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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>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susandetwiler</dc:creator>
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		<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>Tax-exempt groups must adapt to economic woes</title>
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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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		<title>Art to spark civic dialogue in Delaware</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guillermina Gonzalez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What, really, is the role for the arts in Delaware?]]></description>
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		<title>A niche for corporate giving</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2010/02/a-niche-for-corporate-giving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guillermina Gonzalez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nonprofit sector could become corporation’s call for leadership and community involvement.]]></description>
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		<title>Delmarva’s call for community leadership: SmartDrive</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guillermina Gonzalez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Collaborations between corporations and nonprofits, another way of giving back to the community.]]></description>
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		<title>Why am I here?</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2009/12/why-am-i-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susandetwiler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wasting time in meetings is harmful to the bottom line. Inviting the right people is key to productive meetings and happier staff and volunteers.]]></description>
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		<title>Nonprofits Need Help, Not Just Directives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susandetwiler</dc:creator>
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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>Is this meeting necessary?</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2009/10/is-this-meeting-necessary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susandetwiler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all have the experience: Sitting in a meeting, wondering when it will end, and too polite to just up and leave. Meanwhile, we&#8217;re screaming inside, &#8220;Get me out of here!&#8221; Of course, this never happens in your organization. But if this experience is so common, why does it still happen?
I contend it&#8217;s because no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Can’t Be Just About the Economy, Stupid!*</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2009/09/it-can%e2%80%99t-be-just-about-the-economy-stupid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2009/09/it-can%e2%80%99t-be-just-about-the-economy-stupid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sethbloom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Donors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I agree the economy has presented challenges for nonprofit organizations, I think it has become a convenient “excuse” for some nonprofit organizations as well as donors.  The donors are easy so I’ll start with them.  For many people, their income is the same as it was one year ago, even if their savings/investments have declined, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vet the Interim Exec: 6 Critical Steps Toward Making it Work</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2009/07/vet-the-interim-exec-6-critical-steps-toward-making-it-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2009/07/vet-the-interim-exec-6-critical-steps-toward-making-it-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susandetwiler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you get your money's worth from an Interim Executive Director? First, make sure their skills match your needs. Then stay in touch.  Six steps to making the Interim Executive Director position work for your organization.]]></description>
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