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Gen Z Is Ready to Join Your Junior Board of Directors

Blackbaud

Older Gen Zers would likely have voted in 2020; some might have voted in the 2016 elections. Although not ready or able yet to make a monetary donation, many 20-somethings are eager to support your cause through advocacy, social influence, and volunteering. This is the newest generation to gain influence in the world. can pay off.

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How Savvy Organizations Weather Uncertain Times

Blackbaud

While the sector is shown to bounce back from economic declines, how can you ensure that your organization is ready to meet the challenge? When the economy is unpredictable, or everyone is predicting a downturn, it helps to take stock of where you are, what your goals are, and how your priorities are aligned. Add to your donor pool.

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Promote Planned Gifts Year-Round: 3 Key Times to Prioritize

Get Fully Funded

After all, planned gifts are a little awkward to bring up at first, and theyre highly individualwhen the time is right for one donor to consider creating a bequest, theres no guarantee that others will be ready, too. January – Resolutions and Planning Season A new year means new goals and new reflections.

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End-of-Year Giving 

GiveSmart

One poll found that 70% of Americans find the holiday season the best time to give back to others, and 65% of respondents are making it a personal goal to donate more. Instead of scrambling days before you launch your campaign to send out emails and social media posts, it’s important to have everything planned and ready to go.

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Somehow, 2018 Feels Different

Selfish Giving

I am typically not a fan of making resolutions as I outlined 4 years ago in the post “ Goals versus Resolutions “ Goal : noun ?g?l n : the act of finding an answer or solution to a conflict, problem So are you ready for me to tell you what my non-resolutions will be for 2018? Guess what?

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GRANTEGY: Don’t Leave Your Grants to Chance Series

Grant Consulting Services

The Importance of Strategy A good strategy provides a clear roadmap, consisting of a set of guiding principles or rules, that defines the actions people in the business should take (and not take) and the things they should prioritize (and not prioritize) to achieve desired goals (Watkins, 2007). Are You Ready? 2016, February 24).

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Collaboration—Love it or Hate it?

Grant Professionals Association

I’ll bet right now some of you are getting ready to write an angry response—and I’ll bet some of you are thinking, “Oh, I’m so glad someone finally admitted it!” The point here is that sometimes we all get caught up in the numbers or in meeting annual goals and forget for a fleeting moment about what we are ultimately trying to achieve.