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JANUARY 31, 2018

CSAA Insurance Group provides AAA-branded insurance in 23 states and Washington, D.C., By hosting volunteer projects on-site, you can increase attendance and hold more events. 7. Establish a marquee event. Your company should be known for a dedicated, well-branded annual volunteer event. Offer convenience.

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MAY 25, 2017

Why cover an event where an elected official and constituents have a calm conversation on public policy?) And, indeed, many citizens come to these events not to have a conversation, but to vent. But with the new administration, citizens have been showing up to them in the hundreds or even the thousands. Follow-up Politely.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

You market your cause, organization and events using an array of tools, including email, social media, direct mail, even cold calls. In fact, getting people together for this figurative “firm handshake” is a necessity when it comes to ensuring a participation in these kinds of events. Author: Guest Blogger.

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OCTOBER 25, 2016

Like thousands of other fundraisers, I’ll be attending BBCON in Washington DC this week. If you run any kind of peer to peer event, then this is the session for you. It focuses on how to use pre and post event communications to build lifelong event supporters. To help, I thought I’d share my top picks for BBCON 2016.

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MARCH 4, 2011

US Representatives spend most of their time thousands of miles away from their constituents in Washington, DC and have a long line of lobbyists and constituents jockeying for their time. But, grassroots organizing becomes a little easier when asking activists to do that at the local level.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

The RSVP list was HUGE (I’ve never seen Washington, DC’s Hilton as crowded as it was that day), the menu was set (grilled chicken salad served on a bed of micro greens), and the speakers were confirmed (including First Lady Michelle Obama)! Have no fear! I applaud the NPWF for their very savvy use of a QR code and a mobile site!

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APRIL 3, 2013

Analyze This: A Nonprofit’s Guide to Event Fundraising Analytics. by Amanda Jarman, Portland State University and Jennifer MacCormack, University of Washington. Nonprofit Tech: The 4-1-1 on Technology for Nonprofits. Webinars and YouTube videos: CASE Webinar: Fundraising Analytics for Prospect Development.

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JUNE 17, 2016

And that’s why we’re participating , helping to make the event happen and sharing in the insights that will result. MCON is a conference for people trying to change the world for the better, and we’re proud to be joining DeRay Mckesson, Jean Case, and other movers and shakers in Washington DC next week.

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AUGUST 26, 2020

a well-wishes email, helpful tools, special events, etc.)? Those are weekly calls with representatives from Massachusetts and Boston, and all the way to San Francisco and the University of Washington.”. Nonprofits are facing many of the same challenges, like changes in revenue or moving in-person events to virtual platforms.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

These events all pale in comparison, though, to the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) in the European Union. Its executives were hauled before Congressional committees. Marriott suffered a data breach affecting up to 500 million customers—one of the largest breaches in history. The New York Privacy Act (S.5642,

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MARCH 3, 2010

As I look back at my communication’s and development career technology has changed the way I work - I remember the days when we had a major product launch and had teams of people in New York and Washington D.C. the morning of the announcement to "run" the press releases to the key media outlets/reporters.

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JUNE 8, 2009

Last week Washington played host to a few events of note for folks interested in government and social media (aka Web 2.0, State Department hosted the first government TED event: TED@State. The event was reviewed on HuffPost , PSFK , and summarized on the TEDBlog. the Internets, etc.). On Wednesday, The U.S.

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JANUARY 24, 2009

What can be learned from this event that will help guide nonprofits toward a solution to this problem? Ask anyone who used to work for Lehman Brothers or Washington Mutual. For many in the nonprofit sector, the effects show up in the form of lower revenue and increased demand for services.

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MARCH 28, 2019

At the end of February, I attended the first of (what I hope will be) many Museums Advocacy Days (MAD) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. That $50B in GDP figure is especially startling when you consider that number is larger than the contribution of all professional sporting events and amusement parks combined.

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JULY 14, 2014

Prior to Blackbaud he was the acting CFO/COO of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence in Washington DC. . Use events to drive email acquisition: Even if your organization isn’t using events as a primary fundraising tool, chances are you still host physical events throughout the year.

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MAY 17, 2017

Recently the Alzheimer’s Association and Alzheimer’s Impact Movement (AIM) hosted the largest and, dare I say it, BEST ever gathering of Alzheimer’s advocates in Washington D.C. The multi-day event featured training sessions, live entertainment, awards celebrations, celebrity appearances and, of course, a lobby day.

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JULY 14, 2014

Prior to Blackbaud he was the acting CFO/COO of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence in Washington DC. . Use events to drive email acquisition: Even if your organization isn’t using events as a primary fundraising tool, chances are you still host physical events throughout the year.

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JULY 1, 2016

In the ongoing challenge of converting a value-minded member to become a philanthropic donor, KidsQuest Children’s Museum, outside of Seattle, Washington, found that the majority of their members thought that either a) their membership was already a contribution or b) the children’s museum was not a nonprofit.

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MARCH 16, 2015

Subscriptions, like season tickets in sports, are a way for patrons to commit to seeing all of many of the events in an organization’s season. Organizations like the Guthrie Theatre, Washington Pavilion, Hollywood Pantages Theatre, and Houston Ballet are experiencing a subscription resurgence and renaissance.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

For example, a nonprofit could leverage AI to learn how their organization can collaborate with others to solve a global need featured in online posts and current events. The Introduction of Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence could have great benefit for the global philanthropic community in 2017.

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MARCH 6, 2012

All states offer the option to vote via absentee ballot , and Oregon and Washington are both pretty much entirely vote-by-mail. But by and large, voting is still an in-person event. Today, March 6, 2012 is Super Tuesday - a day when the greatest number of states hold their primary elections or caucuses.

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