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  • Avalon Dispatch 02.25.2025

    Avalon Dispatch 02.25.2025

    In this week’s @AvalonFYI dispatch, you will find the important USPS news, great copy, donor love, authenticity, and a reminder “to human.” Read it here! Dear friends, In February at Avalon, sen…

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  • Avalon Dispatch 02.18.2025

    Avalon Dispatch 02.18.2025

    In today’s @AvalonFYI dispatch, you will find guidance on executive orders, testing advice, tips for delegating work, emoji research ‍ , how the Avalon team is finding focus, and more. Read it her…

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  • Avalon Dispatch 02.11.2025

    Avalon Dispatch 02.11.2025

    In this week’s @AvalonFYI dispatch, you will find tariff impacts for fundraising, Grammy award-winning clients, ChatGPT’s newest feature, words to avoid, Panda Cam and more. Dear friends, Last wee…

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  • Avalon Dispatch 02.04.2025

    Avalon Dispatch 02.04.2025

    In this week’s @AvalonFYI dispatch, you will find resources for Black History Month, an opportunity to support the nonprofit sector, perception vs. reality in demographics, and, just for fun, Avalon…

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  • Avalon Dispatch 01.28.2025

    Avalon Dispatch 01.28.2025

    In this week’s @AvalonFYI dispatch, you will discover our newest national monument, multi-lingual fundraising, NTEN’s data empowerment survey, a few new words, and even more books. Read it here! D…

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  • Avalon Dispatch 01.21.2025

    Avalon Dispatch 01.21.2025

    In today’s @AvalonFYI dispatch, you will discover how fundraisers can be sensitive to what donors are experiencing in Los Angeles, what Meta’s fact-checking change means for advertisers, the best…

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  • Avalon Dispatch 01.14.2025

    Avalon Dispatch 01.14.2025

    In today’s @AvalonFYI dispatch, you will find a year-end recap, new analysis of election ads, benchmarks, viral campaigns, resolutions, President Carter’s legacy, and fundraising fantasy foot…

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  • Avalon’s POV on Meta’s decision to discontinue fact-checking

    Avalon’s POV on Meta’s decision to discontinue fact-checking

    In early January 2025 Meta announced that it will be discontinuing its fact-checking efforts and will instead move towards a Community Notes process, allowing users to moderate posts directly rather t…

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  • Avalon Dispatch 01.07.2025

    Avalon Dispatch 01.07.2025

    Happy new year! In our first @AvalonFYI dispatch of 2025, president and founder Allison Porter shares 6 strategic themes that fundraisers should have on their radar this year. Dear friends, Happy new…

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