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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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Please Don't Be A Margaret

This just in from a Twitter post: The third day of the third month is "Talk in Third Person Day."

Margaret has been doing this ever since she found out about it. And Margaret already is annoyed with herself. Talking like this made Margaret realize just how much she talks about herself. Margaret can't say the word "Margaret" over and over again without being acutely aware of it.

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Shavin' One for the Team Redux

FS reader Jeff Schreifels,  senior partner at Veritus Group, made a point the other day in response to my blog post about The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Totally Baldacious campaign. I see the point, but I don't completely agree.
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Shavin' One for the Team

Not two minutes after lauding Holly Ross and her NTEN team for putting it all out there to raise money for the 2010 NTC Scholarship Fund, I got a message from Todd Whitley, vice president of e-marketing at The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, telling me about how that organization's CEO, John Walter, would be taking it all off for the cause.  Read More >>

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Outrageous Hope Award Winner: Holly Ross!

Damn, I knew there was an award I was forgetting about. It came to me at last year's Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Francisco, early one morning as I was watching a video of NTEN Executive Director Holly Ross bumping and grinding her way through a gem of a remake of Beyonce's "Single Ladies" video.  Read More >>

Moving Toward Mobile?

In the midst of the massive fundraising efforts for Haiti relief, and with donations garnered through text messaging grabbing national and international headlines, it was no surprise that mobile fundraising provoked much discussion and debate throughout the conference.  Read More >>