Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

During this time, I’ve help create community maps and strategic plans with my own team and with many other groups. More and more often, I get asked at conferences or on the blog for more information about how to create a community map or content plan. Community Map. Why : Why map your community? Content Map.

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Map Content Community Howto 122

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

You need data collection and data structure skills, not just a data entry person—someone who knows how your organization operates and the best ways for information to be delivered. In a small, grant-funded organization, you might not have these skills and that’s ok! Determine the non-financial metrics you want to track.

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Fund Software Community Tips 88

Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

Over the past decade, organizations like Sierra Club , Greenpeace , and 350.org By deepening their commitments to sustainability, organizations across sectors have the opportunity to enact more sustainable business practices and set an example for peer organizations. From nonprofits like 350.org

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AccelEvents

JULY 16, 2021

In the first quarter of 2021, Accelevents became certified to be a SOC 2 Type 1 compliant organization. It is important for any organization to have solidified, iterable processes they can use to best serve their customers.”. There are general guidelines, but every organization is different!

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Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2021

Today’s question comes from a donor relations manager who needs advice on how to best organize, prioritize, and stay on top of tasks. . Dear Charity Clairity, I’m new to my job as a donor relations manager, and my one thorn right now is organization. Here are some other thoughts that may help with organization : PRIORITIZATION.

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Candid

APRIL 20, 2023

The problem is, this advice is often aimed at organizations with dedicated social media folks, or even teams of them. Here is how you can craft a road map to social media success. Create the road map Now that you have an idea of what your audience liked in the past, you can create a plan for future social media content.

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Social Media Data Strategy Media 98

EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

Why LGBTQ+ advocacy is always-on from here on It’s more important than ever for LGBTQ+ organizations to effectively advocate on behalf of LGBTQ+ people. Key types of advocacy Issue awareness Before organizations can create advocates for their cause, they need to make people aware of the issues they’re trying to solve.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

First, we aimed to support organizations and social movements combatting racism that need to know where and how they can find the resources to fund their strategies and maximize their impact. Tracking racial equity funding . In 2018, Candid created a website to track racial equity funding, news, and research reports.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

bbcon 2021 Virtual , happening October 13–15, will bring together thousands of arts & cultural professionals from zoos, museums, aquaria, performing arts organizations, gardens, and beyond for three days of cutting-edge thought leadership, virtual peer networking and unforgettable experiences. Getting Organized for bbcon 2021 Virtual.

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EveryAction

MARCH 8, 2023

Implementing more modern tools—especially major software, such as customer relationship management (CRM) or fundraising software—can provide your organization with new efficiencies and new capabilities to improve fundraising , marketing, volunteer management, and ultimately do even more to power your purpose. Locate your data.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 6, 2023

Be sure to have a link to your volunteer management app, and provide information on how the event is organized. Important items to include are: volunteer roles and duties, introductions to leadership, schedules, maps, parking instructions, and safety tips. Start by assigning check-in administrators to greet volunteers as they arrive.

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Volunteer Instruction Instructional Tutorial 77

Candid

APRIL 29, 2021

To give you a taste of the course, we’ve included a clip below on how to use Foundation Maps to identify potential grantees. For our next example, we’re going to learn how to use Foundation Maps to identify potential grantees. I’d like to use the Funding Map to identify other potential grantees, not already in our network.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Disasters strike and organizations provide humanitarian aid - it's that simple. Perhaps some organizations make it look simple, but behind the scenes there may be some sophisticated Esri tools that map disease outbreaks and aid distribution. In our webinar this Thursday, September 13, at 11 a.m.

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Map Impact Free Japan 55

M+R

DECEMBER 9, 2022

We hope you like acronyms, because Google is making some big changes — and that means nonprofits will need to understand some important technical details in order to effectively reach, track, and mobilize supporters. GA4 has been built to provide cross-platform data, so user activity can be tracked across web and app access.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 17, 2021

Sponsored Post by: Accelerist , a leader in social impact partnership technology, supporting hundreds of brands and charitable organizations in finding and growing their partnerships with each other. Yet, the vast majority of your annual corporate revenue will come from partners that already know and love your mission and organization.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

There are so many tools out there and so many different options pulling us in so many directions that I’ve found many organizations, especially very small organizers, can feel like they are getting tied up in knots. Track your organization and your cause. Content Map. Why create a content map?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2010

Cine Institute , an organization that provides Haitian youth with film education, is located a block from an orphanage built by Luke Montgomery, co-founder of WeCanBuildanOrphanage.com , an interactive charity building a home, clinic and school for AIDS orphans in Haiti. Tags: maps. An Orphanage Destroyed, Children Still Alive.

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Haiti Map Volunteer Tech 96

Candid

JULY 1, 2021

Candid ha s been tracking racial equity funding for a decad e , but this recent philanthropy response was staggering. Yet a closer look at th is funding shows that pledges — particularly those from corporate funders — account for nearly three-quarters of the dollars we’ve tracked. billion dollars.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 25, 2023

To draw patients out of the market and establish enduring relationships with them, you’ll need a full-proof marketing strategy that sets your organization apart. By mapping out your patient’s journey, your team can determine which interactions provide patient acquisition opportunities. Keep a Pulse on Reviews Reviews matter.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

We covered how to do Community Mapping (identifying the segments and goals of the community), Content Mapping (creating a plan for which content goes where, and why), and Data Tracking (pulling all the numbers together). Community Mapping. >> Content Mapping. >> Presentation. YOU can do it!

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Metrics Community Map Template 219

NTEN

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

During this time, I've help create community maps and strategic plans with my own team and with many other groups. More and more often, I get asked at conferences or on the blog for more information about how to create a community map or content plan. Community Map. Why : Why map your community? Content Map.

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Map Content Community Chart 75

sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

If your nonprofit organization hosts a peer-to-peer event with thousands of happy participants and supporters, but you don’t have a plan to convert those bikers, gamers, walkers, golfers, dancers, scavenger hunters, or pub crawlers into monthly donors, you’re missing out on the point of putting on an awesome P2P event.

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Donor Registration Map United Kingdom 72

Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It’s critical to actively track and measure your website traffic against your goals. Making the switch is vital — if you’re still using the old version, your data is no longer being tracked. Event-Based Tracking: Where the previous version was session-based, GA4 is event-based. leads) it’s bringing in.

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Analytics Google Fundraising Track 52

VisionLink

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The National Shelter System is being used to help manage dozens of shelters in Florida--and states north, as Dorian continues along its predicted track. If you would like to check on currently open shelters you can visit the public view of the Shelter System at the Red Cross: Map of Open Shelters.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

If the numbers you are tracking don’t give you an action, how valuable are they? If the numbers you are tracking don’t give you an action, how valuable are they? For example, if you track just how many people come to your website, it doesn’t give you much action. What do you think?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Data is part of the tracking and monitoring innate to grantmaking and can be part of intentional organizational learning processes. Each member of the team brought a different perspective based partly on their work in the organization. For datamaking, visuals like charts, diagrams, or maps are important for more than data collection.

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Data Knowledge Philanthropy Policy 96

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

To make the most of your fundraising event , it’s best to develop an event page that’s effective at increasing the number of tickets your organization sells. No matter what the event looks like, creating an effective fundraising event page can help you raise more money for your organization.

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Business Tips Registration Sponsor 52

Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

As you quickly grow and engage your audience , it can be easy to lose track of your campaign plan. As a best practice, use a constituent relationship manager (CRM) such as those included in EveryAction’s guide to picking a nonprofit CRM to help organize and monitor your campaign’s success.

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Advocacy Campaign Tips Storytelling 130

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

The solution is to have a recipe or rather, a plan, that maps out all your fundraising for the year. You see, your annual fundraising plan is a treasure map that leads you to the exact activities that will raise the most money for your nonprofit over the course of the coming year. Do you really want to make fundraising so hard?

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Candid

MARCH 21, 2023

Philanthropic responses to the Turkey and Syria earthquakes Candid has been tracking philanthropy’s response to the Turkey and Syria earthquake and reporting on major giving by public corporations and foundations. million in grants to local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Turkey. million) in Syria. million) from Allianz , €1.5

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2012

While there are many, many organizations working on water-related issues all around the world, there’s one I want to highlight: Water for People. FLOW is an on-site technology that broadcasts data instantaneously to the Water for People website/FLOW map providing important information about the operating status of WFP projects.

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Data Map Broadcast Project 241

sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2023

What digital disruptor will cause organizations to change how they do business? These tools can help organizations incorporate brand-new fundraising strategies or revamp their traditional events to make them much more engaging. Fitness Tracking A great way to get fundraisers excited about a cause is to get them moving.

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Platform Charity Trend Badge 71

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 5, 2023

The sole purpose of a Donor Management system is to track donors, track your communication with donors, and track donation information. Accounting on the other hand, tracks how those donation dollars are allocated and spent. Plus, once you set it up and map the fields (i.e.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 16, 2021

Now, I could easily write a blog about my kitchen and chrome versus brass faucets, but today we are going to be talking to five leading experts from various organizations to get their top tips about a migration to Salesforce. Organizations like this can start using NPSP today with only a few basic setup steps.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Regardless of where leaders of volunteers fall on an org chart, their success relies not only on nurturing positive relationships between volunteers and the organization but also on nurturing effective partnerships internally with other staff. Which of the following “hats” do you wear?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

I think that is an important insight for small organizations who don’t have a team of people doing the social media and trying to do it with limited hours in the day. Those decisions are implemented across the organization’s web properties and social channels. ” What are the metrics for measuring your content?

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Content Measure Organization Strategy 101

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. ARC - gather data every morning and share with organization via email; issues that seem sensitive or are newsworthy will contact subject matter experts to follow up. Can’t wait!

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