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The global 4-H network has announced a $1.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help youth in sub-Saharan Africa create sustainable livelihoods for themselves and improve household and national food security. The grant will be used to finance efforts to build the capacity of local 4-H organizations to provide training for [...]
Statistics tell us wealth is concentrating at the top of the socioeconomic landscape in America. That’s something philanthropy pros need to consider. Bentz Whaley Flessner’s Jim Daniel talks about the new wealth landscape and what it means …
Over the years, while being involved with comprehensive campaigns and also running marathons, I have been struck by similarities between the two. Comprehensive campaigns often last six, seven, eight years. Marathons are 26.2 miles long. Campaign success is usually evaluated by reaching – even exceeding – an overall dollar goal. Marathons, by achieving a target finishing [...]
Social Media is important. You already know that. The question is, how do you get involved and who are the right people to manage your social media strategy? Are there socially savvy employees already working in your organization? If so, how do you find and transform them into online ambassadors of your mission? Maybe you plan on hiring someone with social media competency. If so, what traits should you look for in a potential hire?
At my first development conference over 20 years ago, a wise gentleman shared the phrase “Don’t confuse action with progress”. For years that phrase was on my desk in some manner and served as a directional beacon for various work efforts. With this in mind I have seen over and over again the need for [...]
Please forgive the shout out to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Giving is back and maybe better than ever or so it seems. Several news outlets or non-profits have announced significant gifts suggesting that big gifts are on the horizon. Judge for yourself: The Chronicle of Philanthropy reported 56 gifts of $20 million or [...]
Following up on our sports-related posts a few months back, the golf fan in me loved this article. Now I can tell my wife I have to watch golf for work.In response to such trends, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan Sports Analytics Confe…
This Points of Practice presents best-in-class thinking about how to leverage your organization’s advancement services, including ways to sharpen your focus, anticipate what’s next, and align services to advancement goals and opportunities.
Academic medical centers often find themselves caught in the middle: they are not purely education enterprises, nor ate they solely healthcare organizations. This reality can make planning, budgeting, and campaigning challenging. Read about approaches being taken, opportunties, and what lies ahead as academic medical centers plan and implement fundraising campaigns toally outside the traditional campus model.
The Cross Industry Standard Process for Data Mining–the time honored road map for building data-mining, evaluation and deployment, and ultimately building a self-sustaining cycle of new information, new insight and new analysis. As a construct it is b…
