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100 Delusions

Planned Giving

43 We dont need to track metrics. So was Sam Walton. Hope is not a fundraising strategy. Delusion No. 42 Our executive director doesnt like asking. Then maybe they should direct something else. Delusion No. Lets just guess our way to insolvency. Delusion No. 44 Email blasts are enough. Yes, if your goal is to be ignored in bulk.

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NEW THINKING: Blog digest – November/December 2022

Critical Fundraising

Evan Feinberg says the efficiency metrics used by ratings agencies such as Charity Navigator aren’t the right ones. LinkedIn In the context of the fall of one of its highest profile advocates – the crypto-financier Sam Bankman-Fried – Craig Hanson offers a philosophical critique of the Effective Altruism idea.

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