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Your task: Become a donor whisperer

In 1998, a Robert Redford movie introduced the term “horse whisperer” into common parlance. In 2010, we are well past due for introducing the term “donor whisperer” into not only our fundraising vocabulary but our practice as well. First, a … Continue reading

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When do your donors feel most fully alive?

When do your donors feel most fully alive in relation to the cause about which you are both so passionate? Odds on we nonprofit leaders are deluding ourselves if we think donors would ever actually say any of the following … Continue reading

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Donors are the nonprofits of the future

“I have a goal of uniting the entire community of Abu Dhabi — the expats, the locals, the NGOs, the corporate sector, government interests and the diplomatic corps in service and humanitarian care,” she said. “The Salvation Army is a … Continue reading

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