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Ideas / Leadership / Strategy

Stop Calling Nonprofits Nonprofit – John Horak – The TANGO Alliance

John Horak TANGO Alliance
Stop Calling Nonprofits Nonprofit – John Horak – The TANGO Alliance

John Horak, The TANGO Alliance – Those of us who work in the “nonprofit” sector need to stop using the term “nonprofit.” This may sound strange coming from someone who has made a living working for nonprofit organizations and who still uses the term regularly. Nevertheless, bear with me as I explain my reasoning. First, the term is an accident of legal history. At the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries the states started to enact general corporate law codes which allowed anyone to create a new corporation simply by filing paperwork with the office of the Secretary of State. Continue reading →

October 15, 2018 0 Comments
Capacity Building / Leadership

Meet Aimee Vance – America’s Super Consultant – Major Gifts Ramp-Up Expert

Aimee Vance Major Gifts Ramp-Up
Meet Aimee Vance – America’s Super Consultant – Major Gifts Ramp-Up Expert

Aimee Vance, has worked in the charitable sector for thirty years. Her consulting success was memorialized in the industry bestselling book RE-IMAGINING PHILANTHROPY where she was named AMERICA’S SUPER CONSULTANT. She holds the Certified Nonprofit Consultant (CNC) credential issued by the National Association of Nonprofit Organizations & Executives and Continue reading →

August 6, 2018 0 Comments
Capacity Building / Ideas / Leadership

Jimmy LaRose says, “Money Is Oxygen”

Jimmy LaRose Money Is Oxygen

Jimmy LaRose (pictured above) is causing controversy throughout the charitable sector with his message “Money Is Oxygen.” LaRose, celebrating his thirtieth year of service, is convinced, now more than ever, that prioritizing revenue generation is the key to nonprofit (and ministry) success. Last week I interviewed Jimmy in his home in Lexington, SC to see what the fuss was all about. The “back and forth” with this animated fifty-year old was both enlightening and not for the faint-of-heart. Here’s what we discussed: Continue reading →

July 4, 2018 0 Comments
Capacity Building / Leadership

Susan Packard Orr Shifts Focus After Decades at Helm of Family Foundation

Susan Packard Orr
Susan Packard Orr Shifts Focus After Decades at Helm of Family Foundation

Considered an icon in the philanthropy world, Susan Packard Orr frequently is the person nonprofits look to for inspiration and advice. For more than three decades, the Stanford resident has provided nonprofits around the world with support services and software she developed for the management of fundraising and grant-making activities when few others served that niche.

She’s probably better known, however, for steering her family’s nonprofit organization, The David & Lucile Packard Foundation, for the past 22 years. She stepped into the role of chairwoman overseeing the mission and strategic direction of the Foundation – in 1996 after the death of her father, David Packard, co-founder of Hewlett­-Packard Company. With the world watching, she transitioned the Los Altos nonprofit into one of the most influential and respected family foundations in the nation. Under her tenure, the foundation expanded its grant giving globally while tackling some of the world’s biggest issues.

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May 28, 2018 0 Comments
Capacity Building / Leadership

Pamela Ballard – Leading Susan G. Komen Tulsa To New Heights

Pamela Ballard Leading Susan G. Komen to New Heights
Pamela Ballard – Leading Susan G. Komen Tulsa To New Heights

Pamela Ballard is the CEO of Susan G. Komen Tulsa, a breast cancer organization that ensures women and men receive over 4,000 screenings and diagnostic services a year. Komen also provides 4,551 women and men educational services that keep them safe including outreach and patient navigation services.

Pamela joined Komen in January of 2017. Since that time she’s increased financial capacity by 30% and has put in place budgetary measures that have increased services and secured this organization’s future. Pamela recently shared, “Joining the Komen team means each day I get to be part of the world’s largest network of breast cancer survivors and activists working together to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all, and energize science to find the cure,” said Ballard. “That’s a pretty magnificent job description and I’m more than grateful to be part of this incredible community.”

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May 6, 2018 0 Comments
Capacity Building / Films and Fundraising

Cathy Parker – NORTHERN LIGHTS – The Motion Picture

Cathy Parker - Northern Lights - The Major Motion Picture
Cathy Parker – NORTHERN LIGHTS – The Motion Picture

If you enjoyed Hollywood Director Andy Tennant’s Hitch, Sweet Home Alabama, Anna and the King, Bounty Hunter, Fools Rush In, Ever After, etc., then you’ll be excited to know that he’s bringing his magic touch to the new film NORTHERN LIGHTS. From CineVantage Productions, NORTHERN LIGHTS is the true story of a high school football team in desolate Barrow, Alaska, 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Continue reading →

February 21, 2018 0 Comments
Leadership

Charlotte Berry – 80 Years of Giving is the Secret to Living – Jimmy LaRose

Charlotte Berry with mother Elizabeth Marshall Jackson

Pictured above is Charlotte Berry with mother Elizabeth Marshall Jackson. Charlotte Berry was introduced to the world of philanthropy by her mother and father James & Elizabeth at a very early age. Always sensitive to the needs of their community James & Elizabeth inspired their 10 year old daughter to raise money for the “Milk Fund” by performing the play “Cinderella” with her elementary school friends in their family’s backyard. Charlotte charged .15 cents a ticket Continue reading →

February 2, 2018 0 Comments
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