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Happy Children’s Book Week!

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In Bruce Eric Kaplan’s marvelous, all-too-true picture book, You Have to Read This Book, a father bear desperately tries to …

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Your campaign’s public phase: the pre-pre-pre-public phase of your next campaign

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If you’re raising funds on behalf of one of the many organizations rounding the corner into the public phase of …

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Build for speed

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It's a computer and a rocket ship, and it says Max Speed!

Why is speed important? Let’s get this out of the way: website page speed—having your web pages load quickly—is probably …

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Civic responsibility and our client partners

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There’s no question that our civic fabric is in need of major repair. Survey after survey finds that Americans have …

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“Frankenstein” was never really a monster — 5 tips to get the most out of à la carte feedback

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A human-like monster with a frankenstein-type look. It has a red face and green arm raised.

As creatives, we’ve all been there—that moment when a client loves every concept and wants to merge the best parts …

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How to Build a Philanthropic Strategy that Protects Against the Variability of the Economy

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As you’ve probably seen in the Chronicle of Philanthropy or in coverage of 2022’s Giving Tuesday, the recent philanthropic environment …

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2022 Marketing Tactics in Higher Education: A Comparative Study

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In the midst of our everyday work, collaborating on exceptional projects with client-partners nationwide, Yes& | Lipman Hearne stays attuned …

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Big Takeaways and Even Bigger News

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Traveling from Chicago to National Harbor, Lipman Hearners Alexia Koelling and Kirsten Fedderke packed bags containing more than just a …

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The Marketing Equivalent of “What Ails?”

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students learning at CU Denver

We’re big believers in brand workshops—getting communicators and other brand ambassadors together in a room (or on Zoom) and walking …

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Countdown to Giving Day

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Whether you plan to participate in Giving Tuesday or choose a different day in what’s left of the calendar year, …

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Proprietary Research

There are 95 million potential adult learners in the U.S. Reach these nontraditional students with four personas developed by Lipman Hearne.

Recruiting Adult Learners

A new billionaire is created every other day. Many are inclined to give, but how do they decide?

Megadonor Archetypes

We partnered with Univision in a groundbreaking study of major pathways taken by Latinx learners.

Recruiting Latinx Learners