Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. They are hoping to start conversations and hear feedback about the competitions, the fundraising techniques and more.

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Web Bookmarking Contest Case Study 114

Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

What if we could have a conversation about fundraising strategy with David Ogilvy, founder of Ogilvy a leading marketing/PR firm and deemed the ‘Father of Advertising’? I think there are many timeless lessons that still apply to current strategy that can be gleaned from looking backward. Lean into what works.

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Lesson Fundraising Digital Test 59

Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Through strategically implemented training, software tools and engagement techniques, sales ops leaders enable sales reps to focus more on selling in order to drive business results. . This often overlooked and sometimes under-appreciated department uses data to drive strategy, best practices to guide training, and technology to hack success.

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Synchronous Structure Metrics Knowledge Base 145

Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Track and incentivize successful conversations. By adding matching gifts to your phonathon strategy, your campaign will see even greater success. Non-pledge close: For those calls that don’t end in success, it’s important to help close the conversation gracefully to maintain the relationship with the donor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2009

Allison Fine and I have been noodling with an evaluation model that looks social media from an organizational perspective - from social networks to social capital (relationships) to action in the real world. Now I'm wondering where the techniques of engagement need to be incorporated. It eventually shifts to two-way conversation.

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Model Relationship Strategy Social 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

There has been an interesting discussion on the wiki and blogs about strategy for public learning. Maybe the scaffolding for learning in public for an evaluation goes something like this: Transparent: This is the first step to make learning products visible. What are the techniques and methods for moving people up the ladder?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Rather than another potential recipe for information overload, content curation can be a method for self-directed learning that builds your expertise while enhancing your organization’s brand and content strategy. Content curation can empower us to learn more and use that knowledge to get deeper impact for our nonprofit’s programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

When the issue of interest moves from measurement for accountability/compliance to #evaluation for learning from Karcsig. Last week at the Packard Foundation, I participated in a conversation with Peter Laugharn, the Executive Director of Firelight Foundation about participatory learning agendas. Only measure impact, not process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Long Live Strategy.” Argues for engaging in adaptive strategy given the data rich and rapidly changing environment for solving complex social problems. Patricia Patrizi, Elizabeth Heidi Thompson, Julia Coffman, and Tanya Beer, “ Eyes Wide Open: Learning as Strategy Under Conditions of Complexity and Uncertainty.” Disaster work.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

As your nonprofit organization continues to grow, it’s time to consider investing in an effective fundraising platform that truly accommodates your nonprofit’s size, financial needs, and developing fundraising strategies. Develop a Strategy. Develop a Strategy. Understand the Giver’s Journey. Let’s begin.

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Campaign Effective Fundraising Nonprofit 98

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Your organization already understands the importance of having updated and adaptive techniques for all its digital tools and marketing outlets. Your digital strategy defines how you use online marketing. This digital marketing content directly impacts the success of your online fundraising strategies. It all comes full circle.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2014

In addition, the nonprofit evaluation services GuideStar , Charity Navigator , and BBB Wise Giving Alliance have teamed up on something called the "Overhead Myth letter." To measure impact properly requires professional program design and data collection, using techniques such as randomized controlled trials. spanhidden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact. The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping. Google offers the free MOOC called “ Google Analytics Academy.”

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Data Help Measure Analysis 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to participate in a meeting with other capacity builders who work with networks. I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. just strategy, or just process facilitation, or just fundraising). How do we evaluate collective impact/ networks?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

By understanding core motivations, intentions, perspectives reflected in this webinar, you will be able to build a stronger case for support, increase the impact you have, and gain strategies for creating and preserving community. So if you take nothing else out of this conversation today, I want you to remember these three things.

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People Community Video Podcast 81

NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I shared this on Twitter and the conversation brought out some interesting points that I curated in “Storify,” a story telling tool. (I When the issue of interest moves from measurement for accountability/compliance to #evaluation for learning – from Karcsig. Make data-driven decisions only, don't trust your gut ever.

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Story Data Analysis Structure 74

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." In the past year, I''ve seen the conversation shift to talking about impact and sustainability of these projects--how we evaluate audience participation and how we can shift from experimental pilots to more day-to-day implementation. Yes and no.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

(You can get a discount of $20 off the registration by entering the code “Beth” when you sign up ). This year, since content curation , is a social media competency that I’m focusing in my own learning and teaching , I’ll be doing a conversational presentation on the topic. Friction is a demonstration of care.

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Social Media Content Practice New York City 107

Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

Ideally, we’d evaluate the previous year of data to observe patterns in different giving cycles. If a client hasn’t had Analytics for a year, 3 months would be the shortest timeframe we’d want to evaluate to ensure we get a clear enough picture of trends over time. Content Strategy. Research Questions. Deliverables. Card Sorts.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." In the past year, I've seen the conversation shift to talking about impact and sustainability of these projects--how we evaluate audience participation and how we can shift from experimental pilots to more day-to-day implementation. Yes and no.

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Question Participatory Museum Evaluation 49

Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2013

Some “behavior-based” metrics – and the strategies that they suggest – include the following: Strategy. Changes to communication strategies and messaging can remedy this oversight. Number of emails / social media posts per fundraiser, email / social media conversion rate. Retain as many people as you can.

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Metrics Benchmark Fundraising Stats 42

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

Not unlike where you start for a communications or social media strategy, eh? Introduction to six different social media tools and techniques for a planning, delivering, and evaluating a training session. How to think like a social instructional designer. I also try to identify a framework that will help me design the content.

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Social Media Share Media Instruction 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

The focus was on learning about "Network Effectiveness" and the specific topics included strategies for network impact, approaches to evaluating networks and tools for accelerating and assessing network impact. A peer learning environment requires creating a safe space for conversation. It isn't black and white.

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Network Impact Louisville Social 88

Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2024

How do new trends, tools, and norms affect how nonprofits should approach their SEO strategy in 2024 as they try to rank well for important keywords on Google and other search engines? SEO strategies and approaches continue to shift and evolve year after year.

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International Strategy Search Structure 89

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

So consider this just the first of many posts related to issues of cultural inclusion, evaluation, and impact. We have some strategies for tackling this: convening diverse content advisors, incorporating anti-bias educational approaches in our design, developing participatory opportunities for visitors to connect past to present.

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Measure Arts People Museum 47

Care2

APRIL 5, 2011

Join Jeff Regen of M+R Strategic Services, Adam Scruggs of the Human Rights Campaign and Justin Perkins of Care2, and hear them discuss how rapid, multichannel conversion strategies can turn your new online supporters into multichannel donors. See case studies and data on what’s working and what’s not.

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South Africa Colorado Congo Case Study 59

NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2011

From there, you can start to understand where to begin conversations. Start planting the seed now for including someone in those conversations who can bring a strategic technology perspective, whether it's you or one of your colleagues. For example, Simone works for an evaluation organization.

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Tech NTC Listserv NTEN 86

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 4, 2014

Third Sector Labs recently co-hosted a fundraising strategy webinar with Chris Goodman , SVP of Strategy & Marketing for 2Dialog. Unfortunately, not every fundraising strategy, technology and data question could be answered, and so we wanted to share more of the Q&A here. GARY: Ditto.

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Data Technology Strategy Fundraising 100

Forum One

AUGUST 15, 2010

Choose an appropriate platform and deployment strategy. WARNING: using an inexpensive, easy-to-deploy tool does not mean you can skip or shortchange the strategy and planning phases outlined in the earlier posts in this series. Evaluate and select an enterprise solution. The world of collaboration platforms is a bit of a jungle.

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Collaboration Tools Ning Sharepoint 44

Connection Cafe

JULY 27, 2015

Develop concrete strategies for creating content that connects with these personas. Attend this session and walk away with success stories and hands-on techniques that will change how you think about the creative process. We’ll break down how we did it, what technology we used, what the strategy was, and what results we achieved.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 29, 2011

In reality, a well-executed data strategy can help you increase the success of your overall mission by helping you identify successful fundraising strategies, recognize changing trends in donor response to different campaigns, and allow more accurate predictions of future campaign results. number of donations received. total cost.

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Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This intimate retreat is more like a think tank in which attendees can focus on the strategy behind their work. The event will also include breakout sessions where you can share data and strategies to evaluate your mid-level program. Learn the latest in engagement, technology, and trends from industry innovators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Then, I match this against participant feedback/evaluations. I also didn't focus on some of the techniques I learned from She's So Geeky speaker training - the eye contact and the verb. What's your strategy map? During the morning and early afternoon session, I felt that some tables were having difficult conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

gThe above video is one of the many social networking strategies that The Genocide Intervention Network used to transform itself from a small student group to national non-profit. re not creating a billboard, but rather starting a conversation -- you have to be willing to respond." Go read it. The skill set: Play ??? Judgment ???

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

They’re a great way to learn new techniques, brush up on industry knowledge, and learn about up-and-coming trends—all of which are important as you hone your fundraising skills. Sometimes they’re presented by the same kind of nonprofit expert that gives thought-leadership webinars, who explores a best practice or strategy.

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Nonprofit Slides Leadership Virtual 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

It uses metrics to measure your results and help you improve your strategy over time. Return on Investment is what many executive directors may be thinking when social media strategy comes up. This is hard part because it means making changes either with your social media strategy and potential your organization. Is it worth it?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls As the year comes to a close its likely time for many business leaders to tackle the annual performance appraisal process. So, here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls.

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