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How to work with your Board: Tip #9

by Andrea McManus, CFRE As fundraisers we often get frustrated that our boards (and our organizations!) don’t understand what it is we actually do.  My last 4 tips out of the Top 12 Tips on engaging...

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Building your Philanthropic Culture: Tip #10

by Andrea McManus, CFRE Aaah!  My favourite rant and tip #10 in my Top 12 Tips to Engage your Board - Build a philanthropic culture that overlays your internal fundraising culture.  And how do we do...

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It’s Not About the Fundraising: Tip #11 for Working with your Board

In my previous post I spoke about building a culture of philanthropy rather than one of fundraising.  Tip #11 is an essential step in ensuring your board understands that it is not about the...

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Building a Web of Engagement: Tip #12 for Working with your Board

My previous posts have been about building a culture of philanthropy rather than one of fundraising as a way of engaging your board members in fundraising. Tip #12 on my Top 12 Tips list is to build a...

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4 Simple Steps to Improving Your Nonprofit’s Corporate Investment Strategy

This post originally appeared on Charityhive.ca on February 17, 2012 It’s impossible to sift through my twitter feed or litter of blogs without coming across an article on the challenges the nonprofit...

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Are Your Donors Everyday Heroes?

Be donor-centric. Meet your donors’ needs. Provide clear, consistent and transparent messaging. Sound familiar? As fund development professionals we try to do all those things but sometimes the basics...

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Fundraisers: Are We Giving Ourselves a Bad Name?

I don’t know about you but I am getting weary of defending our profession against claims of transience, ephemerality, lack of loyalty, ability to deliver, and being in it only ‘for the money’.  Like...

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Giving, Charity, Philanthropy – Is there a Difference?

Over the past few years I have written and spoken a lot on the difference between fundraising and philanthropy. I’ve challenged our profession to recognize that fundraising is an outward action that...

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An Inspiring Culture of Philanthropy

As a native Calgarian, I have always had a deep fondness for my city; however, the post-flood wave of philanthropy and random acts of kindness exhibited by Calgarians, and people across southern...

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It Takes a Village: The Synergies of Good Donor Relations

Over the past 12 months there have been some very interesting study results released that indicate distinct synergies between effective fundraising, donor stewardship, staff retention, board...

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