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by Evan Tighe
UGA Claims Beat Week Victory (Again)
It’s always an exciting matchup when UGA and Auburn go head-to-head, and Beat Week 2021 was no exception.
Beat Week is the philanthropic counterpart to "The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry," and the rules are simple: the university with the…
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by Reese Jones
UGA Engagement Center: New Technologies & New Opportunities
The UGA Engagement Center is dedicated to using new technologies to bring exciting opportunities for the university.
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by Joey Lynn
A Look into Leadership Annual Gifts with UGA’s Central Annual Giving Team
Joey Lynn, leadership annual gift officer, has compiled a list of best practices to solicit leadership annual gifts.
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by Chatise R Smith
Calling All Dawgs: Georgia Giving Week 2021
WHEN: Saturday, April 17 (G-Day) through Friday, April 23 @ midnight
HOW: Any size gift. Any cause. Any fund.
WHO: Alumni, faculty, staff, and anyone else who considers themselves a Bulldog!
GOAL: As many donors as possible!
Georgia Giving…
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by Chatise R. Smith
How to Personalize Your Direct Mail Solicitations
The annual giving team has seen the benefits of incorporating variable data into direct mail solicitations. In FY20, the Fall Direct Mail Solicitation—one of UGA’s largest and most personalized mailings to date—brought in over $250,000.…
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by Jill Bateman
Texting opportunities with the Engagement Center
Learn more about how UGA Engagement Center student representatives are utilizing texting to reach alumni.
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by David Jones
Solicitation Traffic Control
Savvy UGA communicators can rely on the GAIL Planning Calendar to manage the channels and messages reaching our alumni and friends.
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by Tyler Daniels
Don't be a Hero: The Key to Good Storytelling
Storytelling can be an incredibly powerful tool for any type of persuasion, but there’s a common mistake we often make that can limit our power to persuade.
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by Evan Tighe
Giving Week
On the eve of G-Day 2019, Head Football Coach Kirby Smart called on the Bulldog Nation to show our UGA pride and support our great university. And so the inaugural UGA Giving Week began. Counting all donations from April 19-27, Giving Week was…
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by Katy Clements
40(+) Hours in the War Room
Advancement Services, Alumni Relations, Annual Giving, Business Engagement, Communications, Donor Relations & Stewardship, Foundation Relations
If you wandered by the small conference room (henceforth dubbed “the war room”) the week of April 20, you probably saw me and Ally Hellenga huddled around our computers, frantically refreshing a Georgia Funder page on the TV screen ... {insert…