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		<title>Getting Prospects Ready</title>
		<link>https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/04/24/getting-prospects-ready/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2018 15:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cultivation.  The steps we take to move a prospect toward being a donor (always remembering that the best prospect is an existing donor!). When I ask new clients or participants in my workshops how they currently cultivate their donors, I &#8230; <a href="https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/04/24/getting-prospects-ready/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Major Gift Conundrum</title>
		<link>https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/04/10/the-major-gift-conundrum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2018 06:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In fundraising, we tend to talk about “annual” and “major gifts” as if they are totally separate entities.  And sometimes they are.  Small gifts that people give year after year after year are clearly “annual” and no one confused them &#8230; <a href="https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/04/10/the-major-gift-conundrum/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Getting It Right</title>
		<link>https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/04/03/getting-it-right-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 06:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[janetlevineconsulting]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fundraising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[successful fundraising]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Successful fundraising is a matter of getting a lot of things right.  Having the right person asking the right prospect for the right project at the right amount at the right time. This is true regardless of what kind of &#8230; <a href="https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/04/03/getting-it-right-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>So You Want to Be A Nonprofit Consultant</title>
		<link>https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/03/13/so-you-want-to-be-a-nonprofit-consultant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 08:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, thousands of people lose their jobs, get bored with what they are doing, get passed over for a promotion, and decide that pfft, I’m going to hang out my shingle and become a nonprofit consultant. And why not?  &#8230; <a href="https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/03/13/so-you-want-to-be-a-nonprofit-consultant/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hiring the Right Fundraising Staff</title>
		<link>https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/03/06/hiring-the-right-fundraising-staff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 15:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because so many of my clients are looking to hire fundraising staff, I’ve spent quite a bit of time reviewing job descriptions.  And it is no wonder that bad hires happen. Fundraising is not monolithic, and it doesn’t proceed neatly &#8230; <a href="https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/03/06/hiring-the-right-fundraising-staff/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s In the Stars</title>
		<link>https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/02/27/its-in-the-stars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 06:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[deficit fundraising]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my guilty pleasures is reading the newspaper horoscope column, checking out what is in store for me, my husband and my (adult) children.  Today, my daughter’s said, ‘without a destination, you’ll do a lot of moving but feel &#8230; <a href="https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/02/27/its-in-the-stars/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Need, The Case&#8211;The Why You Are Supported</title>
		<link>https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/02/20/the-need-the-case-the-why-you-are-supported/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 06:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s called the need or problem statement when you are writing a grant.  For individual donors, it’s the case you make—showing why they would want to support your organization, cause, program or project. Whatever you call it, it starts by &#8230; <a href="https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/02/20/the-need-the-case-the-why-you-are-supported/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>No More Self-Talk</title>
		<link>https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/02/13/no-more-self-talk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve always had multiple dogs.  Usually two; occasionally three.  And because my son often brings his dog over when he’s at work…or play, that number is increased by one.  So, as our older dog—Belle—turned 15 in increasingly bad health, I &#8230; <a href="https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/02/13/no-more-self-talk/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Endowing the Annual Gift</title>
		<link>https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/02/06/endowing-the-annual-gift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2018 06:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[annual giving]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Planned Giving is often considered highly technical. People who make planned gift often do (or did) so for the tax benefits. And sometimes that nears creating sophisticated vehicles and creating programs or plans that will meet their donor’s needs. But &#8230; <a href="https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/02/06/endowing-the-annual-gift/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>On the Brink</title>
		<link>https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/02/01/on-the-brink/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 06:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, in the Chronicle of Philanthropy  a report on a study by GuideStar, Oliver Wyman and SeaChange Capital Partners called “the Financial Health of the United States Nonprofit Sector pointed out that half of US charities are on the financial &#8230; <a href="https://toobusytofundraise.com/2018/02/01/on-the-brink/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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