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Direct mail built the conservative movement. Can influencers beat it?

M+R

That version of you — now sitting on a valuable piece of real estate — probably had their address bought by a man named Paul Weyrich, a pioneer of conservative political direct mail. Along with Richard Vigurie, they honed an analog skill every politically active organization now tries to do digitally: find your people and activate them.

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Protecting Our Planet Challenge Commits $5 Billion To Conserve 30% of Planet by 2030

NonProfit PRO

Nine organizations have joined together to pledge $5 billion over the next 10 years to help address three of the planet’s most life-threatening crises: the climate, extinction and health crises — with an emphasis on the role of nature and the leadership of Indigenous people in solving them.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On The Environment And Conservation Efforts

Kindful

Today’s funder list focuses on nonprofits supporting the environment and conservation efforts. It brings together foundations and funds that are primarily dedicated to support or have a significant program to support those organizations. Funding Priority: The Environment and Conservation Efforts. Alaska Conservation Foundation.

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Stream the Latest “Driven by Cause” Podcast Featuring Julie Packard, Executive Director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium

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In this episode, we speak with Julie Packard, an international leader and groundbreaking innovator for environmental conservation. As the Executive Director of the Monterey Bay Sea Aquarium, which she helped found in the 1970s, the Aquarium has led the way in becoming one of the nation's leading ocean conservation organizations.

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How Organizations Can Use VR and AR Tech for Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Fundraising is and will always be a necessity for nonprofit organizations, but times have changed — and so has the technology. What are AR and VR, and how can you use these advances to help support your own organization? She is the owner and editor of ProductivityTheory.com and ProductivityBytes.com. Augmented and Virtual Reality.

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Measuring Conservation Effectiveness

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The people attending all believe that we have to focus much more on conservation outcomes: are there more tigers? It was exciting for me to participate in this meeting , which was roughly balanced between funders and conservation groups. At a two-day event at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation on changing an entire movement.

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Miradi and Conservation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I was just able to attend an exciting conference in Vancouver, ConEx, the Conservation Learning Exchange. It was organized by The Nature Conservancy, but had folks from many of the other leading groups. For me, it was a chance to meet practitioners using our Miradi conservation project management software.