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The Philanthropy Primer

Sep 24, 2007 Weblog

Short and sweet this week, because I have things at home that need to get done… and I’m a one man show.
Ben

A Crossroads on the Path of Professionalism in Fundraising 
Props to Lilya for an excellent reflective on fundraising as a career and it’s slow journey to profession… or are we technicians?
http://www.onphilanthropy.com/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=7233&security=1&news_iv_ctrl=1042

Rap video makes college telemarketing cool
I laughed at this when I watched it… and I thought of Jen, Carol and Stacie (caution, contains swears) 
http://donttellthedonor.blogspot.com/2007/09/rap-videos-make-college-telemarketing.html

Art for Art’s Sake? Hardly!
I think this is a article worth review considering the bad rap arts gets in the world of philanthropy 

http://www.philanthromedia.org/archives/2007/09/art_for_arts_sake_hardly_1.html

Checklist For Year-End Appeals
This article reminded me of the Howard Taylor approach… 
Pre-phone #1, Pre-phone #2, Email #1, Email #2, Don’t Phon-a-Thon, Send “sorry-we-missed-you-when-we-were-calling” letters #1 & #2 
http://www.theagitator.net/index.php?/archives/814-Checklist-For-Year-End-Appeals.html

More philanthropy news items can be found here:
http://www.google.com/reader/shared/08736056237804700469 

As always send comments or suggestions.