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August, 2007 Including info about the new annual giving Facebook group, annual giving at public high schools, a singing alumni relations head at the University at Buffalo, green annual giving at Macalester, and Bob's Asia CASE annual giving workshops.
May, 2007 Including info about U.S. News rankings criticism, the 2007 FundList direct mail exchange, annual giving at the United Negro College Fund, NYU's annual fund capital campaign goal, and a Brandeis student questions the senior giving program.
March, 2007 Including 5 reasons why the participation decline is not our fault, and 7 reasons why it is, the latest CAE giving results, how to handle caller ID in the phonathon, Americans head to the U.K. to fundraise, the St. Kate annual giving case for support, and teaching a giving culture in Australia.
February, 2007 Including info about the top 15 tongue-in-cheek reasons students enjoy working in the phonathon, Duke's lacrosse scandal and giving, the University of Edinburg's annual giving case for support, notes from the annual STAFF conference, and online giving to churches.
October, 2006 Including info on public recognition for donated phonathon prizes, annual gifts for student financial aid, MIT's undergraduate annual giving appeal, the virtues of thank you calls, and community colleges search for "missing" alumni,.
September, 2006 Including info about changing school mascots and giving, faculty/staff appeals and presidents, teens turning away from email, phonathon themes this year, CAE results for 2005.
December, 2005 Including info on Harvard's decline in alumni giving, Earlham College's bird appeal, motivating student callers, new postal rates, Ben Stein questions giving to Yale, and flash email stewardship.
September, 2005 Including info on the latest U.S. News Giving Rankings, Target Analysis's latest University Fundraising Performance report, University of British Columbia's donor stewardship, Roger Williams University's parent appeal, Lehigh's senior gift appeal, and Boston's Museum of Fine Arts young donor Museum Council.
May, 2005 Including info on the Knight Commission report on Athletics and Fundraising, Berklee's holiday flash appeal, Georgetown's annual fund scholarship appeal, student callers and stewardship, Columbia's young alumni trustee challenge, Oberlin's annual giving advertisement, and Brian Williams' support of his alma mater's annual fund.
March, 2005 Including ideas from recent annual giving conferences in the U.S. and Europe, CAE's reported alumni participation decline, Arizona State's alumni mentor network, Harvard's senior gift boycott, and we answer the question, "what is annual giving?"
January, 2005 Including info about the U.S. News and World Report rankings, flash annual giving appeals, credit card gift payments, the University of Portland's alumni connectivity index, and the relationship between student life groups and giving at Northwestern University.
October/November, 2004 Including info about
athletics and fundraising success, annual reports, calling on election
night, ACC's young alumni giving competition, and the CASE Online
Speakers Series.
August, 2004 Including info about CASE Europe,
JHU's video appeal, broadband vs. dial-up, MU's young alumni programs,
Blackbaud's Fundraising Well cover story on alumni relations program
data.
June/July, 2004 Including info about Annual Fund Man, the risks of a political commencement speaker, Yale's big class gift, Princeton's P-rade, and Penn's Day In The Life appeal.
April/May, 2004 Including info about CASE's first annual giving web conference, University of Memphis alumni vision forum, Harvard's "alternative" senior giving campaign, video appeals.
March, 2004 Including info about CAE giving results, Emory's senior tribute fund, Lilly's Indiana challenge grant, CASE's email fundraising survey, SUNY's alumni association troubles.
February, 2004 Including info about KSU's Lord of the Rings phonathon,matching gifts' 50th anniversary, University of Newcastle's phonathon success, the Purdue-IU Senior Giving Face-Off.
