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Project:<\/strong> GBF was at a point where it needed to take stock of what it had accomplished and identify how to project these accomplishments effectively for fundraising and partnership development. The SGE Immersion team reviewed GBF\u2019s successes and the ways that the organization was communicating them to key supporters in order to recommend a communication strategy for acquiring additional funding for future growth. 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