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Vivanista is a member-based, lifestyle community for fundraising volunteers. Sharing of unique insights, expert tips and a spirit of giving empowers members to improve their own lives and the lives of others.

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Ten Reasons To Attend the Fundraising Summit

Find out why you need to brand your organization from this corporate panel, including Yelp co-founder Nish Nadaraja, who is well respected as a true branding guru. Find out what makes your nonprofit board successful from Kay Sprinkel Grace, author, well-respected consultant and international speaker on the topic of board development. Follow Darian Rodriguez Heyman, … Continue Reading

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Restoring Self Esteem and Body Image with MOVE

MOVE is a fantastic organization that combats the childhood obesity epidemic by improving children’s physical and emotional wellness through exercise. They does this by promoting positive relationships with peers to decrease stress and anxiety to allow for a better connection between the mind and the body. MOVE’s ultimate goal is to empower kids to lead healthy lives, and Vivanista recently sat down with Co Founder, Megan Battle Schoenberg to discover exactly what that entails.

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SF Junior League’s 17th Annual Home Tour Patron Soiree

On August 3, 2011, The Junior League of San Francisco hosted a Patron Soiree at the gorgeous design boutique, ANTHEM, owned by Janelle Loevnar thanking their sponsors for their continuous support of the 17th annual fundraiser, Modernism Through the Ages.

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VivaQA : How to Build a Non Profit Board

Thank you for sending in such thought-provoking, challenging questions during the last week of VivaQA. We’ve gone through your inquiries and chose the following question for our founder, Layne Gray, to answer.

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VivaQA: Maximizing Impact Cost-Effectively

We hope you’ve all taken the chance to ask our founder, Layne Gray, your brain-stumping fundraising questions, since this will be the last week of Vivanista’s Question Session. We selected the following question from the bunch to answer:

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VivaQA: Finding Sponsors as a New Organization

Vivanista’s Question Session nears its end with this great question from one of our members.

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Fairmont San Francisco Hosts Private Preview Event Featuring Handbags from Breast Cancer Emergency Fund’s This Old Bag: The Power of the Purse.

Breast Cancer Emergency Fund’s 7th Annual This Old Bag

In San Francisco on Wednesday, August 10, 2011, more than 100 of Bay Area’s most generous citizens gathered in the Fairmont’s Penthouse Suite to preview celebrity and designer handbags that will be auctioned off at the 7th Annual This Old Bag: The Power of the Purse, a benefit for Breast Cancer Emergency Fund (BCEF).

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New Summit Speaker Darian Heyman

We’re excitited to announce our latest addition to the Fundraising Summit speaker lineup: visionary Darian Rodriguez Heyman. Heyman previously did work as the Craigslist Foundation’s Executive Director, seeking to improve the entire nonprofit sector. Now, he tours the country, speaking about the benefits and uses for social media in his conference series “Social Media for … Continue Reading

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VivaQA: Deciding Which Fundraising Event to Host

Thank you for sending in such thought-provoking, challenging questions during the last week of VivaQA. We’ve gone through your inquiries and chose the following question for our founder, Layne Gray, to answer.

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How to Create a Successful Fundraising Event

If you’re a new event chair, or interested in putting together your first fundraiser, read on! Below are 10 key pointers to help you make your first event an extraordinary one.

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VIVANISTA IS THE GO-TO COMMUNITY FOR PHILANTHROPIC LIVING AND GIVING

Vivanista serves nonprofit professionals, volunteers, event chairs, board members, students, parents and social entrepreneurs from all walks of life, all with the common goal of supporting causes through increased fundraising success Vivanista is committed to helping volunteer groups increase revenue and build communities through charitable fundraising events. LEARN MORE

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