Special Not for Profit Board Training Event Oct 15

October 6, 2010

The United States is home to over 1.5 million nonprofit organizations. Each year social entrepreneurs, visionaries, community leaders, dreamers form an additional 30,000 nonprofit organizations. Together these organizations provide a host of services that enrich the social capital and quality of life for every community in the United States. Leaders of new and emerging nonprofits [...]

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October Prayer Requests

October 5, 2010

Pray for our ministries, past and present, facing tough times in this current economy Pray that we will successfully recruit six more ministries and mentors for the January class Pray God will bless our Board and staff’s fund raising efforts Pray for our ministries, past and present, facing tough times in this current economy Pray [...]

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Non Profit Fundraising: Major Donors

October 4, 2010

We had a great presentation by Steve Kaloper of Development Services Group on Oct 1. Some of the key points Steve made are: Many of the people with money today are entrepreneurs.  They are looking for you to show them how you will grow so you are not dependent on them It’s important that you [...]

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Testimonials for LEAD Institute Non Profit Training

September 27, 2010

As a follow on to my previous post, I decided to ask some of the current LEAD participants for testimonials, that I can then use when meeting with potential givers and program training participants… Here it is… Please provide your feedback and comments below.

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Fundraising for Not for Profits: Special Event Oct 1

September 20, 2010

On October 1, Steve Kaloper of Development Services Group will be speaking on The New Wave of Christian Philanthropy. Join us at 9am at the Lodge at Peachtree for this special event. If you are interested, please email me at chris@leadatl.org for more information Also, mark your calendar for Oct 15 when Kevin Monroe from [...]

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September Prayer Requests

September 13, 2010

Pray for our ministries, past and present, facing tough times in this current economy Pray that as we reach out to new ministries, eight more will come forward to be in LEAD. Pray that our board and staff will be encouraged as they begin our fundraising drive

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Free Powerpoint Templates

August 25, 2010

There’s a great website for power point templates www.presentationload.com They have many free templates, as well as ones you can purchase…

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Use your smartphone and You Tube for fundraising…

August 13, 2010

Gregg Pawlowski shared a great idea in his class last week. You can present a short video during a fund raising meeting by accessing it on your smart phone from You Tube.  Generally  it should be 60-90 seconds for maximum impact. This is a great way for your donors to ‘see’ the people your ministry [...]

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On line backup article

August 2, 2010

Recently found an interesting website www.idealware.org , their tagline is “Helping Nonprofits Make Smart Software Decisions” Of particular interest was the article about on line backup… http://www.idealware.org/online_data_backup I’m currently looking for an online backup solution, does anyone have a recommendation?

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National Christian Foundation

July 30, 2010

National Christian Foundation Thanks to Art Foster of India Asia Outreach for an introduction to Lewis Abbott of the National Christian Foundation (NCF).  If you ever have a major donor who wants to make a non cash contribution (for example, real estate, or a share in a private company), the NCF can work with you [...]

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