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Using Donor Data to Personalize Your Text Donation Appeals

Ann Green's Nonprofit

Prior to Tatango, Mike spent 15 years at Blackbaud leading a team of digital consultants that helped nonprofits improve their online fundraising, monthly giving, email marketing, and peer-to-peer fundraising programs. Mike started his nonprofit career managing the Ride For Roswell from 2003 to 2005 in his hometown of Buffalo, NY.

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What Should Nonprofit Leaders Expect from the Development Officer?

Get Fully Funded

As a consultant to nonprofits, my blood just boils when I am asked by executive directors or board members, “So, we are thinking about hiring a development officer, how long it will take before this person is raising more money than the salary we pay them?” Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE.

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Using Technology to Increase the Dignity and Effectiveness of Emergency Food Donations

Tech Soup

Soon after, he assumed the role of executive director in 2005 and he realized that a planned capital campaign offered St. After consulting with his stakeholders, Tony contracted with Plexis to have them customize their standard software to meet the needs of a food bank. read more.

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4 Ways to Use Texting in Your Fundraising Strategy

Pamela Grow

Prior to Tatango, Mike spent 15 years at Blackbaud leading a team of digital consultants that helped nonprofits improve their online fundraising, monthly giving, email marketing and peer-to-peer fundraising programs. Mike started his nonprofit career managing the Ride For Roswell from 2003 to 2005 in his hometown of Buffalo, NY.

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Nancy Jo Craig’s Lifetime Achievement Award In Nonprofit Computer Refurbishment

Tech Soup

By 2004 she had come back to her hometown of Baton Rouge and was working as a management consultant to a failing nonprofit. In August of 2005, she had barely begun getting things in order when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck. They persuaded her to run the place long enough to get it back on its feet. It as a lucky thing they did.

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Tech Impact Helps Nonprofits Open a Door to the Cloud

Tech Soup

" He joined NCFR in 2005 as an administrative assistant and is now the organization's primary IT person, supporting 15 staff members. The organization has over 3,500 members, including academic researchers, educators, counselors, and marriage and family therapists. He decided to migrate his organization to Office 365.

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The Association of Fundraising Professionals Technology Blog: An Underused Fundraising Resource

Tech Soup

Members can contact him directly to get answers on which technologies are useful for fundraising and reaching donors and several other things like when to use consultants. He says that his inspiration for doing this work came to him in wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 when AFP needed to find additional ways to stay in touch with members.