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AFP eWire January 20, 2004	Anti-Spam Law Expected to Have Little Impact on Charities While some questions remain regarding its implementation, the Can-Spam bill (S. 877) signed by President Bush late last year should have little impact on most charities.
InternetNews June 15, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Do-Not-Spam List Great For Spammers After a six-month study, the FTC updates Congress on the National Do Not E-Mail registry. Hint: It's not a good thing.
AFP eWire September 7, 2004	CAN-SPAM Regulations Will Have Little Impact on Charities Charities must comply with the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) new proposals regarding the law, but they are not likely to be adversely affected by the regulations.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Stop Junk Mail, Calls, and Spam Why tolerate direct marketers? Here are a few tips to lessen irksome calls and emails.
AFP eWire May 3, 2004	FTC Proposal Could Restrict Nonprofit Email Responses to a request for preliminary comments by the Federal Trade Commissions (FTC) regarding a proposal to restrict the distribution of unsolicited commercial emails.
AFP eWire December 20, 2004	Nonprofits Must Comply with CAN-SPAM Regs As expected, nonprofit organizations are not automatically exempt from the final regulations recently published by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding the CAN-SPAM Act.
InternetNews December 23, 2003 Pamela Parker	Do-Not-Spam Proves Popular Concept The majority of Americans would sign up for a do-not-spam list were the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to launch one, a new study has found.
AFP eWire April 3, 2012	New Survey Looks at How Charities Are (And Are Not) Connecting With Donors in Canada Donors may surprise charities in some of the priorities they emphasize in their interactions with charities, according to What Canadian Donors Want, a new survey conducted by AFP of more than 1,000 donors across the country.
AFP eWire December 6, 2004	Email Solicitations Still Evolving in Higher Education Only half of higher education institutions are using email as a fundraising tool, and there is a wide disparity in how the technology is being employed, according to a new survey by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
AFP eWire February 23, 2004	Do-Not-Call List Wins in Court A major challenge to the legality of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) National Do-Not-Call Registry was rejected by a federal court last week, leaving the list in place and operational.
AFP eWire July 19, 2004	New Strategies for Bequest Solicitations Charities should not limit their solicitations for bequests (often known as "legacy solicitations") to the traditional group of wealthy donors, a new study advises.
AFP eWire August 25, 2008	New Market Research Offers Snapshot of Donors More than half of all donors to human and social service organizations volunteered in 2007, and a third would like to play a more active role in the charities to which they contribute
AFP eWire November 13, 2006	Majority of Wealthy Unaffected by Tax Incentives, Not Interested in Leaving a Legacy A new study reveals that a strong majority of wealthy donors in the US would maintain or increase their charitable giving if the estate tax was repealed, and only 25% of those donors are motivated to leave a legacy in their giving.
The Motley Fool September 16, 2004 Rich Smith	No, Seriously: Do Not Call! The FCC fines two telecoms to get its message across.
AFP eWire May 26, 2008	Big Gift Donors: Crafting the Right Online Experience A recent study of online giving preferences among wealthy donors reveals wide differences in the type and amount of contact donors wish to have with nonprofits after donating.
AFP eWire	U.S. Do-Not-Call List Now Permanent Phone numbers on the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) national Do-Not-Call List will remain there permanently unless voluntarily removed under a bill signed into law recently by President Bush.
InternetNews July 27, 2007 Ray Everett-Church	Spam: You've Come a Long Way, Baby A report on the recent FTC 'Spam Summit,' and a look back at a similar event 10 years ago.
The Motley Fool February 7, 2006 Alyce Lomax	A Penny for Your Thoughts Time Warner's AOL and Yahoo!, both major providers of email services, are gearing up to try a new tactic -- giving companies the option of paying a small fee to, in effect, "certify" their email deliveries. For many companies, the plan may be the smartest way to make users feel secure.
AFP eWire May 5, 2008	Don't Make Email Open Rates Your Canary in the Coal Mine Email tracking indicators may be casting a deceivingly dark shadow on your email campaign.
InternetNews January 29, 2004 Roy Mark	FTC Proposes Adult Spam Labels A subject-line requirement for sexually explicit e-mail is the first of several FTC mandates under new Can Spam Act.
InternetNews July 18, 2005 Jim Wagner	States Tackle Unsavory E-Mails Michigan and Utah have launched "do not e-mail" registries to keep questionable content from children's eyes.
CFO November 1, 2003 Esther Shein	Do Not Call Waiting Is "do not call" good news for the U.S. Postal Service?
CIO June 1, 2004 Alice Dragoon	How the FTC Rescued the Dinner Hour Despite tight deadlines and a court ruling that temporarily shut it down, the Do Not Call Registry turned out to be one of the most successful IT projects in the history of government.
AFP eWire July 21, 2008	'Isn't Email Just Like Regular Direct Mail--But on Steroids?' A cool $10 billion or so is now being raised annually online. But what is the truth about email?
AFP eWire October 9, 2012	How Well Do You Know Your Planned Giving Prospects? One in five planned giving donors had never made any gift at all to the recipient charity before making a planned gift, according to a new study by The Stelter Company.
The Motley Fool September 23, 2005 Dayana Yochim	Silence the Sales Pitches There's no blanket "Do Not Disturb" sign that will thwart every marketer. But with a little legwork you can hit the kill switch on the majority of pre-screened credit card sales pitches. Here's how.
InternetNews March 11, 2004 Roy Mark	Washington Beefs Up Can Spam The two powerful federal agencies empowered as the whip hand of the Can Spam Act began the process Thursday of fully implementing the United States' first national law aimed at curbing unsolicited bulk e-mail.
AFP eWire October 19, 2010	Study Shows Direct Mail is a More Important Driver to Online Giving than Online Communications More than twice as many online donors say they were prompted to give an online gift in response to a direct mail appeal compared to when they received an e-appeal.
AFP eWire September 19, 2005	Direct Response in the Time of Katrina, Public Scrutiny With the impact of Hurricane Katrina, increasing amounts of mail and diminished public trust of the charitable sector, direct-response fundraising faces more challenges than ever before.
AFP eWire June 27, 2005	Donors Increasingly Going Online Before Giving A vast majority of U.S. donors are going online to study causes they care about before making a giving decision, according to a new study.
InternetNews July 6, 2004 Jim Wagner	Spam-Fighting Triumvirate Formed The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia fight the big fight against the proliferation of spam.
AFP eWire May 10, 2011	More People Donating Online, Say Fundraising Costs a Key Concern A new study shows that more donors from every age group are going online to make a donation, and they are increasingly sensitive to over-solicitation and fundraising costs.
AFP eWire October 1, 2015	New Report: Less Than Half of Donors Give Again to Organizations That They Supported in the Previous Year Just 43 percent of donors who gave to participating survey organizations in 2013 gave to those same organizations in 2014.
AFP eWire September 12, 2005	Boomers Lead Generation Giving, But Younger Groups Showing Potential A new study reports that the baby boomer generation now gives more to charities than any other generation, while younger donors are showing a stronger than expected proclivity to support nonprofit organizations.
AFP eWire June 23, 2008	Direct Mail Alive and Well--For Now Whether future generations will respond equally well to direct mail as they get older is yet to be determined.
AFP eWire July 14, 2009	Many Donors Not Overwhelmed by Charity Communications Most donors don't feel as if they are receiving too many communications from charities according to a new survey released recently at the Institute of Fundraising National Convention in London.
CRM September 2012 Judith Aquino	Avoid the Spam Folder How marketers can save outbound emails from the dreaded fate.
InternetNews August 4, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Bans Wireless Spam The rules prohibit marketers from sending unsolicited messages to wireless phones and other devices without the express consent of a consumer.
InternetNews December 20, 2005 Roy Mark	FTC: CAN-SPAM Is Working With a big helping hand from technology, the Federal Trade Commission say spam volume is declining. But are spammers staying away?
AFP eWire December 8, 2008	Lapsed Donors Say They Don't Feel 'Connected' The top reason high net-worth donors stopped giving to a charity in 2007 was that they didn't feel connected to the particular organization, reports a new study.
T.H.E. Journal September 2005	Blue Security Builds `Do Not Intrude Registry Patterned after the Federal Do Not Call Registry, Blue Security has created a free Do Not Intrude Registry, which forms a community of people to fight spam by registering via the Web and downloading its "Blue Frog" to their computers.
AFP eWire March 23, 2009 David Hughes	eWire Reader Response: One Way Obama's Tech Strategist Missed the Mark President Barack Obama's chief technology strategist, Thomas Gensemer, dropped a bomb on nonprofit marketers and fundraisers in February with this: "Charity email newsletters are a waste of time"
AFP eWire August 28, 2012	Good News, Bad News on Donor Perceptions of Fundraising Costs The average American believes that it's reasonable for charities to spend 23 cents out of every dollar raised on fundraising and administrative costs. Unfortunately, the average American also believes that charities actually spend 37 cents out of every dollar raised on such costs.
AFP eWire May 15, 2006	Charities Face Major Challenges in Finding Funds for Capital Projects A new survey has found that while numerous charities have significant investment capital needs, including technology, program development and strategic planning, they face substantial challenges in accessing that capital.
AFP eWire October 1, 2007	Making the Do-Not-Call List Permanent? With many telephone numbers about to drop off the national do-not-call list, Congress has introduced legislation to make enrollment on the registry permanent.
AFP eWire July 26, 2011	Reaching Donors - The Integrated Approach You make the most of the many tools you have to reach people.
AFP eWire June 14, 2004	Letters Needed on New Postal Service Regs---Write Now! The proposed USPS rule would change the guidelines for sending charitable solicitations and would no longer permit charities to distribute letters with dual purposes (education and fundraising). Deadline for letters to refute the exclusive purpose regulations is June 18, 2004.
AFP eWire April 12, 2004	AFP Opposes FEC Rules on Political Activity, Advocacy The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) submitted comments to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) asking the commission to exempt 501(c) organizations from its proposed new rules on political committees and advocacy activities.
AFP eWire August 10, 2010	The New Proactive Donor The days when donors would give unconditionally to every charity that knocked on their door are gone for good, says fundraising veteran Penelope Burk.
Fast Company January 2003 Alison Overholt	If You Have Received This by Mistake... Email was supposed to make your life easier, faster, and cheaper -- not messier, uglier, and cheesier. Here's how to keep the spam off your plate.