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Even a Tiny Gesture Can Make Monthly Donors Feel Special

NonProfit PRO

Recently, I presented at the Faith and Fundraising Conference in Milwaukee for about 400 in-person attendees. It was so wonderful to see people I hadn’t seen in a few years.

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Resilience Rides the Waves of Disruption

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Leaders who successfully manage change focus on building these competencies: Emotional intelligence—Self-awareness and an understanding of your personal strengths and weaknesses along with the ability to empathize and inspire colleagues to action. Pre-COVID, we had a program called the Milwaukee Kitchen Cabinet.

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To Survive a Crisis, Lean Into Trust—CEOs Share Pandemic Stories

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Lockdown regulations were enforced one way in Dane County, another way in Milwaukee, and yet another way in Northern Wisconsin,” Kristine advised. We also established a public/private coalition in Milwaukee to learn how restaurants could apply public health regulations to reopen. But COVID reinforced that lesson.

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Gathering: looking back

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Another person with equal dedication was Julann Jatczak, who was chairing the program committee for a second Gathering (her first was also successful: the Milwaukee Gathering a few years back)! Luckily, other folks prevailed on Jim to get medical attention and he soldiered on with his one crutch.

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Wandering Down the "Don't Touch" Line

Museum 2.0

I grew up professionally in the science and children's museum field, where touching is guaranteed and floor staff spend more time helping visitors learn and ensuring their personal safety than they do protecting the objects. The Milwaukee Art Museum has a video explaining do's and don'ts of the museum for children.

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Navigation by Recommendation: Lessons Learned from a Little Experiment

Museum 2.0

I spent some time playing with this question last week at the Milwaukee Art Museum, a large general museum that is moving toward redesign of the permanent galleries. How do you find your way around a multi-faceted museum? Do you interrogate the map? Create a plan for yourself? Get deliciously lost?

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Secret Agent L: Covering the Globe with Random Acts of Kindess

Have Fun - Do Good

It's this amazing community of people who take a few minutes out of their day to leave something behind for someone to find just to let that person know that they're not alone, and that someone is thinking about them. it's a tangible item for them to hold, which was then previously held by the kind person who left it there.

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