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FundRaising Success published its first issue in November 2003, which makes this our 10-year anniversary year. To celebrate, we’ll be taking a look back at past issues throughout the year. Following are some words of wisdom culled from the October 2006 issue.

Here are some words of wisdom culled from the June 2006 issue of FundRaising Success.

FundRaising Success published its first issue in November 2003, which makes this our 10-year anniversary year. To celebrate, we’ll be taking a look back at past issues throughout the year. Following are some words of wisdom culled from the June 2005 issue.

Here's an October 2006 column from Tim Burgess, who was  one of the founders of The Domain Group (and is now a city councilman in his hometown of Seattle). In "Newsletters Done Right," he shares five practical tips to creating revenue-raising newsletters.

Here's an August 2006 column written by Tim Burgess, who was  one of the founders of The Domain Group (and is now a City Councilman in his hometown of Seattle). In "Calling All Agents of Change," he discusses leadership issues that arose at the DMA Nonprofit Federation's Leadership Summit earlier that year.

At Crazy Jose's Mexican restaurant recently, a friend and I did a fine job of scarfing down respectable portions of our meals. But the gut-busting CJ's Special — two cheese enchiladas, a tamale, beef taco, bean chalupa, chile con queso, chips and guacamole served with Spanish rice and refried beans — was a bit much for either of us. So we wound up requesting doggie bags.

In his Easier Said Than Done column in April, Jeff Brooks recalled his experience working with a leprosy charity that didn’t want to talk about leprosy. He pointedly said, “How many people have leprosy right now because we couldn’t bring ourselves to say ‘leprosy’?”

Fashioning Fundraising Appeals in Times of Disaster Sept. 27, 2005 By Abny Santicola, associate editor, FundRaising Success While acting fast and getting fundraising appeals out quickly are key in a time of disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, the 2004 tsunami or the Sept. 11 terror attacks, when it comes to the creative and copy used in such appeals it's important "to know how your organization relates to the disaster," says Bob Ball, senior creative director at Seattle-based full-service direct-response agency The Domain Group. During catastrophic events, organizations such as the American Red Cross or the Salvation Army work directly with victims, Ball says,