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As Easy as 123: How to Launch an SMS Program with Engaging Networks

 You’ve likely heard about the value of incorporating SMS into your fundraising and advocacy programs, but the options might seem overwhelming, and it can be difficult to know where...
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Moving Forward in an Uncertain Environment

 It seems like every day, the nonprofit landscape is changing, constantly impacted by the economy and administration.  Our very own Bryan Evangelista partnered with Lizzie Russell, from Streetlight Digital,...
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Key Bridge Conference Insights

As we reflect on everything we learned at this year’s Bridge Conference, there is one thing that stands out: We are part of a powerful community of fundraisers and marketers...
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30 Minutes of “WOW” 2025 Edition

 The “independents,” Tiffany Neill, Allison Porter and Mwosi Swenson have each been in this business for more than 25 years, and their friendship goes back almost that far. Needless...
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Ready When It Counts: Optimizing your Fundraising Program to Maximize Big Moments

Check out this powerful case study about being ready in critical moments presented by Angela Nothdurft along with Madeleine Durante from the ACLU and learn how the ACLU prepared for...
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Email Deliverability: How to Avoid Landing in the Junk Folder … and Rebuild If You Do!

 Follow Reading Is Fundamental through their email deliverability woes in this 2025 Bridge Conference presentation by Lindsey Twombly and Laura Rahman of Reading Is Fundamental.
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Grow Your Gains—The Keys to Retaining the Typical 1-and-done Donor

This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office. In this 2025 Bridge Presentation, Sean Wagman and Lori Held, Senior Director, Annual Fund at the National Park Foundation show...
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Troubleshooting a Crisis in Direct Mail Production

Save yourself some angst in the future and learn from these experts!
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On Being Less Bland: An Essay on How to Avoid “Beige-ing”

Recently, Pantone released their 2025 color of the year, Mocha Mousse, that can only be described (by this designer) as the visual equivalent of a sad trombone.  (It is noteworthy...
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Saving Cost, Saving Time: Simple Strategies to Streamline Your Direct Mail Program

If there’s one certainty in direct mail fundraising, it’s that costs will rise — from postal increases to the price of paper and more! As stewards of the funds that...