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Moneyball For Conferences: You Want Your Meeting to Mean Something

Velvet Chainsaw

We just won twenty games in a row , said the fictitious Peter Brand, advance scout for Oakland A’s. said Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane. The Oakland A’s baseball team did not have a winning record. The post Moneyball For Conferences: You Want Your Meeting to Mean Something appeared first on Velvet Chainsaw.

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Conference Circuit: Fundraising Fundamentals

Associations Now

The Association of Fundraising Professionals’ 2017 International Fundraising Conference kicks off in San Francisco this weekend. Conference: 2017 International Fundraising Conference. If you’d like us to consider your meeting for an upcoming Conference Circuit, contact Samantha Whitehorne at swhitehorne@asaecenter.org.

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Nonprofit Social Media and Newsletter Ideas for March 2023

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Fury of the Gods, 65, A Snowy Day in Oakland, John Wick: Chapter 4, Champions, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and A Good Person. Source of the Month Check out conference schedules for your industry. The 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards are the 27th. Movies being released this month include Creed III, Scream VI, Shazam!

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Nonprofit Technology Conference: NTC 2012 – Day 1

Beth Kanter

I’m here at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Francisco this week and hope to share some brief nuggets. The conference got off to an exciting start this morning in a very unique way. It was a high energy, off beat and unique way to open a conference. Flickr Photo by The Inadvertent Gardener.

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Lunchtime Links: Using Your Website to Expand Your Mission

Associations Now

Also: why conference speakers should engage in peer-to-peer discussions. Moneyball , based on the Michael Lewis book by the same name, focuses on the efforts of Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane, who, along with his staff, used data and statistics to assemble a winning Major League Baseball roster on a limited budget.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

Beth Kanter

Our book tour starts at the end of January, so if you are in San Francisco, Oakland, Boston, NYC, or Washington, DC, please join us. I keynoted many conferences, including ConnectVA , American Marketing Association Nonprofit Conference , the Institute of Fundraising in London , and others.

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Big Data: Big Headache or Big Opportunity for Associations?

Association Adviser

It seems you can’t go to an industry or association conference these days without seeing Big Data somewhere on the agenda. ” Melia said never waste an opportunity to get good feedback from your members, but do it in short digestible bites, such as by adding a question to your dues bills, product shipments or annual conference surveys.

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