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		<title>How Do We Know When We’re Ready for a Capital Campaign?</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2012/01/how-do-we-know-when-we%e2%80%99re-ready-for-a-capital-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sethbloom</dc:creator>
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		<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>If You Don&#8217;t Ask &#8211; The Answer is Always NO!</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/07/if-you-dont-ask-the-answer-is-always-no/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wilsherk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We hear it all the time, but we STILL find ourselves or our volunteers in that terrible quandary of “is it the right time?”  Well friends, eventually, your prospects will wonder why you never brought up the subject. 
•          Sophisticated donors understand the cultivation process, and if you haven’t moved the process forward, they will lose [...]]]></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>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>
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		<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>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>
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		<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>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>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>Tired of Talk about Vision</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2010/09/tired-of-talk-about-vision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susandetwiler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tired of talk about vision? Me too! And here's why.]]></description>
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		<title>Salisbury Zoo Cares for Endangered Species</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2009/05/salisbury-zoo-cares-for-endangered-species/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2009/05/salisbury-zoo-cares-for-endangered-species/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 14:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susandetwiler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salisbury Zoo conducts surgery on oldest Andean Bear in captivity. Needs new Animal Health Clinic.]]></description>
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