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

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

There’s calls to action, story telling, questions and requests, and much more. And, more importantly, some of the messages, the stories and the campaigns don’t even come from you! Because it isn’t JUST a conversation! They come from your supporters. . 5: How it Happens.

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Conversation Story Support Strategy 111

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

The anecdotal stories are compelling: benefits overwhelmingly outweigh the costs in the usual cherry-picked examples. An intern working on a master’s degree in public health conducted the evaluation, so costs for the study were minimal. Looking to build a culture of evaluation within your organization?

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Tucson Student Arizona Evaluation 40

Double the Donation

AUGUST 21, 2021

Here are some ideas for recruiting more participants for your next peer-to-peer campaign or event: Create powerful messages – To get your supporters excited about helping you raise funds, it’s important to have a compelling story. Be sure to periodically re-evaluate your software platform to ensure it’s still meeting your needs.

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Results Fundraising Software Raise 87

CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

They’re organized, actionable and tell a complete story of how you’re going to achieve your goals. It’s a time to focus on evaluating what fundraising approaches from 2020 worked and be honest about what didn’t pan out as planned. Download your fundraising calendar + goals template below: Sample Fundraising Calendar.

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Calendar Template Guide Fundraising 98

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 11, 2012

They also include time spent watching the film from the previous game, play by play, evaluating, learning, and preparing for the next game. And what if their job evaluation was based partly on how effectively they are at coaching the more junior folks? You prepare (or not), and then you perform well (or not).

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Game Evaluation Broadcast Nonprofit 132

Forum One

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Digging into each analytics platform individually to pull your information to try to tell a cohesive story can be frustrating. Here are a few sample questions you might consider adding to your list: How fast are we growing? These insights should help your team evaluate and prioritize the next question to tackle.

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Data Analysis Map Accessibility 64

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2010

If investment was required to get a tool, I believe many groups would be willing to participate in evaluations, provide feedback, submit user stories and help in the development of the tool. Evaluate your community: are you reaching a diverse community or operating in a silo? Investment Is More Than Money. But not money.

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Ning Causes Build Evaluation 208

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

Evaluate your goals and objectives, as an organization. Hildy Gottlieb’s Pollyanna Principles are a great place to start if you want to learn more about how you can evaluate and identify your organizational goals (and larger view) in a way to successfully design projects, programs and even partnerships for real impact.

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Social Media Strategy Media Social 190

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Today, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward shared this fabulous video on Facebook. Conversion, as measured in dollars and cents, as a means to evaluate and justify the time spent on social media. Please share your stories in the comments below – you might be featured in the book! A streamlined and well designed dashboard.

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Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

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. What are they like: what are the demographics, the data, the stories? View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Case Study Community Impact Studies 117

Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

These can range from saying a simple “thank you” to giving them delightful “wow” surprises to telling stories to offering useful information. . First comes the thank you; then comes the follow up with a story of impact, a heartwarming thank you from a client, a list of other (non-monetary) ways to become involved, and so forth. .

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Donor Strategy Retention Relationship 141

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!) What do you think?

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Build Community Ning Offline 143

Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

One agenda item is mentioned, and that is Betty’s cue to break into lengthy stories and opinions, basically hijacking the conversation. He’s the one that somehow manages to turn a conversation about the next fundraiser into a story about his nephew’s baseball game. Solution: Redirect. Repeat after me: “Great, Betty. You know David.

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Fun Product Law Nonprofit 98

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

How do you evaluate your programs and services? Revisit your Story. What’s your organization’s story? It’s the story you tell in a grant application, on your website, in an elevator, and to a room of volunteers getting ready to help you with a project or event. Story – 350.org’s

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Campaign Design Impact Metrics 114

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2009

So, how do identify if you are succeeding or evaluate if you are improving? These 5 steps assume that your organization has already used a process to evaluate your audience and your goals and chosen tools and strategies that match the audience and organizational goals.

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ROI Case Study Metrics Student 135

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Share Your Story: ROI, Social Media, Nonprofits. What's Up With Feedburner by Beth Kanter Google Analytics Primer sponsored by NTEN with screencast and wiki created by Beth Kanter Using Postrank To Evaluate the Top Content on my blog by Beth Kanter. ROI Story Telling. Numbers are important, but stories can enhance your case.

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ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

Museum 2.0

JULY 10, 2019

This month, I wanted to share some stories from my last two years as a strategy and content consultant. I thought I would kick off my tenure around here by sharing stories and reflections about my visits. My children particularly loved watching a technician/ scientist work on processing an avian taxidermy sample.

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Museum Reflection Seattle Children 51

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

This is a guest post from Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared’s Global Community Development Manager.&#. Here are some places to start: Evaluate your use of social media tools: do you encourage your supporters on other platforms to register on your website, ensuring you have their contact details? The more voices the better!

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Myspace Causes Philanthropy Offline 108

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

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 "Over the years, Social Media experts attempted to redefine ROI for a new era of influence.

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Web ROI Bookmarking Phase 108

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2009

If you feel like you need a new jolt of energy to be inspiring others from the heart of your mission, then reconnect with those you are serving, listen to their stories, share their stories, and in the process you’ll be inspired, too. Stay focused : We all create goals and benchmarks and metrics.

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Change Social Benchmark Metrics 169

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

MAY 28, 2012

If you’re in the US today, there’s probably little chance you didn’t know it was Memorial Day – from the specials on TV, to local events, to remembrance stories, and even community gatherings, it’s hard to miss the message of today’s holiday.

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Iraq Afghanistan America Arlington 239

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2018

Possible questions include the following (*also see the end of this article for a sample survey): a. What is the donor’s story and would they serve as a spokesperson for hospital services? We developed the following chart to help our organization track and evaluate the donor kits’ impact on giving: . Sample survey: .

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Gift Donor Foundation Rate 22

Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2014

Jim Lynch: What is the story behind your joining the NTEN board – how did it happen? Of course I also worked with the executive director of NTEN, Amy Sample Ward when she helped us build the NetSquared community. Her first term on the NTEN Board runs through Spring 2017.

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NTEN San Francisco Cisco Global 50

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. However, there was also a plea not to make evaluation painful, collecting huges amount of data and not using it to improve a program. Dennis introduced each panelist with a personal story of how they met.

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Social Kiva Artist Sample 88

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

People and policy is often first influenced by compelling stories. 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. What are your thoughts?

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Game Education Change Classroom 132

NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Mobile Voices offers an open-source multi-media platform optimized for low-cost mobile phones that lets users create, share, and reflect on stories about their lives and communities. Tags: amy sample ward mobile devices netsquared Newsletter NPTech NTEN.

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Mobile Malawi Netsquared San Jose 36

Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

One of the first major to-dos the staff tackled after I took the helm at SVAS was evaluating corporate documents and marketing literature. I want a program director who can write compelling stories about the experiences of our participants. If an applicant gets an interview, ask him or her to bring along a few writing samples.

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Tips Nonprofit Sample Skills 92

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

With recent events like Causes leaving MySpace and ideablob shutting down, social changemakers have had to re-evaluate the way they select and use “free&# social media tools that they cannot control.

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Change Technology India Social 108

NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

NTEN's Amy Sample Ward shares from her experiences at the Games for Change Festival. People and policy are often first influenced by compelling stories. I think the cross section of everyone getting into the development and gaming means we will need to evaluate what is quality and what isn't. What are your thoughts?

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Game Education Change Classroom 60

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. I’m talking to organization that have inspiring stories, are doing incredibly important work, and have very real opportunities for the community to join in action. How do you evaluate your programs and services? Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building.

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Build Community Technology Action 220

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

success stories. Learning: evaluating what is being said and what information is needed. ARC - social media team evaluate/watch everything and then send summary and highlights to team. Themes that people want to learn: new metrics structures can bubble up. funders of a 20th century mindset - what metrics speak to them.

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. This panel will go over success stories from nonprofit organizations and professionals. Twitterstorm, anyone? Carie Lewis.

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Comment Social Media Jordan Cancer 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. This panel will go over success stories from nonprofit organizations and professionals. Twitterstorm, anyone? Carie Lewis.

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Social Media Cancer Jordan Kiva 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2010

Here’s quick sampling: LA Universal Preschool. They discovered a slight disconnect between those journalists that wrote print stories on early learning issues, and those education journalists that were on Twitter. This experiment focused on using metrics to evaluate how engaging content was and recruitment tactics.

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Social Media Network Media California 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

The sampling of some of the top rated resources this week: Death Threats Are Not Protected Speech. Telling the Story of What Drives You offers some great advice from Susan Finkelpearl from Free Range Studios. Telling the Story of What Drives You offers some great advice from Susan Finkelpearl from Free Range Studios.

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