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Busy, Busy
Busy. Busy busy. Busy busy busy. I could learn to hate that word. I especially hate it when someone tells me that they are too busy to do something that they are supposed to be doing. In my experience, that … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, capacity, fundraising, management, time management
Tagged business practices, fundraising, productivity, time management
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The Dance of Development
The past few days, I’ve had floaters in my eyes. You know, those black dots that glide along at the edges of your vision, sometimes swooping in to center stage. They are really distracting and on more than one occasion … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, boards, committees, development programs, time management
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Proactive not Reactive
Years ago, I ran a bookbindery. Since then, I’ve tried to think of good things to say about those three years. It was a business where margins were really low—in fact, my competitors were fond of saying that they lost … Continue reading
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When Planning is Beside the Point
During the hiring process, the prospective development director was told over and over again that the organization was in financial crisis. “We don’t have enough to cover our operating costs,” the candidate was told. “We need someone to come in … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, cultivation, development, donors, problem solving
Tagged development, fundraising
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Acknowledgements and Thank Yous
Years ago, when I was a school-based development director at a large research university, part of my job was to draft thank you letters for my dean for the gifts that came in. Elsewhere in the University, acknowledgements of receipt … Continue reading
