Free webinar: How to Make the Most of Year-End Giving

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29 October 2010

Free webinar: How to Make the Most of Year-End Giving

Katya Andresen and I will be leading an online webinar at Network for Good, on Tuesday, November 2, at 1 p.m. (Eastern). It's free.

We'll take a look at the super-crowded last few hours of the year, when so much online giving happens. We'll give you practical tips for what to do before and during those magic hours to maximize revenue. Don't miss!

Posted by Jeff Brooks on 29 October 2010 at 04:14 | Permalink

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The future of fundraising is not about social media, online video, or SEM. It's not about any technology, medium, or technique. It's about donors. If you need to raise funds from donors, you need to study them, respect them, and build everything you do around them. And the future? It's already here. More.

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