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How to Evaluate Your Community's Historic Preservation Values

Understanding Your Community's Values on Historic Resources, Part 1 of 2
If you want to make a case for historic preservation in your community, you’ll need to understand your community’s values about its historic resources.
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How to Match Your Advocacy Efforts to Your Community's Historic Preservation Values

Understanding Your Community's Values about Historic Resources, Part 2 of 2
Your historic preservation advocacy work will be most effective if you match your efforts to your community's values on historic resources.
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How to Craft Your Historic Preservation Message for Different Audiences

Identify effective ways to craft your historic preservation message for different audiences by anticipating their concerns and objections.
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Five Tools to Help You Craft a Convincing Historic Preservation Advocacy Message

Use these five tools to craft a convincing message to advocate for historic preservation in your community.
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How to Make a Case for Historic Preservation After a Disaster

To avoid losing your community's historic resources during a disaster, you must prepare in advance and act quickly as the disaster unfolds.
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How to Choose Effective Speakers to Deliver Your Historic Preservation Advocacy Message

Your advocacy group's message for historic preservation will have more impact if the people who deliver know how to be clear, rational, and appealing.
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How to Make a Persuasive Public Statement for Historic Preservation

Your public statement for historic preservation must do two things: be highly persuasive, and draw listeners into your cause.
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How to Use Service-Learning Partnerships to Accomplish Historic Preservation Projects

A service-learning collaboration could be the perfect way for your historic preservation group to fulfill a specific project need.
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Why Universities and Colleges Can Make Good Partners for Historic Preservation

Your historic preservation group can find many ways to collaborate and share information with universities and colleges.
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Why Artists and Arts Organizations Can Make Good Partners for Historic Preservation

Wisconsin has many inspiring examples of historic preservationists and artists working together to accomplish great things.
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How to Follow Ethical Fundraising Practices in Your Nonprofit Organization

One of the best ways to ensure that your nonprofit organization operates ethically is to keep your fundraising practices clean and transparent.
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Where to Find Federal Funds to Preserve Historic Places

Learn about the types of federal funding programs available for preserving a historic building or place in your community.
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How to Get Expert Help and Funding from the National Trust for Historic Preservation

Your nonprofit preservation organization can find funding opportunities and lots of support from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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Where to Find Funding for Arts and Humanities Projects

Your historic preservation group has many options to seek funding for preservation-related arts and humanities projects.
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How to Ask People to Give Money to Your Nonprofit Organization

Asking for money is never easy, but these tips suggest some easy ways to ask people to support your nonprofit organization.
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How to Attract Major Donors to Your Nonprofit Organization

To find and attract major donors to your nonprofit organization, you need a long-term strategy and a great way to make your organization stand out.
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How to Manage Gift-Giving in Your Nonprofit Organization

By adopting a gift-acceptance policy, your nonprofit organization might be able to achieve both financial security and flexibility.
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How to Pursue Grant Funding for Your Historic Preservation Group

Grant funding is readily available for historic preservation organizations that are willing to put in some hard work.
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How to Create a Budget for a Grant Application

Every time your nonprofit organization applies for a grant, a project budget will be an essential component of your application.
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How to Get Started on Planning an Auction

Organizing a Fundraising Auction for Your Nonprofit Organization, Part 1 of 3
An auction is a great way to engage members in fundraising for your nonprofit organization, but it is also a huge commitment.

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