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The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 141: Engaging & Retaining New Supporters with a Long-Haul Approach

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In today’s episode, Aubrey Bergauer, Executive Director of the Center for Innovative Leadership and VP of Strategic Communications at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, joins the podcast to talk about developing a long-haul approach to fundraising, being customer-obsessed, and attracting a more diverse audience.

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Celebrating Women Leaders in the Arts & Cultural Sector for International Women’s Day 2020

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Next is another role model of ours : Aubrey Bergauer , the Executive Director of the Center for Innovative Leadership & VP of Strategic Communications at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

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The Time Has Come to Reinvent Fall 2020 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Events

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AIDS/LifeCycle launches AIDS/LifeCycle @ Home and the My545 Challenge – AIDS/LifeCycle is a fully supported, seven day, 545-mile bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles, co-produced by and benefiting San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the Los Angeles LGBT Center.

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How Nonprofits Have Reframed Their Messaging in the Wake of COVID-19

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Nicole Evans, National Director, Resource Development Strategy & Communications, Boys & Girls Clubs of America. We talked to Stephen Peeler, Executive Director of the IDSA Foundation , about their shifts in messaging to more expressly support the most important work in our country today. “We

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How the Global Mobile Revolution is Transforming Philanthropy

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In the late 1990s, I worked as a communications director for a small international development organization in San Francisco. When I came on board, the company’s first website had just launched, and my role was to create the first email newsletter and set up the site to accept online donations. The times were revolutionary.

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My Kumbaya Moments: Like Summer Camp for NPTechies, the NTEN Conference

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As I wrote this post on the flight back from my third NTEN Conference I know I felt similar to many of the other 1,600 “NPTechies” (Nonprofit Techies) who are leaving San Francisco. Some people work one-on-one with organizations consulting on anything from technology budgeting to online social media strategy.

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How Can My Nonprofit Get Started with Measurable Advocacy?

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Others still measure by the number of letters mailed to editors of major newspapers and periodicals that are published as commentary or whether a newspaper publishes an op-ed from a nonprofit organization’s CEO or Executive Director. San Francisco, California, United States: Jossey-Bass. [3] What are you waiting for?