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Fundraising Ethics In Higher Education

Bloomerang

Strengths like persuasion, problem solving, and persistence come to mind quickly. Hiring decisions : I’ve been asked by donors to make sure their favorites were being considered in searches. To be candid, as a candidate for positions myself, as a courtesy, I’ve drafted letters of recommendation for mentors who would submit them.

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70 Ways To Be An Effective Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Searching for some more ways to become an effective leader?

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5 Places to Find Grants for Your Nonprofit for FREE!

Get Fully Funded

For some reason, and I’m not sure how this ever got started, some nonprofits think grants are a magical solution that will solve all their problems. Beginning your search for funders can be overwhelming. You can search by state, county, program area (animal-related, education, housing/shelter, etc.), Grant Gopher is for U.S.

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70 Ways To Be An Effective Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Searching for some more ways to become an effective leader?

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Stop! Collaborate and listen

ASU Lodestar Center

In our search to realize our nonprofit’s mission, collaborations and mergers are two strategies that can maximize impact under the right conditions. These partnerships have the ability to minimize duplication of efforts and competition for limited resources while increasing their ability to problem solve.

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Best Strategies To Reframe The Fundraiser’s Role To Achieve Nonprofit Success

Bloomerang

It’s a story about organizational identity focused on solving a pressing problem. The fundraiser serves as mentor, sage, advisor, and guide.”. Rather, the goal derives from the why of the organization’s existence and the why of the donor’s search for meaning and purpose. She presents the donor-hero with powerful instruments.

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Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Social entrepreneurship is a new field whose actors will all benefit from a systematic search for best practices for developing, sustaining, and scaling innovative and effective responses to social needs.

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