Hands United For Children Sees Results & Celebrates
Funds raised over the last year have opened a pre-school in Burkina Faso, supplied IT needs and health/dental care for the needy children at O’Farrell Community School in the Skyline area of San Diego. Supporters gathered for a lovely evening Thursday, March 14th, at the Fairbanks Ranch Country Club in Rancho Santa Fe with MC [...]
Are You Thanking The People Who Put Up With You?
It’s easy to be thankful for your donors; you wouldn’t have a job without them. You should be thankful for your board members (even though most of the time they drive you crazy and make you wish you worked at your local Post Office); they still occasionally give you guidance and they’ve probably brought in [...]
We’re Non Profit. Do We Need Social Media?
Okay so why would we be posting about Social Media Camp on Giving Scene. How is this relevant to philanthropy? Duh! It has EVERYTHING to do with the non-profit and social good community. If you are a group who has a mission to make GOOD change, you need to tell someone about it, rally the [...]
Are You Giving Your Board Direction?
Good God, it’s Monday morning and I am without coffee. Even still, all of my resilient neurons are firing and I’ve been able to roll out of bed this morning so that I could finally share a non-profit success story with you. You’re welcome. I, of course, have to begin this story by telling you [...]
It’s Friday…I Really Tried!
Allllrrright…because it’s Friday, and I’ve been ripping the non-profit industry for the past couple of weeks now, I decided that today’s article was going to be on a positive aspect on the industry that I so love to hate. Dare I say, even a useful bit of content? Unfortunately, right after I had decided on [...]
Intimidated By Your Board of Directors? Then Find Another Job.
I don’t know why I get the shakes every time I remember what it was like to work in magical Non-Profit Land but I think it’s pretty safe to say that it’s my therapist’s fault. I paid that hag a lot of money to erase any obvious signs of lasting damage. Clearly she was one [...]
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