Hello all. I am the chair for our Fund Development Committee (The Oakland Steiner School) and am new to raising funds in the non-profit world. We have been...
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Joe Beckmann
joeb@...
Oct 1, 2000 5:30 pm
First, you might look to people like Peter Drucker for organizational models very different from your CEO with four reports. As Drucker suggests in Management...
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Carter McNamara
mcnam007@...
Oct 4, 2000 4:00 pm
Here are a large number of free, on-line resources about various aspects of social entreprepeurship. Several social entreprepeurship-related discussion groups...
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dparker626@...
Oct 5, 2000 1:01 am
Carter, Thanks for your posts!...
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Jennifer Crandall
jennifer_crandall@...
Oct 5, 2000 2:24 am
Hi, my name is Jennifer Crandall and I am currently working on an internship with a microenterprise organization in Asheville, NC. The NPO is looking into...
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Doug Kenshol
DKenshol@...
Oct 5, 2000 2:06 pm
The Women's Self-Employment Project in Chicago is working to develop a consulting practice and a food products business to generate income for their microloan...
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Bruce Macbain
bcamacbain@...
Oct 9, 2000 5:25 pm
Hi. I am Bruce Macbain, Director of Development of the Asian American Civic Assoc. in Boston, MA. I'm new to the list so maybe this has been discussed...
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Urban Miyares
dbanet@...
Oct 9, 2000 6:30 pm
Dear Bruce: The first step would probably be reviewing your nonprofit status to determine: 1. What type of not-for-profit you're registered as (i.e., charity,...
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Sally Little
slittle@...
Oct 9, 2000 7:51 pm
Hi Bruce, You might want to think of it in this manner -- Membership implies that one receives something for an entity. Members sometimes forget that they are...
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Joe Beckmann
joeb@...
Oct 9, 2000 8:03 pm
There is an entirely different slant on membership sales of educational services - which nobody seems to have notice for AACA in Boston. An annual fee instead...
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Urban Miyares
dbanet@...
Oct 9, 2000 10:13 pm
Just received this announcement and, as previous discussion has focused on entrepreneurship and nonprofits, thought some of you might find this interesting. ...
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jas71188@...
Oct 10, 2000 5:03 am
I belong to another eGroup & on Sunday, 10/08/00 sometime in the afternoon, PST, I began receiving mail infected with the kat.htm worm. It is a pain in the ass...
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jas71188@...
Oct 10, 2000 5:03 am
I belong to another eGroup & on Sunday, 10/08/00 sometime in the afternoon, PST, I began receiving mail infected with the kat.htm worm. It is a pain in the ass...
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AWE / TLOS
tlos@...
Oct 10, 2000 12:36 pm
Could we curb the profanity? Regardless of our indignation I believe the chosen terminology to be overall unwelcome. ... From: jas71188@......
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william
gipse@...
Oct 10, 2000 4:40 pm
I believe that Ann expressed her indignation quite eloquently. No need for over-policing here. william ... De: AWE / TLOS <tlos@...> Para:...
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tran frank
tfrank@...
Oct 10, 2000 4:50 pm
Reminder: we all get to say what we want within the generally accepted limitations of FREE SPEECH. Onward. -tran...
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Ed Slattery
edslattery@...
Oct 15, 2000 3:51 am
Hello all- I am writing for the 2nd time. Founded Centennial Hill Project in Motgomery AL 1.5 years ago for the purpose of redeveloping a onc proud, black...
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Joe Beckmann
joeb@...
Oct 15, 2000 8:01 pm
In talking about a scheme to replicate the worst of all things is to presume that, because it is donated, all overhead costs have disappeared. They haven't ....
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Ed Slattery
edslattery@...
Oct 16, 2000 3:36 am
Joe, Thank you for yur insights but I am not sure I know what you mean by overhead in this context. If you mean the cost of volunteers, then I think I...
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Charity
Charity@...
Oct 22, 2000 11:09 pm
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Aaron Laramore
handtek2k@...
Oct 25, 2000 5:57 pm
Non-profit corporations invariably report that the most difficult dollars to raise are unrestricted funds. Hand Technologies offers the appropriately...
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Joe Beckmann
joeb@...
Oct 25, 2000 7:15 pm
Probably the best example of precisely what nonprofits out fear most: multilevel marketing that gives an implied endorsement and generates an explicit...
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Aaron Laramore
handtek2k@...
Oct 26, 2000 8:25 pm
Joe, I think that if you conducted a more searching examination of the information I referred to in my initial post, you would agree that for the appropriately...
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Joe Beckmann
joeb@...
Oct 26, 2000 9:52 pm
Aaron, As you say, "the nonprofit's leadership must exercise its judgment...." Regarding technology, I am so often asked to advise so many other nonprofits ...
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Jim Fruchterman
jim@...
Oct 27, 2000 2:17 pm
Basically, I agree with Joe on this one. As someone who runs a 501(c)(3) who has been successful selling technology products we developed to people with...
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jlantrip@...
Oct 27, 2000 2:48 pm
While the list is addressing sad things that may not work, does anybody remember the old OEO handbook on how to close down an unsuccessful agency or project?...
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Aaron Laramore
handtek2k@...
Oct 27, 2000 6:34 pm
Joe, Based on your background as referred to in your post, we ought to be having a greater meeting of the minds than we are. I think you are drawing...
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Joe Beckmann
joeb@...
Oct 27, 2000 8:59 pm
Try the Support Center people or a local United Way: they're probably the ones who'll want any of those assets and be able to broker a merger with the least...
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Joe Beckmann
joeb@...
Oct 27, 2000 9:08 pm
There's only one issue where I think you are totally incorrect. Otherwise, I'll let my suggestions stand: Avon cosmetics started multilevel marketing, and they...
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Aaron Laramore
handtek2k@...
Oct 27, 2000 9:50 pm
Joe, I respond as follows. ... <joeb@o...> wrote: When a nonprofit sells an HP or Lexmark product it implies an endorsement of that product which may not be...
