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A Guide to bbcon 2022 Virtual for Higher Education Professionals

sgEngage

Learn about donor stewardship and cultivation strategies that can elevate the department’s operations from fund stewardship to a complete donor-centric program focused on stewardship strategies, impact reporting, and donor engagement and recognition. Frances Beasley—Victory Junction. Ashley Smith—University of Southern California.

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Pulitzer and the Pedestal – Or Why Crowdfunding Needs Influencer Marketing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Construction of the statue had been completed the year before in France, but efforts to construct a pedestal in New York ground to a halt. This kind of mico-funding approach remains alive and well today. New models like social networking and text messaging rank near the bottom. Flickr Photo by PeterJBellis.

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Solved! The Nonprofit Data Mystery

Connection Cafe

Later in the story, Dupin is offered 50,000 francs as a reward for returning the letter. If you want to know who in your data to engage that you haven’t reached out to already, then you need to use predictive modeling. Be warned that predictive modeling requires some data science to get right.

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40+ Unforgettable Live Auction Items that Sell Well

Bloomerang

Search for experiences in countries known for their cuisine, like Italy, France, China, and Mexico. Cars A car can be an exciting big-ticket auction item, especially if you can get your hands on a vintage model. That’s why it’s essential to have the right fundraising software by your side to stay organized and reach your funding goals.

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TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative: You’ve Come A Long Way Baby

Tech Soup

When all was said and done, we received a 2005 seed-funding grant from Full Circle Fund and launched the Refurbished Computer Initiative program. And then the program really got going with a major grant in 2007 from California Emerging Technology Fund. In the first couple of years we distributed around 100 PCs per month.

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Interview with Temra Costa, Author of Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat

Have Fun - Do Good

I went to France. My great-grandparents were dairymen and dairywomen, so I went to France, and I dabbled a little bit in cheese making. That was really driven home when I was at this small farm in the south of France. You mentioned the connection between community and food systems and new models of farms. Oh my gosh."

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Taking Your Professional Development Global!

ASU Lodestar Center

I recently had the opportunity to travel to Paris, France to attend the 5ème conférence de fundraising pour le secteur culturel (5th conference on fundraising for the cultural sector) put on by the Association Française des Fundraisers (French Association of Fundraisers). It was wonderful to again be immersed in French culture and language.