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		<title>How Do We Know When We’re Ready for a Capital Campaign?</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2012/01/how-do-we-know-when-we%e2%80%99re-ready-for-a-capital-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sethbloom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, while meeting with a potential client, we were asked the important question, “what do we need in order to have a successful capital campaign?” Since we are often asked similar questions, I’ve been inspired to make it the basis for my latest blog to add to our ongoing conversation regarding our work as consultants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the &#8220;hack&#8221; is going on with the Bloom Metz web site?</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2012/01/what-the-hack-is-going-on-with-the-bloom-metz-web-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heidi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you think of when you hear the word “hack”?  Maybe coughing, tree chopping?  In this digital age, it’s likely the dreaded computer violation!  Bloom Metz was recently hacked and while it was an inconvenience and a cause for concern, we wanted to share the experience – and some Internet safety tips –with you.
Here’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If You Don&#8217;t Ask &#8211; The Answer is Always NO!</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/07/if-you-dont-ask-the-answer-is-always-no/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wilsherk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We hear it all the time, but we STILL find ourselves or our volunteers in that terrible quandary of “is it the right time?”  Well friends, eventually, your prospects will wonder why you never brought up the subject. 
•          Sophisticated donors understand the cultivation process, and if you haven’t moved the process forward, they will lose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Endowments Now!</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/06/why-endowments-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sethbloom</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/?p=278</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Focusing on building – or establishing for the first time – your endowment fund is perhaps the best way to respond to the challenges presented by a strained economy.
Given the recent challenges nonprofit organizations have been facing, focusing now on strengthening – or perhaps establishing for the first time – your endowment fund, may seem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Serious About Conflicts of Interest?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lewgrafman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/?p=255</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is there any issue that creates more consternation for nonprofit boards or management, than the presentation of actual or potential conflicts of interest?  In this day and age, it is fair to assume that most nonprofits, and virtually all 501(c)(3) organizations, have adopted some sort of conflict of interest policy, either as part of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Happening With Religious Fundraising?</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/03/what-is-happening-with-religious-fundraising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lewgrafman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Am I the only one confused? On the evening of March 21, 2011, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, reporting from the Association of Fundraising Professionals conference in Chicago, released an article about one of the sessions at the conference, “Religious Fund-Raising Faces a ‘Crisis,’ Says Speaker” http://philanthropy.com/blogs/prospecting/religious-fund-raising-faces-a-crisis-says-speaker/29254?sid=&#38;utm_source=&#38;utm_medium=en.. The article begins by quoting one of the panel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How NOT to Fundraise:  Lessons from the NPR Fiasco</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/03/how-not-to-fundraise-lessons-from-the-npr-fiasco/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lewgrafman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month in this space Jeff Metz posted a wonderful blog titled Cultivating a Donor: Like Cultivating a Garden.  http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/02/cultivating-a-donor-like-cultivating-a-garden/   
Too bad that NPR fundraising vice president Ron Schiller did not bother to visit the Nonprofit Water Cooler before he went to lunch with what he thought were representatives of the Muslim Education Action Center.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cultivating a Donor: Like Cultivating a Garden</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/02/cultivating-a-donor-like-cultivating-a-garden/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/02/cultivating-a-donor-like-cultivating-a-garden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeffmetz</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/?p=221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When growing a garden, the gardner has to plan the garden, plant the seeds, provide the right balance of water, sun and nutrients and keep the garden free of weeds and threatening pests. Cultivating a donor is much the same process. You need to have a plan, plant the seeds of knowledge about the good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Seven “P” ’s Needed to Have a Successful Capital Campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/01/the-seven-%e2%80%9cp%e2%80%9d%e2%80%99s-needed-to-have-a-successful-capital-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sethbloom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, while meeting with a potential client, we were asked the important question, “what do we need in order to have a successful capital campaign?” Since we are often asked similar questions, I’ve been inspired to make it the basis for my latest blog to add to our ongoing conversation regarding our work as consultants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Services Are Great, But We’re Flat Broke!</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/01/your-services-are-great-but-we%e2%80%99re-flat-broke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/01/your-services-are-great-but-we%e2%80%99re-flat-broke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sethbloom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If we had a nickel for every time we heard this comment from prospective clients, we would have enough money to retire.  OK, well maybe that’s an exaggeration, but you get the picture.
Perhaps the irony of needing financial resources to support a nonprofit organization is most apparent when we’re meeting with organizations to discuss our [...]]]></description>
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