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March 31, 2009
  

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Lessons learned from Lincoln

By Mark Hrywna

Even fundraisers can use the principles that made President Abraham Lincoln great almost 150 years after his death.

Lincoln’s success was “based on a set of core leadership capacities” that can be adapted today, said presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Lincoln also had the ability to motivate himself in the face of frustration while withstanding trials by fire.

Kearns Goodwin was the J. Richard Wilson Keynote Speaker at Monday morning’s plenary session during the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ (AFP) 46th international conference on fundraising in New Orleans.

During her 50-minute remarks before more than 2,000 fundraisers, Kearns Goodwin related stories and anecdotes that detailed Lincoln’s highs and lows, from multiple election defeats before ascending to the presidency to losing a son. Fundraisers have much in common with the nation’s 16th president. Lincoln had an undying goal to leave the world a better place, ensuring his honor and reputation lived on after his death. 

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Technology Leads New Fundraising Tools

By Paul Clolery

The nearly 200 exhibitors on the convention floor of the Association of Fundraising Professionals were showing their latest tools for raising cash.

Sage North America announced it will soon offer a new ePhilanthropy tool; has a renewed focus on adding next-generation technical capabilities to its Millennium fundraising platform; and has launched fully managed hosting services for its Sage Fundraising 50 software. 

Sage will soon introduce a low-cost "viral fundraising" tool that will allow nonprofits to employ the concept of contextual giving. The new ePhilanthropy offering is designed to help organizations quickly create donation forms that can be placed within any Web page, as well as link their e-mails to the campaign-specific content page on their site. The embedded forms allow donors to fully complete the transaction within the content that inspired the gift, so organizations can secure higher conversion rates and larger gift sizes.

The tool requires no technical or programming skills on the part of the nonprofit, so an organization can have their campaign up and running in minutes.

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Greater New Orleans Foundation Picked As Outstanding Foundation

 

For its extraordinary work in supporting the local community, especially after Hurricane Katrina, The Greater New Orleans Foundation is the recipient of the 2009 Award for Outstanding Foundation presented by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP).

 

The award honors a foundation that demonstrates outstanding commitment through financial support and through encouragement and motivation of others to take leadership roles in philanthropy and national, international and/or community involvement. The Greater New Orleans Foundation will receive the honor today, at the Awards for Philanthropy Banquet during AFP’s International Conference on Fundraising in New Orleans.


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