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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
Capacity Building / Ideas / Strategy

How Important are Monthly Donors? – Erica Waasdorp

Erica Waasdorp - Direct Solutions - NANOE
How Important are Monthly Donors? – Erica Waasdorp

Erica Waasdorp, CEO of A Direct Solution says, “If you don’t have a monthly donor program yet, you’d be wise to make that part of your plan for next calendar year and perhaps even sooner than that.”

People often ask me why you should focus on this now? Well, if last year’s Harvey hurricane disaster is any indication: Monthly donors provide sustainable revenue, no matter what happens. Their gifts keep coming in, rain or shine! In essence, it’s an extra insurance policy for your organization’s operating budget. Continue reading →

January 21, 2018 0 Comments
Ideas / Leadership / Strategy

Gail Giarratano – The Tao of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – TEDxCharlotte

Gail Giarratano, Award Winning Nonprofit CEO and Tedx Talker, inspires leaders to consider “caring for one another” to be equivalent to the “care we extend to the earth.” Gail makes the case that we can heal the earth if we pursue this balance. Dr. Giarratano is the founder of Anchor Shred & Recycle Co. You can meet Gail Giarratano at NANOE’s 2019 Convention & Expo in Charleston, SC on March 26-27, 2019 where she will explore the fundamental role “caring” plays in driving charities to scale. Gail regards all people and the environment as created and loved by God and will prove that way we treat each other and the earth is the key to eradicating all the problems NANOE Governors have been tasked with solving. Continue reading →

December 29, 2017 0 Comments
Leadership

Michael Yurieff – Russian American Children’s Foundation – New York, NY

Michael Yurieff Russian American Children's Foundation

Michael Yurieff – Russian American Children’s Foundation

Michael Yurieff, and the Russian American Children’s Foundation (RACF) have spent the last five years assisting seriously ill children from Russia access medical care in the US; medical care that’s saved their lives. RACF assists children whom the Russian healthcare system is incapable of helping and whose parents do not have the means to pay for medical treatment in American hospitals themselves. Continue reading →

December 29, 2017 0 Comments
Capacity Building / Leadership

David Oaks, CNE – Jerusalem School Bethlehem – Israel

David Oaks, CEO - Jerusalem School Bethlehem Foundation

David Oaks, CNC – Jerusalem School Bethlehem Foundation: David Oaks, CEO of Jerusalem School Bethlehem Foundation (JSBF), has dedicated his life to educating Arab Children in the Nation of Israel for over twenty-years. He’s a capacity-builder who supplies funding to a variety of programs in the Middle-East with a special emphasis on growing programs at Jerusalem School of Bethlehem (JSB).

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December 18, 2017 0 Comments
Events / Ideas / Leadership

NANOE Nominations Governor’s Overview – Nominee’s Email

NANOE Nominations remain open for 2018’s Board of Governors. Charlotte Berry, NANOE Nominations Co-Chair, has announced that nominations can be made or accepted through 2018.

What are NANOE Governors?

The National Association of Nonprofit Organizations & Executives has established a Board of Governors comprised of volunteers, donors, academicians, practitioners, and for-profit service providers who work in the human welfare, education, healthcare, arts, animals, environmental, ministry, and church sectors. Among other benefits, NANOE Governors will Continue reading →

December 9, 2017 0 Comments
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