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Why Your Giving Day is Your Secret Weapon

M+R

Unfortunately, not all of our donors are themselves professional fundraisers — so creating a special, attention-grabbing Giving Day that gets your audiences excited and engaged can be a big boost during an otherwise quiet time of year. The survey groups were members of the board, Museum donors, and the general public.

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DipJar Opens New Pittsburgh Headquarters

DipJar

The new facility will allow the company to expand its sales, marketing, and executive functions, while maintaining a strong engineering presence in the company’s Boston office. DipJar helps charities and non-profit organizations across the country reach donors. PITTSBURGH, Pa., The 3,500 sq.

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A clarion call to invest in historically Black colleges and universities

Candid

She responded, “Hmm, I am going to Boston University. Not only did I have the good fortune to receive a world-class education, but my learning was steeped in the history and lived experience of Black people. We were so excited! Susan, you won’t be able to say that.” My story isn’t unique.

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?3 Reasons to Integrate Your Organization’s Systems

Saleforce Nonprofit

When a nonprofit’s Salesforce database is current, clean, and complete, data can be used confidently and strategically to drive increased donor acquisition and retention. Cogent messaging and other fundraising interactions can employ that very data to create a personalized and compelling experience for prospects and existing donors alike.

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Tales of faux donors scamming charities

Robert Weiner

The following is a compilation of online discussions of faux donors trying to scam colleges, schools, and nonprofits. Rodriguez at Boston University, and Kristi Worden at Augustana College. The donor promised his patent would completely fund the university, wipe out the national debt, and make America the happiest place on Earth.

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Generational Giving at Arts & Cultural Organizations – A Donor Story

Connection Cafe

Anyone reading this blog that lives in the New England area may know that the symphony I was raised around is the Boston Symphony Orchestra. My youth was flooded by a series of Wednesday night rehearsals, regular BSO concerts, and multiple summer weekends spent at Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony in Lenox, Massachusetts.

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Keynote by George McCully at NTC Boston

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

(Note: My collection of vlog and blog posts on the NTC Boston 2005 can be found here ). He gave a history of his work with the Catalogue for Philthanthropy -- which is much better described on their web site than in my notes. He presented the new/old paradigm for philanthropy for individual donors. Philanthropy??? Prometheus ???

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