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The ePhilanthropy Foundation offers you 54 courses all available for you and your staff to take online at anytime for just $79. This is the lowest rate of the year and will be in effect through December 31.

So if you want to brush up on skills related to Grant Writing, Research, Board Development, ePhilanthropy, Annual appeals, Planned Giving, Special Events or most any development topics,

Click below, register for the class of your choice and learn at your pace on your schedule with NO TRAVEL.

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The Toronto Fundraising Congress 2005 is excited to be offering a new, innovative ePhilanthropy Town Hall in cooperation with the ePhilanthropy Foundation, as one of its Master’s Track sessions. This town hall will use a facilitated dialogue format with invited guest panelists (via teleconference and/or in person) to explore various topics of interest related to the use of the Internet to support and promote philanthropy in Canada.

The session is being held on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. If you would like to be considered as a panelist for this discussion (novice or pro), along with a paragraph describing why you would like to be selected to participate, please e-mail the session’s facilitator, Ted Hart at congress2005@ePhilanthropy.org by Friday, October 21, 2005. Thank you!

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