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fundraising events

How to Make the Most of Your Time at Fundraising Events

How many special event fundraisers have you attended – this year, last year, the last decade?  I’ve been to so

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True Cost

Do You Know the True Cost of Success for Your Favorite Nonprofit?

What keeps you reading when you open the envelope and find a fundraising letter? Do you scan for the client

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Pondering Philanthropy Questions from a “Little Old Lady”

Sometimes when I sit down to write the YP Journal, a philanthropy issue is on my mind. But today there

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Conversations

Tips for All-Important Family Conversations

A friend shared that he planned to have a conversation very soon with his wife about some of the finer

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How One Family Brings Their Faith to Work and Changes the Lives of Children!

Listening to someone talk about family is always full of emotion – funny, sad, uplifting, surprising. Such a conversation is

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Disasters

How to Make Wise Giving Decisions When Disasters Strike

We’re right in the middle of hurricane season. Whether it’s a storm in the Atlantic or the Eastern Pacific, August

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learn together

How Four Simple Behaviors Improved My Giving Habits

Once July 4th rolls around, I begin to anticipate another year rapidly coming to an end. The list of things

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Aunts and Uncles

How Aunts and Uncles Teach the Next Generation About Giving

The day started normally. Two generations of family members gathered around a table for the annual meeting, intent on making

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grandparent challenge

Take the Grandparent Challenge and Let the Grandkids Tag Along

A morning walk triggered a fond memory in early June, mid-sixties. The water was cold as I jumped into the

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one-third

How Do You Know If Your Last One-third Has Started?

What if today is the beginning of the last one-third of your life? How will you define success for that

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