Fundraising News, Information and Blog for Nonprofit Organizations
Duke Smith is President of Direct Point Group, Inc. with 25 years experience in the advertising and communications industry. He currently serves a wide variety of not-for-profit organizations based out of offices in Oakville, Ontario. Direct Point Group is one of North America’s leading communications agency exclusively serving nonprofit organizations.
Duke can be reached at duke@directpointgroup.com
I thought you would enjoy seeing this book review by the people over at Idea Sandbox. Seth Godin will have a new bookout in May, “The Dip: A Little Book that Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)”. Looks like this book will be another huge winner for Seth. Why would someone write a book about […]
Yahoo! Co-Founder donates $75 million to University Stanford University alumnus and Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang and his wife have donated $75 million to the university, with much of the donation being earmarked towards construction of a new environmental studies building, according to the university. (tags: charity philanthropy Jerry Yang) Copywriting Webinar - From DMA Hall-of-Famer and Marketing Expert […]
The folks over at InfluxInsights posted an alarming POV of the (RED) Campaign championed by Bono. As you may know “(RED) was created by Bono and Bobby Shriver, Chairman of DATA to raise awareness and money for The Global Fund by teaming up with the world’s most iconic brands to produce (PRODUCT)RED branded products. A […]
Haunting ad from Association Renuir and Saatchi & Saatchi France. This ad hits the mark the mark in a lot of ways. I think we would care more if the plight of those affected so unjustly by poverty and hunger were at our doorstep. Caring is the right word here. And this is the way to […]
The 60 largest American charitable contributions of the last year. There are a few changes to the Slate 60 itself worth noting. For the first time, the feature includes a searchable database.You can sort by name, recipient, or source of wealth (tags: charity nonprofit phil) When philanthropy meets profitmaking For many people, philanthropy and profit-making are mutually exclusive. But […]
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November 29, 2006 at 7:37 pm
Jeffrey Barkin
Duke,
You have a wonderful informative site!
I just wanted to alert you to a news release that went out yesterday regarding our new company, CharityCDs.com that just officially launched serving North America for fundraising and non-profit community brand-building.
Please check out http://www.CharityCDs.com
Thank you,
Jeffrey Barkin
May 24, 2007 at 10:50 pm
Rick Towne and special friends
Duke, it’s great to see you and that you are carrying on the work to which you are called. Warmest regards, Rick and Joanne Towne, Gina Ou and Cindy Bumpas.