Philanthropy

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AFP eWire July 5, 2011	What Good is Facebook? Having a Facebook page for your nonprofit can help drive traffic to your website and raise awareness of your organization, but it is proving less effective at helping an organization recruit volunteers and raise funds, according to a recent survey.
Energize July 2011 Susan J. Ellis	Needed: A Multi-level Approach to Credentialing Volunteer Management Volunteer management has been an "emerging profession" ever since I've been in the field -- which is now 40 years.
AFP eWire June 28, 2011	Ready, Set, Go Mobile Fundraising using mobile devices is proving to be more than just a flash in the pan - the best success, however, is being seen in methods beyond texting, or even fundraising at all.
AFP eWire June 21, 2011	Charitable Giving Rebounds Slightly After Two Years of Steep Declines Total giving by individuals, foundations and corporations in the U.S. was $290.89 billion in 2010, a 2.1 percent increase from 2009.
AFP eWire June 21, 2011	We Need a Hero: Writing Donor-Centered Email Appeals There is a lot of emphasis these days on numbers and statistics when showing donors the good things that your organization does. When you are writing the first line of an email, however, you need to be a storyteller, not a statistician.
AFP eWire June 14, 2011	Before You Leap: Weighing the Benefits of Grants Here is some helpful perspective on the world of grants that might save your organization valuable time and resources.
AFP eWire June 7, 2011 Simone P. Joyaux	Building the Better Fundraiser: From Technician to Leader As a fundraiser, you need to have staff members who are more than technicians -- they need to be strategic, and they need to be leaders.
Energize June 2011 Paula J. Beugen	Is the Corporation for National and Community Service on the Right Track for Volunteerism? After energetically working alongside many others to advance the concepts for what became the National and Community Service Act of 1990, I am stunned by the current state of what is now the Corporation for National and Community Service
AFP eWire May 31, 2011 Thomas Wolf	Enough About Me! Even those of us who are wise enough to avoid a soliloquy about ourselves can make the same mistake when talking endlessly about our organization.
AFP eWire May 31, 2011	Website Aims to Help Organizations Better Communicate Their Impact At the heart of this new initiative are five simple yet powerful questions that help organizations individually, and the sector collectively, better serve people across the country and around the world.
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