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Beyond the Ask: How Alumni Magazine Writers Turn Engagement into Support (and What Newsletter Writers Can Learn From Them)
The best alumni magazines, like the ones at the University of Chicago, combine storytelling and fundraising into one publication. There’s a lot that the newsletter world can learn from their example.
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