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August 10th, 2009

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Megan R. Fasig
Manager, Community Development
Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida, Inc.

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Julia Steele
Director of Development
South County Family YMCA

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Winter 2010

  • 12 Tickets to Healthy Nonprofit Esteem
  • Grant-Link: Creating the High Esteem Request
  • Tip #8: Get Maximum Value in Places where You Already Invest

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Fall 2009

  • Enhancing Accountability
  • Grant-Link: Improving Accountability
  • Tip #5: Tell The Story of One

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Summer 2009

  • Can This Program Be Saved? Evaluating and Saving High Mission Activities
  • If You Must Close a Program Working With Grant Donors
  • Tip #4 Labels: Peal and Stick to Thank Donors  A Lot

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Spring 2009

  • Do Grants Matter? Eight Reasons to Value Them
  • Money-Tastic, Tip of the Month #3

Winter 2009

  • Playing With Matches
  • Grant-Link: Match Tips, Avoiding Burns
  • Money-tastic Tip of the Month

Fall 2008

  • Silver Linings,The Other Sides of Economic Downturn
  • How to Use This Time to Build The Next Good Time
  • Grant Link, Anatomy of Grant Seeking in Challenging Time
  • Money-tastic Tip of the Month

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Summer 2008

  • Building With Grants
  • Giving in Return-Naming Opportunities
  • Grant-tastic! Tip of the Month #88
  • Advanced Grant Writing Clinics- See Workshops

Spring 2008

  • Building Credibility Pyramids
  • Grant-link, Writing for Credibility
  • Grant-tastic! Tip of the Month #64
  • Also, Foundation and the Economy (in News Room)

Winter 2008

  • Finding a Path, Overcoming Obstacles to Clear Program Descriptions
  • Self-Test, Your Draft Program Description
  • Grant-tastic! Tip of the Month #54
  • New Edition: Local Sources and More Local Sources

Fall 2007

  • Glued to Start Help For Stuck and Circling Organizations
  • Grant-Link: Get Unglued When Money Helps
  • Grant-tastic! Tip of the Month #40
  • Grant Basics Audio Series – Dancing With the Paper Tiger

Summer 2007

  • Getting Down to Business, Planning for For-Profit Giving
  • Grant-Link: Name-Brand Corporate Gifts
  • Grant-tastic! Tip of the Month #28
  • Coming Soon: Grant-tastic! Grant Basics Audio Series

Spring 2007

  • Two Are Better Than One, How to Grow Successful Collaborations
  • Grant-Link Proving You Play Well With Others
  • Grant-tastic! Tip of the Month #20
  • Coming Soon: Grant-tastic Summer Audio Series

Winter 2007

  • Winning, Even with No
  • Three New Year, All Year Resolutions for Your Organization

Fall 2006

  • Panning for Great Grant Donors
  • Seven Hints to Help Organize Your Potential Grant Donors
  • $5 million raised for client
  • Newsroom

Summer 2006

  • Explain Yourself! Why Do You Need Money? Crafting Strong Need in Your Case Statement
  • The Pyramid: A Tool To Help You Write
  • Example: Need Discussion for a Homeless Service Agency
  • Newsroom

Spring 2006

  • Build A Financial Success Model
  • 2006 Workshops and Opportunities
  • Seven Steps to Build Your Financial Success Model

Winter 2006

  • Never Just a Letter – The Short and Sweet Request
  • 2006 Workshops and Opportunities
  • Add Value to Your $1,000 Meeting Investment

Fall 2005

  • How to Set Your Goal for a Grand Grant New Year
  • Facilitation: Helping People Relinquish the Floor
  • Budgeting for Success – Advanced Grant Clinic

Summer 2005

  • Art and Cultural Grants Funding – Three Programs and Their Impacts
  • Nonprofits by Revenues in Four Florida Counties
  • Survey Results – The Million Dollar Question

Spring 2005

  • Providing Stability in an Unstable World – Three County Grant Sources
  • What is Design in an Organization? Why Invest in It?
  • Advanced Grant Clinic – How to Link Your Grants and Individual Fundraising Efforts

Winter 2005

  • Five to Get Ready: Steps to Take Now to Prepare for Federal Grants
  • What is Success? Part Four: Growing Capacities
  • Workshop and Event Calendar

Fall 2004

  • What Is Success? Part Three: Sustaining and Growing Resources
  • Resource Exercise: Invite Your Leadership to Dessert
  • Added Value: Four Pieces of Advice About Increasing Your Money Resources

Summer 2004

  • What Is Success? Part Two: Making More Mission
  • A Mission Exercise: Where Should Your Efforts Go?
  • Added Value: How Aligned Are You With Your Organization’s Mission?

Spring 2004

  • What is Success? Beyond Outputs, Outcomes and the Bottom Line
  • Announcing the 2004-2005 Editions of Local Sources, More Local Sources
  • Seven Ways the New Edition of Local Sources Can Add Value to Your Organization

Winter 2004

  • Grant Funding – What’s Up?
  • Announcing the 2004-2005 Editions of Local Sources, More Local Sources
  • How a Consultant Can Add Value to Your Organization

Fall 2003

  • Anatomy of a New Program: The Nonprofit Forum
  • Resources: Workshop in a Brochure, Local Sources, More Local Sources
  • Added Value: Synergies of the Nonprofit Forum

Summer 2003

  • Thinking about Your Organization’s Future?
  • Looking for Good Grant Information?
  • Updates Local Sources, More Local Sources
  • How Can You Add Value?

Spring 2003

  • Grant Survey Results
  • Some Thoughts on the Survey Results
  • Updates Local Sources, More Local Sources
  • What is Added Value?

Winter 2003

  • An Interview with Terri Hansen, Executive Director of the Venice Foundation
  • Updates Local Sources, More Local Sources
  • Mini-Planning Workshop for Your Board
  • Because You Asked for This Help