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Cancer Society's Daffodil Days Loses Its Bloom
April 7, 2010
From News
April 7, 2010, HometownAnnapolis.com — No longer shall bunches of yellow teacup flowers grace area kitchen tables and office desks in April. Nevermore shall local students fervently peddle them to support cancer research.
That's because the American Cancer Society has closed the door on its Daffodil Days fundraiser for economic reasons, ending a 31-year county tradition that involved hundreds of volunteers and thousands of flowers.
Charity Dynamics Launches iPhone App for Hill Country Ride for AIDS
February 12, 2010
From News
Feb. 12, 2010, Austin, Texas – The newest fundraising tool for participants in the 2010 Hill Country Ride for AIDS comes by way of the mobile device. The Central Texas nonprofit launched its new iPhone application, further equipping event participants with the technology solutions they need to reach more donors and be more successful in their peer-to-peer fundraising efforts.
Lifetime Achievement
February 2010
From FundRaising Success
Lynn Edmonds
President
L.W. Robbins
When FS' parent company, North American Publishing Co., set out to launch this magazine in summer 2003, the launch team wanted to establish an editorial advisory board that would ensure it started out on the right foot and stayed that way. The board had to include people from all areas of fundraising who were entrenched enough to have a solid grasp of its history but still open enough to be able to see into its future and head there without fear.
Grassley Asks Medical Nonprofits About Financial Support
December 8, 2009
From News
December 8, 2009, The Wall Street Journal - A senior senator asked 33 nonprofit medical groups, including the American Medical Association and American Cancer Society, for information on the financial support they receive from corporations.
Raising Real Money in a Virtual World
November 13, 2009
From News
November 11, 2009, The New York Times — FOUR years ago, the visitors at SecondLife.com staged a virtual walkathon and raised $5,000 for the American Cancer Society by sending avatars walking in loops with mouse clicks and key strokes.
National Trust for Historic Preservation Teams with Charity Dynamics to Spotlight Places That Matter Across America
September 1, 2009
From News
AUSTIN, TEXAS, September 1, 2009 — The National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) has drawn attention to hundreds of historic sites and other favorite places across the country with a creative and engaging social media campaign, This Place Matters. Launched earlier this summer with support and guidance from Charity Dynamics, the campaign enables individuals to share stories and photos of places that matter to them and also discuss ways to preserve those places.
AMA & AMAF Honor the Recipients of the 2009 Nonprofit Marketer of the Year Awards
August 3, 2009
From News
July 21, 2009 — The American Marketing Association (AMA) and the American Marketing Association Foundation (AMAF) honored three nonprofit marketing leaders at its Nonprofit Marketing Conference in Chicago, IL, on July 16, 2009. Eric Overman, Operation Smile, received the Nonprofit Marketer of the Year Award, and Anne Bergquist, YMCA of Metro Chicago, and David J. Neff, American Cancer Society High Plains, received the Special Marketing Initiatives and Social Media subcategory awards, respectively. The AMA/AMAF Nonprofit Marketer of the Year Awards honor extraordinary leadership and achievement in the field of nonprofit marketing.
Merkle Hires Angie C. Moore as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Fundraising Group
August 3, 2009
From News
Columbia, Md., August 3, 2009 —
Merkle, one of the nation’s largest and fastest growing database marketing agencies, announced the appointment of Angie C. Moore to the position of senior vice president and general manager for its fundraising services group. Moore brings to Merkle extensive industry knowledge gained from more than 20 years of marketing and fundraising experience with private companies and national health charities that include the American Cancer Society and the Arthritis Foundation.
New Videos From the 2009 Bridge Conference
July 28, 2009
From FS Advisor
Listen as Jeff Patrick, president and founder of Common Knowledge, talks about a magic formula for donor cultivation; and Luke Vander Linden, vice president of integrated marketing services for Carl Bloom Associates, discusses rebranding.
Nonprofits Raise More Than $2.5 Million in Six Months Using Charity Dynamics’ Boundless Fundraising
July 24, 2009
From News
AUSTIN, TEXAS, July 22, 2009 — Charity Dynamics today announced that nonprofit organizations using the company’s innovative social networking application, Boundless Fundraising™, have raised more than $2.5 million directly through the application since the beginning of 2009. Overall, 36 organizations currently use Boundless Fundraising to increase support and giving for more than 2000 events.
Look Good...Feel Better Launches Salon Awareness Campaign During National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
July 23, 2009
From News
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2009 — Look Good. . .Feel Better, a national public service program created to help women cope with the appearance-related changes of cancer treatment, today announced a new in-salon awareness campaign with the National Cosmetology Association (NCA) to generate awareness and increase program participation during its 20th anniversary year. The beauty industry's flagship charity, Look Good. . .Feel Better is a collaboration of the Personal Care Products Council Foundation, the American Cancer Society, and the National Cosmetology Association.
Nonprofits Raise More Than $2.5 Million in Six Months Using Charity Dynamics' Boundless Fundraising
July 22, 2009
From News
July 22, 2009 — Charity Dynamics today announced that nonprofit organizations using the company's innovative social networking application, Boundless Fundraising(TM), have raised more than $2.5 million directly through the application since the beginning of 2009. Overall, 36 organizations currently use Boundless Fundraising to increase support and giving for more than 2000 events.
New Media … Same Strategy
July 21, 2009
From FS Advisor
In her cover story, "
New Media … Same Strategy,"
FS Managing Editor Abny Santicola explains that the American Cancer Society, a pioneer in social networking, understands that Web 2.0 tools are just high-tech ways to continue what it’s been doing for a hundred years — building and interacting with a community of constituents united against cancer.