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		<title>How to build a philanthropic plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Mohler, CFRE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past several months I have been participating in the mentoring program with my local chapter of AFP. The majority of the meetings with my mentee have focused on helping her articulate a case for support and building a philanthropic plan for the organization&#8217;s integrated strategic plan. To extend the value of the work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How long will it take you to raise the money?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Mohler, CFRE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is this (insert urgent need here) worth alienating the donor most likely to fund the request? Why wasn't this in our original budget? If we pay upfront for somebody to write grant requests, how do we keep them accountable for meeting performance benchmarks?]]></description>
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		<title>Importance of getting the basics right</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Mohler, CFRE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just finished listening to the latest podcast from Fundraising is Beautiful entitled Back from the brink: How a sick organization got better. It is over twenty-six minutes, but the first ten is worth it. In discussing how he addressed the dreaded death spiral of an ineffective fundraising strategy, Chris Doyle, President and CEO of American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managers value quantity not quality</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 16:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Mohler, CFRE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ears of executive directors and fundraiser managers everywhere are burning. This article from onPhilanthropy.com is a must read for anybody that manages a development staff. I have found that nonprofit leadership (when removed from frontlines fundraising) often times loses touch with the character qualities that define a productive fundraiser. These managers replace quality with [...]]]></description>
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