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Texas—it’s like a whole other country. At least that’s what any Texan will say. This year, March 25–28, nearly 4,000 professional fundraisers—from Texas and other states, provinces and countries—have made Dallas their world.
Mariachi Band
Marc Chardon, the president and chief executive officer of Blackbaud, the full sponsor of this year’s conference, and Cheryl Reynolds, chair of the Dallas Host Committee, welcomed the enthusiastic crowd.
Undoubtedly, the enthusiasm generated in the Dallas Convention Center is contagious. The Sunday Opening Plenary Session, sponsored by Bernstein Global Wealth and Philanthropy World magazine, began with a band that included such top hits as Shania Twain’s “Man, I Feel Like a Woman!”—with new lyrics. You had to be in the audience to appreciate “Man! I Feel Like a Fundraiser!” Willie Nelson’s “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” became “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Fundraisers.”"
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