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Last Thursday was the celebration of National Philanthropy Day in beautiful Fort Wayne Indiana. I say that because it was truly a warm sunny day for so late in the year in Indiana's second largest city. Perhaps that helped draw nearly 140 fundraisers...
One of my recent posts referred to the AFP Ethics Committee and the vital guidelines they keep updated and enforced. Please allow me to say thanks to those of you who commented so positively about those guidelines and the role AFP places in our sector...
Last week one of the regularly scheduled meetings of the AFP Ethics Committee took place. I came away energized and impressed with the extreme care and diligence that goes into the care and feeding of the AFP Ethical Guidelines. In fact, the ethics section...
I had the distinct pleasure of presenting to the combined gathering three different philanthropy organizations in Nashville, TN this week. The groups were AFP Nashville , the Partnership for Philanthropy Planning of Nashville and the CNM CEO Network ...
Virtually every industry, market, owners association and any other group of people chasing a passion together have some sort of annual gathering. Perhaps I should use another basketball analogy and refer to the " Final Four " which is going...
If you recall during last summer and autumn, I referred to the unbelievable education we were all getting via the use of the web by the presidential candidates. By now, we all know that one of the candidates, the eventual winner and our current president...
In 2006, AFP and the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., launched the innovative annual Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) survey . By comparing gains and losses in annual giving reported by donor software...
This week I had the honor and privilege to see just how important ethics are to the fundraising profession and more importantly to the largest association in our beloved sector. Now I have true appreciation for how the words surrounding this important...