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Telling Personal Stories

Fundraising Success magazine has some tips for writing a compelling profile that will interest your audience:
When selecting people to profile, ask yourself the following questions:

Why this person?
Why now?
What’s the point from a marketing perspective? What are you trying to achieve by telling this particular story about this person?

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Grappling with Donor Attrition

Putting aside the constant struggle to find new donors for a moment, how do you keep the ones you already have?
Guidestar recently posted the article, “Are there easy ways to reduce donor attrition?” Most of the points boil down to one thing – are you communicating with your donors enough?  Or really – are you [...]

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Measuring the Success of your Social Network

Atlas recently launched a more dynamic web2.0 version of its toolkit directory, The Freedom Network.  As Atlas experiments with this format with the hope of providing its constituents the best information and networking opportunities available, the Atlas team continually evaluate the effectiveness of this social networking experiment.  And as always, let us know what you [...]

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How Much Should Your Board Contribute?

This is a tough question – especially for many of our international think tanks for whom their donor base largely consists of their board.  The Chronicle of Philanthropy has an interesting blogpost which reflects the controversy surrounding this decision that nonprofit executives have to make.
Some nonprofits require minimum contributions to be eligible for the board, [...]

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Liberty Forum: Viral Video Marketing

Watch the Final Liberty Forum Panel, on Viral Video marketing:
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Watch Liberty Forum 2009

Welcome to Atlas Liberty Forum. We’ll be livestreaming the panel discussions across our websites throughout the day, so check back often.
Today’s Schedule:

8:30AM Pacific
Managing a Think Tank in Hard Times
Moderator: Sally Pipes, Pacific Research Center  

Michel Kelly-Gagnon, Institut Economique de Montreal, Canada
Kris Mauren, Acton Institute, USA
Robin Sitoula, Prosperity Foundation, Nepal

The Financial Crisis and [...]

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IRS 990 Reminder and Other Foreboding Things on the Horizon…

Ken Berger, President of Charity Navigator gives his predictions for U.S. nonprofits in the year(s) to come on his blog.  One of which, has to do with that pesky new 990 that we all have to fill out:
Charities Having Problems Filing the New IRS Form 990 – It is estimated that the new IRS form [...]

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Atlas has Moved!

As  many of you know, Atlas has recently acquired the Global Initiative for Free Trade, Peace and Prosperity from the Cato Institute. In order to better accommodate these additions, Atlas has moved to  our new offices at 1201 L St. NW in Washington D.C.
Get Atlas’s full contact details here.
We look forward to seeing you at [...]

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Submit Your Think Tank Questions to Atlas!

Atlas has officially launched its “Ask Atlas” video series! Click on the ‘Ask Atlas’ tab above and submit your think tank management question. In the coming weeks, Atlas will select a question to be answered via video.

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Coming Soon: “Ask Atlas” Video Series

Do you have a think tank management question, but don’t know where to go to find the answer? Atlas is here to help. In the coming weeks, you will be able to submit your management requests to Atlas through this blog and get the answers that you need.  Here is how it will work: On [...]

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