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title: Marketing Day at the Planned Giving Group of New England
description: Takeaways from PGGNE's Marketing Day
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# [Marketing Day at the Planned Giving Group of New England](https://blog.pgcalc.com/marketing-day-at-the-planned-giving-group-of-new-england)

 Written by [Ann McPherson](https://blog.pgcalc.com/author/ann-mcpherson) | Nov 17, 2015 10:00:00 AM

People often have ominous feelings about Friday the 13th, but last Friday I attended our local planned giving council meeting where November is marketing month. Nothing unlucky was happening here.

There were roundtable discussions about marketing topics – sharing ideas of what works and what hasn’t. Sarah Carothers of Harvard University presented, *"PG Marketing: Fresh Ideas for Programs" *and Sally Glick, of Sobel & Co. presented *"Marketing Your Nonprofit Organization."*

It was a day filled with “something old is new again,” refreshers, and great examples. I was happy to see that there is still no silver bullet - hard work and dedication still pay off. Here are a few takeaways from the day: * *

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