Fundraising News and Tips

State of the Media in 2012 – New Media Trends, Applications for Nonprofits
It is important that nonprofits understand emerging trends in digital and traditional media so they can create the right mix of media and message to support their missions. (Philanthropy Journal) Read more.

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Demystifying Nonprofits: Helping College Grads See a Career of Service
Brock Yetso, president and CEO of the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults in Baltimore, attempts to clear up three of the most common misconceptions she hears about the nonprofit industry from college students. (Nonprofit Quarterly). Read more.

Answering Questions, Educating the Public: New Blog Post from AFP President and CEO
Andrew Watt addresses recent stories in the news about the number of charities that continue to underreport (or not report) their fundraising costs. (The AFP Blog) Read more.

IRS Webinar This Week: "Starting and Operating Charities for Disaster Relief," Plus Archived Presentations
This Wednesday, May 30, the IRS is offering a webinar for exempt organizations in the U.S. explaining the basic requirements for starting a tax-exempt charity and the ways new and existing organizations can properly provide disaster relief under federal tax rules. The live presentation will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 30. Click here to register. In early June, this presentation will be posted on the IRS Video Portal (www.irsvideos.gov) where you can also view these webinars related to exempt organizations:
• Starting off Right – What New 501(c)(3) Organizations Need to Know
• Starting off Right - What New NON-501(c)(3) Organizations Need to Know
• International Activities of Domestic Charitable Organizations

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AFP Announcements

AFP and The Globe and Mail Release Special News Insert on Philanthropy
Read AFP’s special coverage of philanthropy in Canada that appeared in Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail on Monday, May 28! Click here for PDF download.

New 2012 AFP Awards Nomination Materials are Here!
Nominations for the Barbara Marion Award for Outstanding Leadership to AFP and the Charles R. Stephens Award for Excellence in Diversity are due Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Honor the best and brightest, submit your nomination today! ***Please note that AFP’s awards program is undergoing significant changes. Nominations for the Awards for Philanthropy and Excellence in Fundraising will be accepted later this year. See the 2012 AFP Awards nomination booklet for more details.

Free Webinar: May 31, 2012: Highlights from The 2012 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report (Blackbaud)
Join Blackbaud, NTEN and CommonKnowledge for an interactive discussion exclusively for AFP members that shares results collected from their fourth annual benchmark report. This data will help you make more strategic decisions about how to invest resources (time and money!) into your social networking efforts. Register now!

Don’t Miss the May/June 2012 Digital Issue of Advancing Philanthropy!
Innovation requires a huge ability to step outside of your comfort zone, and most people aren’t willing to do it. However, entrepreneurial leaders are transforming the way organizations, donors, volunteers and constituents interact with one another to accomplish greater social good—and they are reinventing the way nonprofits work. Click here to read the digital issue of Advancing Philanthropy. Also, please remember that there is no print edition of the May/June magazine. If you have questions, please contact Jackie Boice at jboice@afpnet.org.

$5 Bonus Donation for New GoodDining Members During National Dine Out for Charity Month! May is National Dine Out for Charity Month and GoodDining is rewarding new GoodDining members with a $5 donation bonus to their chosen cause when they register and dine in May. GoodDining members earn up to 6% of their bill as a donation when they dine at any of 10,000 participating restaurants nationwide. Find out how your organization can participate. Register your organization now

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AFP Member Exclusives

Lights...Camera...AFP Action University!
This Week We Present an AFP Action University Book Review (Video): Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters, by Richard Rumelt
Developing and implementing a strategy is the central task of a leader, whether the CEO at a Fortune 100 company, an entrepreneur, a church pastor, the head of a school or nonprofit, or a government official. Richard Rumelt shows that there has been a growing and unfortunate tendency to equate Mom-and-apple-pie values, fluffy packages of buzzwords, motivational slogans, and financial goals with “strategy.” He debunks these elements of “bad strategy” and awakens an understanding of the power of a “good strategy.” .
• Access this week's AFP Action University Book Review development tool (video and materials)
• Learn more about Action University
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Upcoming AFP Webinars: Big Gifts for Small Shops (June 6, 1-2:30 p.m. ET) When you're a small organization, you may look at larger institutions and the gifts they secure as impossible for you to get. But small shops can make connections and build relationships to develop big gifts, too. Learn how to secure major gifts with core fundraising techniques, even when you don't have a lot of hands to do the work. Presented by Alice L. Ferris, MBA, CFRE, ACFRE and James Anderson. Register now. The Feasibility Study...Start to Finish (June 21, 1-2:30 p.m. ET) This energetic session covers the entire feasibility study process from start to finish—why and how the study can lead to greater fundraising success, what you can expect to learn from the study, and how you can apply this to enhance your organization and its fundraising…whether you proceed with a campaign or not. Presented by Jill A. Pranger, ACFRE. Register now. See the 2012 Webinar Schedule!

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