Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Net2 Think Tank Round-up: Creating Awesome Video | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "For this month's Net2 Think Tank we asked you to share your tools and tactics for creating effective video messages – regardless of budget and organization size.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Naples, FL: Photos Online 501 TechClub SWFL Netsquared. Washington, DC: NetSquared DC Happy Hour. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup. Seattle, WA: Fundraising + Technology: How to Raise Money in a Changing Landscape.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

The Face (book) of NetSquared Champions. The NetSquared Conference is just days away and the NetSquared blogs are buzzing with activity! Not attending the NetSquared Conference but want to follow the tag stream? Sort of like a Social Media Amish Barn Raising? They are posting their introductions and photos here.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Mobile giving is a low-cost way to raise funds on an ongoing- or campaign-based basis. Connect2Give’s fundraising tools are great for nonprofits and libraries with multiple locations (competitive fundraising!), Hosting a fundraising event? Benefits of a Mobile Site. Get the Most from Connect2Give.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared community is hosting free monthly technology meetups in 74 cities globally, but with more than 39,000 members, it can be hard to get a sense of the community's needs. Why Are You a NetSquared Member? We asked NetSquared members why they attend our meetup events. Find your closest NetSquared group.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

With the global financial crisis at its peak and a recession looming, many nonprofit managers are probably asking themselves, "How will my nonprofit raise money next year?" " I suspect fewer fundraisers are asking themselves, "How will my nonprofit raise the money it needs four years from now?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

I just discovered a new (to me anyway) blog on nonprofits called the Nonprofit Eye via a provocative post on the Netsquared Community Blog. She recently introduced her blog on the Netsquared site: Don't know where I fit in the scheme of things here, but I have to start somewhere. Join in, viva la revolution!

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Research Triangle, North Carolina: How to Create Digital Stories to Raise Money and More. Storymakers. Wednesday, June 8. Wednesday, June 22.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 20, 2009

Edward Harran is a blogger and nonprofit technologist I have connected with through NetSquared, this blog, and of course Twitter. Thus, I was left with two options: one, to let the award go; or two, put my creative brain to use and launch a campaign to raise the funds. Tags: fundraising longtail 09ntc.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2015

How To Raise More Money With Email: A Step-by-Step Guide to Increasing Opens, Clicks, and Donations CharityHowTo / Webinar / Fee: $69. AWESOME APPEALS: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Better Fundraising Emails with Kerri Karvetski Nonprofit Marketing Guide / Webinar / Fee: All-Access-Pass only. July 14 — 3 p.m. CharityHowto.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2016

TechSoup's NetSquared ( @netsquared ) community manager, Eli van der Giessen ( @elijah ), and Tech4Good SWFL organizer Birgit Pauli-Hack ( @bph ) are thrilled to offer this opportunity for online and offline community organizers to learn from each other! Want to know if NetSquared is right for you? in YOUR Community.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Net2 Think Tank: Online Fundraising Lessons Learned | NetSquared – "The Facebook application Causes recently announced it hit the $20 Million mark in donations. But, despite these numbers, for most organizations and causes raising money via social media is still a hard thing to do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

I'm thinking about the use of video or vlog posts coupled with fundraising widgets as well as some other possible ways (ad revenue from web videos?) to raise money for sponsoring a college student in Cambodia via the Sharing Foundation. They raised $1,500 in two weeks from $10, $20, and $50 donations. (I I did a campaign video.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

In response to this post by Seth Godin on nonprofits and social media, I repeat what I said three years ago over at the Netsquared Community. Seth publishing a detailed report showing exact amounts raised by each nonprofit in the Squidoo program, along with case studies of the time and resources they expended.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2013

NetSquared is proud to be a sponsor of this kickstarter project. We put the idea on a site like StartSomeGood (or in this case, Kickstarter) - and we're raising money to help bring this guide to life. Also, just to put it out there: we're also hoping to surpass our fundraising goal to the tune of $3,500.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

Blackbaud guest bloggers share expert fundraising tips and simple steps for creating a Facebook page that rocks. From NetSquared. NetSquared is organizing technology-for-social-good events all over the world. TechSoup is keeping busy this July. Here's a roundup of what we've been doing. From the TechSoup Community.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

If you're just doing a general fundraising campaign, Razoo or CauseVox might be the way to go. You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared (where Ushahidi won its first challenge!). If you reach your goal, Indiegogo reimburse 3.75% of funds raised as an additional discount, so that your net Indiegogo platform fee is only 3%.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. NetSquared Community. for the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) beginning on May 29th. Like last year, conference participants are introducing themselves on their NetSquared Blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

Her birthday wish is to raise money for the Sharing Foundation using Causes and we think we could help her crush her goal of sending 53 Cambodian children to school by raising $530. Some posted to community blogs like NetSquared. Thank you so much for your help, support and participation! Amy (& Stacey). Some tweeted.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

I've seen this question posed in a different ways: What happens when fundraising strategies get remixed with Web2.0? What happens when fundraising meets social networking? What happens when fundraisings goes personal and connected versus organizational? Social Fundraising? Socially-Networked Fundraising?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

One of the biggest trends in mobile giving right now is gamification: the integration of game dynamics, like points, badges, or levels, into a fundraising or social good campaign. These apps have the power to help nonprofits and charities reach a whole new audience and raise awareness about their mission.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Two weeks ago , Causes, the application that lets individuals and organizations campaign and fundraise, removed itself and all Causes-related content/data from MySpace. These events raise many questions and flags about diversity, opportunity, and even corporate decision-making. Read more about Causes leaving MySpace here.).

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DECEMBER 20, 2007

Ed Schipul is a colleague from the NetSquared Community that I have had the pleasure of knowing for two years now. The fundraiser is where group of volunteers grew mustaches and asked their friends to support the charity, the Texas Children's Hospital Center. Flickr Photo from DenneyTerrio. " I did. in its inaugural year!

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. Funds raised will go to support the work of Mama Lucy Kampton ( @MamaLucy ), a ChangeMaker who has transformed her community in Arusha, Tanzania through her school Shepherd’s Junior. Tags: events interview africa epic change fundraising philanthropy tweetsgiving twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. Funds raised will go to support the work of Mama Lucy Kampton ( @MamaLucy ), a ChangeMaker who has transformed her community in Arusha, Tanzania through her school Shepherd’s Junior. Tags: events interview africa epic change fundraising philanthropy tweetsgiving twitter.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

If you're just doing a general fundraising campaign, Razoo or CauseVox might be the way to go. You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared. If you reach your goal, Indiegogo reimburse 3.75% of funds raised as an additional discount, so that your net Indiegogo platform fee is only 3%.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2011

Nonprofit organizations across the country have raised more than $100 million in three years using Charity Dynamics' boundless fundraising solutions. Their suite of online fundraising applications support campaigns across multiple channels for optimal results. Understanding the needs of your community is not always easy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 27, 2007

Did you know that as of this writing, Hilary Clinton has raised $63,075,926, Barack Obama has raised $58,913,134 and Mitt Romney has raised $44,432,349? Mike Gravel, on the other hand, has raised $238,744. Full disclosure: I work for NetSquared. By September 15th, MAPLight.org plans to release a widget for U.S.

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JANUARY 20, 2009

So, when Lynne Johnson from Fast Company asked me to blog a list, I thought I'd create a nonprofit technology category and acknowledge the work of these awesome women: Nonprofit Technology Marnie Webb is the Co-CEO of TechSoup Global and creator of Netsquared and was voted most valuable person in the nonprofit technology field in 2008.

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JANUARY 29, 2008

I've known Britt now for almost three years and have enjoyed working with her at Netsquared and Blogher. Not only has she been a generous donor to every personal fundraising campaign for Cambodia I've undertaken, but she also messaged out to her community to support this cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Although it is a slow time of year and the busy fundraising season is still several months away, there's been lots of activity in the social fundraising judging by these roundups of links from Peter Deitz and Tom Watson (not to mention all the items tagged in the nptech tag stream ). posted Ten Tips for Journalists to Fundraise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2008

I've been following Peter's work since October 2006, when I first discovered Peter's research on group giving when he introduced himself on Netsquared. I've blogged about his webinars about selecting person-to-person fundraising or working with group fundraising tools. He has identified nine goals for 2009. or $200.09.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

In case you haven''t already grabbed a copy of Kivi Leroux Miller ''s new book, A Communications Map for Engaging Your Community, Becoming a Favorite Cause, and Raising More Money , it will guide you through designing and implementing a content marketing strategy that will bring in supporters. Check out their work at [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2006

Last week I blogged about an Ipod/Toilet paper holder over at Netsquared. Peter Dietz has written another article on his micro-philthantrophy site, First-of-Its-Kind, about a service called GiveMeaning , as described by Peter, "another online community that provide a platform for group fundraising over the internet.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2012

This post originally appeared on the NetSquared blog, which is an initiative of TechSoup Global's, and was written by Causecast. Say that one of your employees wants to raise. start their own fundraisers. goal, like prizes for those who raise the most funds. Lets face it; it’s hard to look away from Pinterest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

There's a roundup of coverage on his Netsquared blog , including pointers to live blog posts like this one. More from Britt Bravo on Netsquared blog. Fundraising 2.0 While it is important for nonprofits to explore new approaches and tools, it's also important to remember email fundraising stills continue to work.

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