Want to see a situation where a very small changing wording makes a meaningful difference in fundraising results? You’ll find it on the Better Fundraising Blog, at One Test, Three Lessons. Yes, the post has three very useful lessons. But I want to focus on one of them. You’ll have surf over there to see…
RELIST WATCH By John Elwood on Jul 1, 2024 at 6:11 pm The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. Every summer, before the justices leave town for the Supreme Court’s recess, they have one last impromptu conference to consider…
What this blog is about The future of fundraising is not about social media, online video, or SEM. It’s not about any technology, medium, or technique. It’s about donors. If you need to raise funds from donors, you need to study them, respect them, and build everything you do around them. And the future? It’s already here. More….
OPINION ANALYSIS By Amy Howe on Jul 1, 2024 at 6:16 pm The justices ruled in two linked cases brought by tech trade groups over a pair of laws in Texas and Florida. (Colin Dewar via Shutterstock) The Supreme Court on Monday sent a pair of challenges to laws in Texas and Florida that would…
(Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg) The Supreme Court rejected Donald Trump’s insane theory that presidents can only be criminally prosecuted if the House impeached and the Senate convicted on the exact behavior in the indictment. And then accepted every other stupid, atextual, ahistorical argument to keep their personal political patron out of jail. The Chief Justice, writing…
Once upon a time I let folks know I’d “finagled” a discount for them. After one reader told me the word “finagle” means “to obtain something by devious or dishonest means,” I sent an apologetic “Ruh Roh” email. I received a lot of forgiving (thank you!) feedback. Many kindly supported my…
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Amy Coney Barrett Has Some Choice Words: In short, what happened to textualism? SCOTUS Clears Up Some Questions About The Monarchy: Sotomayor isn’t too happy about the answers — Seal Team 6 is on standby. Iowa Follows In Alito’s Footsteps: Bad news for reproductive freedom. Check Out Your Student Loan…
Sure, you can pay down your debt, but not much else. The post A Law Degree Isn’t Always A Ticket To Riches appeared first on Above the Law. #Law #Degree #Isnt #Ticket #Riches
At the end of 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which was designed to give low-income households a discount each month on their internet bill, even offering a one-time coupon of up to $100 to buy a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet. Pell Grant recipients or those who qualified…
View from the court By Mark Walsh on Jul 1, 2024 at 4:07 pm The court released the final opinions of the 2023-24 term on Monday, including a historic decision in Trump v. United States. (William Hennessy) As I reach the courtroom on Monday, Michael Dreeben of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office has already taken…