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		<title>Getting Where You Want to Go</title>
		<link>http://toobusytofundraise.com/2012/02/23/getting-where-you-want-to-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing I’ve learned after more than 30 years working in and around development is that while it may not be rocket science, it isn’t a no-brainer activity.  Just do it may work well for exercise (though, as a long-time &#8230; <a href="http://toobusytofundraise.com/2012/02/23/getting-where-you-want-to-go/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=toobusytofundraise.com&amp;blog=11330923&amp;post=530&amp;subd=toobusytofundraise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Attitude Adjustment</title>
		<link>http://toobusytofundraise.com/2012/02/16/attitude-adjustment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Oh no,” said the ED.  “We can’t ask the committee members to donate—they are already giving of their time.” I hear that kind of comment a lot and, frankly, it concerns me. Who would be more willing to support your &#8230; <a href="http://toobusytofundraise.com/2012/02/16/attitude-adjustment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=toobusytofundraise.com&amp;blog=11330923&amp;post=528&amp;subd=toobusytofundraise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Commitment</title>
		<link>http://toobusytofundraise.com/2012/02/10/commitment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janetlevineconsulting</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A long time ago, when I was the Dean for External Affairs at Pasadena City College my president used to comment how we should contact the president of USC and ask him how “he” raised the many millions of dollars &#8230; <a href="http://toobusytofundraise.com/2012/02/10/commitment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=toobusytofundraise.com&amp;blog=11330923&amp;post=526&amp;subd=toobusytofundraise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stomp Out Should</title>
		<link>http://toobusytofundraise.com/2012/02/03/stomp-out-should/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fundraisers, despite our commitment to mission and doing good, tend to be a pretty crass bunch.  Our eyes are fills with dollar signs, and we tend to look at people as a means to an end rather than the end &#8230; <a href="http://toobusytofundraise.com/2012/02/03/stomp-out-should/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=toobusytofundraise.com&amp;blog=11330923&amp;post=522&amp;subd=toobusytofundraise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Movers and Shakers</title>
		<link>http://toobusytofundraise.com/2012/01/25/movers-and-shakers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janetlevineconsulting</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eons ago, a friend was the Development Director at a large performing arts organization.  Most their major gift fundraising happened around very social events:  dinners before performances, drinks at intermission, private parties at the donors’ homes where the talent performed.  &#8230; <a href="http://toobusytofundraise.com/2012/01/25/movers-and-shakers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=toobusytofundraise.com&amp;blog=11330923&amp;post=520&amp;subd=toobusytofundraise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ours IS to Reason Why</title>
		<link>http://toobusytofundraise.com/2012/01/18/ours-is-to-reason-why/</link>
		<comments>http://toobusytofundraise.com/2012/01/18/ours-is-to-reason-why/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janetlevineconsulting</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://toobusytofundraise.com/?p=518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, I hated it when my parents or teachers asked me “why” questions:  Why did (or didn’t) you do that?  Why did that happen? Why were you (fill in the blank)?  I wasn’t too crazy about &#8230; <a href="http://toobusytofundraise.com/2012/01/18/ours-is-to-reason-why/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=toobusytofundraise.com&amp;blog=11330923&amp;post=518&amp;subd=toobusytofundraise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Beauty of Nudginess</title>
		<link>http://toobusytofundraise.com/2012/01/11/the-beauty-of-nudginess/</link>
		<comments>http://toobusytofundraise.com/2012/01/11/the-beauty-of-nudginess/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janetlevineconsulting</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My clients will tell you—I am a nudge.  Some of them might even call me a nag.  I try not to cross that line, but have determined better to nag occasionally than to let things go.  After all, they did &#8230; <a href="http://toobusytofundraise.com/2012/01/11/the-beauty-of-nudginess/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=toobusytofundraise.com&amp;blog=11330923&amp;post=512&amp;subd=toobusytofundraise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Impact</title>
		<link>http://toobusytofundraise.com/2012/01/03/the-importance-of-impact/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janetlevineconsulting</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask a nonprofit professional what his or her nonprofit does and the answer will undoubtedly be a litany of the activities the organization performs.  It’s not surprising, therefore, that most appeals for support focus on the needs of the organization &#8230; <a href="http://toobusytofundraise.com/2012/01/03/the-importance-of-impact/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=toobusytofundraise.com&amp;blog=11330923&amp;post=509&amp;subd=toobusytofundraise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Busy, Busy</title>
		<link>http://toobusytofundraise.com/2011/12/27/busy-busy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://toobusytofundraise.com/2011/12/27/busy-busy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=toobusytofundraise.com&amp;blog=11330923&amp;post=507&amp;subd=toobusytofundraise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Elusive Meaning of Excellence</title>
		<link>http://toobusytofundraise.com/2011/12/20/the-elusive-meaning-of-excellence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his blog, Doulas Mclennan asks: “If I built the best-ever VCR, would you rush out to buy it?” He then answers his own question:  “Of course not. Even though my VCR might be the most excellent VCR, no one cares &#8230; <a href="http://toobusytofundraise.com/2011/12/20/the-elusive-meaning-of-excellence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=toobusytofundraise.com&amp;blog=11330923&amp;post=505&amp;subd=toobusytofundraise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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