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Improvisation Over Strategy: What Nonprofit Managers Can Learn from Theater

NonProfit Quarterly

SD: At a National Community Reinvestment Coalition Conference last year, you mentioned you majored in sociology and theater. I thought I was appeasing my family by tagging on sociology. Ten years later, we have distinct functions of finance, which includes accounting, operations, and information technology.

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How to Lower the ‘Cost’ of Philanthropy So Your Supporters Donate Major Gifts of Assets

iMarketSmart

Introducing math, numbers, and finance can disrupt this process. Talking finances too early restricts the story. I needed to learn their story, their values. But generosity and finances are very different things and need to be treated that way to develop meaningful relationships.”. Number problems. The problem is this.

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How to make sure the experience you deliver to donors makes their giving feel worthwhile

iMarketSmart

Perspective shift: Delivering value. Getting big gifts means delivering big value to the donor. It works by delivering more value to donors. It doesn’t deliver the same value. Consider the value delivered to the first donor. The second donor also receives high value. Why can’t they just give us the money?”.

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[VIDEO] Exploring Cryptocurrency: Introducing New Giving Methods to Your Nonprofit

Bloomerang

So there are applications being developed in real estate that will use the blockchain for voting, for healthcare, for finance, which is different than just money. So that was the value of all the Bitcoin that’s out in the world that has been minted, which means had been created by the protocol. It is about $750 billion.

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Exploring Cryptocurrency: Introducing New Giving Methods to Your Nonprofit

Bloomerang

So there are applications being developed in real estate that will use the blockchain for voting, for healthcare, for finance, which is different than just money. So that was the value of all the Bitcoin that’s out in the world that has been minted, which means had been created by the protocol. And it’s a store of value, obviously.