Give Your Patients a Way to Say Thank You
by Joni King, Senior Vice President, Pride Philanthropy grate·ful – adjective – a feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; obliged, obligated, in someone’s debt Healthcare organizations strive...
View ArticleEffective Communication Techniques
by Kelley Nan Lopez, Executive Director of Operations, Pride Philanthropy We live in an age of connectivity and reachability. Once upon a time, if you placed a phone call and didn’t reach someone, you...
View ArticleThe Power of Presentation
by Trish Williams – Client Resource Specialist, Pride Philanthropy A well thought-out presentation can be a great tool to help keep your audience captivated, and provide accent for your topic....
View ArticleSo Much To Do and So Little Time: Coordinating Volunteers
by Joni King, Senior Vice President, Pride Philanthropy If your role is to help identify, recruit, train, motivate, and coordinate volunteers, you know that it can be seriously hard, but necessary,...
View ArticleHow Effective Is Your Social Media Policy?
I recently sat in on a board meeting of a small nonprofit organization and they discussed social media – apparently, the entire board could access the organization’s Facebook account and were...
View ArticleAre You Smarter Than A Fundraiser?
A client’s HR director beginning a search for an Executive Director recently asked me, “What are the top ten characteristics of a development professional”? I started listing and realized it was...
View ArticlePride Development Institute: Are You on the Fence?
by Kelley Nan Lopez,Vice President of Operations, Pride Philanthropy We are two months away from our bi-annual Pride Development Institute and we are looking forward to an excellent session in Palm...
View ArticleMake Time For Donor Cultivation
by Kelley Nan Lopez, Vice President of Operations, Pride Philanthropy “There aren’t enough hours in the day,” is something most of us have said. When daily tasks begin getting in the way of effective...
View ArticleTime to Get Back to the Basics?
by Patti Lyons, Executive Partner, Pride Philanthropy A plethora of ever-expanding opportunities at our fingertips may be creating lazy fundraisers. Is the time we devote to tapping on keyboards to...
View ArticleTake Your Planned Gifts Program to the Next Level
by Patti Lyons, Executive Partner, Pride Philanthropy Highly motivated, charitably inclined people have been making bequests and other gift provisions in their property distribution plans for several...
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