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AFP eWire May 3, 2011	Fundraisers Reveal Most Anxious Moments Fundraisers say trying to get nonprofit board members involved in fundraising and making a call to a prospective new donor are two of the most challenging and anxious moments in their jobs, according to an informal online poll by the Association of Fundraising Professionals
AFP eWire July 21, 2014	Fundraising Professional Hail New York Case Settlement, Encourage Donors to Take Wise Giving Steps The Association of Fundraising Professionals applauds the recent investigation by the New York State Attorney's General Office into the Disabled Veterans National Foundation, calling it a victory for ethical charities and fundraisers.
AFP eWire October 7, 2014 Paul Nazareth	Don't Limit Your Career: An Interview with Dan Pallotta Dan's message for a number of years has been that if we don't attract top talent, then how will we raise as much as we can?
AFP eWire February 2, 2013 Paul Nazareth	Social Media for Professional Fundraisers - A 2013 Skill to Build! Beyond the world of Facebook "likes," professionally trained fundraisers who focus on relationship building still haven't embraced social engagement and continue to feel confident that it's better left to the marketing department.
AFP eWire October 16, 2012	The Planned Giving Toolbox: Learning to Talk about Planned Giving Fundraisers don't need to be experts on planned giving, but they do need to be able to talk knowledgeably about planned giving options and spot opportunities for donors, according to Greg Hammond, President of Planned Giving Strategies.
AFP eWire May 29, 2007	Become Complacent at Your Peril While the fundraising environment is great, fundraisers shouldn't get too impressed with their own accomplishments and press releases.
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 March 31, 2009	Charitable Fundraising Hit New Low in 2008 Less than half of charities raised more money in 2008 than in 2007, and fundraising gains dropped significantly across the board.
AFP eWire	Charitable Fundraising Takes Another Hit Just 43 percent of charities raised more money in 2009 than in 2008, marking it the worst year for charitable fundraising in a decade.
AFP eWire January 15, 2014	Top Ten (Week of January 13, 2014): One Thing Most Nonprofits Stink at (Donor Retention) and How You Can Change It in 2014 Volunteer Management: What do you talk about at your board meetings?... Fundraising Strategy/Approach: Philanthropy Trends to Take Advantage of in 2014... Donors: 5 rules for thanking donors...
AFP eWire January 28, 2014	AFP's Official LinkedIn Page OnFundraising Reaches 20,000 Members and Earns Top Social Media Benefit for Young Professionals Voted as the top social media benefit for AFP's young professional members, the AFP official LinkedIn page -- OnFundraising -- also serves as a sounding board for more than 20,000 members.
AFP eWire May 7, 2014	Top Ten (Week of May 7, 2014): The Quickest Way to Lose a Donor Content and Curation for Nonprofits.. What If You Have No Major Gift Officer?... The Quickest Way To Lose A Donor...
AFP eWire	Charities Raising More Money, But Still Losing Donors For the first time in five years, charity respondents to the annual Fundraising Effectiveness Project survey saw positive gains in giving, but still continued to lose donors faster than they gained them.
AFP eWire June 19, 2013	Ten Things You Might Have Missed (June 19, 2013) Crown Point students get an education in charitable giving... 5 Causes of Sloppy Fundraising... Tips for Getting More Appointments with Potential Donors...
AFP eWire July 3, 2013	AFP Leading, Innovating in Social Media AFP Chief Marketing Officer Scott Pearl is the top-ranked association CMO on Twitter, according to Social Media Marketing magazine -- another sign of AFP's increasing leadership in the areas of social media.
AFP eWire November 8, 2011	Growing Philanthropy: Moving From Donors to Partners (Part 1 of 3) Here is a snapshot of an idyllic scenario, wherein philanthropy grows to be a larger part of people's finances, and their lives.
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.
AFP eWire October 16, 2012	Charities' Fundraising Improves Slightly, But Still Not Retaining Donors While fundraising levels are improving slightly, charities continue to lose more donors than they gain and have a long way to go to recover from the impact of the 2007-9 recession.
AFP eWire September 15, 2008	Fundraising Costs: Keeping Your Board...On Board Showing your board how to see past over-simplified cost ratios is a critical way to ensure strategic growth and arm your biggest advocates with the information to engage in these conversations with donors and potential supporters.
AFP eWire July 14, 2008	In Weak Economy Loyalty is Stable Currency Fundraising revenues and donor counts are both down for the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same time last year, according to a new report.
AFP eWire February 2, 2011	Use of Donated Funds Most Common Ethical Challenge for Fundraisers Ensuring that charities use funds in a manner consistent with their mission and the intention of their donors is the most common ethical challenge that fundraisers face, according to a new website poll by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
AFP eWire May 17, 2011	Why the Donor's Story Matters Here are some ways to take a step back and really understand a prospective major gift donor -- their philosophy of giving, their giving priorities and even their views on money itself.
AFP eWire February 18, 2014	Major Gifts for Small Shops: The Major Gifts Challenge Amy Eisenstein has helped small and large nonprofits alike raise millions of dollars through major gift and capital campaigns, board development, annual fund campaigns, direct mail, and planned gift solicitation.
AFP eWire January 12, 2011	22 Ideas to Make 2011 Your Best Fundraising Year Yet! Here are some ideas to help you simplify your fundraising approach, focus on what's most important, and most of all, have more fun!
AFP eWire February 17, 2009	Maehara, Brown Named Among Fundraising's Best The NonProfit Times has named 14 people who it feels are the most effective and influential fundraisers in the industry.
AFP eWire March 19, 2013	Joining the Force of 80 Million Strong -- The Millennials Based on the sheer numbers alone, Derrick Feldmann, CEO of Achieve, finds a majority of his work revolving around millennials, the next generation of donors.
AFP eWire January 15, 2014	AFP International Conference Education Session Sneak Peak: Journey Deeper Inside the Donor's Brain At the 2013 AFP International Conference on Fundraising, we lead session attendees through a Journey Inside the Donor's Brain where we explored some of the science and research surrounding how people think and reach decisions.
AFP eWire January 28, 2008	New AFP-Funded Research Compares U.S., Japanese Fundraising A new study examines the extraordinary growth in the Japanese charitable sector, what fundraising methods are most popular in Japan, differing views on giving and how North American fundraisers can approach Japanese donors.
AFP eWire July 17, 2012 Kelly C. Albanese	Does Your Organization Have "Relationship Capital?" Relationship capital represents the quality of your interactions and the bonds that you have developed with your donors, and it can indicate your position in their philanthropic priorities.
AFP eWire July 17, 2013	Ten Things You Might Have Missed (July 17, 2013) 21 Stupid Things You Can Stop Doing... Half Of All Fundraisers Flee... Could American Donors Be More Generous?...
AFP eWire April 23, 2007	Focus on Donor Retention, Not Acquisition A new study shows that while charities are effective in attracting new donors, improvements in donor retention could affect their fundraising revenue dramatically.
AFP eWire December 17, 2014	Charitable Giving, Donor Retention Levels Increasing, Reaching Near Pre-Recession Levels For the fourth consecutive year, charitable organizations across the U.S. saw growth in both the level of funds they raised, as well as how well they retained donors from year to year.
AFP eWire May 20, 2015 Andrew Watt	Comments of the Association of Fundraising Professionals on Cancer Charities Charged With Fraud by FTC AFP responded to the recent action by the Federal Trade Commission against three national charities, Cancer Fund of America, Children's Cancer Fund of America, and Breast Cancer Society.
AFP eWire	Funds Raised Increased at 58 Percent of US and Canadian Charities in 2012 Nearly six in 10 charities surveyed (58 percent) raised more in 2012 than they did in 2011 from contributions, marking the first time since 2006 that significantly more than half showed such positive results. Last year at this time, 53 percent had raised more.
AFP eWire February 25, 2015 Michael J. Rosen	Building Donor Loyalty at the AFP International Fundraising Conference Over the past few months, the issue of high nonprofit Donor Attrition rates has received increasing attention.
AFP eWire March 20, 2012	Canadians Agree That Charities are Important to Society Canadians may be internationally known for our pleasant demeanour, but don't get us started on our national pastime of hockey or on how our nonprofits should be run; we have strong opinions about both.
AFP eWire June 17, 2014	Giving Gets Its Groove Back -- But Grooves a Little Differently First, the good news: for the fourth consecutive year giving by Americans has grown.
AFP eWire June 23, 2008	Best of Both Worlds: Tips for Online-Offline Marketing Integration -- breaking down the silos between fundraising channels and leveraging the strengths of each -- is the key to future success, according to the new book People to People Fundraising: Social Networking and Web 2.0 for Charities.
AFP eWire July 13, 2010	Tackling the Problem of Asking Too Often Don't ask your donors to give more when they're not yet sure their previous donations have done any good.
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 July 14, 2008	AFP Responds to L.A. Times Report on Fundraising Inefficiencies A response to a recent article stating that only a small percentage of money reaches California nonprofits when they use a for-profit fundraising company to raise funds.
AFP eWire October 28, 2015	Raising Major Gifts: A New Study Dr. Adrian Sargeant and Amy Eisenstein chat about their recent study of 662 nonprofits, the common issues and insights they found, and what charities can do to raise more major gifts.
AFP eWire December 13, 2011 Mark Blumberg	What Should Fundraising Cost? While most in the nonprofit sector are aware that fundraising is necessary, much of the public at large sees it as a distraction from a charity's main purpose, rather than a function requiring investment.
AFP eWire April 21, 2009 Dave Sternberg	Engaging Your Board in Sustainable Fundraising "We've told them what they need to do!" you say. "We've even brought in outside speakers. So, why aren't they doing it?"
AFP eWire April 9, 2014	Top Ten (Week of April 9, 2014): David Letterman Retiring, Jimmy Fallon on the Rise and Social Media Private Charity Can't Replace Government Social Programs... What Rights Do Your Donors Have?... If You Can't Support the Cause, Don't Take the Job...
AFP eWire March 13, 2006 Daniel Yoffe	How Latin American Fundraisers Can Overcome Current Challenges: A Discussion by Practitioners Despite the high expectations of staff hired to raise money, there is a limited understanding of fundraising and the barriers that fundraising professionals face in the Latin American philanthropic environment.
AFP eWire July 12, 2004	AFP State of Fundraising 2003 Final Report Released The report, which shows that charitable fundraising in the United States and Canada rebounded in 2003, provides findings on what challenges fundraisers faced in both Canada and the United States and fundraisers' predictions for 2004.
AFP eWire September 24, 2007	Ten Necessities for Raising Money in the 21st Century A new report examines public attitudes towards giving and changes in society that are affecting philanthropy, and details the characteristics that charities must have to raise money successfully in the future.
AFP eWire March 11, 2015	AFP Announces Strategic Partnership with Abila Abila is a leading provider of software and services to nonprofits and associations that help them improve decision making, execute with greater precision, increase engagement, and generate more revenue.
AFP eWire May 24, 2011	Six Things I Wish I Had Known at the Beginning of My Fundraising Career Here are six basic fundraising principles that I believe are fundamental to philanthropic giving and fund development.