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		<title>Get others to make your case</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/get-others-to-make-your-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Seth Godin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Im sure lots of you are reading Seth Godin so this may not be new, but I thought it was worth sharing and certainly something we could try out.
Seth was asking &#8220;How do you get your boss to approve something, the customer service people to understand the pain a system is causing or the folks [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=conorbyrne.wordpress.com&blog=3353208&post=1542&subd=conorbyrne&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer Research UK &#8211; Powerful Ad</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/cancer-research-uk-powerful-ad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cancer Research UK]]></category>

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Well done Cancer Research UK, this really got me
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		<title>Replace the Word Customer with Donor</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/replace-the-word-customer-with-donor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>conorbyrne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Donors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny the Bagger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simple Truths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[And this video makes real sense. I read this great little Simple Truths book and here is a video summary of it. Its actually worth getting some copies of the book and circulating them in your organisation. Its great thinking.

you can buy the book here
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		<title>This is the way to say thanks</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/this-is-the-way-to-say-thanks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Donors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Action Aid UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Povertee]]></category>

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This is great work by Action Aid UK again, they really get it. This is similar to something I saw during the US election (check that post out here).
This may be a bit expensive for your organisation, but adapt it, how about some of your supporters or people who benefit from your service recording a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=conorbyrne.wordpress.com&blog=3353208&post=1530&subd=conorbyrne&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Livestrong on Twitter</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/livestrong-on-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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A lot of Twitter posts lately!
Thought this was great way to adapt the LiveStrong wristband onto Twitter. Simple click through to add the yellow band to your profile picture. Nice work
Check it out here
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		<title>Why is Social Media Important to a Brand?</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/why-is-social-media-important-to-a-brand/</link>
		<comments>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/why-is-social-media-important-to-a-brand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Engaging Brand Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this on the Engaging Brand Blog and thought it was worth re posting (hope thats ok?)

Social media should be part of a brand strategy for 5 main reasons

A brand succeeds when it bridges a gap inside the consumers mindset of where they are now and where they want to be&#8230;.social media can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=conorbyrne.wordpress.com&blog=3353208&post=1523&subd=conorbyrne&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Check out #iofnc Tweets</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/check-out-iofnc-tweets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institute of Fundraising]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lots of people Tweeting from the Institute of Fundraising Conference. Check some of them out like

 http://twitter.com/howardlake
http://twitter.com/ThirdSector 
http://twitter.com/rachelbeer
http://twitter.com/parkeslife
http://twitter.com/derekhumphries

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		<title>Harry Potter Fundraiser</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/harry-potter-fundraiser/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>conorbyrne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fundraising Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter]]></category>

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Are you planning on seeing the New Harry Potter Movie?
Well this is a great idea (you may remember there was one for Star Trek too) where they are asking everyone or anyone who goes to see Harry Potter to make a 1 dollar donation to mark the occassion.
Posted in Fundraising Events Tagged: Harry Potter  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=conorbyrne.wordpress.com&blog=3353208&post=1519&subd=conorbyrne&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Telling Stories</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/telling-stories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>conorbyrne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[1 in 8 million]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Times]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a great example of the power of story telling (thanks KP), called 1 in 8 million click below and check it out

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		<title>International Fundraising Congress annouces line-up</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/international-fundraising-congress-annouces-line-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>conorbyrne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[IFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Fundraising Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resource Alliance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IFC 2009 takes place from 20-23 October 2009 at NH Leeuwenhorst Hotel in Holland.
 
This year the IFC will address challenges of fundraising in a global recession . The 2009 conference comprises an opening and closing plenary, 14 master classes, 5 IFC Live! sessions (following a popular TV news or discussion show format) and over 40 workshops.
This year’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=conorbyrne.wordpress.com&blog=3353208&post=1516&subd=conorbyrne&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging Presentation</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/blogging-presentation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fundraising Ireland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the blogging presentation from yesterdays Fundraising Ireland event. All the others will be up on Fundraising Ireland in the next few days (and they are definitely worth checking out!!)

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		<title>Non Profit Tag Line Awards</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/non-profit-tag-line-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Getting Attention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non Profit Tag Line Awards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They are back!
Last year was the first year of the Non Profit Tag Line Awards organised by Nancy E. Schwartz Getting Attention Blog. Its a  great idea and we all know that a strong tag line can do wonders for our organisation.
The contest is a great means of motivating nonprofit folks to focus on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=conorbyrne.wordpress.com&blog=3353208&post=1504&subd=conorbyrne&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sustained Giving seems to be doing ok</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/sustained-giving-seems-to-be-doing-ok/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Philanthropy UK]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I still hear from organisations that their monthly donors continue to drop off and cancel. Two recent articles from Professional Fundraising and Philanthropy UK seem to suggest across the sector that is the trend but people are still signing up to help non profits:
The Association of Payroll Giving Organisations reports that the number of employees [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=conorbyrne.wordpress.com&blog=3353208&post=1501&subd=conorbyrne&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Running out of Charity</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/running-out-of-charity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That was the headline in the Irish Times today where the author goes on to quote numerous heads of fundraising about how bad things are. I think Tim O&#8217;Dea came across as being most balanced.
What frustrates me about this is overall its not balanced its all about doom and gloom and I genuinely dont think [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=conorbyrne.wordpress.com&blog=3353208&post=1499&subd=conorbyrne&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Operations Manager – Chernobyl Children’s Project International</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/operations-manager-%e2%80%93-chernobyl-children%e2%80%99s-project-international/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thought this might be of interest. Based in Cork, Ireland. Here is the blurb:
CCPI (Chernobyl Children’s project International) is a not for profit organisation (NGO) founded by Adi Roche in 1991.  CCPI raises funds to support its core projects in Belarus, Ukraine and Western Russia. We co-ordinate several projects such as Medical, Building, Rest &#38; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=conorbyrne.wordpress.com&blog=3353208&post=1497&subd=conorbyrne&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Acts</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/simple-acts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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I was sent an email about this from Refugee Week and I really like it. Its not a fundraising campaign but then again everything doesnt have to be!
The idea is simple  people are invited not to raise funds, or make huge gestures, but to choose from 20 Simple Acts such as cooking a dish from a foreign [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=conorbyrne.wordpress.com&blog=3353208&post=1492&subd=conorbyrne&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Bumper Month</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/a-bumper-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[online giving site mycharity.ie reports that May was its most successful month for fundraising. EVER!
Yes since they started three years ago this May (the one with the recession) was the best they saw. I know there are factors such as mycharity.ie being more widely used etc&#8230;But still, isnt that some good news?
€298,185 was raised for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=conorbyrne.wordpress.com&blog=3353208&post=1490&subd=conorbyrne&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keep it simple</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/keep-it-simple/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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I sometimes get frustrated when I see things being overcomplicated. Simple is beautiful! This video is a reminder of that. Thanks Paul for showing it to me, hope I didnt steal your thunder by posting it!
Posted in fundraising, Fundraising Advertising Tagged: Simplicity, Stop sign      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=conorbyrne.wordpress.com&blog=3353208&post=1488&subd=conorbyrne&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Donors Want?</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/what-donors-want/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a successful weekend of fundraising and then reading Damian&#8217;s post here about his recent successes (donor mailing up 42%) I am even more convinced now that if you give donors what they want you will be successful.
I am not saying I have a new magical piece of information here. I think thats the thing, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=conorbyrne.wordpress.com&blog=3353208&post=1486&subd=conorbyrne&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>96FM&#8217;s Cork for Kids Radiothon</title>
		<link>http://conorbyrne.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/96fms-cork-for-kids-radiothon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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It kicks off at 6am this morning. These guys did an amazing job last year (and thanks to KP for what she did to get this off the ground in year 1),  I have heard some of the stories that families have been kind enough to share with them this year and they are incredible.
What [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=conorbyrne.wordpress.com&blog=3353208&post=1481&subd=conorbyrne&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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