Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up. —– I’ve recently shared a couple interviews exploring two case studies of really successful online fundraising campaigns: SXSW4Japan Raises Over $120,000 and $100,000 in Three Days with #TeamAutism. But, on the top of the chart: a compelling cause.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

They guide our relationships, how we craft grant solicitations, applications, and reports, how we review opportunities, track progress, and ultimately how we judge and support what’s possible. All of which combine to make impact difficult to measure and explain. Our expectations around results are powerful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Then I build out the content and discussion questions. In reviewing the data and themes from the audience input, some terrific questions about engagement popped out: How can we become better at using social media so that our channels experience more engagement and convert people to get involved? Billboard (@billboard) April 7, 2014.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Surveys, interviews, and data analysis can reveal the equivalent of that Rolls-Royce insight – the key emotional triggers, values, and desires of your existing and potential supporters. Review tactics like monthly giving programs and recurring emails that generate habitual support. Passionate explaining of impact?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

I answered yes to all, but more importantly I think these two methods helped me the most: Carve out time for reflection after each training and do an after-action review with yourself. Did you read books, take classes, or have a coach? Evaluate your content, facilitation, and logistical skills against participant evaluations.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Review your members’ dues and charges, and alert them when they have overdue payments. As you’re planning fundraising events, your event organizer and fundraisers may frequently be running errands, conducting interviews, and preparing other tasks out in the community. Read reviews and get demos. Chapter communication.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2010

For this, I'm drawing on the Smart Chart of Kristen Grim and from working with a cadre of smart nonprofit communications folks who have remixed the social media game. The primary research includes surveys, interviews, and observation. Design ways to surface these needs and create channels by which helpers can pitch in.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

I once interviewed for a job with an organization in Atlanta that sold coupon booklets door-to-door to support a children’s wheelchair basketball league. The Chart of What Counts is your source for information on nonprofit reporting, grant tracking, project and expense management, and more!). The answer was 7%.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2011

Then I review the list and pick the three most important things. Sometimes I time box those tasks to help me focus. He takes you through a 6-hour chunk of time in half-hour and hour increments. He clearly identifies types of tasks: planning (prep to do the task), reading, production (writing), interviews, email, and commenting.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2015

Marketing research done on a regular basis will allow you to make better decisions, chart changes over time, plan initiatives, and assess your success. Focus groups can be run by someone on your staff who is a skilled moderator, and recorded for review. Depth interviews will provide very detailed information about one individual.

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NTEN

MAY 1, 2013

13NTC tweets during the conference: 3000 from 806 unique tweeters from over 128 locations (thanks, Chris Tuttle for these cool visual charts). NTC in Review , Ryan Tiffitt , Idealware. NTEN Interviews, Give MN : Katya Andreson , Beth Kanter , Lesley Mansford , Farra Trompeter. Session Notes. Collaborative Notes (add yours!)

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Connection Cafe

JULY 24, 2013

I once interviewed for a job with an organization in Atlanta that sold coupon booklets door-to-door to support a children’s wheelchair basketball league. This table, or a similar peer-reviewed tool, will give you a rule of thumb by which to gauge your organization’s admin costs according to the type of service that you provide.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

see the Traffic Sources pie chart on the right for an example of this data). For a more in-depth Analytics review, we might also establish some Goal Tracking to measure conversions on the website via email sign-up and/or donations. If we set up Goals, reviewing them post-launch is another great success metric. What’s Next.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

This prompted a question from Alison Carlson (Global Giving’s “Un Marketing Manager&# ) – Should you tie results to job performance review if staff person is using their personal account? The chart above is a small example of how GRIST tracked its results on a campaign against staff investment.

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NTEN

MAY 7, 2013

13NTC tweets during the conference: 3000 from 806 unique tweeters from over 128 locations (thanks, Chris Tuttle for these cool visual charts). NTC in Review , Ryan Tiffitt , Idealware. NTEN Interviews, Give MN : Katya Andreson , Beth Kanter , Lesley Mansford , Farra Trompeter. Session Notes. Collaborative Notes (add yours!)

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 7, 2024

Use surveys, interviews, audience data, and other research methods to learn more about your target audience and their data visualization needs and expectations. This could include noting different points of data exploration, such as filtering data views or comparing specific charts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2006

My colleague Michael Stein emailed me about a month ago right before the NTC Conference to offer me a FREE review copy of a new book by Madeline Stanionis about how nonprofits can raise money online using email. Madeline Stanionis, author of new book on email fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Every time I present or facilitate a workshop, I review the web sites and social media ant trails (social media properties) of participants. . See the interview I did for Arrive Magazine , pages 34-37). The wiki becomes an electronic flip chart and resource collector. Ant Trails As Learning Opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2006

I caught up with her at the Games for Change Conference in New York for an interview. Idealware is a nonprofit that creates reviews of and articles about software of interest to nonprofits ??? our overview of 27 different online donation tools with reviews, recommendations, and summary charts. So, tell us about Idealware?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

Since I couldn't use my computer to get on the wifi, I took out my session workbook to review my notes on the module about "Understanding Your Network" which included the basics of social network analysis and mapping. KeyHub: Angus Parker from Wiser Earth has written a review for KeyHubs. It includes a step-by-step guided approach.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Talk to your key audiences through interviews, focus groups, or surveys to understand their data needs and data sophistication. While some people can easily interpret charts and graphs, others would rather read words. New York University’s City Health Dashboard succinctly shows data.

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Forum One

MAY 31, 2023

Plan for the long-term, and adjust as you go A successful digital strategy should be flexible enough to accommodate technology and organizational changes and specific enough to chart a clear course that the entire organization can align with. Growing your digital engagement capacity will likely require investments of budget or time over time.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Instead of printed annual reports, try doing a video with interview and clips from what you’ve done the last year. You can get the full report, review charts and data, and more at: [link]. Help Millennial donors experience your cause online. How do we tell our story and also engage Millennials virtually?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And you all got to know Elizabeth because she’s all over the place speaking, she’s doing podcasts, she’s getting interviewed. And if you think about this pie chart, what I really want to call out is that bequests, which are about 9%, are gifts made by individuals. She works over at CCS.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

Here’s the industry that we’re trying to fill, and now here’s a list of potential candidates, let’s interview these candidates.” ” And when you’re interviewing those candidates, of course, you’re going to ask some questions. And so they had an Excel chart that was presented quarterly.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

Instead of printed annual reports, try doing a video with interview and clips from what you've done the last year. Get the full Millennial Donor Report You can get the full report, review charts and data, and more at: [link]. Help Millennial donors experience your cause online. Engage your Millennials as guest bloggers.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

So what data are you collecting and reviewing regularly?” People love to see like the run charts or, you know, the circle getting filled in. You can’t tag it to that, but I would start asking like if you’re experiencing people leaving in your organization, ask in the exit interview about systems. ” .

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

And it’s a lot of work to be reviewing what’s going on and just saying, “Yes, this makes sense. So you might have to research copywriters, interview copywriters, hire a copywriter, onboard a copywriter, and those are each projects in themselves. . They’re going to make the decisions. . They provide oversight.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

So if you have to leave early, maybe you just want to review the content, don’t worry. I’ve also done a lot of reviewing for state and federal grants. But I did some research with funders from all over the country and I did some interviews with them a few years ago. You do have access to my slides.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

So if you have to leave early, or maybe you get interrupted, or you just want to review the content, don’t worry, we will get all that in your hands later on today. I’ll start with a practical one here from Cynthia, “As you’re talking to donors having those interviews, are you taking notes?

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

For instance, tech companies use algorithmic management to precisely surveil and manage the details of workers’ daily working conditions—tracking every delivery time, cataloging every customer review, mapping workers’ daily locations, even noting the length of bathroom breaks. com/article/e-commerce-sales-retail-sales-ten-year-review/.

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