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MARCH 4, 2019

One would like to think that after 20 years of testing, more testing, conferences, webinars, and pithy blog posts about online giving that there might be wide adoption of best practices. Crowdfunding and peer-to-peer fundraising are now new. Common Best Practices Remain Uncommon. Sadly, that is not the case.

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MARCH 14, 2016

In this monthly blog series, top Big Idea presenters will recap the topics they presented on so you can use their insight to build your next Big Idea. While the very first donor advised fund was created by the New York Community Trust in 1931, the second was not created until 1935. billion.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Today, Jordan Viator, our super communications manager for all things interactive, fun and digital was featured in The New York Times about using Foursquare to broadcast to her friends where she is during SXSW Interactive. I personally don’t get it. Why would you do that? There is more to come. (I

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APRIL 27, 2010

“Imagine if Facebook wanted to turn off the New York Times, for instance. ” Two mandatory elements she points out as imperative to her are the ability to opt IN and the needed realization on the part of consumers that we are all responsible for our behavior on the web. ” - Carie Lewis of the Humane Society.

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AUGUST 21, 2014

This week, we’re talking with Ryan Chung , Bo Bell , Sol Salgar, and Carla Perez of Central Park Conservancy (CPC) in New York City. We try to minimize cost so the majority of analytic tools that I normally use are free resources from different blogs. The Kissmetrics blog is amazing for finding everything about web metrics.

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JUNE 29, 2011

On Friday, New York joined the ranks of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont and Washington, D.C. The fight for marriage equality is far from over, but the victory in New York is a wonderful step in the right direction. Author: Jill Ward. in legalizing same-sex marriages.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

So before all that happens, I wanted to share an amazing Client story from the Food Bank For New York City (FBNYC). million New Yorkers who rely on FBNYC’s programs and services, Thanksgiving is always a large initiative. to check out the organization's blog to get a close and personal report. With over 1.5

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

Sent 460,000 election-related action alert emails, generated 151,000+ constituent contacts to targeted legislators, and delivered 75,515 postcards from constituents to state senators in support of Marriage Equality in New York. New York Public Library. And not to mention, they won Organization of the Year by DMANF !

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AUGUST 23, 2011

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has accomplished so much this year – we previously blogged about their amazing success with the New Yorkers for Marriage Equality Campaign in June when New York joined 6 other states in legalizing same-sex marriage.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

And, so Henry runs a big institution in New York, as you know, with I think something like a thousand staff, very old power. But what happened is this idea of this new kind of video game inspired so many people that this whole world of participation grew up around the game. It’s been around for more than a hundred years.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

According to the New York Times , “as late as the last week of September, officials were still changing features of the Web site.” Like many others in the technology space, I’ve been captivated by this topic, and (for better or worse) have read much more than could ever fit neatly into a single blog post.

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AUGUST 25, 2011

at Edelman New York. and at his blog, joshua-gee.com. Most of us have some experience with many of the things we consider engagement on this blog. He has also worked on several political campaigns and in Public Affairs. You can follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/jgee.

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