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		<title>Who Says People Aren’t Giving to the Arts in a Down Economy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Certainly not the Arts Council of Snohomish County! This year, the Arts Council is completing their “Live, Learn, Create” capital campaign. In partnership with Artspace, the Council is creating a visual arts education center combined with 42 live/work spaces dedicated for artists. The Council is on the home stretch of their $6 million private fundraising [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.collinsgroup.com/blog/2010/03/10/who-says-people-aren%e2%80%99t-giving-to-the-arts-in-a-down-economy/</link>
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		<title>Social Networking: On Our Phones and Here to Stay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a fundraising professional, you know how important it is to meet your donors and supporters where they’re spending their time.  In this case, it’s online – even when they’re on the go: 
A recent study conducted by comScore revealed that, as of January 2010, over 30 percent of smartphone users are accessing social networking sites [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.collinsgroup.com/blog/2010/03/05/social-networking-on-our-phones-and-here-to-stay/</link>
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		<title>What our Local Foundations Recommend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you see the Puget Sound Business Journal&#8217;s story &#8220;Washington State Foundations Suggest Changing Nonprofit Funding Methods&#8221;? If you haven&#8217;t read it, you should. Click the link below and you can read the story on Philanthropy Northwest&#8217;s blog &#8212; and while you&#8217;re there, check out some of their other great posts.
http://services.philanthropynw.org/blog/?p=1644



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		<link>http://www.collinsgroup.com/blog/2010/03/03/what-our-local-foundations-recommend/</link>
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		<title>How Millennial Are You?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adding to the ever-increasing pool of research surrounding the Millennials, the Pew Research Center recently released the results of a study on the behaviors, values, and opinions of this unique generation. This study confirms much of what we already know &#8211; Millennials are well-educated (on track to become the most highly-educated generation in American history), politically [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.collinsgroup.com/blog/2010/02/26/how-millennial-are-you/</link>
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		<title>TCG Gets a New Project Coordinator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Collins Group is thrilled to welcome Jessica Levold as our new Project Coordinator.  We received several applications for the position, but Jessica&#8217;s passion for nonprofit work is what made her stand out.  
Jessica holds a BA in Communications from the University of Washington and has served on the Board of the UW Association of Women [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.collinsgroup.com/blog/2010/02/25/tcg-gets-a-new-project-coordinator/</link>
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		<title>Northwest Maritime Center featured in The Seattle Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We love it when our clients receive such wonderful recognition of their projects. Check out this Seattle Times article on the Northwest Maritime Center&#8217;s new headquarters. Who&#8217;s up for a trip to Port Townsend this weekend? It&#8217;s supposed to be sunny!

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2011108575_nwwmaritimecenter18.html



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		<link>http://www.collinsgroup.com/blog/2010/02/19/northwest-maritime-center-featured-in-the-seattle-times/</link>
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		<title>Exciting New Project from Social Justice Fund</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former TCG Client Social Justice Fund Northwest is teaming up with Resource Generation, a group that organizes young people with financial wealth to leverage resources and privilege for social change.  SJF and the Seattle Chapter of RG will be working to form a group of cross-class people under 40 years old to raise at least $50,000 and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.collinsgroup.com/blog/2010/02/10/exciting-new-project-from-social-justice-fund/</link>
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		<title>What Do Fundraising Consultants Actually Do?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many organizations think of a fundraising consultant as someone to call when they are trying to fill a revenue gap, manage a transition in fundraising staff, launch or re-start a stalled campaign, engage more volunteers in fundraising, or develop strategies to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of a fundraising program. However, after nine years as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.collinsgroup.com/blog/2010/02/09/what-do-fundraising-consultants-actually-do/</link>
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		<title>Evaluating Nonprofit Effectiveness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Overhead ratios are like asking which airlines spend the least on maintenance to decide where to invest. - Bob Ottenhoff, Guidestar
Earlier this week, the Nonprofit Technology Network organized a panel of nonprofit assessment organizations (including Guidestar and Charity Navigator) to discuss the best way to evaluate nonprofit effectiveness.
This conversation around new metrics for evaluating effectiveness [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.collinsgroup.com/blog/2010/02/05/evaluating-nonprofit-effectiveness/</link>
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		<title>Tomorrow is Nonprofit Day in Olympia</title>
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Last week’s NDOA conference featured fundraising guru Kim Klein as keynote speaker. She commanded the attention of the 380 fundraising and nonprofit professionals in the room and delivered a bit of a wake up call. She challenged nonprofit leaders to “talk about taxes” and have more discussions about what our expectations are for our tax [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.collinsgroup.com/blog/2010/02/03/tomorrow-is-nonprofit-day-in-olympia/</link>
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