Candid

APRIL 14, 2021

Start by creating sample scripts for thank-you calls, emails, and cards and ask your team to thank your major donors. Establish a program evaluation cadence and set goals to take your program to the next level. We’ll discuss how to adapt these strategies to your team’s capacity. Keep growing. There’s always room for improvement.

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Gift Program United States Script 105

Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

Affinity and Engagement : Donors who actively engage with your organization–the ones that attend events, volunteer, or serve on committees or boards–are often more receptive to discussions about planned giving. They may be evaluating their financial and philanthropic goals, and thinking of ways to leave a lasting impact.

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Gift Practice United States New York City 60

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2015

The book is about: Striking a balance between actionable strategy and broad discussion of the issues surrounding volunteerism, Volunteer Engagement 2.0 Quantify and evaluate a volunteer program’s effectiveness, and adjust the strategy going forward. Can you guess the topic of my chapter?

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Volunteer Chapter Sample History 50

Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

” “The conversation easily gets off-track, and before you know it, 30 minutes have passed and we haven’t even discussed important business because we’ve gotten off on a tangent again.” Create a habit that one week before your Board meeting, you ask all Board members if they have any topics they’d like to discuss.

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Fun Product Law Nonprofit 98

Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

These are the types of characteristics you’ll find in a tactical report: The publisher has authority relating to the report’s topic and the report has real examples and stories cited within The insights from the report are drawn from a sample size that is meaningful to reference.

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Hype Research Marketing Benchmark 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Today, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward shared this fabulous video on Facebook. Has shared organizational dashboard across departments and process for analyzing, discussing, and applying results. Conversion, as measured in dollars and cents, as a means to evaluate and justify the time spent on social media.

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Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2013

It’s a practitioner’s guide for planning, implementing, and evaluating strategies that engage constituents across many channels, wherever they may be, and how we as organizations need to structure our work to deliver that experience. bookreview otherblogs alisonfine allysonkapin book scae ssir'

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Business People Podcast Broadcast 241

Care2

APRIL 13, 2010

The 10 th annual NTC conference ignited engaging discussions on just about every topic under the sun. 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. 1% response rate = 100 responses.

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Conference Sample Technology NTC 61

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Well, you’ll find that much of the work that involves your community, whether it’s building up the community, working on engagement, listening, evaluation, or anything else, involves strategy that goes in a circle. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. View more documents from Amy Sample Ward. Strive to Be Replaced.

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Case Study Community Impact Studies 117

NTEN

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Our staff interacts with our community in different ways; here''s why Amy Sample Ward, CEO, loves our community! Using all of the tools available to us (our blog, myNTEN groups, social media, webinars, events, conferences, evaluations, etc.), November is Member Appreciation Month at NTEN.

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Community Tools Support NTEN 59

Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

The sorry state of donor retention has been a topic of discussion for at least the past decade, since the Fundraising Effectiveness Project Report began collecting data. Setting key performance indicators (KPIs) around customer service lets employees know you’re evaluating performance objectively. . Establish clear success metrics.

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Donor Strategy Retention Relationship 141

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

One of the themes that bubbled up was the role of ambient data from social media channels and I agreed to lead a discussion on: How useful is this data for foundations? I got to facilitate a deep dive with a dozen folks and here are the takeaways from the discussion. We discussed some of the social media monitoring tools.

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Social Media Channel Data Media 100

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Fine Blog – "The Case Foundation has just released an evaluation of their innovative “Make It Your Own&# program. " Tags: roundup bookmarks broadband casestudies evaluation list postalicious report research resources volunteering. Reflecting on “Make It Your Own&# « A.

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Web Bookmarking Evaluation Lesson 120

Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

These are but a sample of the decisions that nonprofits need to make when entering into a budgetary process. That growth rate will be a key element in determining your operational priorities: “If we can raise X percent more revenue, we can deepen our mission in W, Y, and Z following ways. Let’s do it!”

Analysis 52

Analysis Project Donor Retention 52

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2018

It’s time for a frank discussion on the role each and every one of us—from leadership to board, database managers to finance teams—can and must play to foster an open, innovative culture of philanthropy. We were joined by a great group of panelists from across the sector: Amy Sample Ward, CEO, Nonprofit Technology Network.

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Culture Blackbaud Philanthropy Sample 30

Care2

JULY 11, 2013

For example, one of the case studies that Amy Sample Ward and I profiled in the mobile section of our book Social Change Anytime Everywhere was about “Missed Calls” as an organizing strategy. They share best practices in online campaigning as well as concrete data and analysis from their A/B testing.

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Resource India Case Study Nonprofit 72

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). We continue to incorporate feedback and revise our strategy based on further discussion. Goals and Strategies for the OE Program.

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Effective Program Work Review 96

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 12, 2010

Let’s look at the way a gardener can tend to multiple flowerbeds in one big backyard and the way that translates to our work of building community across the web: Analysis and evaluation : the garden is visiting all of the flowerbeds or cultivated areas of the yard (and all the ground in between!)

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Build Community Ning Offline 143

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Funding projects instead of just a specific product ensures that organizations or teams can fail quickly and softly while working towards something better, can invest in research and evaluation, and engage the community not just market to them. After the panel remarks, there was some great discussion with questions from participants.

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Support Adopt Fund Philanthropy 199

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Data is such a buzzword these days that it has become almost meaningless, although according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary , data is "factual information (as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation." This Is the Data You're Looking For.

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Grant Data Develop Strategy 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

You know those bags tattooed with the sponsors' logos and filled with stickers, t-shirts, coupons, samples, and other goodies. This was followed by a panel discussion and questions from the audience. However, there was also a plea not to make evaluation painful, collecting huges amount of data and not using it to improve a program.

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Social Kiva Artist Sample 88

NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

The nonprofit technology community is a robust knowledge sharing network widely dispersed across many blogs, tweets, discussion boards, Facebook walls, etc. See Amy Sample Ward's materials on Community Driven Social Impact for more details on strategically planning online communities.). Some are successful, but messy.

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Knowledge Share Network Community 86

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Social Media Today | ROI: How to Measure Return on Investment in Social Media – A great post from Brian Solis on Social Media Today discussing the ROI of social media. This is a really great post to read for anyone thinking about how to measure, evaluate, and even consider the impact of social media use (and that should be everyone). "Over

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Web ROI Bookmarking Phase 108

Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2014

After their internal discussion, NTEN board vice president Rusty Burwell, who heads their governance committee, met with me. Following our discussion, he formally submitted me as a candidate and I was voted onto the board.

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NTEN San Francisco Cisco Global 50

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 10, 2009

A discussion paper is now available online to stimulate dialogue and engagement (and a call for partners) to build the Talent Bank together. Check out the news to learn more and download/read the discussion paper to join in! The Death of the Digital Divide–Or a New One?

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Web Bookmarking Delicious Government 100

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

JUNE 23, 2009

Check out the evaluation report from Beth Kanter and Allison Fine. "The Why Non-Profits Are So Good at Social Media - Conversation Starter … - Alex Samuel, the CEO of Social Signal, has a great post on the Harvard Business Review discussing why nonprofits are early adopters/good with social media.

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Bookmarking Web America Delicious 100

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

I will define the terms below and discuss mixing and matching below." . "The Identity Spectrum gives a understanding of the different kinds of identity that are possible in digital systems. They are not exclusive – you can mix and match.

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Web San Francisco Bookmarking Search 117

Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2016

A policy establishes a procedure for evaluating, reporting and handling potential and actual conflicts that will allow business to proceed even though a director, officer or employee (responsible person) may have a conflict. Although the concept is simple enough, it can be difficult to reach a consensus on the details of a policy.

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Management Policy Tips Nonprofit 20

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

Twitter Karma is a great tool to use if you want to inventory your Twitter community, clean up any nonreciprocal followers, or simply evaluate your lists. are you keeping the recent news, discussions, and links sections up to date? (an Tags: strategy analysis evaluation social media. Give it a try! Groups & Pages.

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Social Media Tools Media Ning 100

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Discussion. I think that we have a lot to learn about where gamifying is most helpful, but we are so far from the saturation point that we should push ahead with full speed so we can evaluate what works and what doesn’t and make adjustments. That’s innovation. The long tail is very real.

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Game Education Change Classroom 132

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change. Let's discuss: join us! Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. Twitterstorm, anyone? Carie Lewis.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Actions and messages were contextualized based on the issues and discussions taking place at both the global and local level. How do you evaluate your programs and services? Post your data, share ideas that aren’t fully formed, discuss something by asking questions first.

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Build Community Technology Action 220

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Let's discuss: join us!

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Social Media Cancer Jordan Kiva 79

Connection Cafe

JULY 9, 2015

Let’s identify the type of data analytics we discussed & how they can help your organization: How to use your CRM data to analyze trends in gift history, affiliations, connections, etc. As you evaluate data analytics products, remember to keep a close eye on your institution’s objectives for implementation.

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San Diego Data Benefit Analytics 20

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Learning: evaluating what is being said and what information is needed. Discussion: How/why does listening provide value? ARC - social media team evaluate/watch everything and then send summary and highlights to team. Discussion: What is your learning process from social media? Discussion: How have you reiterated?

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