Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

Earlier this week, an announcement on the Causes Application blog broke the news that over $20 Million has been donated since May 2007 via donors using the social networking application. You can read more about the MySpace/Facebook move here , here , and here.). million raised by 2009 America’s Giving Challenge participants.

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2011

When it comes to nonprofits – and particularly, nonprofits on Facebook – we're all looking for the answer to the question: What's the ROI? If you're only focused on one aspect, you may be missing Facebook's larger value. In general, the consensus seems to be that Facebook is not the place to pin all your fundraising hopes.

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NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Staff led on-the-ground efforts in just a handful of key cities, while the majority of actions were organized online and offline by activists and other citizens -– volunteers, by and large. While the online networks may have taken off in terms of size and activity, is that where the power of this day of action was rooted?

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NetWits

AUGUST 8, 2011

What I do have, though, is a family, a best friend, a neighbor (an Aunt Mabel, if you will) that I’d much rather receive an e-mail, Facebook post or Twitter mention from than pretty much any non-profit organization. — Full disclosure: I don’t actually have an Aunt Mabel. If you can do it, make sure your participants can do it, too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

This morning the Washington Post published an article titled " To Nonprofits Seeking Cash, Facebook App Isn't So Green: Though Popular, 'Causes' Ineffective for Fundraising." Proclaiming that fundraising using Facebook Causes was a failure based on a calculation of dollars per donor. . It doesn't work that way."

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

Social media is a space where the individual reigns, relationships are required, and conversations are public. That’s not exactly the way business normally goes down offline. You can’t access your friends on facebook if the platform is down for maintenance, let alone if it goes down permanently!).

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Do to the lack of activity on MySpace, we’ve decided to focus our efforts on the Causes Application on Facebook.&# (To read the full message, click here.) Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. Looking Ahead.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Do to the lack of activity on MySpace, we’ve decided to focus our efforts on the Causes Application on Facebook.&# (To read the full message, click here.) Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. Looking Ahead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

What are the transaction and transformation metrics? The first is easy – dollars raised, # of volunteers, etc. Giving Days are not a new idea and have been successful in local communities and entire states, like GiveMN which raised $2 million in 24 hours using the Razoo platform. What is the definition of success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Note From Beth: I’m a huge fan of Giving Days because they raise the awareness, engagement, and donations to nonprofits and being generous. Last week, we watched as a national day of giving and awareness campaign for “Giving Tuesday” unfold and spur spikes in donations. Social media specific webinars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2008

I found this slideshare show by Michael Weiksner, BJ Fogg, and Xing Kin Lui from a class at Stanford called " Creating Engaging Applications on Facebook." The visual shows the results of a pattern analysis of the 100 most popular Facebook applications (video of lecture here ). Need to go digest.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Title (s): Manager, External Affairs and Associate, Social Media & Recruitment. Facebook: facebook.com/taprootfoundation. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Megan: We currently have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Jumo, YouTube and Vimeo. Jumo: [link].

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2013

Say good bye to "online fundraising" and "offline fundraising," there is only fundraising. Leads acquired online are often best nurtured through social networks and converted in the mail, or over the phone if you're after monthly donors. Direct mail donors give more if they are hearing from you via email and social networks.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

For the past 60 or so years, and especially since the advent of the internet, social capital —interpersonal relationships and networks—has become increasingly crucial. And we’re not talking about the number of Facebook friends you have, but people you’d actually take time to get coffee or lunch with. This is good news!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Networking: Weaving Online and Offline, Strong Ties and Weak Ties. I have been experimenting with how to deliver “networked&# presentations and workshops. I asked folks to raise their hands if they had a smart phone, most did. I asked folks if they were on Twitter or Facebook, most people raised their hands.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2012

A recent study finds that 73 percent of Internet users in Europe use social networks. In the United States, 66 percent of Internet users are on social networks. Harness Technology and Social Media to Raise Money. Does Facebook Work for Fundraising? according to the Pew Research Center.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

Note From Beth: I’m on my way to Australia and New Zealand lead a series of workshops on Networked Nonprofits and Measurement, culminating with a keynote at this year’s ConnectingUp Conference in Australia, so expect to see a few interesting guest posts. ” Enjoy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

This terrible flood didn’t spare the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO), an event that he first learned about through his social networks. He wanted to raise some money to help the local orchestra and test some ideas. But consider the following: Networking. Don’t think of social media as a quick fix to raise funds.

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Care2

OCTOBER 28, 2010

16 “Mobilizing your social network&# panel with this all-star lineup: Andres Glusman of Meetup.com , Justin Perkins of Care2 , George Weiner of DoSomething and Giselle Diaz Campagna of Free Speech TV. Tags: Nonprofit Events Online Marketing Online Organizing Social Networking. Such is the case with the Oct.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Note from Beth: The long anticipated social network site for social change, Jumo , launched. Anyone can set up a profile for an organization (it prompts for an EIN number ( but not required ) and Facebook account url) and you can opt to be the administrator. Here’s the article from today’s New York Times.

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Care2

AUGUST 26, 2011

Using the Internet to Raise Funds and Build Donor Relationships: Tools, Tips and Techniques for Boosting Donations , a new handbook from Convio, will help your organization see the big picture and create effective strategies for long-term success.

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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? In your status updates, use the news feed to raise awareness. Escalate relationship w/periodic updates through Facebook messaging with higher asks. Create something to attend!

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2011

Five Reasons Why Facebook Will Never Replace Your Website. Facebook may have 500 million users and can be useful to help promote your cause, but Facebook could not and should not ever replace your nonprofits website. Facebook Pages have very limited functionality. Facebook’s analytics are very limited.

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Care2

DECEMBER 8, 2010

The study, which you can download here , summarizes “$381 million in online giving through Network for Good’s platform, including 3.6 Similar to offline fundraising, online fundraising is all about relationships. million gifts to 66,470 different nonprofits from 2003 – 2009.&# Here are some key findings.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Social Change Anytime Everywhere: Best Practices to Build a Multichannel Campaign Plan From your website to social media, email to mobile messages, online to offline, multichannel strategies require coordination and creative thinking across teams and departments, and a focus on the core of your work beyond any one specific call to action.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Apply real pressure on decision makers through social media. Liberate your data from Facebook (i.e. Social Change Anytime Everywhere Book Launch Party, Thursday, February 21st. Join our panel of experts to hear how you can make advocacy more powerful than ever and take your campaign to the next level! names and emails).

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1. Prioritize your ROI around the biggest impact, whether that’s raising funds, engaging people, or something else. Facebook General Growth data: More than 200 million active users. billion minutes are spent on Facebook each day (worldwide).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

launched a contest on Facebook. Friendship Circle, has a web contest landing page that provides instructions on how to vote and a direct link to the Facebook app page. . Organizing Offline and Online. There is also the importance of offline/online connection that can't be ignored. For example.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

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!" Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Yesterday, I spent most of the day offline at the Wisdom 2.0 I attended the first conference in May, 2010 was filled with gratitude to Soren for the amazing experience and opportunity to reflect life and balance in age of social networks. How do you practice wisdom to keep your online/offline work and life balanced?

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2009

In 2007-2008 America’s Giving Challenge encouraged 70,000 individuals to help raise more than $1.8 With the explosion of social media, America’s Giving Challenge hopes to get even more people involved this year and raise a lot more money for nonprofits. Tags: Nonprofit Events Social Networking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change? The Social Change Challenge will crowdsource innovative ideas from nonprofits to change the world. Submitted by Leif Utne.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Dr. Hendrie has been working tirelessly on this campaign using her social networks. mostly offline and email) Yesterday, I had to chance to show her some online social networks like Twitter and Facebook as well as some tools like video blogging. She made the above video with my son, Harry.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

The debate about what impact the online world has on offline action gets smashed when you look at these numbers and think about the over 12 million people around the world who are raising their consciousness by reading more about climate change and how they can get involved with their local communities. .

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

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!" Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I wrote a reflection on an article in CNET called " Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0 " based on an interview with Toby Daniels of Think Social and Scott Harrison of charity:water. I work at Acumen Fund and I manage the organization's social media work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

It is important to understand that social media is just one channel, primarily for engagement and connection tactics, but organizations will need to use other channels like email. It is also important to be mindful of how different generations use online social networking and the trends.

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