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		<title>Great Tips from Google:  7 Ways to Improve Your Calls to Action</title>
		<link>http://upleaf.com/2010/06/great-tips-7-ways-to-improve-your-calls-to-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ebeachy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently came across an excellent analysis &#38; recommendations on the Google Conversion Room Blog.
These recommendations are just as relevant to nonprofits as they are to anyone else, and offer a great checklist to review your own website against.
There is a clear trend in web design toward less cluttered, more open and clean-looking websites, based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FULL DAY WORKSHOP:  Online Strategies to Increase Your Revenues and Expand Your Impact</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ebeachy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 20, 2010; ] Full day workshop to be held at the Rawlings Public Library in Pueblo, Colorado from 9:30am to 4:30pm.  This workshop is designed to help participants envision and plan realistic online strategies to increase fundraising and better engage constituencies.  The full-day workshop will cover new technologies, lessons learned and best practices in online communication [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Online Communication Workshop: Engage Your Constituents and Boost Your Fundraising</title>
		<link>http://upleaf.com/2010/04/strategic-online-communication-workshop-engage-your-constituents-and-boost-your-fundraising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ebeachy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strategic Communications]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 8, 2010; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] You've probably heard about charities raising millions of dollars through online campaigns, mobile giving, or Facebook, but to many nonprofit organizations these tools are still a mystery-- besides, how can you invest time in them when you're already working more than 50 hours a week? In this workshop we'll explore some of the powerful tools [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Facebook is Becoming Central to Nonprofit Fundraising</title>
		<link>http://upleaf.com/2010/01/why-facebook-is-becoming-central-to-nonprofit-fundraising/</link>
		<comments>http://upleaf.com/2010/01/why-facebook-is-becoming-central-to-nonprofit-fundraising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ebeachy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online Fundraising]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most nonprofits know of Facebook&#8217;s tremendous potential as a fundraising tool.  Facebook Causes offers some great tools that nonprofits can use to learn more about their constituencies, manage fundraising campaigns, and mobilize their online communities.
Not all nonprofits who have a presence on Facebook have been able to harness its full potential, however.  A successful fundraising [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Smartphone Apps to Support Nonprofit Causes</title>
		<link>http://upleaf.com/2010/01/new-smartphone-apps-to-support-nonprofit-causes/</link>
		<comments>http://upleaf.com/2010/01/new-smartphone-apps-to-support-nonprofit-causes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ebeachy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nonprofit Innovations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CNBC recently published a report on some innovative smartphone apps developed by nonprofits to enable consumers to use their buying power to support socially responsible companies.
What follows is an excerpt of the article by Cadie Thompson:
Advocacy organizations are mounting a mobile marketing push to promote more responsible shopping with apps that give consumers the scoop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Reach New Beneficiaries Online</title>
		<link>http://upleaf.com/2009/12/how-to-reach-new-beneficiaries-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ebeachy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nonprofit Innovations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost per beneficiary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Donors love to ask the question, &#8220;What is your cost per beneficiary?&#8220;  It&#8217;s a great way for them to compare potential grantees working within the same field, and can be a good proxy of an organization&#8217;s efficiency.
Now nonprofit organizations can reach more people and decrease their cost per beneficiary thanks to online communities.  Here&#8217;s how:
1. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Powerful Petition Tool at Your Service Thanks to Change.org</title>
		<link>http://upleaf.com/2009/11/powerful-petition-tool-at-your-service-thanks-to-change-org/</link>
		<comments>http://upleaf.com/2009/11/powerful-petition-tool-at-your-service-thanks-to-change-org/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ebeachy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technologies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many large nonprofit organizations have been using powerful petition tools for years to mobilize their supporters toward action through quick sign and forward applications.  Now Change.org is shaking things up by making their tool available to anyone&#8211; including individuals or small nonprofit organizations&#8211; who previously were unable to afford such applications.
The petition tool is free, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FULL DAY WORKSHOP: Online Strategies to Increase Your Revenues &amp; Expand Your Impact</title>
		<link>http://upleaf.com/2009/11/full-day-workshop-online-strategies-to-increase-your-revenues-expand-your-impact/</link>
		<comments>http://upleaf.com/2009/11/full-day-workshop-online-strategies-to-increase-your-revenues-expand-your-impact/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Osvaldo Gomez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ November 17, 2009; 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. ] This workshop is designed to help participants envision and plan realistic online strategies to increase fundraising and better reach beneficiaries and other stakeholders. The full-day workshop will cover new technologies, best practices from other nonprofits, and a series of exercises tailored to the needs of workshop participants. Participants should emerge from the workshop with an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FREE WEBINAR: Introduction to Strategic Online Communications and Fundraising</title>
		<link>http://upleaf.com/2009/11/free-webinar-introduction-to-strategic-online-communications-and-fundraising/</link>
		<comments>http://upleaf.com/2009/11/free-webinar-introduction-to-strategic-online-communications-and-fundraising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Osvaldo Gomez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ December 3, 2009; 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] This free webinar offers an overview of online communication strategies and supporting technologies designed to better reach constituents and leverage new sources of funding.  The one-hour session proposes an integrated strategy that can turn a small development team into a fundraising powerhouse, and help nonprofits build and make the most of online communities.

Presented by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Online Communication and Fundraising</title>
		<link>http://upleaf.com/2009/11/strategic-online-communication-and-fundraising/</link>
		<comments>http://upleaf.com/2009/11/strategic-online-communication-and-fundraising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ebeachy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online Fundraising]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online fundraising success doesn’t come easily.  It requires time and effort, and most importantly—a clear strategy—supported by the right tools.
There are tools available to nonprofits that can turn a small team of three employees into a fundraising powerhouse.  The key is to synchronize and automate as many activities as possible, which helps maximize the efficiency [...]]]></description>
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