Clinton/Slate 60/Gates Sr./Turner/Bloomberg Philanthropy Insights Insights from the Clinton/Slate 60 Philanthropist Gathering. Read more on the conference that marked the tenth anniversary of the Slate 60, a list of the sixty US citizens who give the most to charity each year.
Report on Post Katrina Giving Impact and Donor Fatigue Results of a nationwide online informal survey of 500+ nonprofit leaders, volunteers, donors and consultants on the diversion of funds from non-disaster causes to disaster related causes. Survey was conducted with www.commulinks.com and other associates.
On-Line Melding of 'High-Touch' With 'High-Tech' For Philanthropic Uplift A thought stimulus piece prepared for the November 21-22 gathering in Cambridge to form the Uplift Academy. For more information about the Uplift Academy go to http://www.omidyar.net/group/uplift/. (More)
Best, Lapsed, Lost Donors Some of the hardest and most satisfying work that consultants like myself and savvy fundraisers do, is listening to lapsed, lost and best donors. Now more than ever, I believe we all need to be listening to donor voices and preventing what happened after 9/11. (More)2005 Resolutions Take your major donors for a walk and talk. Ask, "Which of your philanthropic gifts in 2005 was most satisfying. Listen. Remember. Do not make another request then.(More)
Engaging Financial Advisors Projections indicate that in the next 15 years there will be a $15.5 Trillion intergenerational wealth transfer in the US. If nothing changes, $10 Trillion will go to family inheritors, $2.2 Trillion will go to charities and about $3 Trillion to Uncle Sam. (More)
Learning in Singapore An expert has been defined as someone who has been in a country less than two weeks or more than 20 years. As a visitor to the Singapore philanthropy and volunteer scene for 10 days, I am among those dangerous experts! (more)
10 Predictions 1. Savvy fundraisers become donor advocates and coaches loyal to the giver. 2. Shift from planned taking . . . to planned donor controlled direct giving. (More)Donor Debriefings Do you regularly conduct written and verbal "donor satisfaction evaluations?” It's much easier to salvage a donor when they are moderately upset versus trying to recover a donor after they've slammed the door shut and won't return calls. (more)
e-Philanthropy This article was researched and written after last years e-Philanthropy Conference and is offered as a recap of that event prior to the September 24 & 25, 2001 Conference in Virginia. (More)
Good Giving Create an employer/employee "Give Back Team" to determine your giving mission, strategies, goals and plans that align with your yacht brokerage business mission, values, and employee passions. One of the best predictors of joyful, habitual, high-impact giving is having a written giving mission statement. (More)
Are We Hard Wired To Give? By their first birthday, infants clearly demonstrate the human need and ability to empathize, to connect, to care...to share. There is a very real "givers high" and even a measurable improvement in immune system functioning that comes from giving of ones self. (More)
10+ NonProfit Self-Assessment Tips Provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for business accountability could be applied to nonprofits. Public expectations of nonprofits are significantly higher than for business . . . and most nonprofits meet that higher standard. Now more than ever there is an opportunity to exceed public expectations and re-build any trust that may have been lost. (More)
"To Self-Audit . . . Or Not?" Deep support for the work of nonprofits depends on deep trust between donors and nonprofits. Nonprofit self-audits can help build that trust. The self-audit referred to here, goes beyond a traditional financial audit to one that addresses seven performance areas and involves feedback from board members, staff, major donors and other stakeholders. (More)Ground Rules For A Safe Learning Environment What you hear here stays here. It's ok to speak with others about your reactions and stories. Get an ok from anyone else before speaking about his or her comments, issues, and issues. (More)
Crafting Your 30-second Elevator Conversation It's the uncommon yet critical conversation with new potential supporters that is borrowed from the world of venture capital pitches. You have one chance to make a great first impression. Time is of the essence. The message must rise above the competing noise. (More)
What I learned from children about giving and receiving Giving neighborly support often has been easier for me than receiving it. A near-death car accident in September 2002 followed by extensive shoulder surgery changed my perspective in a heartbeat. (More)
Aging With Amazing Grace: Grandmother Alma "She looks a lot like my favorite, late Aunt Alma," I thought as I walked down the aisle at the Living Enrichment Center in Portland, Oregon, and was magnetically drawn to a sprightly, silver- haired woman. I sat down next to her. She introduced herself saying, "Hello, I'm Alma." Coincidence? I prefer to believe it was something more. Thus began our serendipitous relationship. (More)Summary of the report: "PhilanthropyNow: Seeding The New Generation of Entrepreneurial Givers."™ Live interviews with 30 new generation, half high-tech givers or could-be-givers addressed these questions: (1) "Why does the new generation give or not give?" (2) "What do nonprofit leaders need to know to survive and thrive?" (3) "How can good giving be good business?" The answers to these and other essential questions are contained in the 12 key issues and 12 provocative propositions.
OTHER ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS & PLACES QUOTED
- Interview "Re-Gaining Public Trust In Nonprofits As National Philanthropy Day, November 15th Approaches" posted at or http://charitychannel.com/guestshare/
- Quoted in: "More Than Numbers"- Advancing Philanthropy (magazine of the Association of Fundraising Professionals) November-December 2004
- Series of commissioned articles: "Philanthropy: Giving & Asking Resolutions for 2001; "Good Giving As Good Business Self-Assessment Questions"-Portland Business Journal; "A Mission Statement Is Just As Important In Giving"; "Pioneers Head West To Take on e-Philanthropy"; "Stockholders Benefit When Company Gets Involved"; "Business Gives More If Get-Back Is Part Of Equation"; "Give Until It Feels Good"; Philanthropy Now Findings" in Portland Business Journal
- Quoted in: "The New Generation of Entrepreneurial Givers - To Give Or Not To Give?-The NOT-FOR-PROFIT CEO, 10/98
- Book review of "Looking Out For The Future" by the Monitor Institute to be published at www.charitychannel.com 2006
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