Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Many of the questions we explore will likely also be applicable to other movements. Starting the Conversations: Here are some questions to consider: How does online discussion and networking connect with and support offline action? 4Change will be structured around a series of questions which all participants can respond to.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

One of the questions that came up during a discussion of concerns at the beginning of the day, was "We have 5,000 friends on Facebook, now what? Deepen relationship through custom apps that improve on org activites (event fundraising, petitions). jaygoldman @ kanter Rewarding verified offline actions with online social credit.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2010

I’ve been thinking about that question a lot. I posed the question “what Twitter chats do you participate in and why?&# " Where does Social Media belong on the Org Chart? ." Why Do You Participate in Twitter Chats? Community Organizer 2.0 – "Why do people participate in Twitter chats?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Before exploring the questions around limitations and needs, I want to share a couple examples of things happening right now to remind us that even though it will take a lot of work, and honestly a good bit of time, that we are already moving. org before? org and 1Sky to lead by merging. Have people heard of 350.org

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” There’s also a Q&A box specifically, your questions might be a little more visible there if you use that one. We’ll take questions at the end.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

I wanted to use today to focus in on a question recently posed by my good friend Joe Solomon on Twitter : What are the nonprofit/orgs that are working 2 wire the green movement, like what @ netsquared does 4 nonprofits, @ sunfoundation for politics; which orgs are working to expose data, leverage soc media, connect the orgs together?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

How do you involve the org? Are there ways of catching offline datapoints? NWF - every program we have has an offline component, i try to integrate a social media strategy that leverages and encourages the offline part; like #nwf wildlife watch, raises your awareness offline if you can see something and tweet it, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2008

The question was : How do you get prepared for an online community? What questions do you need ask as part of your planning? A lot of questions to be asked. Ninety-two percent of word of mouth happens offline. So make sure the online supports the offline and vise versa. The first thing to keep in mind?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Positive reinforcement is one of the best leadership development practices you can build into your work across the board, whether it’s online or offline, on your facebook page, newsletter, annual fundraiser or neighborhood events. Well, they loved the chance to get together offline and build things together, learn from each other and so on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

He also makes a false distinction between online/offline or as Allison and I have called it “online and onland&# activism. Alexis Madrigal in his post Gladwell on Social Media and Activism also questions the black and white description of strong/weak ties that Gladwell states. She Jillian York’s critique.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

There was a great question about social networking and representing one's organization posted on the Social Networking Affinity Group at NTEN by K.E: re doing offline. " My question is, are the organizations doing this, like TNC, using personal usernames or organization usernames? It has to be a real human being.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

According to the latest research from Blackbaud’s Charitable Giving Report : The average donor retention rates for first-year offline-only donors is 29%. S tart up a donor advisory board of folks willing to answer a few questions each month. The average donor retention rates for first-year online-only donors is 22%.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

This month's Net2 Think Tank question is: How do real-world (offline) events fit into social media conversations and campaigns ? We need offline events to meet each other, bond eye-to-eye, and forge the collaborations that will make our social networks stronger, better connected, and ultimately transformative. Then check out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Yet many have overcome the odds and made a splash online and offline by using the latest Web technologies - for pennies on the dollar. More often it is not resistance on the messaging, but a lack of understanding/fear of how it works and ultimately benefits the org (tools to get/cultivate the new donors etc.).

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

During the webinar, we received a ton of questions regarding: When and how to start end of the year planning. So, with the influx of questions we received around preparing for end of year fundraising, I realized that these questions are probably on a lot of fundraisers’ minds these days. Great question. Danielle .

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

The question I want to ask is, what do web stats really mean, anyway? But in many areas there will always be scope for offline delivery of a non-profit’s message. There will always be constituents who need the offline presence, just in the same way there are still shops and banks on the high street. 9 admin 09.22.07

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

We so often focus on learning from innovative online campaigns that we miss out on opportunities to integrate offline cause communities and grassroots advocacy. org, and five Unity College students embarked on a bio-diesel powered road trip to encourage President Obama to restore solar paneling to the White House roof. Diverse Goals.

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Care2

MAY 31, 2007

Karen Taggart is Director of Non-Profit Services at Care2 and is on the eternal quest for the perfectly integrated online/offline fundraising database. If you used an email append or other some such questionable acquisition method, I would think much more work would have to be done to develop that relationship first. " Me too!

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Care2

MAY 29, 2007

Karen Taggart is Director of Non-Profit Services at Care2 and is on the eternal quest for the perfectly integrated online/offline fundraising database. If you used an email append or other some such questionable acquisition method, I would think much more work would have to be done to develop that relationship first. " Me too!

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

I’d like to extend my thanks to Emily and Beth for participating, and to all of the audience for your good, insightful questions. I will say that there are regulations that relate well to offline consumer relationships that don’t apply well online. If you missed it, you can register to receive the recording at [link].

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

“There is no question that it is down for most organizations. “That includes sending direct mail to drive traffic online, as well as sending direct mail to get a response in the mail, and sending email to reinforce an offline message,” Kirchoff said. So what’s the verdict? Giving on social media sites.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 30, 2011

They don’t care about your org chart or who gets credit for the donation. Statistically speaking, online donors are much more likely to switch to become offline donors. About 32% of online donors will become offline donors compared to only about 3% of offline donors switching channels. Your results may very.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

Send in your questions and comments, we love for these sessions to be interactive. So, as Steven said, if you have any questions, put them in the Q&A box. You can put them in the chat box as well, but we prefer Q&A, I prefer Q&A because it’s easier to track your questions. There is a chat box and a Q&A box.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

So ask questions, use that chat box. In fact, we may call on you to answer some questions of ours as well. She spends a lot of time doing workshops, helping orgs with communications. In fact, for you, environmental folks listening, special focus on environmental orgs. But most importantly, chat in. So do that.

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NTEN

JULY 7, 2011

Effective social media integration is time consuming, and unless your org is powered by volunteers, paying your employees costs money. Depending on how detailed you’d like your tracking to be, you can use single words, short phrases, or even a version of your offline alphanumeric source codes. Connections do not equal causality.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2011

I, myself, have asked charities this very question upon receiving a phone call asking for my support. A new question posed to orgs now is: What portion of online donations are driven by an online source and what are driven by more traditional channels such as direct mail or telemarketing? Author: Taylor Shanklin.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

For starters, I’m addressing this question on the basis of 30 years in direct mail fundraising and 15 years in fundraising online. I cringe when I see the tons of mail environmental orgs send every year. That having been said, let me answer your question. You read that right: 15 years in online fundraising.

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