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Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In northwestern Pennsylvania, the Erie Community Foundation’s event, Erie Gives has raised more than $10.6 The foundation has invested heavily in training nonprofits to prepare for and capitalize on the event — and how to cultivate donors to give again later. ” Invest in training and support. million over 5 years.

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[VIDEO] Major Donor Stewardship – Strategies That Build Lasting Relationships With Your Most Significant Givers

Bloomerang

Like I said, as the senior director of stewardship and communications at the University of Pennsylvania. As Steven said, I’m Valerie Harris, lately of the University of Pennsylvania, now of vharrisprojects.com where I provide courses, workbooks, webinars, and other resources for fundraising professionals.

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[VIDEO] Where to Find Potential Donors to Support Your Cause

Bloomerang

These days I spend my time doing fundraising, teaching, training, and coaching with my own firm, Productive Fundraising. So love to teach and train and share the knowledge I have to take other organizations to the next level. Don’t take the time for training. So I have a sample donation reply card on the Resource page.

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