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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>
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		<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>What is Happening With Religious Fundraising?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lewgrafman</dc:creator>
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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>How NOT to Fundraise:  Lessons from the NPR Fiasco</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lewgrafman</dc:creator>
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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<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>Client Genealogy &#8211; Donor Genealogy</title>
		<link>http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2009/06/client-genealogy-donor-genealogy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susandetwiler</dc:creator>
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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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