Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

We focused on principles for community building and community organizing, as well as examples of both short-term and long-term engagement. Would love to hear if you have examples or tips to share! Principles of Community Organizing. Here are the slides! The key is that that’s okay!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

I love community organizing. I’ve had experience organizing communities offline in local communities, and organizing community online – but the kind of organizing that inspires me the most is combining online and offline. What roles are important in online community organizing?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. Make a one-time or monthly financial contribution to the organization. Give in-kind support to the organization in a way that actually helps. This could be done annually or just one time.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The lifetime value of an online acquired donor is roughly $128 dollars to your organization. Online fundraising research suggests that if you move an online acquired donor to on offline channel (i.e. If not, here are ten more benefits of a recurring giving program along with a few great examples. Are you a believer yet?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Susan is a grandmother, a cancer survivor and the major ingredient that differentiates organizations that truly make change from those that just make a lot of digital noise. Every grassroots organization has volunteers like Susan. This year’s Women’s March and March For Science are just two examples of this incredible trend.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

A good example of a donation page with proper branding is the World Wildlife Fund’s primary donation page : Accepting PayPal in addition to credit cards is a good idea to accommodate those donors that prefer to give through PayPal, but don’t make all donors use PayPal. 4) Experiment with default donation amounts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

They appeal to those who may be interested in volunteering because they enjoy helping others or have a personal connection to the cause that the organization supports. Building upon an existing peer network can be one of the best ways to increase the number of volunteers and volunteers who plan to engage long-term with your organization.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The importance of cybersecurity for nonprofits can’t be overstated, and your organization is not immune to the constantly evolving cyber threats that come with sharing information through the internet. Because nonprofits run off of donations, many organizations also have limited access to IT support. That’s phishing!

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Qgiv

MARCH 25, 2024

Examples of benefit concerts Some major examples of successful benefit concerts include Live Aid , Tibet House US’s Annual Benefit concerts , and One Love Manchester. While these are examples of some of the most famous benefit concerts, your concert doesn’t need to be historic to have a large influence on your cause.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 8, 2023

As a result, more organizations are looking for ways to implement an omnichannel fundraising and marketing strategy. Keep branding consistent Strong, consistent branding is the key to improving awareness for your organization, and consistency only gets more important as you branch out to different media channels.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Organization: Taproot Foundation. Organization Size: 40 Employees. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? Name (s): Dupé Ajayi and Megan McDonald. LinkedIn: taproot-foundation.

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Social Media Foundation Examples Media 189

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

Last month, I presented at the NCVO Foresight seminar: Changing ICT – what does it mean for your charity with a focus on the future of online revenue generation for nonprofit organizations. That’s not exactly the way business normally goes down offline. And it has real impact on the way organizations fundraise.

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Social Media Organization Media Fundraising 102

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2011

Slacktivism, to me, comes down to two crucial points: 1) organizations play an important role in creating and endorsing the level to which people take action, and 2) “slacker activism” is really a gateway to more lasting change. Organizations are putting out calls, and the community is responding. Getting Offline.

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Qgiv

MARCH 22, 2023

A pledge drive is a fundraising campaign where donors promise a gift amount to your organization based on a goal set by you or your participants. As your organization or participants meet those goals, donors increase their pledged donation. Organizations often offer incentive tiers for supporters to encourage larger donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Over the years, as I have watched Facebook roll out features and changes, it seems takes a predictable pattern: the big announcement, hype, backlash, more tweaks to the platform, experiments by users/organizations, and learning what works. What is your organization doing to learn and adapt its strategy to the new changes?

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Facebook Results Change Organization 135

Kindful

APRIL 28, 2021

Events are typically near the top of every nonprofit organization’s list of disrupted activities and strategies. Thankfully, many organizations were able to shift to a virtual event format with limited disruption and, in some cases, even greater success than their previous in-person incarnations.

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Everyaction

APRIL 9, 2018

In this series, we’ll be exploring the unique concerns that organizations in different fields consider when searching for a CRM software. In this series, we’ll be exploring the unique concerns that organizations in different fields consider when searching for a CRM software. Seamless Fundraising + Activism.

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NetWits

APRIL 10, 2011

That got me thinking more about how we, in the non-profit space, should look to learn from examples, trends and best practices found outside of our sector. Affiliate programs, organic search traffic and even offline advertising scored higher than social. So here’s another great bit of learning for us.

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Candid

JULY 26, 2022

The overhead myth is a pervasive challenge for nonprofits, often leading to organizations that are under-funded, unable to make an impact that aligns with their potential, and rapidly losing high-performing employees. And, it can make organizations feel the need to limit their operating expenses to a detrimental degree.

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Course Ratio Fundraising Statistics 122

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. Instead, we want to keep the power to address issues in the hands of organizations spread around the world.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

In addition to the challenges inherent to any nonprofit mission, these organizations and their personnel must often work in areas with poor security and limited resources. Organizations should critically review proposed data collection and ensure that the intended benefits and impact justify the risks of data collection in the first place.

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Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 28, 2022

The overarching goal of this next phase is to humanize the customer experience with new AI-powered conversational intelligence, mobile offline access, and innovations to the Customer Data Platform. . For example, many marketers are looking for the capability and value of real-time Personalization , not an “Interaction Studio” solution. .

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

They’re excited to get their fledgling organization off the ground, and they need the funds to do it. If you’re struggling to make ends meet, you’re probably using a broken funding model — meaning your organization cannot survive into the future on the funding you are receiving now. But we want something much better for you!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2023

Why It’s Important to Accept Online Donations Collecting online donations can be a powerful and budget-friendly way to raise funds for your cause or organization. They can show some love for your organization quickly, no matter where they are in the world.

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NetWits

JUNE 24, 2011

billion dollars in revenue, shows that website giving and direct mail giving are both still alive and well while encouraging nonprofits to pay special attention to how online and offline work as complimentary, versus competing, channels. The report, which covers 15.6 million donors and more than $1.16

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2019

online giving increased from $400 million in 2018 to $511 million and that total online and offline giving reached $1.97 How did a rts, c ultural & h umanities organizations fare on # GivingTuesday ? . Expanding on the examples above, here are some ideas to get your gears turning: . billion. .

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

You can create and run an online campaign to support an offline appeal or an event. For example, if your campaign is off to a slow start, you can post something about that and wake people up. Heartwarming posts will help keep them interested and keep your organization fresh in their minds. Remind them why they should give NOW.

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TechImpact

JUNE 19, 2014

Everyone wants to compare the success of their organization to a measurable analytic. But getting started with any performance measurement initiative can be difficult and overwhelming for some nonprofits, especially smaller organizations that do not boast the raw man-power of other more established nonprofits. And for good reason.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Interrogating how legacy social media platforms and their harmful content policies impact nonprofit communications, organizing, and fundraising can lead us to prioritize equity and safety when moving to new platforms—or choosing to stay on existing ones. Marginalized users and organizations have been impacted in multiple ways.

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Social Media Media Strategy Social 92

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

On & Offline Engagement. Online is great for organizing. But the action, the real social change, is offline. First, ensuring that there are opportunities to engage and participate both on and offline (especially in the promoting and sharing) can increase participation and ultimately feet in the streets.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

This is the time of year that your organization should be raising up to 40% of its donations online. Looking for some good data and examples for your fundraising team? Median revenue per donor for multichannel supporters was $339 compared to $88 for offline. Year-End Fundraising Examples. eNonprofit Benchmark study.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Internalizing and externalizing an organization-wide culture of philanthropy. Is your site well organized and easy to navigate? . First, pretend you know nothing about your organization. if your organization ceased to exist, would people care ?)? . Does the organization look trustworthy? If so, how?

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NetWits

APRIL 12, 2012

Many people and organizations define a “major gift” based on some minimum gift amount. For example, does your organization take any $1,000+ gift that comes in the door and code it a “major gift”? But I would suggest what I think are two important points: It’s an Offline Process. Online Support is Needed.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Said another way – what works offline also works online. Examples and practical tips to live by. For example, if you’ve sent an email alert on lung cancer research, recipients who clicked-through that message may be interested in lung cancer funding opportunities in your next email appeal. Analyze the stats of previous emails.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Send emails from an individual associated with your organization. Instead, send emails from someone on your team or board and make sure the sender name and email address correspond to that person (example: Claire and claire@). . First, this information reassures people that they can trust your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

A few days ago, I asked for some stories " What is the value of listening through social media channels for your organization? " I wanted to see examples from nonprofit organizations engaged in listening and conversation and the value it has to their missions, programs, or marketing efforts. And you shared them!

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ROI Results Examples Social Media 91

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Not the best scenario for a campaigner or organizer, but it is the reality. I’d love to hear your examples of campaigning on facebook! org but I know there are lots of great examples out there. Has your organization campaigned specifically on facebook? In the slides, I highlighted some of the work of 350.org

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