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The 10 Biggest In-Person Ask Blunders

Bloomerang

For the last three years, I’ve devoted virtually every day to the challenge of training professionals and especially volunteer fundraisers to overcome the fear of asking for gifts for their favorite nonprofits. He enjoys training non-profit boards on fundraising best practices and overcoming the fear of asking for gifts.

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Peer-to-Peer Fundraising and the Infectious (In a Good Way) AFP Conference

NonProfit Hub

There’s most definitely something in the air here at the AFP International Conference on Fundraising. Or, maybe more fittingly since it’s in San Antonio, we’ve concluded there must be something in the water. Nancy Palo schooled us on the world of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) fundraising and simplified the seemingly complicated process.

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The Top 5 Sessions You Can’t Miss at AFP International 2014

NonProfit Hub

With all of the top fundraising professionals in one place, the Association of Fundraising Professionals International Conference on Fundraising (AFPIcon) is sure to bring some of the top information and presentations to the table. And this year AFPIcon takes place from March 23 through March 25 in San Antonio, Texas.

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Philanthropy 2.0 - Raise Money and Engage Volunteers Online — Goodword Editing

AFP Blog

Philanthropy 2.0 - Raise Money and Engage Volunteers Online — Goodword Editing: "Yesterday, I presented some of what I’ve learned about social media to the San Antonio Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.I promised the AFP people to share the slideshow online. Here it is…".

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Small Library — Big Service to the Community

Tech Soup

As Natalia's sole librarian, Amy is responsible for every aspect of the library's management, staffing, and fundraising. "I had to put aside my big dreams of being like the San Antonio Public Library," Amy says. "I had to look at what the community really needed, and what we could afford."

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Why Can’t the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector Scale Generosity? #givedaylessons

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What we don’t know yet is a full accounting of dollars that came in during Give Local America or how much money was lost or how many communities or participating nonprofits did not make their intended fundraising goal because of the glitch. Big Give SA Update from Key Ideas on Vimeo. It’s complicated.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants. Participants will acquire a foundational understanding of this increasingly important component of fundraising strategy and will be able to identify and distinguish between the most common planned giving vehicles. Fundraising & Grants/ @CASEAdvance. Fundraising& Grants.