Catherine Algeri

In her post “I Missed What?” on her blog Sue’s Muse, fundraising consultant Sue Woodward says she’s not sure if she’s 100 percent sold on the benefits of e-mail appends, but that our August feature on the topic “lays out a good argument.” “[Catherine Algeri’s] points about the difference between a good e-mail append and a bad one definitely should give us all food for thought,” Sue writes. Check out “E-mail Appends: The Good, the Bad and the Realistic” for yourself and let us know what you think by sending a note to mbattistelli@napco.com. Also, in Fundraiser Forum, three experts weigh in on the

City Year, which engages young adults for service in urban public schools, transforms the lives of two distinct sets of constituents — but it doesn’t stop there. Relying on powerful stories to engage them, it also transforms the lives of its donors. Read about how in our cover story, “City Stories.” E-mail Append Also, increase your list health with e-mail append tips from Catherine Algeri, account director at Washington, D.C.-based data-processing services firm Triplex, an infoUSA company, in her feature story “E-mail Appends: The Good, the Bad and the Realistic.”

City Year, which engages young adults for service in urban public schools, transforms the lives of two distinct sets of constituents — but it doesn’t stop there. Relying on powerful stories to engage them, it also transforms the lives of its donors. Read about how in our cover story, “City Stories.” E-mail Append Also, increase your list health with e-mail append tips from Catherine Algeri, account director at Washington, D.C.-based data-processing services firm Triplex, an infoUSA company, in her feature story “E-mail Appends: The Good, the Bad and the Realistic.”

As with any new industry, the early days of online fundraising were filled with both success and failure. Some organizations quickly found a new stream of revenue … while others found themselves struggling to get out of that black hole known as the spam filter.