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Fundraising

READ outside your box! nonprofit nugget for you to think about

By susandetwiler, on May 2nd, 2011

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 [...]

May 2nd, 2011 | Tags: | Category: Fundraising, Leadership, Marketing, Philanthropy, Social Media, Strategy | Leave a comment
Capital Campaigns

Are You Serious About Conflicts of Interest?

By lewgrafman, on April 15th, 2011

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 [...]

April 15th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Capital Campaigns, Donors, Ethics, Fundraising, Leadership, Marketing, Social Media, Strategy | Leave a comment
Capital Campaigns

Cultivating a Donor: Like Cultivating a Garden

By jeffmetz, on February 7th, 2011

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 [...]

February 7th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Capital Campaigns, Donors, Fundraising, Leadership, Marketing, Philanthropy, Social Media, Strategy | Leave a comment
Leadership

Slow Down!…What We Can Learn From Eagles Coach Andy Reid

By lewgrafman, on September 23rd, 2010

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 [...]

September 23rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Leadership, Marketing, Social Media, Strategy | 9 comments
Leadership

Tax-exempt groups must adapt to economic woes

By Guillermina Gonzalez, on February 5th, 2010

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.

February 5th, 2010 | Category: Leadership, Marketing, Social Media | 2 comments
Social Media

Art to spark civic dialogue in Delaware

By Guillermina Gonzalez, on February 5th, 2010

What, really, is the role for the arts in Delaware?

February 5th, 2010 | Category: Social Media | One comment
Social Media

Twitter – Don’t Be a Hater

By jessica, on July 24th, 2009

There are so, so many links and blogs and books out there about how to use Twitter and why it’s great, and this post isn’t meant to do that. It’s mainly a blast to tell the haters – don’t hate what you don’t understand.

July 24th, 2009 | Category: Social Media | One comment