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Experience or energy: what do you need in your staff?

Experience or energy: what do you need in your staff? It sure caught my eye. A question that I hope was a mental exercise was posed recently on an online forum: Should staff and board be limited to 10-year terms? The question received a variety of responses – all of which, to me, highlighted an […]

Filed Under: Blog, Nonprofits Tagged With: innovation, nonprofit managment, nonprofit staff 4 Comments

Serendipity: another word for smart fundraising?

Is it serendipity or do we make our own luck? Many years ago, I was doing one of my favorite tasks – opening the mail. I bet you know what I mean. It’s a whole lot of fun to see a stack of appeal returns waiting for you. One day, I opened an envelope to […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fundraising Tagged With: creativity, Fundraising, innovation 2 Comments

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