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How to move hearts with a great story

Why your story is the key to moving hearts I might not have opened the letter yesterday. It was from Covenant House, a charity I supported only occasionally and long ago. But I did open it. And though I planned a different post to share with you this week, I knew I had to share […]

Filed Under: Annual Giving, Blog, Donor communications Tagged With: Christmas appeal, End of year appeal, fundraising apeal, storytelling 13 Comments

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