Donors = Checkbooks with Mouths
A few months ago, an acquaintance of mine, a fellow fundraiser, introduced me to a prominent business owner in Denver. It was a gracious gesture as we likely would not have met otherwise. The business...
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Reflections from Caribou Coffee
Honestly, man, we don’t. My advice is to go down the street to Bruegger’s Bagels. Their bagel sandwiches and lunch specials are second-to-none. Because I work remotely, I often office out of coffee...
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My Fundraising 411
A few weeks ago, I sat down with a friend-of-a-friend who just started her first fundraising job. Because I’ve now been in a fundraising role for over five years, I have meetings and calls with new...
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Listening to Grub Experts
My wife lived in Tanzania for a few months in college. While there, Alli visited a village recovering from decades of misguided missionaries. In the 70s and 80s, these missionaries introduced the...
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Charitable Giving and Ice Cream Spending
I’ve heard a line of logic perpetuated from the biggest of stages, from pastors and leaders I respect a great deal. It proceeds something like this: Imagine how much faster we could solve world...
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My Employment Diary
I still don’t know why I answered my phone. I didn’t recognize the number, but took the risk and put my clunky Blackberry to my ear. Matthew introduced himself. He had recently sold his law firm and...
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HOPE in Hong Kong
We are one day into a seven week HOPE trip to Hong Kong. We survived the 24-hour travel day and are thus far surviving the swip-swap of our nights and days. And we’re absolutely tickled with our...
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Enough
Last week, a donor, Dan, wrote an exciting note to my boss, Peter. Dan and his wife had already given generously to HOPE this year, but they had an extra $15,000 for end-of-year giving and wondered if...
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A few months ago, an acquaintance of mine, a fellow fundraiser, introduced me to a prominent business owner in Denver. It was a gracious gesture as we likely would not have met otherwise. The business...
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