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The Canary In The Data Mine Shaft

By rcraver   |   May 25, 2010

Last week, in a piece entitled Is Your Favorite Charity Spying on You?, the Wall Street Journal’s... Read more

Giving: How Much Is Enough?

By tbelford   |   April 15, 2010

Seth Godin raises a provocative question in his recent post, Fear of Philanthropy. Here’s... Read more

Follow The Dollars

By tbelford   |   April 12, 2010

The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) opened its 47th annual conference in Baltimore... Read more

Nonprofit “Customer Service”

By tbelford   |   March 29, 2010

As presented in Fast Company, here are some tips on building loyalty via exceptional customer... Read more

Secret Millionaire In Your File

By rcraver   |   March 8, 2010

Over the weekend Tom sent me a link to an ABC News piece entitled “Secret Donor&rdquo... Read more

Soup Shopping, With Emotion

By tbelford   |   February 18, 2010

How much research does your nonprofit undertake to inform your fundraising strategy and messaging?... Read more

Verdict On Annual Reports

By tbelford   |   February 15, 2010

Lots of very constructive responses to our question of last week: Are Annual Reports Dinosaurs?... Read more

Are They Dinosaurs?

By tbelford   |   February 11, 2010

No … I’m not talking about prospecting letters that break even. Nor am I talking about... Read more

Who’s Living In Your Pyramid?

By rcraver   |   February 2, 2010

In the process of answering the essential “who”, “what&rdquo... Read more

Yogi Berra On Fundraising

By rcraver   |   February 1, 2010

Frankly, I can’t think of a more appropriate summary of the "fundraising pyramid"... Read more

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