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Consider the value–for–value exchange. My daughter-in-law is interviewing for a job. She asked me for...
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Fighting the good fight for your nonprofit’s cause is what you do best. Funding your...
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You love your current donors, right? You want more just like them, right? The best way...
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If you want gifts, you must give them Giving is not always its own reward....
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Everything I learned about saying “thank you” I learned from: My mother. Miss Manners....
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I’m continuing with my new, occasional feature of “Do’s vs. Don’ts.” Whenever something arrives in...
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Meet with donors. Listen to donors. Ask donors. If I had to tell you what...
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Flip the philanthropic asking equation on its head There’s a simple six-step process to assure...
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I recently listened in on a thoughtful webinar by Scot Lumpkin for The Stelter...
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Wondering where fundraising is heading in our highly networked, overly saturated, noisy-as-all-get-out post-digital revolution...
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How might you offer value to get value back? In How to Use LinkedIn to...
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When you can't get up close and personal, how do you build relationships with...
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Focus on the rainbow, not the storm. If you’re coming at fundraising from the perspective...
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Are you and your board locked in combat -- often knocking each other down? Recently...
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Ready to LEAP forward to a new nonprofit board leadership model? "My board is driving...
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When your meaning's unclear, what results? I hate jargon. With a passion. Hate it. Hate it....
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Do you ever worry you’re not doing enough to attract the donors of the...
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It takes a village to tell the whole story A recent article on Beth’s (Kanter)...
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Steven Shattuck of Bloomerang wrote something for Nonprofit Hub called the Ultimate Nonprofit Social...
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Figure out a killer way to capture folks attention. We live in an information overload...
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There's no good excuse not to create awareness about your cause. How the heck...
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Does this look like a 21st century nonprofit to you? Ask someone on the street...
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The tyranny of email is killing your productivity - and you. We live in an...
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What’s in a name? “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” said...
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Lean into fear to inspire caring A very accomplished friend of mine wrote a provocative,...
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I wrote “And then they came for me…” over a year ago. I was criticized...
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I have a dream... Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of standing up for what's...