Awards

The Nonprofit Federation of the Direct Marketing Association (DMANF) is pleased to announce the selection of Lynn Edmonds, president of LW Robbins, as its 2013 Max L. Hart Nonprofit Achievement Award recipient. The Max L. Hart Nonprofit Achievement Award, presented annually at the Washington Nonprofit Conference, recognizes career accomplishments by an exceptional fundraising professional with a track record of service, leadership, innovation and integrity.

The Direct Marketing Educational Foundation (DMEF) announced it is welcoming nominations for its prestigious 2013 Rising Stars and Corporate Commitment Awards. The deadline for nominations is Feb. 15. Winners will be announced in early March and honored at DMEF’s Rising Stars Awards Dinner June 11 in New York. Individual and corporate award recipients will be honored for their commitment to excellence in the field of direct/interactive marketing education, specifically highlighting service that nurtures and supports the next generation of talent in this field.

Lynn S. Edmonds, president of LW Robbins, a direct marketing fundraising agency, has been named the 2012 Direct Marketing Fundraising Association (DMFA) Marketer of the Year.

The deadline for the 2013 FundRaising Success Fundraising Professionals of the Year Awards is Monday, Jan. 7. Get your nominations in now!

Here are some of the FundRaising Success Fundraising Professionals of the Year Awards winners from the past two years from faith-based organizations.

They're your colleagues, your co-workers, your employees, your bosses, your friends. They're fundraising's best thinkers, doing-est doers and brightest stars. And in 2013 FundRaising Success will once again honor the Fundraising Professionals of the Year.

SXSW Interactive announces the honorees for the 2013 Dewey Winburne Community Service Award, which honors those who use technology to take on tough problems in the community: Madhura Bhat, co-founder of Health for America; Elizabeth Davidson, co-founder of ScriptEd; Arlene Ducao, coordinator of OpenIR; Rey Faustino,  founder of One Degree; Gene Gurkoff, founder of Charity Miles; Elena Lagoudi, a museum digital engagement worker; Simeon Oriko, founder of the Kuyu Project; Amanda Quraishi, Web manager of Mobile Loaves & Fishes; Ben Sawyer, co-founder of the Serious Games Initiative; and Rich Schwerdtfeger, CTO of accessibility at IBM Software.

As the Christmas spirit sweeps over me, I'm happy to announce that the submission period for our annual Fundraiser of the Year Awards is now open.

Take a quick peek at the 2012 Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Award Winners.

This week, the winners of the 2012 Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards were announced by Nancy Schwartz, president of Nancy Schwartz & Co. and author of the Getting Attention blog, as well as a member of the FundRaising Success Editorial Advisory Board.