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Deeper Inside the Donor’s Brain
By The NonProfit Times - April 22, 2014

Attendees of Leah Eustace’s and Scott Fortnum’s Journey Deeper Inside the Donor’s Brain conference session were asked to fold and then tear shapes out of a piece of paper. When they held their work up, no two matched. “Every person followed the same directions with the same piece of paper and ended up with different results,” said Eustace. “Everyone thinks and behaves differently, including donors. The big challenge in fundraising is figuring out commonalities.”

April 2014 Newsletter

April 2014 Newsletter: I recently had the honor of being able to attend the AFP International Conference in San Antonio, TX. It was an amazing experience being surrounded by almost 3,000 individuals working a variety of roles within, not only the fundraising community, but within the nonprofit community as a whole.

Embracing the Shift Association of Fundraising Professionals Conference : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success

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Get Social Covered: 13 Lesser Known Social Media Sites for Your NPO

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At the 2014 AFP International Conference on Fundraising in San Antonio, Lisa Chmiola and David Tinker helped us through some of the lesser known social media sites that can help your nonprofit with efficiency and productivity.

8 Takeaways from the 2014 AFP International Conference on Fundraising

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VanillaSoft Blog � Insights from the 51st International Conference on Fundraising

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#AFPeeps at #AFPICON 2014 AFP San Antonio - Association of Fundraising Professionals Conference (with images, tweets) � GoalBustersJim � Storify

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An awesome collection of Social Media Posts from #afpicon San Antonio, The Association of Fundraising Professionals Conference. I tried to capture as many photos and video in this "one place" for you.

39 Provocative Tips From #AFPICON That Will Make You A Smarter Fundraiser in 2014 Fired-Up Fundraising | Gail Perry Associates

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This year I didn’t make any presentations – and that meant for a change, I could sit back and enjoy learning from so many smart fundraising leaders.

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As you all think about the lessons learned, sessions attended, nuggets that you got from the conference and more,

AFP Fundraising Conference Takeaways: Putting Passion Into Practice : FundRaising Success

AFP Fundraising Conference Takeaways: Putting Passion Into Practice : FundRaising Success:But action is the key, as we all know. And now that I have a day full of meetings, deadlines and working on some terrific projects, I am challenged to take full advantage of my experience from San Antonio.

If you feel the same way, here's my plan that you may find helpful:

Review my notes, and incorporate them into my goals and daily/weekly action lists.
Review the program for sessions of interest that I did not attend and download available materials.

Daryl Upsall Consulting International | darylupsall

Daryl Upsall Consulting International | darylupsall: 2014 International Compensation
and Benefits Survey for Fundraising Professionals

Press Release (PDF)
Topline Results (PDF)
Supporting graphs (PDF)

Top Ten (Week of March 24, 2014): Ten of The Top Tweets From ICON 2014 - Resource Center - AFP

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The Chair’s Award is given on occasion to individuals for exceptional service to AFP, the fundraising profession and the philanthropic community. Panas is the 16th recipient of the honor since its inception in 1982 and received the award on March 22, 2014, at AFP’s Celebration for Philanthropy Banquet during the International Conference on Fundraising.

Live From AFP: 7 Great Reasons to Add Monthly Giving to Your Fundraising : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success

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Amplify Austin's blockbuster second year raises $5.7 M for nonprofits - CultureMap Austin

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Beginning Thursday evening and ending Friday at 6 pm, the Austin Humane Society (AHS) is one of hundreds of nonprofits that worked tirelessly to bring in donations and even exceeded its goal. It paid off; AHS brought in more than $40,000. The AHS is the largest no-kill, nonprofit pet adoption center in Austin. Every day it costs an average of $20 to take care of each animal.

AFP

AFP: On Tuesday at the 2014 AFP conference, we have the greatest social media panel in the world. Okay, maybe that's us being overly dramatic again. But we've got a great panel for our Tuesday closing session, and they want to know what questions you have about social media. Use the Ask the Social Media for Nonprofits Experts feature to submit your question today, and the panel will choose one to address during their discussion on Tuesday!

New Braunfels city leaders take steps to ease sign controversy | News - Home

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The amended ordinance approved Monday evening includes a disclaimer from the city that says it is not endorsing the nonprofit, government group or event affiliated with any banner.

Since hanging the signs is done on a first-come, first-served basis, the ordinance also outlines that groups that apply and are denied will

AFP Speaker Proposal

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AFP Speaker Proposal: AFP 2015 SPEAKER CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

Thank you for your interest in submitting a proposal to speak at AFP's 52nd International Conference on Fundraising in Baltimore, March 29-31, 2015. The annual AFP International Conference offers the best professional educational opportunity to fundraising professionals from around the world.