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Philanthropy Delivers New Promise of Quality Education for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Getting more girls to attend secondary school should be a priority for societies around the world, he explained, yet participation rates are extremely low, especially for the economically marginalized. This is where philanthropy comes in.

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Resilient Fundraising: Show Donors the Love

Connection Cafe

Retention is terrible for darn near everything – peer-to-peer participants and donors alike. With an industry average of 28% retention in the peer-to-peer space, we proved that the environments we were creating with our events were not terribly fulfilling. We tried to get more people to open emails, to fix that KPI. What did we do?

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Counting on Success? Focus on Event Fundraising Analytics

Connection Cafe

Traders brought Hindu-Arabic numerals from India and the Arabian Peninsula into Europe more than a thousand years ago. For example, if you have a repeat attendance rate of 12 percent and your peer events post 20 percent retention, you’re working extra hard to recruit new people.