June 9, 2009

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Most nonprofits have been tightening budgets across the board. While some sector conferences have experienced double-digit declines in attendance, others have sold out with people scrambling on the wait list.

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3 Response Tests That Save You Cash

By Herschell Gordon Lewis

The key to every suggestion in this column is one you already know but might not always decide to turn, opening the response-lock the way every one of us should: Test it.

What brought this to mind are three episodes in my own professional history, the results of which reinforced a truism we too often ignore: Our personal beliefs and prejudices might not mirror those of our targets.

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Coveting gift bags: Items should showcase group and sponsors

By Michele Donohue

“I hate to get gift bags with nothing but ads and coupons,” said Sarah Gardner, public relations and marketing coordinator at Texas Discovery Gardens. So when it came to create “green” gift bags for the Dallas-based organization’s organic fashion show, Gardner wanted to offer more to attendees than a pile of advertisements.

A local magazine donated leftover issues that featured the organization and Gardner found companies that were undergoing seasonal stock changes or discontinuing items and asked them to donate products.

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