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Flexibility and Resilience Carries the Day for Big Brothers Big Sisters Houston

Greater Giving

Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) Houston , the largest, one-to-one mentoring agency in the country, found those same qualities served them well last year when they needed to quickly switch from hosting their yearly gala to hosting a virtual fundraiser during the pandemic. Big Brothers Big Sisters Houston.

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New to the Field? Want to Attend the AAM Annual Meeting for Free?

Museum 2.0

As a followup, I want to note that there are at least four ways to attend the American Association of Museums annual meeting in Houston May 22-25, 2011 for free. NAME student fellowship (2): WHAT YOU GET: conference registration, $500 for travel/hotel, free tickets to NAME events, and a NAME mentor to hang out with you during the conference.

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Keep your New Year's Resolution with NetSquared

Tech Soup

Now I’m no Houdini, but I predict that your New Year’s resolutions are noble, high-minded stuff like “find a mentor” or “learn a new skill every month.” Vancouver, Canada: Mo Money Mo Problems | What you need to know about online donations. We are, after all, in the second golden age of television !

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[VIDEO] 3 Steps To Closing $10K+ Gifts By December 31

Bloomerang

I’m originally from Houston. I get training, my employer pays for me to go to these conferences, webinars, but I prioritize that, but I really could use a mentor. And she really guided me and mentored me. Hopefully, you can connect with other people who are in the chat and get a mentor. This is me talking.

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Predictive Modeling for Future Peer to Peer Fundraising Events

Connection Cafe

Additionally, you can use this same predictive model to forecast how much money you’ll have in the bank AND how many people will show up when event day gets here. Special thanks to my mentor Dorothy Paterson for turning me on to practical application of exponential growth curves back in our days at Komen Houston. GirlsInSTEM.

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Equity in Arts Funding: We're Not There Yet. We're Not Even Close.

Museum 2.0

We may say that we want to support programming and cultural opportunities for low-income and non-white people, but that's not where the money is going. Even as demographics change and public participation in the arts shifts away from these Euro-traditional formats, the money still flows down the old pathways.

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[VIDEO] You’ve Been Let Go From Your Nonprofit Job – Now What?

Bloomerang

I have been in philanthropic development for nearly 20 years and started my career as an event-based fundraiser, worked into individual giving throughout Southwest Louisiana, Houston, and then moved here four years ago. Because one of the reasons that people cite that women don’t make more money is because they don’t ask.

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