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How a Targeted Second Ask Surpassed Its Goal With a Nearly 50% Response Rate

NonProfit PRO

The American Battlefield Trust was $27,000 short of projected revenue for its effort to save 128 acres of Civil War Battlefield in Perryville, Kentucky, in the fall of 2019. As this particular track of land would essentially complete the preservation of the Perryville site – the last piece of the puzzle – they had to figure out a way.

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Hosting a Winning Kentucky Derby Fundraising Event

Greater Giving

Hats, Horses, and Hope: How to Host a Winning Kentucky Derby Event The thrill of the race, the mint juleps flowing, and the outrageous hats – there’s something undeniably fun about the Kentucky Derby event. Add a big screen to project the actual Kentucky Derby Race for the ultimate viewing experience.

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Bright Idea: Hybrid Scavenger Hunt Fundraiser

Qgiv

We make meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 6 through 13, in communities across Central Kentucky. Get creative and come up with your own ideas for tasks teams can complete within a time limit and award point values for those tasks. What they did.

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Verizon’s answer for rural broadband access is a new LTE home internet service

The Verge

The new “broadband” service is now available in Savannah, Georgia; Springfield, Missouri; and the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky. It’s a new broadband internet service powered by our most awarded 4G LTE network. You’ll also need an LTE Home router, which costs $240.). INTRODUCING: LTE Home Internet.

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Craving ‘wild’ foods? Foraged’s marketplace uncovers all that and more

TechCrunch

Within a few months, 500 customers were purchasing from the marketplace, ranging from Michelin star and James Beard-awarded chefs to culinary enthusiasts. I would go to Kentucky and get them, but with this website, I don’t have to travel, and it is easy to navigate.”. The site currently averages 20% return-customer purchases.

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Annapurna, the most exciting indie publisher around, is making its own games

The Verge

Annapurna, an independent media production company best known for producing award-winning video games and films, is forming an in-house game development studio to create its own projects. Those include What Remains of Edith Finch , Kentucky Route Zero , and Outer Wilds , among many others. Image: Annapurna Interactive.

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Corporate Altruism: The Blurring of the Lines Between CSR and Cause Marketing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As part of our research, we also presented at the PRSA International Conference in Washington, DC on October 18, 2010, and we will present at the 5th Annual SNCR Research Symposium & Awards Gala in Stanford, Calif. Komen for the Cure teamed up with KFC (formerly known as Kentucky Fried Chicken). on November 5, 2010.

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