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The Gates Foundation’s First 25 years: How It Changed Global Health and Philanthropy

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press Seth Wenig, AP photo Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett speak to the media during a press conference in 2006 in New York. Growing into one of the most powerful institutions in global health, the foundation drew acclaim and criticism.

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How to Use Your Website to Promote Your Nonprofit Online

Ann Green's Nonprofit

Whether youre setting up your website or improving an existing one, explore best practices for promoting your nonprofit online effectively in this guide. By Carl Diesing Your website is an essential tool in your online marketing kit. As a small nonprofit, you may have created a website but not had the bandwidth to flesh it out and optimize it fully.

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How to Use Twitter to Engage the Right Community for Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

Twitter has evolved significantly since it launched in 2006 as a simple, short messaging service. Twitter is no longer simply a platform to "microblog," as it was initially designed. Twitter is now a powerful platform to know, understand, and segment your community.

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Wild Apricot Software News - July 2010

Wild Apricot

For starters, we celebrated the official birthday of Wild Apricot software in early July -- commemorating the first public beta release launched in July 2006. For starters, we celebrated the official birthday of Wild Apricot software in early July -- commemorating the first public beta release launched in July 2006. (if read more )

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Grant Professionals Foundation (GPF) Scholarship Applications are Now Open! Invest in Your Future

Grant Professionals Association

The Grant Professionals Foundation (GPF) was established in January 2006 to ensure resources are available to educate, credential, and assist grant professionals who secure the funding necessary for not-for-profits to serve the greater good. Applying for a membership scholarship could be your step toward achieving something remarkable.

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Apricot Chat: Someone's having a birthday.

Wild Apricot

We've been lucky enough to have a number of our original clients from 2006 still with us today -- next month, Apricot Chat will showcase some of those clients. and that someone is Wild Apricot! Wild Apricot will be celebrating it's 5th Anniversary this coming July 2011.

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Storytelling is Old. You Need Storyselling.

Planned Giving

Extensive research has shown that stories: Activate oxytocin , the “love hormone” responsible for empathy Reduce cortisol , the “stress hormone” Reduce pain Motivate prospects to become donors In 2006, a study at Carnegie Mellon University showed the power of story over facts and figures. They smile, gasp or giggle at the same sections.