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The secret ingredient every fundraising program needs most

The secret ingredient every fundraising program needs most Did you know they make rice now in microwave cups? It wasn’t as if putting rice in boiling water was hard. But I’ll admit I like the little single-serve cups – no clean-up, 60-second satisfaction. Your fundraising program doesn’t work that way. Sorry for the bad news. […]

Filed Under: Blog, Planning Tagged With: donor relationships, fundraising staff, organizational planning

Scarcity or Abundance?

Scarcity or abundance? What do we choose? Some time ago, I sat in a staff meeting, where the talk was all about scarcity. Not that anyone thought about it exactly that way. We thought were talking about how to be careful with spending, and about prudent choices about programming. We were talking about what we […]

Filed Under: Blog, Planning Tagged With: Abundance Mentality, Nonprofit, organizational planning

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