Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

campaigning resources and info – "Twitter is growing at gigantic rate, experiencing 1,500% growth in the last year (for more stats see The State and Future of Twitter 2010). Here are five tips from some of the best in the non-profit business." " Twitter tactics – Louder.org.uk

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

This session was an interesting look around the ever-evolving universe of online and mobile tools used to mobilize people online. Growth rate is at about 49.5%, though churn is at 31%. The response rate for text messaging where people are asked to make a call to a decision maker on the organization's behalf is 4.9%.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

If you're an NTEN Member -- or have been lurking around for awhile -- you know that Universal Broadband Access is an issue we care deeply about. They're doing some fabulous organizing around universal access and have provided some basic talking points for comments to the FCC. It's essential that they hear from us.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

Numbers are a universal langauge. By using the simple metaphor of t-shirt size to represent a US State's obesity rate, and making them “grow” over a two decade period - we can quickly see how America's waistline has ballooned in since 1987. Speak With Numbers Sometimes, it's best to just let the numbers speak for themselves.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 2, 2018

Having knowledge of details like preferred matching rates and if the prospect is a board member of the company is powerful information to add into a negotiation for the next gift. Another great example comes from Dennison University. For more information, please contact info@hepdata.com. ExxonMobil donated $1.2

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

To illustrate our point, take a look at two possible phonathon script introductions: Phonathon Script Introduction #1: “I’m calling on behalf of University X to raise money for our annual phonathon campaign. Would you consider making a donation of $100 to the university’s endowment fund?”. Include matching gifts in call scripts.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Grantee evaluation is a perennial hot topic in the foundation world, nonprofit evaluation is a lucrative industry in universities, and there is a whole high tech industry emerging to rate charities online led by Charity Navigator. It has some good case studies and much more detailed info than this summary.

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

Humidity and temperature sensor (originally developed for brewing beer at home, but the concepts are universal). Tutsplus has a helpful guide to buying your first Raspberry Pi, complete with info on every component you'll need. Power ratings. Weather station. Digital camera. Web server (LAMP). Measure weight. Peripherals.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Numbers are a universal langauge. By using the simple metaphor of t-shirt size to represent a US State’s obesity rate, and making them “grow” over a two decade period - we can quickly see how America’s waistline has ballooned in since 1987. Speak With Numbers. Focus the Story. Everything else is just noise.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Numbers are a universal langauge. By using the simple metaphor of t-shirt size to represent a US State’s obesity rate, and making them “grow” over a two decade period - we can quickly see how America’s waistline has ballooned in since 1987. Speak With Numbers. Focus the Story. Everything else is just noise.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

that sends exercise and sleep info the cloud. You hold it next to someone and It scans vital signs, including temperature, respiratory rate, heart rate, and blood pressure and sends the data to a cell phone app. It was developed at Singularity University and uses technology from the NASA Mars Rover project.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Note: These rates are not for nonprofit organizations – they are the standard rates. Nonprofits are charged much lower rates (see comment below.) Unfortunately, I don’t qualify for those rates. In your above comments, you have quoted our standard, list rates for ReadyTalk services. Wish I were!

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M+R

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Scout Quest protects supporters’ privacy by using only behavioral data, not personally identifiable info. If you are already advertising at a decent scale on Facebook and looking to expand and/or optimize your targeting, use Scout Quest lookalike ad audiences to expand your prospecting universe. The best part?

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

And I have the honor of teaching the fundraising courses for both Temple University and their 10-week online certificate program and Messiah University for their undergraduate courses. Just be willing to explain that, but that relentless contact info capture at events is essential. Now we’re ready to rate them.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Sometimes, its worth contacting a local university or technical college to see if your video would fit as a student project. Has research been done to measure conversion rates, and, if so, what has it concluded? Thats why we typically provide a registration module and track this info for our clients. The future is live.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

Like I said, as the senior director of stewardship and communications at the University of Pennsylvania. As Steven said, I’m Valerie Harris, lately of the University of Pennsylvania, now of vharrisprojects.com where I provide courses, workbooks, webinars, and other resources for fundraising professionals.

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2011

You need a Google account, then follow the directions on the first page, copy and paste your geocoded locations into the Placemark tab and choose from a template if you want rich popup info on your map, then Publish the spreadsheet. Back on the first tab, you can get a link for your data as a map in either Google Maps or Google Earth.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 25, 2015

Contact Info. Email open rates. Direct mail response rate. Documenting and sticking to one universal process for data will ensure that all of your donor data is formatted consistently and easily accessible by all members of the fundraising team. Age/Birthday. Marital status. Household income. Occupation. Phone number.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 25, 2015

Contact Info. Email open rates. Direct mail response rate. Documenting and sticking to one universal process for data will ensure that all of your donor data is formatted consistently and easily accessible by all members of the fundraising team. Age/Birthday. Marital status. Household income. Occupation. Phone number.

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Database Data Donor eBook 28

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 24, 2011

Start by looking at your website usage analytics (more info on this below). Always know the response rate to both direct mail and e-mail and keep track of it. For e-mail, also know the open and click-through rates, which is especially helpful for online fundraising campaign call-to-actions.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey: As most nonprofits have these days is that renewal rates have been declining and that’s been consistent. David Dunlop, who many of you will know as from Cornell University, spent his life there, took 13 years to get a $100 million-plus gift. Local university, my wife was working there as a major gift person.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

CRMs provide nonprofits with valuable insights into donor behavior that can be used to optimize fundraising strategies and improve donation rates. For more info on how much the system will cost your nonprofit, you’ll have to contact Network for Good directly. Should My Nonprofit Choose Network for Good? a month.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

For more info on this, I like Laura Orsini’s plain language description on ReadWrite. A new nonprofit Greenpeace report entitled: Clicking Clean: How Companies are Creating the Green Internet rates the big cloud computing companies on how much renewable energy they’re using to power their data centers. Climate Change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Think Nielsen Ratings ). It has established a universal way to measure web sites. What is your conversion rate for getting me to sign up, volunteer, donate, purchase an item, etc leading towards that goal? Metrics are the attributes or factors that are important to understand (source: J.Owyang ). source: Chris Brogan).

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Metrics Social Media Media ROI 56

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 26, 2007

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2010

The next step is for these apps to add greater purpose by encouraging more meaningful checkins and offering corresponding badges and stamps, thus mapping the cause universe. It gives you info on in-season foods, those coming in-season, farmer’s markets, and links to recipes. This rather simple app is clearly just the start.

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