Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). NonProfit 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Miro is basically a video player, which can recognize RSS feeds, and automatically download videos. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #12: Miro February 26, 2008 Miro used to be called “Democracy Player&#.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Mostly, because I get to read blogs by people that aren’t on my list of feeds I read regularly. at 12:13 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 robert guinto 04.19.08 And I get to highlight the work of some of my favorite bloggers, too.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

This group is comprised of 14 very large nonprofit organizations with data from 2009. Notes: Demographic characteristics of 2009 donors, broken down by the donor’s state of residence, including the District of Columbia. Excludes donors giving $1,000 or more in 2009. That’s the power and importance of benchmarking.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

This group is comprised of 14 very large nonprofit organizations with data from 2009. Notes: Demographic characteristics of 2009 donors, broken down by the donor’s state of residence, including the District of Columbia. Excludes donors giving $1,000 or more in 2009. Just like a report of giving by city.

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

The Target Analytics donorCentrics Index of National Fundraising Performance for 2009 reported this trend. Recurring Gift Donors only accounted for 10% of all US Donors The Target Analytics 2009 donorCentrics U.S. Here are five statistics from across the nonprofit sector that trouble me and should really trouble you.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

compared to the same time period in 2009. compared to 2009. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. This was led by 55.6% growth by large organizations. Online giving is 7.6%

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Google already knows enough about me (it reads my mail, my feeds, my search history, and a few shared documents, to boot,) I’m certainly not going to add virtually everything else I do (the percent of things I do using a protocol other than http(s) is dwindling by the second.) Otherwise, fuggetaboutit. { 2 film fan 09.16.08

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 16, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

The median online gift above $1,000 was $3,500 in 2009. blog comments powered by Disqus Previous: What is Jumo? A higher percentage of donors 45 to 54 and 55 to 64 give online than offline. 25% of donors aged 65 and older give both online and offline. Major donors don’t give online Wrong.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

The feed is being fed like a holiday goose. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. Facebook’s value is mostly derived from what it knows about its users.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. Seems like a big missed opportunity to me.

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APRIL 6, 2011

Technical Strategy Consultant, Zuri Group and Shiloh Stark, Online Fundraising Manager, Amnesty International USA Part V of Advocacy Live – Closing Remarks Final thoughts and comments on information shared during the session.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Giving Amount Trends High net worth households gave $54,016 on average to charity in 2009. Average total giving to religious causes dropped in 2009 to $9,985 from $17,635 in 2007, a decrease of 43.4%. Average total giving to secular causes was also down in 2009 to $46,852 from $71,200 in 2007, a decrease of 34.2%. This is a 34.9%

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MARCH 7, 2011

Six self-selected nonprofit organizations agreed to contribute their fundraising performance data from 2007 through 2009, including: Alzheimer’s Association, Arthritis Foundation, Autism Speaks, LIVESTRONG, March of Dimes, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

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MARCH 18, 2011

Look for more updates the next few days from NTC… Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2007

Choosing a theme Migrate the posts and comments (exporting it from typepad, importing into wordpress – all web gui based, very easy. The feed should stay the same. If, for some reason, yours stops working, try this feed. { If, for some reason, yours stops working, try this feed. { I’d recommend it to anyone.

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MAY 18, 2011

Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. The online giving trend is positive on a year-over-year basis when international relief organizations are removed from the analysis.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

That shows up in user’s news feeds, and in their profile. Also, if a friend agrees, their activities around a particular product (like, say, a movie rental) will show up on their news feeds. at 8:37 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 11.14.07 That, of course, can spread virally.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. blog comments powered by Disqus Previous: Does Your Nonprofit Exist in 10 Years? You will be amazed at what happens.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. Check out the “Making Event Participants More Successful with Social Media&# white paper to learn more.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits February 14, 2008 These are tidbits of things I’ve gotten recently from vendors, or gotten via feeds or twitter. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Dustin J Mitchell 02.14.08

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

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MAY 31, 2011

Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. Now that everyone is raising money online the differentiators are going to be how well a nonprofit can leverage each contact point.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending September 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending September 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending September 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. Read more about the methodology. over last year.

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JUNE 2, 2011

Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. We got over-fixated because it was hard to accept that people can talk back now.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Holly 08.07.08 Like Holly wrote, blogs and RSS readers (I use Google Reader) are immensely helpful, and I’m trying to get into the habit of going through all of my tech blog feeds on a daily basis. I’m in an active phase right now (hence, the comment)!

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

36% of charities reported an increase in donations in the first nine months of 2010, compared with only 23% in the same period of 2009. 37% of charities reported a decrease in giving, a noticeable improvement over 2009 when 51% of organizations reported a decline. renewed contracts.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

It’s Generational (Not) The donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarking Group recently reviewed 2009 giving data for 14 very large nonprofit organizations. Compare that to 10% of those under 35 that only gave online and 6% of those donors that gave both online and offline in 2009.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

If your nonprofit assists the poor, share a story of someone who finally secured employment or got a raise and can now feed their family and buy their kids new shoes for the school year. Even the most challenging issues have stories of success. If your nonprofit works in disaster relief, share a story of survival.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending November 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending November 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending November 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. Unfortunately, this will not be the last emergency that nonprofit organizations will have to respond to. But there are steps that they can make to be prepared.

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JANUARY 10, 2011

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

It is an inevitable result of our desire for social networks, as well as our desire for information to be portable (like in RSS feeds.) 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 ThomasT 06.11.08 at 10:43 am I think there’s a typo/error in the Clickz quote (which comes from the original). 2 admin 06.11.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Keep track of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, no matter which blog is hosting, by subscribing to the Carnival feed. { at 11:01 am { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 david 11.19.07 2 trackbacks } Nonprofit Communications » Blog Archive » Nonprofit Carnival of T-Day Treats 11.19.07

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 22, 2009

My efforts to revitalize my blog were hit & miss in 2009. My posterous has its own RSS feed so feel free to subscribe if you want to keep up with me. For now, I'm going to leave the feeds separate although if this works out, I'll redirect my established Feedburner feed there. Leave a comment »

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