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Month: February 2016
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What Do You Call The Staff Person In-Charge of Fundraising?
(This is a follow up piece to the posting What Do You Call The Staff Person In Charge of Raising Charitable Contributions?) The title question is often asked by new/fairly young nonprofit organizations; and, depending on the age/size/mission/location/etc. of the organization, there can be many different answers. As noted previously, the simple answer to the …
Six Ways to Become a Super-Listener
You know how full every minute of your day is. Packed with meetings, phone conversations, travel, family commitments, e-mail. It goes on and on. But if we let our busy lives get in the way of good listening, there is a steep price to pay. That price includes losses in efficiency, effectiveness, and even in …
What Does Cyber Crime Cost?
The answer is more than you might expect The price you pay as a victim of cyber crime doesn’t end with whatever hackers managed to make out with. Recovering and repairing systems costs time and money, and your reputation is almost guaranteed to take a hit which, of course, leads to losing even more of …
The Feasibility Study Rears Its Ugly Head, Again !!
I got a note, recently, from a retired friend/colleague, as follows: Our Retirement Community’s leadership has put out several RFPs to local consultants for a planned Capital Campaign Feasibility Study. The “cattle call” will be one day in March when the consultants will make pitches to several Community officials, none having much knowledge of capital …
IRS Data Breach Redux
Stolen info allows hackers to penetrate E-file systems 2015 saw a major IRS hack that compromised the information of over 300,000 taxpayers, and 2016 isn’t starting off much better. This time around, hackers gained access to E-file PIN numbers of over 100,000 accounts. To its credit, the IRS did release a statement informing stakeholders what …
Admission Fees for Small Museums?
Small museums face challenges attracting resources. Admission fees can discourage attendance and reduce gift shop sales. What to do? The following summarizes a discussion in the npEnterprise Forum, the 10,000-circulation online forum for all things social enterprise. The particular question posted by Jean Hardy Robinson was about a small history museum in a thriving tourist …
Major Gift Fundraising – The Basic Elements
The five basic elements in Major Gift Fundraising are Leadership, a Prospect Base, Involvement by Prospective Donors in various aspects of organizational life, a Donor Recognition Program, and someone to Guide the process. 1. Leadership includes the organization’s CEO, Trustees and (often) key volunteers. It’s their role to define the funding need, take their case …
Crisis Risk – Many Hack Victims Fail to Notify Business Partners
We pay close attention to reports from experts like the folks at Cisco because they provide valuable insight into the risks our clients can expect to face. As we’ve all seen over the past couple years, one of the most significant and fastest-growing risks is that of a cyber attack. One of the major issues …