Joanne DelGiorno

Grizzard Communications Group recently held a conference, Winning Strategies in Challenging Times, focusing on effective and efficient ways of communicating to donors during difficult economic times. The conference was held February 24th – 26th and featured a live panel discussion presented in the online virtual world of Second Life.  Major George Hood, National Community Relations Secretary of The Salvation Army, along with other IT communications associates from Alexandria, VA and Reston, PA participated in a panel discussion as animated “Avatars.”

Just Say No to Silos August 18, 2005 By Abny Santicola Associate editor, FundRaising Success Reaching fundraising goals often requires strategic partnerships with various vendors: Web site developers, printers, list brokers and managers, and lawyers, to name a few. But without a strategy that coordinates all these different partners, your fundraising efforts are made all the more difficult. In her session, "Breaking Down Vendor Silos -- Getting Your Vendors to Work Together to Get the Job Done," at the 2005 New York Nonprofit Conference yesterday, Joanne DelGiorno, managing director of direct-response marketing for the American Diabetes Association, was among the speakers who addressed the