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Chasing Your Tail
Meet Tramp, the newest canine member of our family. Like all our dogs, he’s sweet, funny, and—hey, he is a border collie—smart. Unlike any of our other dogs, he is also a tail chaser. I can’t tell if he thinks … Continue reading
Meeting Your Fundraising Challenge
Typing with only my left hand is hard. But teaching dictation software to understand your speech patterns takes a lot of time. As does re-working how you write. Speaking and typing are, I think, different. Any way I slice this, … Continue reading
The stories we tell
There I was, standing with my two dogs on leash, minding my own business. Of course, I should have been paying attention, but I was lost in my own world. Into that world quite suddenly, came a skateboarder. My dogs … Continue reading
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How a Culture of Philanthropy Can Improve Donor Retention
You know this. Sixty percent of the donors who make a first-time gift to your organization, never make a second. And every year thereafter, about 35% of your donors stop giving to you. There appears to be two typical responses … Continue reading
Fundraising Increases?
Online fundraising is up some percent over last year! Giving Tuesday grew by another percent! Headlines like this give me a headache. The articles that accompany them usually make that headache worse. These could be citing important information. For example, … Continue reading
