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Ideas and Insights for Sustainable Fundraising and Philanthropy
Shared by Larry C Johnson, Founder of The Eight Principles, and Thought Leaders from Around the Globe

AI or EI?

IF you can only have one.  Which do you choose? The basic alarm clock.  Mechanical.  Simple.  Reliable.  Gets the job done.  There are

No one is listening

Is anyone home? Recently, I had two experiences within days of each other that confirmed for me—unfortunately—that too

The Solution is Simple 

Acting on it—not so much. In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Yishan Wong, former CEO of Reddit and

Rainy Day Fundraising

Fundraisers like the fundraising “weather” to be ideal.  I read article after article about how the fundraising environment isn’t

Being Investment Ready

Worthy nonprofits are always in “need” of additional funds. No surprise there. The open question is whether these

Is Your Organization Ready. .

To receive truly transformative funds? Most discussion related to fundraising is built around the notion you’re your nonprofit

Empathetic Fundraisers

Empathy is an essential quality for the successful fundraiser. The question is empathetic with whom? Most would think

All the Pieces

The journey to create an unstoppable philanthropic program which moves an organization to higher and higher heights can

Expertise vs. Mastery

There are literally thousands—yes thousands—of fundraising “experts.” They’re very few masters, however. It’s these few that make magic

Winning Every Time

Watching competitive rowing—what’s often called “crew’’—is watching teamwork in action.  When a team is in complete harmony, it’s

Virtue or Value

Is it tomaaato or tomato? Some see it as not a distinction at all.  Yet the words “virtue”

It Takes Two

You want to good in the world.  Leave things better than before.  What does it take?  It takes