Amy Sample Ward

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New on SSIR: Can Giving Days Strengthen Your Community?

Amy Sample Ward

—– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. don’t embark on fundraising without a plan for using the funds, we can’t adopt a new fundraising approach without proper training.

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NonProfit 2.0 UnConference and holiday discount

Amy Sample Ward

dc event nonprofit nptech openspace training unconference. Photos of any whiteboards are also important along with any slides that were presented. End of the Day. At the end of the day everyone gathers in one place to share highlights of the day. Register for Nonprofit 2.0

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Interview: Kivi Leroux Miller, The Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Amy Sample Ward

When I moved from California to Washington DC in 1998 to be with my then-boyfriend, now-husband, I decided to start my own consulting company, which originally focused on writing for environmental groups, thus EcoScribe Communications was born. Now that I’m doing online training, I’ve had small nonprofits in all 50 U.S.

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