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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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Soon afterwards in 2007, we won our first major award from the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), which, in turn, allowed us to build Bookshare into a national asset. This experience helped us prove the potential of Bookshare to meet the needs of students with disabilities.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

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We deliver philanthropic donors exciting returns on their investments (i.e., The Oak Foundation just awarded us a grant to provide accessible content to people with qualifying learning differences (like dyslexia) in Brazil, India, and the United Kingdom. donations), but we focus exclusively on return to humanity.

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NPower Greater DC Region Technology Innovation Award - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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» Monday Aug 27 2007 NPower Greater DC Region Technology Innovation Award Monday, August 27, 2007 at 10:18AM | by Hatef Yamini If your nonprofit is a 501(c)3 and meets some other basic criteria, you can apply for a an Innovation Award and win up to $43,000 in cash, technologoy consulting, hardware and software.

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Convio 2008 Innovator Awards - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program Honorable Mention: National Parks Conservation Association Winner: Freepress for their StopBigMedia.com campaign Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies.

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Convio Innovator Awards - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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The awards committee praised Lambda Legal for using conditional content very well. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com CI’s innovative approach included tracking the movement of actual sea turtles. Lambda Legal won the “Email Communications” prize for a campaign that grew their readership by 35% per year.

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Converting New Activists into Donors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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» Monday Jun 15 2009 Converting New Activists into Donors Monday, June 15, 2009 at 05:05PM | by Allyson Kapin Last week Frogloop talked with Madeline Stanionis and Jenn Smith of Watershed about their top 5 tips for engaging new activists who recently signed up for a nonprofit’s email list. • Ask early! • Make it a match.

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Replay: Using Email to Engage Activists, Cultivate Donors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Care2 Senior CampaignerNatasha Nummedal and Maureen McGregor, Oceanas Manager of E-Activismand Marketing, shared some of their keys to success in maximizing emailresponse rates and converting email subscribers into donors. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Click here to watch the replay. To create a new comment, use the form below.