Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

The timing coincides with the President’s remarks in Arlington, but one minute of silence can be pledged at any time, really. Here’s an example of a Senator showing his support for veterans through participation in the #gosilent pledge: Tracking silence. Sharing across platforms – Instagram and Foursquare.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 3, 2024

Check out these text fundraising platforms to find the best solution for your organization: Qgiv Handbid Give Lively Snowball Tatango GiveWP Pledge Tithe.ly What we love Outbound messaging helps you engage your donors, allows you to send reminders to them about completing pledges, and helps you provide other important information.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Members of Gen Z are digital natives growing up with tech, social media, and information available at their fingertips. Gen Z youth and young adults are inclined to be socially conscious and politically active. Gen Zers are impact-oriented and they care about solving social problems. population. The Bottom Line.

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TechImpact

JULY 22, 2014

Social media matters here, too. You’ve been told over and over about the importance of nonprofit social media marketing, but measuring ROI can be difficult. Here, your ROI is easily measured with the all important email address. Here, your ROI is easily measured with the all important email address.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

A CTA is an invitation to take action, such as donating, volunteering, signing up for something, signing a petition, pledging to do something, etc. Be familiar with important information on the organization’s website, social media sites, YouTube channel, and other assets. Be Informed. Cultivation.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Measure donor engagement: Review donor retention rates, average donation amounts, and overall satisfaction of your donor base. Recurring Donations And Pledges In addition, CauseVox enables you to offer recurring donations, allowing donors to make ongoing contributions. Identify any trends or areas where donor engagement may be lacking.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This year’s Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report, published by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and Candid, tracked roughly $121 billion in aid to date in 2020 across multiple sources—including bilateral and multilateral aid, U.S. Health screenings and social distancing protocols had to be organized.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and using social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges. Flickr Photo by ESML.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Alfred Prufrock : “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” For I have known them all already, known them all: Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; New Feature: The Timeline. Alfred Prufrock: “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

The Cute Dog Theory or more precisely the Cute Animal Theory states that including cute animals in your social media content inspires more people to share the content. If don’t believe that is true, check out this YouTube video from VW of dogs barking the theme from Star Wars as a Superbowl Teaser.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Text-to-give (also known as text-to-donate, text-to-pledge, or text fundraising) is a form of mobile fundraising that asks donors to send a keyword to a text fundraising phone number. Also, if you’re carrying out a text-to-pledge campaign, you can send automated reminders to fulfill pledges.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Pledges to reduce use or avoid a purchase decision can be built with any basic form tool and offer a way to promote a campaign that builds an email list with an evergreen ask. The added benefit is that the pledge helps align the person’s identity with your cause, increasing the chance of a later donation. Send a survey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

Mobile is the Needle, Social is the Thread: How Information Today is Woven Into Our Lives. “ Mobile is the Needle, Social the Thread ” is the name of a presentation from Pew Internet data that illustrates the rapid growth of mobile connectivity and social networking in the U.S., What are the best practices?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Jolkona partnered with the Seattle International Foundation (SIF), which pledged to match every donation, dollar for dollar, up to $25,000. Starting July 26th, Groupon Seattle’s G-Team allowed subscribers to join Jolkona and SIF in making an investment in women’s leadership by pledging support in increments of $10.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

This honorary board of industry experts, which represents the larger spectrum of the social sector, collectively determines the annual Classy Awards Winners, and today we’re proud to announce the 2021 Leadership Council that will be hand-selecting this year’s award recipients. Vice President, Social Impact and Sustainability.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 27, 2023

Summer’s social ambiance, characterized by people wanting to enjoy outdoor events and immerse themselves in their local community, can boost your nonprofit’s fundraising efforts. Keep in mind the costs of renting projection equipment, acquiring necessary permits, and ensuring safety measures are in place.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

The event is sponsored by Patagonia as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility program. I presented a plenary session on networked mindsets and leadership and facilitated two workshops on SMARTer Social Media. More businesses pledged their support, blogs and magazines ran articles on the idea of Keep ‘Em Wet.

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Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

Chris will continue Classy’s track record of creating world-class technology to serve the social sector. . Here was a company radically rethinking what the social sector could expect of their online fundraising technology, and it was clear the impact that technology could have.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good. More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. It’s not too late to pledge your support for our work.

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Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2013

And it's a pernicious myth that drastically limits what nonprofits, charities, and other social benefit organizations can accomplish and how much they can grow. is a poor measure of a charity’s performance." The Stanford Social Innovation Review even has a term for it: the nonprofit starvation cycle.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Thousands of nonprofits use EveryAction every day to raise money, manage offline fundraising through pledges and grants, send emails, run nonprofit digital advocacy campaigns, and so much more. Match your contact records to nearly 100 social networks. Track your grants and pledges all in one place.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

You may know I love applying lessons from other disciplines to nonprofit fundraising and marketing; recently an article from Merkle inspired me to consider how the social benefit sector might use commercial business insights to increase donor loyalty. Remind donors when it’s time to renew or fulfill a pledge.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2021

How can you measure where you get your best donors? Use this strategy to convert visitors from your website, on social media or traditional ads into a name on your email (or direct mail) house file. The average customer at Starbucks will spend over $14,000 with them over in their lifetime. Convert more impressions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2012

Here’s a description from Social Media Examiner: Last year, Facebook rolled out Open Graph, allowing brands to connect to a user’s Facebook social graph. This is how you’re seeing so many more postings about what your friends are listening to, for example, if they’re using a social sharing music app like Spotify.

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Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 29, 2021

over the next year, and the measurable impact Salesforce?has Whether you’re using Elevate, Classy, Donor Drive, or Click and Pledge, finding a solution to help you manage online giving is becoming increasingly important for nonprofit organizations. Ask your donors to share that they donated on social media. digital fundraising?

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Qgiv

APRIL 10, 2023

When researching text fundraising , you may see it referred to by many different names, including text to donate, text to give, SMS fundraising, text giving, mobile giving, or text to pledge. It’s easy to share the campaign through social media or between friends because the only thing to remember is the keyword and designated number.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

We’re trying to understand what continues work and what doesn’t and evolve practice. You need to be nimble and not blindly follow a template because it worked in the past. Measurement and learning are now more important than ever for success. And, that is how they measure success. This advice still holds true.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Measurable: Ensure it’s trackable and measurable Attainable: The goal must be achieved through reasonable effort Relevant: The goal should match the needs of your cause Time-bound: Set a start and end date. There are a number of ways you can tell your supporters “Thanks” on Thanksgiving, including: Social Media Email blast Direct mail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2013

Note From Beth: Last month, I did a webinar for the SalesForce Foundation on measuring social media. Two recent papers that caught my eye were: ” How to Use Social Media for Social Good ” and “ Building Meaningful Engagement.” He agreed to write this guest post on the topic.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 3, 2021

In a recent webinar, How to Adapt to the Changing Landscape of Workplace Giving , Salesforce.org Philanthropy Cloud team members discussed their observations of how their customers managed the unique challenges that 2020 brought, and provide guidance on how other corporate social responsibility (CSR) and HR professionals can follow suit.

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Classy

MAY 5, 2021

For instance, fear now influences social interactions. Notre Dame received $1 billion pledged and more than $300 million raised in just a few days. Recent movements for social good could conclude that today’s generations of donors are more generous and charitable.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Have you ever made an announcement at a board meeting and everyone is excited and pledges to be involved in this new plan or initiative? Think about social opportunities. Or a holiday social at one of your volunteer’s homes? posted by Cindi Phallen President, Create Possibility. Where did everyone go?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Just last week, we wrapped up the Restart Romania Social Justice Challenge - a community-engagement collaboration of NetSquared and TechSoup Romania that offered participants the chance to share ideas and projects for using technology to bring about social change in Romania. BaniPierduti.ro (Where's my lei, man?)

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Make sure the payment process you choose offers security measures like: PCI-compliance. PayPal Best for: Nonprofits looking for a payment processor that prioritizes digital conversions. A secure payment process is critical to keep donor information safe, build trust, and inspire more repeat donations.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Unlike a pledge—where a donor promises to make a gift later but not in the present—a recurring donation means funds are donated right now and then again at regular intervals. Use SSL encryption and comply with industry-standard security measures to protect donors’ financial information.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

From social profiles (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) to social events and membership, Avectra allows you to track a wide range of profiles for effective donor management. Their engagement is measured in “cold,” “warm,” “hot,” and “on fire!” One database manages your supporter relationships and their gifts, pledges and payments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Tyson Foods has perfected a social media strategy that leverages blog comments for food donations as noted on the Fast Company blog , (part of its innovative giving series which included a profile of me !) Several of her regular readers including Deb Roby have pledged to match her donations to The Bay Area food bank.

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