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New on SSIR: Can Giving Days Strengthen Your Community?

Amy Sample Ward

Nearly 18,000 people participated in the 24-hour, online fundraising event, raising more than $2 million to benefit 1,200 local nonprofits. don’t embark on fundraising without a plan for using the funds, we can’t adopt a new fundraising approach without proper training. Just as organizations (usually!)

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Where's the Care2 Team in June 2011?

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AFP Fund Raising Day in New York New York, NY. Digital Media Conference Arlington, VA. Jocelyn Harmon Eric Rardin Ashley Hansen. Tabletop #15. AAPC Strategic Outlook Conference: California Battleground 2012 Sacramento, CA. Eric Glader Ellen Braverman. Netroots Nation 2011 Minneapolis, MN. June 16 - 19.

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BBB Mobile Giving Foundation is Partnership of Two Leaders - BBB News Center

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BBB Mobile Giving Foundation is Partnership of Two Leaders - BBB News Center : February 21, 2012 (Arlington, VA) – Mobile giving is quickly becoming a critical tool for charities to raise much-needed funds, especially when disaster strikes.

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NorthJersey.com: Texting donations brings in millions for Haiti

AFP Blog

NorthJersey.com: Texting donations brings in millions for Haiti: "Michael Nilsen, senior director of public affairs for the Association of Professional Fundraisers in Arlington, Va., compared the sudden jump in text fund raising to the way online giving broke into the public consciousness following the 9/11 attacks.“One

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