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		<title>If You Don&#8217;t Ask &#8211; The Answer is Always NO!</title>
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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>What is Happening With Religious Fundraising?</title>
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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>What can you learn from my daughter and the TV show The Philanthropist?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think about philanthropy every day. I am in the business of philanthropy, helping nonprofits raise money and fulfill their missions.  I serve on nonprofits boards, I give to my religious institution, my children’s school, my alma mater, United Way, community organizations and national charitable organizations. However, despite the fact that I live and [...]]]></description>
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