Dayton often refers to his career as “checkered”. We call it fascinating. This month, he will retire from our firm, which he co-founded fifteen years ago, and become “Of Counsel,” a well-deserved title that means he will continue as a valued resource to our firm, just not on a daily basis. You can read Dayton’s [...]
Congratulations to CEO Regan Stommes, Executive Assistant Natalie Ethan and the OMI board, staff and volunteers on the move to your brand new facility! Opportunity Manor, Inc. (OMI) helps people in Central Minnesota to live independent lives through a number of excellent programs including: residential housing, memory loss day program, behavioral consulting and activities and [...]
Mashable announced last week that Facebook is projected to reach 1 billion users by August 2012 according to Gregory Lyons, a senior analyst at icrossing. That’s 1/7 of humanity. According to the Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report released by NTen, Common Knowledge and Blackbaud, Facebook is the most popular platform for sparking conversations and inspiring support in the [...]
Today the Minnesota Council on Foundations (MCF) released its annual Minnesota Grantmakers Outlook Report for 2012. The results? Grantmakers expect relatively stable giving in 2012. The majority expect to remain flat or increase by one percent. The report was developed based on survey responses from 104 Minnesota grantmakers, which represent seventy six percent of grantmakers in the [...]
Let’s face it. Sometimes life gets out of hand. Loads of work pile up on your desk, loads of laundry at home. It doesn’t take long before you feel overwhelmed with professional and personal obligations. I’m not an organized person by nature. In fact, my aunt gifted new bed linens to me over the holidays [...]
Did you know that almost a quarter of all online gifts are made during the last two days of the year? While e-mail solicitation has yet to replace mail solicitation, it is gaining ground and serves as a great reminder to donors to remember your organization in their year end giving. Last December, we brought [...]
Pablo Picasso once said that “action is the foundational key to all success.” And who could argue? As fundraisers, we know that if we don’t ask, we won’t get. Then why is it that so many nonprofit execs grumble around the water cooler about the low return on their year-end appeal rather than simply picking [...]
My husband carried in a stack of letters on Black Friday proclaiming, “Looks like that time of year. All of these organizations want our money.” As a professional fundraiser, I always enjoy opening these pieces and picking apart the components that work (or don’t) to use as examples with the nonprofit groups we assist. Of [...]
It was a day that had been long awaited. As the Star Spangled Banner played softly from the St. Louis Park High School athletic field down the block, prayers were offered by Rabbi Kravitz and Reverend Allick. Campaign Co-Chairs Elissa Heilicher and Camille Schroeder were thanked for leading the Capital Campaign Steering Committee, and presented [...]
Check out this video just released by GiveMN featuring our state’s own celebrities promoting Give to the Max Day. We are looking forward to seeing hopefully record-breaking results of tomorrow’s 24 hours of giving. I’ve got my own list of nonprofits to support. And they’ve caught my attention either via Facebook or through a personal e-mail. [...]
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