CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

The downloadable spreadsheet includes a sample, along with a blank template for you to use for your own plan. The Irish International Immigration Centre nearly doubled their online giving by replacing their paypal button with the CauseVox donation page – they’re average gift jumped up by more than $100 in comparison to previous giving.

Calendar 98

Calendar Template Guide Fundraising 98

Achieve

JANUARY 17, 2016

To create and launch a survey is relatively inexpensive in comparison to a multi-phase research study. Unfortunately, available funding is a reality when considering whether to deploy a simple survey or to construct a robust research study. However, don’t let a thin budget detour you from selecting the appropriate tools.

Survey 52

Survey Research Method Studies 52

Qgiv

APRIL 6, 2021

Think of this comparison. This is just a sampling. It may surprise you to learn that the role of a fundraiser isn’t always to ask for money. The role of the fundraiser is to get other people asking for money. The fundraiser is akin to the director of a play. Benefits of Supporting Fundraising. So, back to where we started.

Fundraising 69

Fundraising Gift Roles Nonprofit 69

Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2014

We've written quite a bit on the benefits of crowdfunding campaigns here on TechSoup, including a platform comparison and a webinar called The Wisdom of the Crowd(funding). The food truck campaign I supported had mock-ups of what the food truck would look like and pictures of sample menu items. Report Back. This one is huge.

Charity 68

Charity Impact Afghanistan Russia 68

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 5, 2009

I think this comparison, and context, is a great example of why local (read: non-global) organizations are still key in social change work, and why we need to be building stronger networks for data and information sharing.

Local 100

Local Organization Comparison Global 100

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Last year, Blackbaud saw a 53% increase on this day of giving in comparison from 2011. Set up a #GivingTuesday fundraiser resource page with fundraising tips and sample content to post to their Facebook and Twitter pages throughout the day of the campaign. Communicate Before, During and After #GivingTuesday.

Turkey 39

Turkey Social Media Comparison Raise 39

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Amy Sample Ward writes a blog about nonprofit technology and social media and is the community builder for Netsquared. Laura Quinn is the founder of Idealware, which offers a consumer reports like analysis and comparison of nonprofit software. Susan Tenby is the community manager at TechSoup responsible for their Second Life efforts.

Technology 75

Technology Companies Netsquared Social Media 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2007

In addition, some comparisons of the pros/cons between Facebook and Myspace policies and the larger organizational policy issue related to embracing Web2.0 Here's a sampling: Notes Tim Fullerton from Oxfam America, We had this same situation happen a couple weeks ago. social networking sites.

Free 56

Free Myspace Profile Digg 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

By understanding your activity and performance, fan response, trends and comparisons, you are better equipped to improve your presence on Facebook. See a sample of what the stats look like here. Actually, this data will likely help you improve your overall web efforts! What is measured you ask? .

Facebook 97

Facebook Stats Los Angeles Tips 97

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

The main point of comparison is information on volunteering from the Current Population Survey (CPS), conducted by the U.S. The size and the money behind it make a big difference in generating a sample that the Census Bureau can really stand behind. One in three. The number seems high to some people and low to others. But is it right?

Research 40

Research Arizona Survey Studies 40

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

But their number pale in comparison to, say, the plethora of, say, network sniffing tools, for instance. It is also true that it was far from a representative sample of people here at the US Social Forum (which is way more female and of color than that group.) That speaks volumes to me.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Software Music 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

emphasis mine) &# ooooooh… During the NTEN call on Connect, they had mentioned that they were only going to publish sample code in C# and Java. The Kintera API looks, quite honestly, seriously wimpy in comparison to either Convio or Salesforce.

Open 100

Open Platform Kintera API 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

There are many other readers - here's a comparison of features from Wikipedia. Wrangling your RSS Feeds by Amy Sample Ward 4. Set up your Listening Radar and Response System Your radar will have different components: Ego Feeds: Search on your organization's name, url, or other specific identifier. Here's a few: Bloglines.

Literacy 51

Literacy Technorati RSS Bookmarking 51

NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

By Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN. By comparison, when Epic Change launched the original TweetsGiving in 2008 - when Stacey herself had far fewer followers & the Twitter ecosystem itself was exponentially smaller – the campaign generated over 3,000 tweets in just 48 hours. Epic Change is no different.

Case Study 80

Case Study Tools Studies Community 80

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Process: A sample exhibition label for one of the collections - incredible toasters from 1906 to 1960. We have a rule that every prototype must be used to answer a specific question we can act on, whether that's an A/B comparison, figuring out what's confusing, etc. You can find several more photographs here. Memory Jars installation.

Participatory 44

Participatory Museum History International 44

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Financial calculations: net gain, opportunity cost, or comparison to other method. My session was the last of 5-part series that started with a fanastic session by Amy Sample Ward on the building blocks, a webinar on Video by Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson, and Spreading Buzz by Danielle Brigida. Use of metrics to measure your results.

ROI 50

ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

EveryAction

AUGUST 17, 2016

Bonus: get a free Nonprofit Donor Persona Template + sample to start building your communications strategy now! Great CRM software offers more robust reporting that allows you to run email comparisons, show how your messages perform over time, and provide an overview of your email program as a whole - preferably all in one dashboard.

Software 100

Software Donor Management Template 100

The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Fundwriter further trains this AI using nonprofit-specific writing samples from websites to appeals to proposals to social posts. Appeal – Research Centered This appeal is trained on samples from research-related appeals, but it can work for any organization. To put it simply, Fundwriter.ai pricing plans.

Los Angeles 130

Los Angeles Cancer Proposal Model 130

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2009

Keep It Multi-Channel, But Within Your Capacity To Implement: I have 1,500 friends on Facebook, although it pales in comparison to some super connected social media gurus like Chris Brogan and Robert Scoble. I hope Facebook Causes makes the ask a little bit more flexible.

Campaign 70

Campaign Reflection Free Fundraising 70

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Was there anything helpful about that comparison between service engagement and impact? So a couple samples here this is from Charity Water. Sample metrics. ” A couple of samples here for you, and I know we’re tracking along. Does that make sense? And I’m looking over. Ask “So what?”

Report 78

Report Measure Impact Process 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2011

and use a tool like rowfeeder to capture the hashtag stream into a spreadsheet to analyze. You’ll can do some comparison testing of different calls to action and then refine what you’re doing. Just a small pilot, a little bit a data, and linked to decision-making can help your tweets have more impact.

Measure 102

Measure Meme Twitter Tag 102

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

By comparison, Windows 7 requires 16GB of hard drive space. Here’s a sampling of the debate on this: ZDnet: Installing Windows 8 on Your Old PC Could Turn it into Greased Lightning. Even so, the old computer seemed to work fine with its new Windows 8 operating. How Windows 8 Works on A Seven-Year-Old Computer?

Press 59

Press Adobe PowerPoint Comparison 59

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The unofficial Iraq Body Count (IBC) , which tracks civilian casualties in Iraq based on press reports and administrative records, has initiated a comparison of their own data to the deaths documented in the SIGACTS data. This underreporting is not surprising.

Iraq 134

Iraq Data Timor Press 134

Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2011

You can also view sample RFPs and visit our RFP Library for more resources to start any tech project out right. When they're well crafted, RFPs can introduce an organization to high-quality vendor-partners and consultants from outside their established networks and ensure that a project is completed as planned.

Websites 50

Websites Open Source Library Drupal 50

Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

You can also view sample RFPs and visit our RFP Library for more resources to start any tech project out right. When they're well crafted, RFPs can introduce an organization to high-quality vendor-partners and consultants from outside their established networks and ensure that a project is completed as planned.

Websites 48

Websites Open Source Library Analytics 48

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

An interesting model to use for comparison is Occupy Wall Street. Defining success in a very fluid situation was also very challenging. If fifty people retweeted with our hashtag was that success? Five hundred people? Five thousand people?

Reflection 150

Reflection Doc Lesson Cancer 150

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

So, here's a comparison between last year and this year and another opportunity to consider improvements. It is not useful to know how many posts you write on a monthly, weekly or daily basis or the number of the words for comparisons either. I just sampled one month. Conversation Rate (measuring success in a social medium).

Reflection 50

Reflection Measure Technorati Metrics 50

Steve Bridger

JUNE 25, 2008

Friday, September 26, 2008 at 7:50 pm | Permalink Gerhard Buttner wrote: Interesting comparison (and thanks for that oxfam link): obviously too simplistic as you point out, Steve, but it surely shows something is a bit rotten. Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 10:32 am | Permalink Amy Sample Ward wrote: Great list, Steve!

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Flickr Charity Social Media Hurricane 40