Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

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). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Are you a leader or a follower?

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

As people have become increasingly reluctant to give out personal information, challenges present themselves in determining the unique characteristics of donors. People naturally form connections through interactions on social media platforms like Twitter, Discord, Instagram, and Facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

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). – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – No matter where you look, social media is on everyone’s radar.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Over 179,000 nonprofits utilize Facebook Causes but just how sticky is Facebook?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

You’re asking people to help you feed hungry families or save animals or provide scholarships for at-risk youth. Your donation will help provide rides to doctor appointments and advocacy for the patients who need and deserve this help.” Fundraising is not about you. It’s about those you serve. See how that works?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2011

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). Also, by involving people in the early stages, they will feel more connected to the project, and likely repeat their support and advocacy. Event management?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 21, 2010

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). As social networks try and become profitable they are experimenting with new ad models and trying to drive more traffic to increase ad revenue.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Success Factors: Celebrity Advocacy: Leveraging celebrity power attracts attention and builds trust with potential donors. Success Factors: Social Media: Platforms like X/Twitter and Facebook are heavily used to broadcast real-time needs and impacts, using hashtags and live updates to maintain urgency and high visibility.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Think of how Facebook notifies you that you have new messages without having to refresh the page, or the way your Instant Messaging client shows you new messages as soon as they are sent. Like people generally do, we thought about the impact that Twitter and Facebook were making on the web. Probably middle of 2008. I use Notify.me

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2010

How A Random Act of Kindness Turned $93 into $24,000 to Feed Hungry Families. Carolee posted on Facebook about the events and asked friends what they’d do with the extra money. Touched by Jenni’s honesty, Carolee matched the $93 and again queried her Facebook friends where to donate the $186. was the response.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck Consulting. Something about the way Farra presented, answered questions and described the campaigns she worked on stuck with me. Big Duck presented us with 10 or so different tagline options. Facebook was another matter entirely.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

100 feeds a food-insecure family of five for 2 weeks.” Here are a few different ideas to help get your creativity rolling and may suit your audience: Webinar: A webinar is an event during which a speaker or group of speakers delivers a presentation to your audience. What about those leaked reports from Facebook and Instagram?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

This is the seventh post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Known for having higher engagement than other social media, Instagram is evolving and it is becoming increasingly more difficult for nonprofits to get exposure in the Instagram Feed.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" You can check out a wrap up of their presentations by clicking here. Is It Worth It?

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

A whopping 86% of nonprofits say they have a presence on Facebook or another social media site according to the 2010 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. . advocacy action or donation)? Audience Overlap : Use Rapleaf to sort out what percent of your Facebook audience is also on your email list.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" “ According to a recent study, the fastest growing demographic on Facebook is people aged 55+.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" “ According to a recent study, the fastest growing demographic on Facebook is people aged 55+.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

and his new media director Candice Dayoan presented to October’s Online Community Meetup in San Francisco on how a candidate can use new media to raise awareness and get the message out, as well as test the message and make adjustments based on constituent feedback. Chiu crushed this one out of the park." Photo: Susan Chavez.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck. Something about the way Farra presented, answered questions and described the campaigns she worked on stuck with me. We signed a contract to have a Brandraising in March 2010, and it was complete and presented to us by the end of June 2010.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

Already, some of our advocacy work is progressing in large part because of savvy use of social media (see our blog about chemicals and toxics ). We have a mix of staff who dived into social media long ago (see our business innovation blog and green business twitter feed ), and others who have maybe sort of heard of Twitter.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2011

Here’s how it went down: When I arrived at the event, I was presented with a ticket with my table number on it. To the Beltway, and Beyond: Advocacy friends, don’t think QR codes are just about the dollars. So, allow me to take a moment to explain what I’m talking about.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

There’s no time like the present to improving your donor retention rates. ’ This takes more time initially, but it produces the levels of support and advocacy we really want for our organization!” John Haydon , Author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies. So let’s get started, right? Don’t just take.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 3.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million? How about Digg ?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" There are few concrete numbers to look at like there are for the Facebook Causes App.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" There are few concrete numbers to look at like there are for the Facebook Causes App.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million? How about Digg ?

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" If youve ever used My Yahoo! The ever popular widgets seen on blogs, for example, take advantage of APIs.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

There’s no time like the present to improving your donor retention rates. ’ This takes more time initially, but it produces the levels of support and advocacy we really want for our organization!” John Haydon , Author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies. So let’s get started, right? Don’t just take.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

Draw your network After the presentation on Network Basics (materials here ), there were two exercises. Christine Egger from Social Actions left a thoughtful comment on my Facebook profile about process: . Marty Kearns has a diagnostic tool over in his Advocacy 2.0 You need a good set of URLs to feed it. but isn't.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

It’s the seed that blooms into funding and feeds every organization’s mission. Do you want their eyes to glaze over, or would you rather present numbers in a way that touches hearts and minds, thereby inspiring donors to give? It’s at the heart of donor giving and the key element nonprofits need to acquire and retain donors.

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Candid

JANUARY 19, 2022

As a nonprofit professional, you know how powerful advocacy videos can be for charitable organizations. A video doesn’t always have to be a carefully crafted presentation with multiple interviews or camera angles. You know it’s almost impossible to watch that video without a few tears welling up in your eyes!

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Whole Whale

MAY 5, 2021

We see those feel-good stories about amazing fundraisers on our feeds: “Viral Irish GoFundMe Raises Millions for the Navajo Nation In Act of Generosity That Bridges Historical Debt of Gratitude ”. We’ll walk through the benefits of charity ratings, then delve into how to present your IRS Form 990 (for U.S.-registered

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Care2

MAY 27, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" ” But the fundamental question presented in this panel was “Why?”

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