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In an exciting, two-part webinar series FundRaising Success is hosting in partnership with Blackbaud and Charity Dynamics, the ALS Association is providing an exclusive, inside look at what happened this summer and what has happened since the Ice Bucket Challenge.

Join FundRaising Success in Washington, D.C., next week for our inaugural peer-to-peer conference, Engage P2P: Redefining Peer to Peer.

Tweets from Blackbaud's bbcon conference (#bbcon2014).

Last October, Amy Braiterman, manager of peer-to-peer strategic services for Blackbaud, provided "3 Keys to Year-End Giving Success," noting that "Fundraising in the nonprofit world is certainly uncertain, but there’s one thing that we can count on: December."

Today's fundraising news: New Blackbaud products, a call for Bridge session proposals, and a free webianr from TechSoup.

"In my view, all fundraising is peer-to-peer." That's how Jeff Shuck, CEO of Plenty Consulting, opened his session yesterday at bbcon, Blackbaud's annual conference. "… It's not about who we know. It's about who they know."

Ted Hart, CEO of Charities Aid Foundation of America(CAFAmerica) and CEO of P2P Fundraising, GreenNonprofits.org and TedHart.com, broadcasts live from Blackbaud's bbcon 2014 conference in Nashville for a special 90-minute episode of his Nonprofit Coach radio show.

Check out some tweets from #bbcon2014 (also #bbcon).

Actor RJ Mitte, the keynote speaker at Blackbaud's annual bbcon conference, isn't just a celebrity face for a nonprofit. He truly lives the cause of Shriners Hospitals for Children.

Peer-to-peer fundraising adds another difficult layer to the retention equation. Often, donors to peer-to-peer campaigns donate at the behest of a friend or family member. Oftentimes, they have little or no affinity for the organization itself — they simply donate to help someone they know raise money for a cause that person cares about.