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3 Insights From Leadership Forged in a Crisis

What will the great nonprofit leaders of today look like? What actions will they take that encourages us to look

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nonprofit safety net

What This Moment Requires is Guts – Let’s Accept the Challenge!

Amid the most unusual and unexpected event of our lifetime, I find myself struggling for words. No story seems appropriate,

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nonprofit change

When Nonprofits Need to Make Changes, So Can You

The conversation went something like this: “I’m sure you’ve heard they have a new Executive Director. What do you think

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donor risk

Take a Risk to Be Part of Something Great

How do nonprofit organizations you support get better at what they are doing? How do they learn their way into

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Bridge Building

How to Forge Stronger Relationships with Your Favorite Nonprofits

The world of private philanthropy is often an enigma in the eyes of nonprofit leaders. We create confusion and frustration

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40 years of learning

Philanthropy Made Easy… After 40 Years of Lessons Learned!

It started this way, “The questions that loom large as you navigate a college education are: What’s next? What career,

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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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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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nonprofit transition

How to Give Well When a Nonprofit is in Transition

A recent five-hour drive to my dad’s home was more than enough time for thoughts to drift in and out

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