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New on SSIR: Reflections on Jumo & Need for Co-Creation

Amy Sample Ward

—– I recently posted about Jumo with reflections, notes from my experience using the new platform, and questions – this post has also generated a great deal of valuable conversation in the comments (over 70 thoughtful comments so far). On & Offline Engagement. But the action, the real social change, is offline.

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Marketing Tips for Walkathons and Other Eventful Fundraisers

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Make sure your advertising materials reflect the exact activities that will take place and highlight how your donors’ support can help propel your mission forward. By sending the right donor communications and reaching your target audience where they are, you’ll be able to successfully promote your event and expand your nonprofit’s reach.

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Reflection and Analysis: Gnomedex Real-Time Social Fundraising Experiment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My most recent experiment involved Twitter, fundraising, and an integrated offline component at the Gnomedex Conference in Seattle. I've been a little shell shocked for the past few days, but wanted to share this reflection and analysis of the Gnomedex fundraising experiment. I'm going to call it AMORE. 70% new donors. so they donated.

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The other side of the figures: Causes reaches $20 Million in Donations

Amy Sample Ward

Context : Organizations can’t assume that applications like Causes or simply the use of social networking sites like Facebook will translate into new revenue streams supporting the organization. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, have raised over $100,000 using Causes. Fact : 400,000 users have contributed to a cause at least once.

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Wisdom 2.0: Balance in A Hyper Connected World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday, I spent most of the day offline at the Wisdom 2.0 Watch live streaming video from wisdom2conf at livestream.com. This post shares some reflections from yesterday and a few nuggets that I learned from the presentations. How do you practice wisdom to keep your online/offline work and life balanced?

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The Benefits of Using Data to Bring Mindfulness to Your Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You wear it in your bra or clip it to your waist, and it measures your breath. It streams data to an app on your phone like your step count, but more importantly gives you a report on whether you are calm, tense, or focused based on the length, depth, and spacing of your breath.

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9 Ways Nonprofits Can Excel Using Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This post summarizes the content I shared in my presentation and offers some reflection on the conversational keynote. And, of course, many of the listening tools like Radian 6 or free ones like Social Mention allow you export your listening streams into excel spreadsheets! Connecting With Colleagues.