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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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		<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>READ outside your box! nonprofit nugget for you to think about</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/05/read-outside-your-box-nonprofit-nugget-for-you-to-think-about/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 15:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susandetwiler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read outside your box! Reading for-profit business  magazines gives you new ways to look at management and communication.
Read outside your box! Reading arts and leisure newspaper sections gives  you conversational fodder in building relationships.
Read outside your  box! Reading nonfiction books outside your field expands your perspective on the  world.
Read outside your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Serious About Conflicts of Interest?</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/04/are-you-serious-about-conflicts-of-interest/</link>
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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>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>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/03/how-not-to-fundraise-lessons-from-the-npr-fiasco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lewgrafman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/?p=229</guid>
		<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>
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		<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>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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/?p=210</guid>
		<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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		<title>Slow Down!&#8230;What We Can Learn From Eagles Coach Andy Reid</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2010/09/slow-down-what-we-can-learn-from-eagles-coach-andy-reid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2010/09/slow-down-what-we-can-learn-from-eagles-coach-andy-reid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lewgrafman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/?p=186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What a strange time to be a Philadelphia Eagles fan.  On Sunday and Monday, September 20 and 21, Coach Andy Reid stated definitively that Kevin Kolb was the team’s starting quarterback.  On Tuesday, September 22, in the late afternoon Coach Reid appeared to completely reverse his position, and announced that Michael Vick is now the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Not Rocket Science&#8230;Why Do We Need to Hire a Consultant?</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2010/09/its-not-rocket-science-why-do-we-need-to-hire-a-consultant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2010/09/its-not-rocket-science-why-do-we-need-to-hire-a-consultant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sethbloom</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/?p=170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As consultants working with nonprofit organizations on various aspects of nonprofit life including fundraising, strategic planning, marketing and leadership development, we are often asked why an organization should engage our services rather than just do it themselves.  My answer is that consultants bring experience, focus, perception, accountability, objectivity and style that make the realization of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to present a new idea without getting lynched!</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2010/03/how-to-present-a-new-idea-without-getting-lynched/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2010/03/how-to-present-a-new-idea-without-getting-lynched/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marlacooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been watching the dues committee at a non-profit where I’m a member spend the past year, researching, studying, analyzing, considering, projecting and estimating what impact a new membership dues structure would have on the organization.  I’ve also been watching them present this new idea to board members and some of our bigger donors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax-exempt groups must adapt to economic woes</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2010/02/tax-exempt-groups-must-adapt-to-economic-woes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guillermina Gonzalez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nonprofit crisis can generate the energy to transform Delaware’s sector into one that more efficiently and productively serves its diverse constituency and supplements efforts to foster economic development.]]></description>
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