Outrageous Hope
By Margaret Battistelli
About Margaret
Margaret's life in six words: Bountiful blessings, glorious chaos ... glitter included.
Margaret has been with FundRaising Success since its inception in 2003. Before joining the magazine as its founding editor, she was an editor and writer for America Online; published PhillyFeast, a monthly magazine about food in and around Philadelphia; and held chief editor positions at a variety of newspapers and magazines in the Philadelphia area. She is a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia. Contact her at mbattistelli@napco.com.
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'The tears that come from our eyes actually come from our hearts.'
I also love fundraisers, and this video made me think of y'all and the glorious work you do, and it reminded me again of how proud I am to be a part of it (if just peripherally) through FundRaising Success.
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Hey, We Like You Too!
Wow, we here at FundRaising Success had a collective Sally-Field-winning-the-Oscar moment — you know, "You like me! You really like me!" — yesterday when we realized that we were just 12 "friends" away from 1,000 on our Facebook page and 18 followers away from 3,000 on Twitter.
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Some Mind-Bloggling Additions to the FS Team
Starting today, folks, sharp-as-a-tack fundraising smarty-pants Angie Moore will be blogging for FundRaising Success, under the title Navigating Off the Napkin. You can read her posts at the NON blog here. Angie is a partner at Donor Voice.
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Now That's a Good Idea
This little element on the outer envelope just struck me as clever, and seems somehow more immediate and real than merely including a note saying basically that someone, somewhere will match your gift.
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