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How Baltimore Became the Most Generous City in America on Giving Tuesday

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With this in mind, Jamie and her team decided to do something greater for their clients and for themselves as givers, so they set their sights on building a campaign that would be meaningful for their entire city, Baltimore. They created the BMore Gives More campaign and set out to become the most generous city in America. The result?

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#TBT to That Time the Baltimore Ravens Taught Me an Important Lesson in Fundraising

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On February 3 rd the underdog won out and the Baltimore Ravens became Super Bowl champions! In 2008, the Baltimore Ravens made what some would say was an unconventional hire when they named John Harbaugh as their new Head Coach. I spend my days talking to organizations who are asking for proven results. But who’s tried it?”

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Vote 2012!

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Point 2: we wanted to showcase one of the neat ways we thought up that you can use the Advocacy API to make grassroots organizing easier. Point 3: in the last 5 years, the Convio Summit has been located variously in DC, Austin, and Baltimore. We're already committed to Baltimore in 2011, as well.

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#GivingTuesday Countdown: One Month to Go!

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The City of Baltimore, MD, sought to unleash its philanthropic potential and be the most generous city in America. In addition to being a whole lot of fun, #GivingTuesday is a chance for organizations – nonprofit and otherwise – to step out of their normal personas and try something new. million for area nonprofits in 24 hours.

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The team, a little faith and fundraising success!

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On February 3 rd the underdog won out and the Baltimore Ravens became Super Bowl champions! In 2008, the Baltimore Ravens made what some would say was an unconventional hire with they named John Harbaugh as their new Head Coach. I spend my days talking to organizations and everyone is asking for proven results.

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Are you an Innovator? Submit by 8/12!

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Every year at Summit , our client conference, we honor organizations that are doing truly innovative things, whether its tech-related, campaign-specific or data management brilliance. Winners will be recognized at the Convio Summit on October 3rd in Baltimore. Author: Jill Ward.

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Analytics: Taking the First Step

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For instance, if you are in higher education it might be wise to track reunion attendance or if you’re a cultural organization, you should be tracking gala attendance. In fact, the upcoming conference in Baltimore has a symposium on specifically analytics. So start thinking of other data points that are important to your institution.