What’s wrong with being nice at your nonprofit?
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Guest Contributor Brent Hafele
Read the first post in this series, “Four Flaws in Nonprofit Thinking,” and watch the video about nice vs. kind.
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Four Flaws in Nonprofit Thinking
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Guest Contributor Brent Hafele
I was at a conference in Baltimore a while ago, when I was approached by an executive director of a nonprofit.
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Paying More to Spend Less
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Guest Contributor Brent Hafele
Are you familiar with Henry Ford’s $5 a day wages? They were revolutionary at a time when $2.25 a day was a decent wage. Ford did this for two reasons: ...
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Is the Ice Bucket Challenge a Sustainable Fundraising Model?
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Guest Contributor Brent Hafele
Social media sites like Facebook and YouTube are lighting up with the ice bucket challenge. From Bill Gates (who engineered his own structure for the ...
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DB&A in the News: A “Nonprofit Mall”
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Derric Bakker
Brent Hafele from Dickerson, Bakker & Associates is involved in an exciting new project that was recently featured in a story in the Northland News. Check ...
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How is a capital campaign like an iPhone?
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Guest Contributor Brent Hafele
The rumors have been flying for months. The media has been obsessing about how big it will be, what features it will have, if it will come in gold, and ...
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More Campaign Video Q&A
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Guest Contributor Brent Hafele
The second question in my series on capital campaigns comes from Amanda of Indiana:
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Your Capital Campaign Questions Answered
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Guest Contributor Brent Hafele
Recently, I gave a webinar on how to avoid four common capital campaign mistakes. The response has been phenomenal. Nonprofit leaders from all over North ...
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A “Clue” to Capital Campaign Success
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Guest Contributor Brent Hafele
Neil (name changed to protect his identity) called me recently in frustration. After several years of a capital campaign that never really seemed to take ...
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Is your nonprofit on a Campaign Cycle or a Growth Cycle?
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Guest Contributor Brent Hafele
There are two different types of nonprofit agencies: those on the Campaign Cycle and those on the Growth Cycle.
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