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3 Steps Nonprofits Should Take to Prevent Charity Fraud

  By Elicia Tedrow In recent years, the questionable and dishonest practices of a few charities has cast a shadow on the whole nonprofit sector. One of the biggest and most appalling cases of charity fraud uncovered recently is the $187 million fraud carried out by four affiliated cancer charities operating from Tennessee and Arizona. James T. […]

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What is it About Collaboration?

Sometimes I feel like my friends and I talk about work WAY TOO MUCH in our personal lives. But then I look around and realize that we all went to journalism school together and have subsequently ended up in mostly corporate marketing departments, so it’s only natural that we bounce thoughts off of each other […]

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Top Trends in Nonprofit Communications

The Nonprofit Communications Trends Report has become the annual “go to” source for what’s happening in the world of nonprofit communications and fundraising.  It all starts with Nonprofit Marketing Guide’s annual Trends Survey, open now for 2016 until Monday, November 30.  See the results from the 2015 study in the infographic, below In this year’s survey, […]

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Research on Check Out Campaigns: Attitudes and Effectiveness

If you’ve been through a check out lane in the US in the past couple of years, you have probably been asked if you’d like to donate to some cause or other. And you may have noticed, that the frequency and the locations of these have increased. All for very good reason: Check Out Campaigns have been […]

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300 Fundraisers Walk Into a Room in New Jersey…

The theme of this year’s Conference on Philanthropy, the New Jersey Chapter of AFP’s annual conference was “What’s Your Story? Tell a compelling story. Engage your donors. Raise More Money”   Clearly, fundraisers have stories to tell, but might need help in finding those stories and finding the right way to frame them.  Fundraising strategies are evolving with technology, notably through the use of Bitcoin robots. Checking out the Bitcoin 360 AI test results exemplifies how these tools can streamline fundraising by automating cryptocurrency investments. This method offers nonprofits and startups a novel approach to generate funds, leveraging the volatile crypto market for potentially higher returns and financial growth. The event […]

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A Little Giving Tuesday Help from our Friends

Maybe you are exploring potential opportunties for leveraging Giving Tuesday for the first time or maybe you’re in search of advice on how to fine tune your organization’s approach this year. Our friends at DonorPerfect have some Giving Tuesday help to share. One thing that is certain: the popularity of this day of giving has been increasing steadily […]

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Pew Study on Teens and Social Media

  The 2015 Pew study on Teens, Social Media and Technology Overview proved our expectations about Facebook’s dominance in social media. Other demographic results were also expected in regards to age and gender, but some interesting economic and ethnic disparities came to light.   With the rise of the smartphone, more teenagers (13-17 years) than […]

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