sgEngage

JUNE 22, 2021

With a qualitative research method like this one, you really don’t need a large sample size to get good data. Ideally, your participants will represent different constituent groups: donors, volunteers, new registrants, event participants, etc. We love hearing stories from our supporters about how they came to volunteer with us.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2012

Description : This half-day workshop will cover basic and intermediate levels of social media topics including an introduction to core tools, evaluation, implementation and strategic application. Topic : Social Media for Social Good Pre-Conference.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

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. The downloadable spreadsheet includes a sample, along with a blank template for you to use for your own plan. Do you have a volunteer base to help with fundraising tasks?

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Calendar Template Guide Fundraising 98

Candid

APRIL 14, 2021

Current donors and volunteers. 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. Ideas for fundraising allies include: Program, operations, finance, and admin staff.

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

I usually start my research with the board, volunteers, and staff members of the nonprofit to see if any of them meet the profile for a legacy gift. They may be evaluating their financial and philanthropic goals, and thinking of ways to leave a lasting impact. Our colleagues at FreeWill.com share useful steps and examples.

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Cloud 4 Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Many clients will create lookalike audiences off some of the most engaged contacts in their database (recurring donors, regular volunteers, contacts who have benefited from the mission, etc.) Below are some samples of engagement journeys we’ve built for some of our clients. Volunteer Opportunity / Event Invitations. Engagement.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Share details about upcoming events and volunteer opportunities. Once you’ve established clear expectations, align your teams (staff and volunteers) to meet these objectives. Setting key performance indicators (KPIs) around customer service lets employees know you’re evaluating performance objectively. .

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Achieve

JULY 28, 2021

One easy way to improve your operations is to take a look at how strong the legal protections for your nonprofit are and to consider implementing a waiver signing process into your volunteer program and your fundraising events. What Waivers Do For You. When to Require Waivers. How to Seamlessly Integrate Waivers Into Your Operations. .

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

You have: Your team: Your staff, Board, and volunteers are the people power you have to achieve your goals. A volunteer giving food to your 1,000th recipient. Whatever tool you use should provide you with some metrics to evaluate your results each time you hit “send.”. When someone volunteers at an event, what do you do?

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Marketing Guide Metrics Nonprofit 69

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Fine Blog – "The Case Foundation has just released an evaluation of their innovative “Make It Your Own&# program. " Net2 Think Tank Round-Up: Finding Volunteers Online | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – Looking for ways to recruit volunteers online?

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Web Bookmarking Evaluation Lesson 120

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

The Vera Institute (2015) offers this definition of social impact bonds: “In a social impact bond, private investors fund an intervention through an intermediary organization—and the government repays the funder only if the program achieves certain goals, which are specified at the outset of the initiative and assessed by an independent evaluator.”.

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Program Management South Africa Evaluation 58

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

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

Yesterday, I had a very fun time presenting with my friend and colleague Debra Askanase at the 2 011 National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Instead, design for growth and sustainability from the start with lots of room for feedback, evaluation and iterations to continue developing and redeveloping. Here are the slides!

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Community Build Organization Case Study 253

NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Needless to say, without good SEO, you’ve got a very slim chance of being found by people searching for things you offer (events, fundraising opportunities, volunteer opportunities, programs, etc). Do you need volunteers? This tool will crawl and evaluate your website for a lot of the key elements you should be monitoring.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2009

So, how do identify if you are succeeding or evaluate if you are improving? You also have a volunteer program for middle and high school students to work with the children in after-school time in lieu of child care, but find that the current partners you have in the community don’t work for attracting new volunteers to participate.

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ROI Case Study Metrics Student 135

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2012

“Combining Android cell phone technology and Google Earth software, FLOW lets field workers, volunteers, our partners and others record data from tens of thousands of water points around the world. I love to see projects that are focused on measuring and evaluating data about their work and progress. ” Accountability.

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DipJar

MARCH 21, 2022

This might mean you need to re-evaluate your approach and readjust how you’re conducting your prospecting. Your organization’s CRM: Your CRM can tell you if a prospect has volunteered or donated in the past and if any of their family members, friends, or professional colleagues have a history of involvement with your organization. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2015

There is a robust chapter on how to conduct an organizational learning assessment that helps staff, volunteers, and board gauge their need and readiness for professional development and some organizational cultural indicators. Evaluation. There are also some great practical tips , sample mentor/mentee agreement , and plan.

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Develop People Change Mentoring 50

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 2, 2009

Resources include staff knowledge and comfort with different tools, experience levels of staff working with supports, volunteers, and the public, staff with time available, staff with appropriate job duties to include social media, available budget for training or workshops, etc. Evaluation. What are they using now?

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Care2

JULY 11, 2013

Mobilisation Lab: Started by the digital strategy team at Greenpeace International, the Digital Mobilisation Lab is comprised of a growing global network of staff and volunteers dedicated to people-powered campaigning. They share best practices in online campaigning as well as concrete data and analysis from their A/B testing.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

When you have a strong grasp of your audience’s motivations, you can increase donations, volunteer hours, advocacy actions, and the overall public opinion of your nonprofit. For nonprofit organizations, in particular, this research is used to understand the priorities of their donors, volunteers, grant-making organizations, and so forth.

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Research Marketing Survey Nonprofit 52

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Maybe it isn’t even money, but feedback or advice, maybe an introduction or volunteer time. There have to be other criteria for defining and evaluating innovation. People believe in their contributions. Even if it is just $10, they really believe that it is enough. People believe you should listen to them. We can’t only invest in new.

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Philanthropy Social Media Media Social 244

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

This is a guest post from Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared’s Global Community Development Manager.&#. What’s this mean to you as an activist, supporter, volunteer, changemaker, entrepreneur, innovator or *insert preferred title* online? Evaluate your community: are you reaching a diverse community or operating in a silo?

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Myspace Causes Philanthropy Offline 108

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In a wine-tasting experience, participants sample a variety of wines while evaluating them using criteria such as appearance, smell, and taste. With Bloomerang + Qgiv, organizations can view and manage all constituent data in one place, whether for donors, event attendees, or volunteers. Stewarding sponsors effectively.

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Artist Classes Arts Local 72

Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

And no, I don’t mean the volunteer picnic next week (though the Board needs to be aware of it).Your I suggested he talk to the store manager if he had specific ideas of what to do with them. See how that works? Focus on the future. What’s coming up that will impact your nonprofit? Is your landlord selling your building?

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Fun Product Law Nonprofit 98

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

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. Ann Wizer, XSProject Founder. What's a conference without schwag ?

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Social Kiva Artist Sample 88

Connection Cafe

JULY 3, 2013

When I look at any piece of technology (business or personal), my first instinct is to evaluate the hardware and software eco-system around it to support the tablet in question. I’ve talked to many different organizations about the technology they use – for their staff, volunteers, or community members.

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Business Webex Blackbaud Application 35

NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. An academic-community partnership, the project brings together immigrant day laborers, scholars, software developers, and community organizers for participatory design, curriculum development, evaluation and research around this emerging media tool and its social impact. Second Place: $15,000.

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Mobile Malawi Netsquared San Jose 36

Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

A motivating flyer could inspire dozens of people to volunteer for your new program, and a per­suasive letter to a senator might inspire new legislation. One of the first major to-dos the staff tackled after I took the helm at SVAS was evaluating corporate documents and marketing literature. Is the text well formatted?

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Tips Nonprofit Sample Skills 92

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

We recently partnered with Cornerstone Foundation to publish a report investigating the way nonprofits use technology to support education—internally with staff, board, and volunteers, as well as with external constituents. Online or digital training content is an important part of supporting staff, volunteers, and board members.

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Professional Develop Report eLearning 20

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. We'll share big ideas for using social media for nonprofit program delivery and some good tips for crowdsourcing for social change.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

To build your organization’s bank account and volunteer base, you need a flourishing community of supporters. For example, a carved, sewn, painted, or drawn item by a regular volunteer or service recipient. help to evaluate resumes of kids). This is why volunteering can be powerful. Plug donor skills into the work.

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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. We'll share big ideas for using social media for nonprofit program delivery and some good tips for crowdsourcing for social change.

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Social Media Cancer Jordan Kiva 79

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

How do you evaluate your programs and services? 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. What do you measure every day, week, month, year? Revisit your Story. What’s your organization’s story?

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Campaign Design Impact Metrics 114

Connection Cafe

JULY 15, 2015

Your potential donors and volunteers are searching. In order to continuously develop content that motivates supporters, it’s important for us to benchmark and evaluate current tactics and strategies—where are the opportunities to improve, what’s working and what’s not? Funders are searching. Patients are searching.

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Benchmark Survey Content Marketing 20

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Having tools in place to help you monitor, measure, and evaluate your work in real time will help you be more successful with your campaign, better engage with the community, and make more lasting change in the long run. This may be other organizations/partners, donors, volunteers, fundraisers, event attendees, etc.

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