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    RE: Contacting Major Donors for the First Time

    By: Jeff Grandy , 2 hours ago
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    Hi LeAnn, You have some great feedback from others in the thread and it seems that you are clear to reach out via phone to set up your discovery meetings whereby you are seeing if your data is now confirmed once you have the meeting. Next step is to ...

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    RE: Corporate/business giving

    By: Seda Arzumanyan , 4 hours ago
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    Lisa, thanks for your response. That would be great. Do you mind sending me a few date & time options to connect? Here is my email you can send it directly - sarzumayan@waterforgood.org. ------------------------------ Seda Arzumanyan Chief Development ...

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    RE: Corporate/business giving

    By: Seda Arzumanyan , 4 hours ago
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    Hi Joy, Thanks for your response. We want to create a comprehensive package for the business partnership and include not only a cause marketing option, but also a matching gift, CSR, and more. ------------------------------ Seda Arzumanyan Chief ...

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    RE: "Paying" For High-Net-Worth Connections?

    By: Esther Landau , 10 hours ago
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    Hello! Fernando has reached out to us and it definitely smells fishy. Not sure what he gets out of this. I would be very curious to hear about how he approached you and your organization. ------------------------------ Esther Landau, CFRE Senior Director ...

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    NC-based Training Consultant for EveryAction?

    By: Jill Ullman , 10 hours ago
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    Hi, everyone!  About six months after we signed a contract with Salsa CRM, Bonterra announced the acquisition of it. We are now about 6 months into our relationship with the new CRM, EveryAction, which was offered as a Salsa replacement. While EveryAction ...

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    RE: Contacting Major Donors for the First Time

    By: Kara O'Connor , 10 hours ago
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    Hi LeAnn, Below is an example of an email that I used in that scenario, which resulted in a lovely lunch meeting with some major donors. The donors had just given a donation, which is a nice time to reach out if possible. To be clear, my goal for the ...

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