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News You Can Use Issue 118/October 2012 While You Are Waiting for Change...          By Mary Ellen Clark  Senior Vice President  The speculation over the outcome of the elections and any potential changes in the national healthcare policy has handicapped some hospital development offices. And in small rural hospitals that have no dedicated development staff, starting a fundraising program…
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News You Can Use Issue 117/September 2012 Diversify Your Portfolio... of Donors By Judy Keller Senior Vice President   We have all read about the fast growing changes in our country's demographic composition, but the demographic composition of volunteers and donors to nonprofit organizations is not keeping up.   According to the American Marketing Association, the number of interracial couples in America…
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News You Can Use Issue 124/April 2013   Recent IRS Changes Increase Transparency   By Judy KellerSenior Vice President   Changes at the Internal Revenue Service will make financial data about the nonprofit world more broadly accessible to the public---and that's a good thing. According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, the tax agency has come under pressure in recent years by open-government…
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News You Can Use Issue 132/December 2013 A Year-End Note  Perspectives on Philanthropy in 2013 Jeffrey D. ByrnePresident + CEO   As I reflect upon 2013 and the great and numerous events that happened, three things really resonated with me in regards to our professions in the nonprofit world. First, giving hit an all-time high as reported in Giving USA 2013. Second,…
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News You Can Use Issue 109/January 2012 The Powerball Winner: Sharing in Good Fortune By Jennifer FurlaExecutive Vice President    Recently, a convenience store customer in Minnesota won the Powerball - at $229 million. While the lucky winner had not yet revealed himself, accompanying the story was the ubiquitous security cam picture of the transaction that suggests it was a 30-something male.  The…
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News You Can Use Issue 133/January 2014 How to Guarantee Success in the Selection of Campaign Volunteers   Mary Ellen Clark Senior Vice President   The success of fundraising campaigns hinges on leadership, and that leadership starts with the Board. Board members are the campaign solicitors of first and last resort. They are the most important fundraising resource of the organization.…
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News You Can Use Issue 115/July 2012   "Beware"  Hiring an Unethical Fundraising Consulting Firm Can Cost You Your Reputation and Results By Jeffrey D. ByrnePresident & CEO Recently it came to my attention that a competitor was misrepresenting their firm to potential clients. I was appalled by the allegation, and I asked what this consulting firm was doing that caused alarm.…
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News You Can Use Issue 127/July 2013 Editor's Note: We are pleased to introduce Shelley Loethen as a guest contributor to this month's issue of News You Can Use. Shelley is the owner of Encore Grant Services, Inc. Since beginning her grant writing career in 2009, Shelley has written or been part of grant-writing teams that have been awarded more than…
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News You Can Use Issue 112/April 2012 What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?   Jeffrey D. Byrne President & CEO Jeffrey Byrne & Associates, Inc.   As President & CEO of our fundraising consulting firm working with nonprofits nationally, I often get asked how I got involved in fundraising. I've been working with nonprofits for the last…
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News You Can Use Issue 108/December 2011 Thinking Ahead: What to Consider for 2012 By Jeffrey D. ByrnePresident & CEO Watch world markets, not just the U.S. markets. Political fundraising doesn't match charitable giving. Will charitable giving top $300 billion for 2011? As development professionals, we must be on top of many facts all of the time. We've got to stay current on…
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