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Executive
Transition as a Celebration of What is Possible (or How Standard
Executive Hiring is Set Up to Fail) |
We are so tired of watching one after
another Executive Transition go awry. If your organization is preparing for a
key person to leave, read this PLEASE! And if you think you are not about to
face an Executive Transition, but you do not have a plan just in case, read
this PLEASE!LEARN MORE
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The Download
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As part of our
seemingly ongoing site re-do, 2008 will add tons more downloadable products to
the tools we offer. So we added a whole new place for them - the Download
Depot. Check out whats there - and check back as we add more!CHECK IT OUT
New Products!
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To cut the ribbon on the Download
Depot, we have 3 new products this month - products to make your lives easier,
and to help you create more impact in your communities!
What Do
Funders Want? (And Why Do They Want It?)
$5.95 Funder tested / funder approved! LEARN MORE
The Most
Important Thing Is... Exercises for Determining Your Organizations
Core Values $7.95 Values exercises to move
your board forward.LEARN MORE
Life List
Generator: A FriendRaising Tool $5.95 One
of the most powerful strategies in FriendRaising, now available on its
own!LEARN MORE
New Website! Help 4
Consultants! |
In February, we will be launching an
entirely separate website - Help 4 Consultants. This site will be for all
consultants, not just those working with nonprofit organizations. If you want
to be notified when that site is up and running, follow the link below, and
type Sign Me Up For Help4Consultants in the Message
box. NOTIFY
ME
Best of the Blog: The American Red Cross
and YOU |
Hildys blog posts on the Red
Cross were the most linked-to stories we have done this month. Perhaps that is
because they dont focus just on the Red Cross, but on what we can all
learn from their mistakes, to apply to our own organizations.
What Can Your
Organization Learn from the American Red Cross? GO TO THE BLOG
11 Ways to Focus
on Vision and Values (the real issues at the Red Cross!) GO TO THE BLOG
Use It Today: Special for Start-ups:
Showing a Track Record |
How can you show you have a track
record when you are just starting out? (The same goes for any new program, no
matter how old your organization is!) LEARN
MORE
Community-Driven Brain Teaser: Young People and
Philanthropy (Part 2) |
This was SUCH a hot topic in our
newsletter last month, that we have continued the conversation at the blog, and
we have added a great new book to our bookstore - Raising Charitable Children.
How can we get young people involved in
philanthropy? In case you missed last months brain
teaser
Blog Post: Engaging Young People
in Philanthropy Hildy's Rant on the subject!
Raising Charitable Children A terrific new
book - great stories, and great how-to's!
Cool Distractions Wonderful, Wonderful
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You can see from all we have been
doing that things have been even more insane this month than our normal
fever-pitch of activity. But when Hildys daughter shared this video,
everything stopped. We all smiled. And for a moment, we could
breathe. SEE IT
HERE
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