Worldwide recognition: international and comparative philanthropy
is catching on.(FUNDRAISING)
International understanding of philanthropy--identifying,
appreciating and sharing varying cultural views, traditions, practices
and innovations--has never been more timely or more important than . . .
On the line: 4 ways to ensure your telefundraising campaign
works.(TELEFUNDRAISING)
At its best, telefundraising is a priceless tool that brings in
more than donations; it brings loyal donors with immeasurable lifetime
value. On the other hand, telefundraising at its worst can be . . .
Online malls go beyond retail stores.
Nonprofits regularly contact supporters, and those supporters
usually go shopping. Online retailers for the past decade have been
trying, with varying degrees of success, to marry those ideas.
. . .
Online communities: building an audience before you really need
it.
The Internet has evolved into a vastly different place since the
days M Gore claims to have invented it. Just in the past decade, email
has gone from being hip and cool to something only for . . .
Going flat raises ROI: knowing new postal rules will save
dollars.
If you had to pay two or three times as much for something next
year as you did this year, you'd probably make some changes or try
something different. When a nonprofit mails well more than 2 . . .
Calendar.(Calendar)
MARCH
5-6 The National Investment Center For The Seniors Housing &
Care Industry (NIC) will hold is Western Regional Symposium at the Red
Rock Casino in Las Vegas. Info: www.NIC.org
8-11 The . . .
Technology innovation: adapting donor management software to do
more.(SOFTWARE)
When teachers at the 18 schools supported by the Lawrence Township
School Foundation need extra supplies, they can post their wish lists on
a part of the foundation's Web site that works much like . . .
The power of the founder: fear and loathing in the executive
suite.(STREETSMART NONPROFIT MANAGER)
The term "Founder's Syndrome" rolls off the tongue
for many people, a casual phrase used to describe all kinds of negative
situations involving the person who started a nonprofit. The term is . . .
Mail drove donors to give online: exclusive NPT research: 19% of
national survey said they gave online during the holidays.(SPEC
Donors logged on to their computers to give online during the
holidays and, for the most part, they were driven there by direct mail
from the charities they eventually supported. That is, the . . .
Rebooting at gates: Patty Stonesifer to step down as CEO in
2009.(FOUNDATIONS)(Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)
Credited with guiding the world's largest foundation during
its infancy and being a someone not averse to taking risk, Patty
Stonesifer announced she will be stepping down by 2009 as . . .
New for 2008: understanding the final draft of Form 990.(TAXING
ISSUES)(Internal Revenue Service)(Column)
The first draft of the revised Form 990 issued by the Internal
Revenue Service in June 2007 was discussed in this column a few months
back. At that time, the IRS had received many comments in . . .
What the ...? Who's on your list and who's checking it
twice?(GENERAL RAMBLINGS)
"I've seen enough to know I've seen too
much."--Radio Announcer in "A League of Their Own" (1992)
When you're in and around the direct response world long
enough, you see just about everything. . . .
Record giving at colleges and universities.
Charitable contributions to colleges and universities in the United
States grew by 6.3 percent in 2007, reaching a record $29.75 billion,
according to results of the annual Voluntary Support of . . .
Points of light moving key operations to Atlanta.(Points of Light
& Hands On Network)(Brief article)
Six months after merging into the largest volunteer network in the
nation, Points of Light & Hands On Network plans to make its
headquarters and move major operational functions to Atlanta. . . .
Red Cross cuts jobs, regional support in $200-million
deficit.(NEWS)
Efforts to bridge a $200-million operating deficit at the American
Red Cross (ARC) will substantially reduce regional program service areas
created five years ago, ultimately affecting 1,000 jobs . . .
Make-A-Wish cries from Onion.(Who ... When ... Where ... How ...
WHAT?)
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A spoof television show prompted the Make-A-Wish Foundation to set
the record straight about its wish policy and even spawned an entry on
the urban legends Web site: . . .
'Super' ad scores for United Way.(Who ... When ...
Where ... How ... WHAT?)
United Way of America CEO Brian Gallagher will never be mistaken
for Justin Timberlake or Danica Patrick, but they all had some
connection to Super Bowl Sunday.
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While . . .
*&%$#@* your email got trashed.(Who ... When ... Where ...
How ... WHAT?)
With a little imagination and a bit of potty mouth, it
shouldn't be too hard to think of what the "Seven Dirty
Words" might be in George Carlin's infamous 1970s stand-up
comedy routine.
. . .
Browning receives Hart award for achievement.(Who ... When ...
Where ... How ... WHAT?)
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Kelly B. Browning, executive vice president & chief operating
officer of the American Institute for Cancer Research in Washington,
D.C., and chief financial officer of the . . .
Estate tax won't die: compromise sought for establishing
government's cut.
If you're planning on a couple of rich donors dying in the
next few years, you might want to pencil in 2010 for keeping them alive
if the goal is for them to avoid estate taxes.
There will be no . . .
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