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		<title>How Could This Happen to our Nonprofit? &#8211; Fraud Protection</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/08/how-could-this-happen-to-our-nonprofit-fraud-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/08/how-could-this-happen-to-our-nonprofit-fraud-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lewgrafman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fraud at nonprofits]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you Google the phrase “nonprofit fraud prevention”, you will get thousands of articles and presentations, primarily from the accounting world, discussing the far too often occurrence of fraud or embezzlement in nonprofits of all sizes.  These articles are full of excellent suggestions on how to prevent fraud, embezzlement, or theft by valued employees, yet there [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Capital Campaigns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fundraising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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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>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[Capital Campaigns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fundraising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philanthropy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Association of Fundraising Professionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Philanthropist]]></category>

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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>Holiday Cheer, Business Ethics and Employee Receipt of Gifts</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2010/11/holiday-cheer-business-ethics-and-employee-receipt-of-gifts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2010/11/holiday-cheer-business-ethics-and-employee-receipt-of-gifts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 02:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lewgrafman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philanthropy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decisionmaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gift acceptance policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday gifts from vendors]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/?p=199</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again the holiday season, the time for giving and receiving gifts, is upon us.  Does your nonprofit have a clear policy limiting or prohibiting employees from accepting holiday gifts from vendors? 
For a nonprofit employee a holiday gift from one of the nonprofit’s vendors can be viewed as both appealing and harmless.  Surely acceptance of [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Capital Campaigns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fundraising]]></category>
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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>Anyone Know Why We&#8217;re Meeting?</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2010/02/anyone-know-why-were-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2010/02/anyone-know-why-were-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susandetwiler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Association of Fundraising Professionals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Executive Director]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meeting management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nonprofits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Not for Profit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philanthropy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/?p=101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations! You’ve limited your meeting attendees to those who need to be there.
Now, how are you going to keep from wasting their time?
Your valuable volunteers are smart. They can come up with great ideas and engage in really substantive conversations that result in good policy. That only works though, if they’ve been given time to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nonprofits Need Help, Not Just Directives</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2009/12/not_just_directives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2009/12/not_just_directives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susandetwiler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[collaboration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mergers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Telling nonprofits to collaborate or merge is easy. Implementing it is hard. Where will the help come from in order to make it happen?]]></description>
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		<title>Client Genealogy &#8211; Donor Genealogy</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2009/06/client-genealogy-donor-genealogy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2009/06/client-genealogy-donor-genealogy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susandetwiler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Donors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Donor Genealogy can help you focus your dollars and energy -- and your board -- where they will be most productive. This article gives an overview of how it works. ]]></description>
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