Sun.May 08, 2016

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Who are You Trying to Protect Your Association From?

Smooth The Path

I walked into a cute little clothing shop and noticed the door was flanked by airport-style security scanners. Anti-theft tags dangled off of all the clothing. After selecting a few items I went up to check out and saw a fun beaded necklace in a glass case. I asked to see it. Interestingly the necklace only $13 but the proprietor seemed hesitant to take it out.

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Why Can’t the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector Scale Generosity? #givedaylessons

Beth Kanter

What Happened on Give Local America Day? For the past few years, I’ve been facilitating a peer learning group with a small cohort of grantees , all community foundations, hosting Giving Days in their communities using the Giving Day Playbook. The activities for this community of practice included regular conference calls primarily for the cohort, webinars for a broader audience of community foundations, and an online safe space open to any community foundation hosting a giving day to sha