology landscape and nonprofit usage and provides an overview of what technologies nonprofits should be looking at in the next 1-5 years. It also has benefits to students themselves who can use the data to customize their participation in the class.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2014

Last week I met some rock stars of the data visualization world (yes, it’s true, there is such a world) at the Data Visualization Knowledge Summit hosted by Periscopic in Portland. These folks call it “data exploration.” And no matter how much experience you have, the data will almost always yield something you didn’t expect.

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NTEN

MAY 11, 2011

By Andy Krackov, Assistant Vice President, Programs & Partnerships, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health At the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, we publish data on children's health and well being in California through our own www.kidsdata.org website. The same surely applies to most nonprofits.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2012

In this 2-part series, I'm going to focus on the rapidly changing world of interactive tools for data visualization, or dataviz. Recently, many exciting HTML/CSS/Javascript-based data visualization tools have emerged.

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2012

Welcome back for the second part of my series on interactive data visualization (dataviz) tools. In part one , we covered three cool tools for visualizing charts and graphs and many other data types on a webpage.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

The data says we should move on. Two recent reports share data about the actual role celebrity connection plays in nonprofit fundraising and both say the same thing: forget celebrities. But, on the top of the chart: a compelling cause. The celebrity involvement was part of the branding, not part of the winning solution.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

By Kurt Voelker, CTO, Forum One Data is the new black. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs. One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. And for good reason.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2010

That's one of the reasons you soak up all NTEN has to offer about technology and engagement. Chart 1 below shows that the next generation of donors, Gen X and Boomers are truly multi-channel. As you can see in chart 2, that's a lot of channels that people use and are important, so start breaking down those walls today.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

For four weeks this summer, we got a crash course in data transparency. Entrants built useful applications incorporating at least one data feed from Data.gov , in an effort to make government data accessible and usable. Everyone on the team -- and at Forum One -- is committed to data transparency. Enhances your mission.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

" Download the 2009 Data Ecosystem Survey Report | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network – NTEN just released a report on the data ecosystem in nonprofit organizations – it's free for members, but $50 for non-NTEN members. "The "You've got data.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Here at NTEN, we receive a lot of questions about the the different uses of technology for fundraising. For access to study statistics, charts, raw data, and the video report, check out the "2014 Fundraising Technology Trend Study" here. Which web communication channels are the most effective? Fundraising report Fundraising'

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NTEN

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Citizen Four is the recently-launched movie about Edward Snowden’s journey to uncover data-related privacy breeches. You can journey through London’s civil landscape with these twelve data maps. Here’s a map of search data in list form. Is this a new trend? You can create and share a personalized snowflake.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Thanks to everyone who joined this quarter''s NTEN Town Hall! I''m so excited to have these regular opportunities to report out from NTEN, share udpates about our work, and hear directly from all of you. NTEN Update NTEN staff met in Portland for our winter staff meetings earlier in January. We call it the "rain drops".)

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

Charity and Technology in the Online Universe This infographic from Mashable and Shane Snow puts social good into better context with donation numbers, growth charts, and some comparisons to its offline counterparts. Includes data from Blackbaud , American Red Cross , MobileMarketer.com , and the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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Blackbaud Benchmark Nonprofit Chart 87

NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

In the past, rows and rows of data would die a quick death in thick policy reports or inscrutable spreadsheets. Don't let your data fall victim! Today, there are many tools to visualize and share data online. But let's start with a few simple principles to jumpstart how your organization can improve its use of data online.

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NTEN

JUNE 16, 2010

" Often, she sees senior managers and people at the bottom of the org chart pushing for openness, meeting resistance at that middle manager level - the cream of the Oreo. I won't tell you what I scored NTEN at. I won't tell you what I scored NTEN at. Complete the NTEN openness audit. They get licked.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Last year at this time, I was writing the chapter on ROI in the soon to be published book from NTEN called " Managing Your Mission." It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2011

Thanks to the eBenchmarks research series NTEN has partnered with M+R Strategic Services to create, you can now impress your boss and colleagues with your knowledge of not only how to calculate your organization's fan page churn but also what kinds of goals you might want to set for your Facebook strategy around this metric.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Wordle of Words Participants Use To Define ROI Yesterday I taught the fifth and final webinar as part of NTEN/TechSoup Global Webinar Series: Social Media and Storytelling. The data collection should be not be a burden and that's why it is useful to carefully pick and choose what metrics you'll track. This is such a good question.

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NTEN

MAY 7, 2013

nap and dusted the snow off, we want to share the huge outpouring of blog posts, videos, pictures, and other media from the NTEN community. 13NTC tweets during the conference: 3000 from 806 unique tweeters from over 128 locations (thanks, Chris Tuttle for these cool visual charts). NTEN, NTC, and Technology , Peter Campbell.

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NTEN

MAY 3, 2012

Data Collaborative. With a Cloud Platform, you can build a web application that will allow you to enter the exact data that is appropriate for your program, and then produce the exact reports, charts, emails and other output that you need. Eric Segal.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] Next, let’s consider the complexity of the data we’ll need to track for volunteers that we don’t already track for donors. Might they move between them?

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NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2011

This chart is only a sample, and is not complete.) Categorize that core Tech Now add one more column to your chart: commodity or value. Is our current database meeting our data, tracking and process needs? This should be a simple one page document. How can we change our process to use our CRM better?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

From their website: “For over 60 years, fundraisers, nonprofit leaders, donors and volunteers, scholars, and other individuals who work in or with the charitable sector have counted onGiving USA to provide the most comprehensive charitable giving data available. This article from NTEN provides the SEO terms you need to know.

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Forum One

JANUARY 27, 2009

This is a cross-post of an article written for the NTEN newsletter and blog. In the past, rows and rows of data would die a quick death in thick policy reports or inscrutable spreadsheets. Don't let your data fall victim! Today, there are many tools to visualize and share data online.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

I moderated a panel with the above title yesterday at NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference. Trust the client’s data to tell you what the problem might be, even if the client doesn’t agree with that assesment. Tags: Consulting NTEN. I’m reposting her summary below. So You Want to Be a Consultant?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Whether you have a blog, website, or even multiple, you can use Google Analytics to really drill down into the data and understand how people are visiting and using your site. Then, for each group, create a chart with 4 columns and identify: Their goal: why do they engage with you. Google Analytics – [link].

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

A wealth of data sources are becoming available online, allowing data from around the world to be mingled, mixed, and mashed up -- and where data does not yet exist, communities are using these new tools to gather it themselves! Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi. monitor election results in Mexico and India.

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Tools Map Disaster Oregon 73

NTEN

APRIL 8, 2011

Reconciling the transactions could be easier, but you can download the data from your online Square sales record into an Excel doc. I’d like to see the next version be able to track inventory, apply discounts, and run more complex reports that manifest as really cool, colored charts. And make me a cup of coffee. (It

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NTEN

MARCH 2, 2011

GANTT charts are great marketing tools -- senior executives never fail to be impressed by them -- but they don't tell the Facilities Coordinator in clear language that you need the facility booked by March 10th, or the designer that the web page has to be up by April 2nd. Excel (or any spreadsheet). Socialcast (or Yammer ).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2012

We welcomed the following experts: Amy Sample Ward , Membership Director of the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN). During its Member Appreciation Month , for example, NTEN invites its members to share how they are using technology at their organizations to make a difference. Collaboration Tools Chart for Libraries.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

A wealth of data sources are becoming available online, allowing data from around the world to be mingled, mixed, and mashed up -- and where data does not yet exist, communities are using these new tools to gather it themselves! Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi. monitor election results in Mexico and India.

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Tools Map Disaster Oregon 59

NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

There's no question that information technology and the instantaneous access to data, when properly used, can become a significant tool in meeting your organization's mission -- but acceptance and alignment still seem to be incongruent. The Organizational Chart ~ Look for Obstacles. and the mission. Conclusion. business alignment.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. San Francisco, California: Marc Smith on Charting Connections in Your Community — SF Online Community Meetup. Oxford, United Kingdom: Turning Consumer Data to Competitive Advantage.

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