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	<title>The Nonprofit Water Cooler &#187; Strategy</title>
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		<title>Endowments Now! and here&#8217;s why&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/11/endowments-now-and-heres-why/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heidi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Heidi Sadowitz Hauptschein, Bloom Metz Consulting
Bloom Metz partner, Seth Bloom, recently wrote an article titled, Endowments Now! which was published in the Summer 2011 edition of  Partners for Sacred Places, (a nonprofit organization that  helps to preserve the use of older sacred places). 
Many nonprofit organizations are feeling the pinch of the strained [...]]]></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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		<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>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/05/read-outside-your-box-nonprofit-nugget-for-you-to-think-about/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 15:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susandetwiler</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/?p=269</guid>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/04/are-you-serious-about-conflicts-of-interest/#comments</comments>
		<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>There&#8217;s Gold in them Hills!</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/03/theres-gold-in-them-hills-securing-the-future-for-your-nonprofit-organization/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/03/theres-gold-in-them-hills-securing-the-future-for-your-nonprofit-organization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sethbloom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Donors]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/?p=246</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Securing the Future for Your Nonprofit Organization
Especially in our challenging economy, more and more nonprofit organizations are wishing their past leadership had established a stronger culture for planned giving in order to supplement operations with a reliable source of income through a permanent endowment fund.  Understandably, organizations are trying harder than ever to sustain their [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/03/what-is-happening-with-religious-fundraising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lewgrafman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/?p=240</guid>
		<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>
		<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>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/01/the-seven-%e2%80%9cp%e2%80%9d%e2%80%99s-needed-to-have-a-successful-capital-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sethbloom</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/?p=217</guid>
		<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>Good Governance! What is Going On?</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2010/10/good-governance-what-is-going-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2010/10/good-governance-what-is-going-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>benginsberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, a few local nonprofits find themselves in hot water over questionable policies and practices. This time, the culprits are Philadelphia city departments and regional agencies. Maybe it’s the water that causes this endless parade of misconduct and poor behavior.  
As you may have heard, both the Philadelphia Housing Authority and the Delaware River [...]]]></description>
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