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Title Author   Date

Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Event Testimonial Speakers

Benevon

5/9/2008

FriendRaising Your Board

Hildy Gottlieb

5/9/2008

A New Report Profiles Three High Schools That Crack the Code for Effective Math Instruction

WestEd

5/1/2008

How a Small Nonprofit Shaped a Clear, Memorable Brand – Five Steps to Low-Budget Branding for Big Results (Case Study)

Nancy Schwartz

5/1/2008

It is not just about grantwriting…there is so much more

Jacqueline Beretta

4/25/2008

How to Perform a Market Study: A Step by Step Guide

PayScale, Inc with Sharon Koss, CCP, SHRP

4/20/2008

Picking the "perfect" name can be torture. Not to worry: few things matter less to the success of your campaign.

Tom Ahern

4/11/2008

Foundations and the Economy

Karen Eber Davis

4/11/2008

Did You Know? is intended to be a conversation starter.

Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod

4/11/2008

New ways for impactful giving to education in Texas

Jacqueline Beretta

3/29/2008

The amazing Mayor of Dallas brings everyone to the table

Jacqueline Beretta

3/29/2008

Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies – courses that link classroom learning with the challenges students will face in the workplace of the future

Jackie Beretta

3/29/2008

How to Communicate So That People Will Listen—and Act!

Rebecca K. Leet

3/23/2008

Online collaborative opportunities...or how to get together remotely online

Jesse Carter

3/23/2008

Hands-on Philanthropy through Giving Circles: A Powerful Connection for Nonprofits and Donors

Lynne Dean

3/15/2008

When stress turns to distress

Harvey Mackay

3/15/2008

Starlight Starbright….who are our golden stars tonight? And other tidbits you should know…..

Jacqueline Beretta

3/14/2008

TIP THE RISK SCALE UNTIL IT FEELS COMFORTABLE

Jeffrey A. Ockwood, Managing Director - Investments

3/10/2008

Do your organization a favor. Get your thick skin back from the dry cleaners and conduct a self-audit.

Tom Ahern

3/9/2008

Women’s History Month: March 2008

US Census Bureau

3/9/2008

Facts inform, but passion moves…

Harvey Mackay

3/2/2008

Ask Mal Warwick

Mal Warwick

3/2/2008

Seven Dos and Don'ts for Strong Nonprofit Taglines Follow Up

Nancy Schwartz

2/24/2008

Talking points get to the point

Harvey Mackay

2/14/2008

Why Nonprofits Need Strong Taglines

Nancy Schwartz

2/14/2008

Dear Untrusted: Show this to your boss

Tom Ahern

2/11/2008

Sales Professional to Development Professional: A Workable Transition (A For-Profit Salesperson's Guide to Getting a Job in Non-Profit Development)

Tony Poderis

2/11/2008

Conference Will Challenge Educators to Accelerate, Educate and Differentiate

AT&T

2/1/2008

Fundraising in tough times

Mal Warwick and Dan Doyle

2/1/2008

Shrewd Marketing For Nonprofits – 8 Important Tips

Jacqueline Beretta

1/27/2008

Students are bored, many skip school, lack adult support

Indiana University

1/20/2008

Finding A Path - Overcoming Obstacles to Clear Program Descriptions

Karen Eber Davis

1/20/2008

Three improving things I learned last year

Tom Ahern

1/12/2008

Seven fundraising 'myths'? Not so fast!

Mal Warwick

1/4/2008

The Ed Sullivan Show Revisited

Jeffrey A. Ockwood

1/4/2008

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America - Rosa Beth Moss Kanter’s new book: America the Principled

Sean Silverstone

12/3/2007

Critical Thinking: The $45 Billion High School Diploma

Dr. Gerry House

12/3/2007

Keeping the Eye on the Ball

Jacqueline Beretta

11/26/2007

Cynthia Krause cites megatrends at PGCSA conference

Kay Simpson

11/19/2007

Donor-centered fundraising

Mal Warwick

11/19/2007

Trust = Giving + Retention

Tom Ahern

11/19/2007

Every “no” is one step closer to a “yes”!

Jacqueline Beretta

11/19/2007

Striving for Excellence: How Nonprofits Can Stand Up and Stand Out

Lynne T. Dean, CFRE

11/12/2007

14 new trends in philanthropy and 4 old ones that still work

Jacqueline Beretta

11/12/2007

How to Develop a Great Mission Statement

Karen Eber Davis

11/12/2007

What is the role of education in Texas?

Jacqueline Beretta

11/12/2007

Avoid Audience Confusion – Create a Style Guide

Nancy Schwartz

11/5/2007

100+ Tips for the Incoming President

Carolyn Gardner with Bob Harris, CAE

11/5/2007

How well does testing work?

Mal Warwick

11/5/2007

Are today’s philanthropists tomorrow’s heroes?

Jacqueline Beretta

11/5/2007

Qualities you need for the race to success

Jacqueline Beretta

10/29/2007

Fundraising ratios and other deceptions

Mal Warwick

10/29/2007

Fundraising communications: Cost or investment?

Tom Ahern

10/29/2007

And just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly…..

Jacqueline Beretta

10/29/2007

Calling all Edvestors, Edvisors, and Educators

Jacqueline Beretta

10/22/2007

Everybody's Talking About You -- Why Your Nonprofit Needs to Listen, and Listen Hard

Nancy Schwartz

10/22/2007

Why and How to Design Meeting Openers

Karen Eber Davis

10/22/2007

Keeping the Eye on the Ball

Jacqueline Beretta

10/22/2007

Benefits of Variable Annuity Ownership By A Non-Profit Organization

Jeffrey A. Ockwood

10/22/2007

The Soft Side of Success

Nancy Barry

10/15/2007

Don't let a makeover prove your unmaking

Harvey Mackay

10/15/2007

Solicitation Of Vendors (By Their Non-Profit Customers And Clients)

Tony Poderis

10/15/2007

Keeping the Eye on the Ball

Jacqueline Beretta

10/15/2007

The Next Great Generation of Americans

Jacqueline Beretta

10/8/2007

Donor Surveys: What Do You Know About Your Donors? (And What Do They Know About Your Organization?)

Tony Poderis

10/8/2007

Attention: Leadership lessons from the Marines

Harvey Mackay

10/8/2007

A magnificent fine tuned socially responsible machine, take the Pew Technology Test, the Pew Political Typology Test, and the Pew News IQ Test to see what you know....

Jacqueline Beretta

10/8/2007

A new breed of philanthrocapitalists are putting tools in place to get a big bang for their buck

Jacqueline Beretta

10/1/2007

Never run out of newsletter story ideas again: The back 9 (Part 2 of 2)

Tom Ahern

10/1/2007

In-Kind Gifts: How to Acknowledge and Recognize Them

Tony Poderis

10/1/2007

Marketing your org, fundraising with pennies, true prosperity, Insight from Amy Phipps, National Kidney Foundation walk.....and some thoughts from Amy Phipps of the Zachry Foundation

Jacqueline Beretta

10/1/2007

Children = Priceless

Jacqueline Beretta

9/24/2007

Never run out of newsletter story ideas again: The front 9 (Part 1 of 2)

Tom Ahern

9/24/2007

Debt Elimination Fund-Raising Campaigns

Tony Poderis

9/24/2007

Clusters, Big Losers, TXNP Talent Bank, Public School Demography & Irving Cares

Jacqueline Beretta

9/24/2007

Tom Luce says education is the basis of economic prosperity

Jacqueline Beretta

9/17/2007

Never underestimate the power of observation

Harvey Mackay

9/17/2007

Raise the problem, be the solution - Somewhere between fear and hope, a check is written

Tom Ahern

9/17/2007

A mother guilty of child abuse - disquieting and poignant

Jacqueline Beretta

9/17/2007

Spoons and Oil

Jonathan D. Schick

9/10/2007

Keeping the Eye on the Ball

Jacqueline Beretta

9/10/2007

“May the force be with you” - Obi-Wan Kenobi

Jacqueline Beretta

9/4/2007

Keeping the Eye on the Ball

Jacqueline Beretta

9/4/2007

Top Ten Excuses For Not Asking

Bridget Murphy, CFRE

9/4/2007

The Autism Treatment Expansion Program – Spirit Horse

Jacqueline Beretta

8/27/2007

I am the world’s richest man because I get paid in hugs and smiles, the most valuable currency that exists

Charles I. Fletcher

8/27/2007

After 10 brain surgeries and 6 straight months in the hospital, Megan came home

Jacqueline Beretta

8/27/2007

10 Time Management Tips to Help You Deal with Your Elephant-Sized Projects

Karen Eber Davis

8/27/2007

Overcoming that natural instinct to be defensive: Learning to love feedback

Harvey Mackay

8/27/2007

Keeping the Eye on the Ball

Jacqueline Beretta

8/27/2007

The Mind of the Innovator: Taming the Traps of Traditional Thinking

Matthew E. May

8/20/2007

Concentration is more than a kid's card game

Harvey Mackay

8/20/2007

Board Orientation Manual Sample Table of Contents

Robert E. Harris, CAE

8/20/2007

Praising loudly and blaming no one…..

Jacqueline Beretta

8/20/2007

Choosing a Trustee – A Key Decision for Your Family

Jeffrey A. Ockwood

8/20/2007

Puppy love…. and kitty cats too

Jacqueline Beretta

8/13/2007

Seattle's PayScale and TexasNonprofits enter into partnership to provide you with reliable compensation data for nonprofits

Jacqueline Beretta

8/13/2007

Keeping the Eye on the Ball

Jacqueline Beretta

8/13/2007

Creative giving: Painting the perfect image for the CTK 2007 5-7-5 Haiku Grant Award

Jacqueline Beretta

8/12/2007

Ethics & Planned Giving

Mary Downey

8/10/2007

Keeping the Eye on the Ball

Jacqueline Beretta

8/6/2007

Pondering a proposal

Jacqueline Beretta

8/5/2007

Streamline… Simplify…Be more efficient… many funders want to streamline the grant application and reporting process

Jacqueline Beretta

7/30/2007

What in the world is a COG? And where is Region 12?

Jacqueline Beretta

7/30/2007

But I thought that was a deductible… and other ways to stay straight from the IRS

Jacqueline Beretta

7/23/2007

Use It or Loose It, Event Follow-Up That Keeps You Fired-Up

Karen Eber Davis

7/23/2007

We have a 400 billion dollar problem. It’s called trauma.

Jacqueline Beretta

7/23/2007

TXNP HELPS YOU STAND OUT IN A CROWD.

Jacqueline Beretta

7/23/2007

Hello, I’m your new boss …..

Jacqueline Beretta

7/16/2007

Words of wisdom that work at work

Harvey Mackay

7/16/2007

Keeping the eye on the ball

Jacqueline Beretta

7/16/2007

The challenge of wealth

Larry James

7/9/2007

Boards - clarity of vision, purpose and accountability

Jacqueline Beretta

7/9/2007

Fund Raising Realities Every Board Member Must Face

Kathleen Brennan

7/9/2007

Two $ Birds with One Stone

Karen Eber Davis

7/2/2007

A 4th of July BBQ Sauce Recipe

Jacqueline Beretta

7/2/2007

Top 10 list of the most important things your network can do

Harvey Mackay

7/2/2007

About Marcy

Jacqueline Beretta

6/27/2007

IRS update – new forms for more transparency

Jacqueline Beretta

6/25/2007

One of the highlights of my week

Jacqueline Beretta

6/25/2007

2007 Mid Year Report

Jeffrey A. Ockwood

6/25/2007

Santicola

Beverly Santicola

6/24/2007

5 steps that will make a big difference right now

Jacqueline Beretta

6/24/2007

Asking for money vs. caring for people

Larry James

6/18/2007

Making the grade in charm school

Harvey Mackay

6/18/2007

Selling a Story to the Press

Colin Rowan

6/18/2007

Thoughts, sightings, and ideas

Jacqueline Beretta

6/18/2007

Donor communications are an investment, not purely a cost. Think LTV.

Tom Ahern

6/11/2007

Winning Even With No

Karen Eber Davis

6/11/2007

Who are you calling a "social enterprise?!"

Mal Warwick

6/11/2007

Jackie's Keeping her Eye on the Ball

Jacqueline Beretta

6/11/2007

Medicine Mound, Texas – Population Zero

John Bates

6/4/2007

What I learned in class about marketing planned gifts

Tom Ahern

6/4/2007

Is Your Board a Sea-Anchor or a Sail?

Dan Dailey

6/3/2007

Hip Hop at the Board Table

Robert C. Harris, CAE

5/29/2007

Be resourceful or be remorseful

Harvey Mackay

5/29/2007

8 Steps to Writing Successful Fundraising Letters

Mal Warwick

5/29/2007

A cutting edge idea for fundraising - DonorsChoose.org

Jacqueline Beretta

5/21/2007

How do you know when you’re ready for an audit? Here are some tips….

Jacqueline Beretta

5/21/2007

How to Develop Exceptional Events

Karen Eber Davis

5/21/2007

Making solid connections

Jacqueline Beretta

5/14/2007

Wearing Those Development and Marketing "Hats" at the Same Time:

Tony Poderis

5/14/2007

Getting the most from testing

Mal Warwick

5/14/2007

Are your proposals unsolicited mail?

Jacqueline Beretta

5/14/2007

Writing Op-Eds

Colin Rowan

5/7/2007

Robert Harris on Strategic Planning

Robert C. Harris, CAE

5/7/2007

My Mom - a cross between Lucille Ball, Martha Stewart, Coco Chanel and Jackie Kennedy.

Jacqueline Beretta

5/7/2007

Assessing Assessments…Who’s Questioning the Score?

Elena Tucker

5/6/2007

Twenty Expense Items to Consider When Creating a Budget

Karen Eber Davis

4/30/2007

A Gala Tonight-Not

Dennis Elam PhD CPA

4/30/2007

How are you relating to your Grant Officer?

Jacqueline Beretta

4/30/2007

A cynic burns his bridges before he gets to them

Harvey Mackay

4/22/2007

You're Writing, But They're Not Reading. Improve Your Odds

Tom Ahern

4/22/2007

Trying to put panic in perspective or how to hide eggs in the snow at Easter in Texas

Jacqueline Beretta

4/22/2007

The Horrid Ten - Here's why you didn't get the gift

Jerold Panas

4/16/2007

From a Family Foundation’s Point of View, Less is Sometimes More

Jacqueline Beretta

4/16/2007

How Not To and How To Think Creatively

Harvey Mackay

4/10/2007

I raised my hand last week for education in Texas

Jacqueline Beretta

4/2/2007

How much of the pie do kids get?

The Urban Institute

4/2/2007

Lead with poise, not noise

Harvey Mackay

4/2/2007

Wandering minds and unengaged people do not a meeting make

Jacqueline Beretta

3/26/2007

LET ME GUESS: You don't like the idea of telephone fundraising

Mal Warwick

3/26/2007

Comparing mailing lists by Long-Term Value

Suzie McGuire

3/26/2007

80th Texas Legislature 2007 Regular Session – A Summary of Issues Affecting Nonprofits

Richard Meyer

3/19/2007

A Legal Audit for Not-for-Profits

Robert C. Harris, CAE

3/19/2007

To consult or not to Consult - that is the question

Tony Poderis

3/11/2007

The Value of Golden-Handcuff Benefits

Robert C. Harris, CAE

3/11/2007

On the Delicate Subject of ED, Committee, and Board Approvals

Tom Ahern

3/5/2007

What makes a fundraising letter effective?

Mal Warwick

3/5/2007

THE BIG GIFT - A new fundraising strategy for public schools

Dr. Stan Levenson

2/26/2007

The Citizenship Pop Quiz - Can you answer 6 out of 10 questions to become a US citizen?

Jacqueline Beretta

2/26/2007

How to Create a Picture Perfect Donor Experience

Jacqueline Beretta

2/26/2007

"100 Best Corporate Citizens" List for 2007

CRO Magazine

2/19/2007

Enthusiasm is the spark that ignites our lives

Harvey Mackay

2/19/2007

Board Behavioral Difficulties

Robert C. Harris, CAE

2/19/2007

Doing nothing is not an option

Edmund Tijerina

2/12/2007

Tapping The Philanthropic Well

Tony Poderis

2/12/2007

Forget the wining and dining. Do something that matters.

Ideas from the Case Foundation

2/12/2007

A Child’s Day – A Report From the U. S. Census on the Life of a Child

Jacqueline Beretta

2/5/2007

Six Gifts

Mal Warwick

2/5/2007

Unwarranted Assumptions: Why the Best Laid Plans So Often Fail

Dennis Elam, PhD

1/29/2007

People who talk to themselves have a captive audience

Harvey Mackay

1/29/2007

Seven Tips to Get More Publicity for Your Nonprofit in 2007

Carol Schliesinger

1/29/2007

What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful

Book Review

1/29/2007

Building a network from the ground up

Harvey Mackay

1/22/2007

2006 Finished with a Bang

Jeffrey A. Ockwood

1/22/2007

Kiss Theory Good Bye: Five Proven Ways to Get Extraordinary Results in Any Company

Book Review

1/22/2007

Powering Up Your Case Statement with the Four Ps

Lynne T. Dean, CFRE

1/16/2007

The Pursuit of Happyness

Book Review

1/16/2007

Bernard and Audre Rapoport Foundation

Denise McDonald

1/15/2007

Dear TXNP: I recently sent out 50 proposals ...do you think I'll land a grant?

Denise McDonald

1/9/2007

A Key Communicator on Education

Dr. Mike Moses

1/9/2007

The Foundation: A Great American Secret; How Private Wealth is Changing the World

Book Review

1/9/2007

6 Trends to Look for in 2007

Jacqueline Beretta

1/2/2007

Michael and Susan Dell Foundation

Foundation Spotlight

1/2/2007

Everyone on the payroll is a marketing person

Harvey Mackay

1/2/2007

Nonprofits Need Operating Grants
Foundations Award Project Grants
What’s the Deal?

Denise McDonald

12/25/2006

Your Creative Brief: Don't Leave Home Without It

Tom Ahern

12/25/2006

The Moody Foundation

Foundation Spotlight

12/25/2006

The Coastal Bend Community Foundation: Celebrating 25 years of Giving Back to the Dynamic Community of the Coastal Bend

Denise McDonald

12/11/2006

FOUNDATION MANAGEMENT: ANOTHER TWIST

Jeffrey A. Ockwood

12/11/2006

The Coastal Bend Community Foundation: Celebrating 25 years of Giving Back to the Dynamic Community of the Coastal Bend: Members Only

Denise McDonald

12/11/2006

UTSA Fall Commencement Success Stories

Jacqueline Beretta

12/10/2006

List for Funders

Jacqueline Beretta

12/10/2006

The Artist Foundation of San Antonio

Foundation Spotlight

12/10/2006

The Kronkosky Charitable Foundation’s Palmer Moe Talks About Architecting Change in Communities and More

Denise McDonald

12/3/2006

Year-End Letter to Supporters - Do It Now!

David G. Phillips

12/3/2006

The Aguila Awards Foundation

Foundation Spotlight

12/3/2006

Three growing trends in philanthropy today

JRB

12/3/2006

The Summerlee Foundation Protecting Animals and Preserving Texas History is Their Motto

Denise McDonald

11/20/2006

Don't Just Sit There—Learn!

Robert C. Harris, CAE

11/20/2006

The Importance Of Being Donor Centric

Tony Poderis

11/13/2006

A Kerrville Treasure: The Floyd A. and Kathleen C. Cailloux Foundation

Denise McDonald

11/13/2006

The Legacy of a Visionary Merchant and His Wife

Denise McDonald

11/6/2006

Nearly 98 percent of High Net-Worth Households Donated to Charitable Organizations in 2005 According to a New Report Published by Bank of America

Denise McDonald

11/6/2006

The Foundation Behind the Yellow Wristband

Denise Wissing

10/30/2006

Get to Know the Gatekeeper

Harvey Mackay

10/30/2006

Increased Giving Essentials

Jesse Carter

10/23/2006

63 Million Reasons To Help Your Community Through The Community Foundation of Abilene

Denise Wissing

10/23/2006

Trust Me

Denise Wissing

10/16/2006

Hustle or Hurry - Focus or Worry

John Carroll

10/9/2006

How to Conquer Three Money Hazards that Block Group Decision Making

Karen Eber Davis

10/2/2006

A surprising solution to a shocking problem

Tanya M. Saenz

9/25/2006

Fitting Annual, Endowment, Capital, and Sponsorship & Underwriting Campaigns Into Your Organization's Plans and Then Making Them

Tony Poderis

9/25/2006

Major Gift Solicitation - Proper Preparation Leads to Gratification

David G. Phillips

9/18/2006

Fundraising Responsibilities of A Board Member

Jesse Carter

9/18/2006

When Should a Non-Profit Organization Hire its First Development Director?

Tony Poderis

9/18/2006

How to Get Past a Fuzzy Answer

Jacqueline Beretta

9/17/2006

Did You Know that there are 1.1 Million Hispanic Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces?

U.S. Census Bureau

9/11/2006

Riding The Horse The Way It's Going
A Different Approach to Boards And Fundraising

Hildy Gottlieb

9/10/2006

Texas’ Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and The Meadows Foundation among Top Donors for Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts

Denise Wissing

9/4/2006

Why working smart isn’t enough - No-one ever drowned in their own sweat

Harvey Mackay

9/4/2006

What Makes a Good Policy Manual?

Bob Harris, CAE

9/4/2006

What Funders Want: 5 Steps to Planning Web-based Initiatives

Benjamin B. Baumann

8/28/2006

Motivation: Do you use a carrot or a stick?

Debra Grimes

8/28/2006

How To Make Certain You Have A Winning Fundraising Campaign- Guidelines to Winning

Jerold Panas

8/28/2006

Don’t Be a Needle in a Haystack - Change

Jacqueline Beretta

8/27/2006

Do You Hear Us Now? Communications, Fundraising and Donors

Donna M. Finley

8/21/2006

Take a deep breath! And now exhale……..

Jacqueline Beretta

8/21/2006

Story ideas guaranteed to interest donors, part one

Tom Ahern

8/21/2006

Kronkosky Foundation Initiative Working to Halt Cycle of Child Abuse and Neglect Through Parenting Education

Denise Wissing

8/14/2006

The heart of education is the education of the heart

Harvey Mackay

8/14/2006

The Benefits of Rebalancing

Jeffrey A. Ockwood

8/14/2006

On Collaboration (Or How Many Foundations Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb?)

Paul Brest

8/7/2006

Opening the Door to the 21st Century of Volunteer Resources Management

Celeste Sauls

8/7/2006

Six things about direct mail that nobody talks about

Mal Warwick

8/7/2006

Words to the wise

Harvey Mackay

8/7/2006

To be or not to be: Accepting a position on a nonprofit board

Jacqueline Beretta

8/7/2006

Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas Awarded for Excellence in Services and Growth

Denise Wissing

7/31/2006

More than One Fourth of the U.S. Population (or 75.5 Million Students) will be Attending School This Year – Look at the Statistics

U.S. Census Bureau

7/31/2006

How Board Members Can Become Effective Fund-Raisers

Tony Poderis

7/31/2006

Executive Sessions

Bob C. Harris

7/31/2006

AT&T Awards $50,000 Grant to TexasNonprofits to Enhance Online Foundation Directory

Denise Wissing

7/24/2006

What to Tell the President about Committee Planning

Robert C. Harris, CAE

7/24/2006

Is Direct Mail Fundraising Worth the Trouble?

Mal Warwick

7/24/2006

A Campaign Deferred Is A Campaign Defeated

Tony Poderis

7/17/2006

Top 10 list of the biggest networking mistakes

Harvey Mackay

7/17/2006

Using Nonprofits to Spark Conversation:

Jacqueline Beretta

7/16/2006

11 Questions to Ask Yourself When Sending a Grant Proposal

Jacqueline Beretta

7/9/2006

Singing. Dancing. Sculpting. Painting. Acting. Writing. THESE ARE THE ARTS.

Denise Wissing

7/5/2006

The Likely Success of Your Donor Communications? It's a Tale of Three Piles.

Tom Ahern

7/5/2006

Arguments you ought to lose

Harvery MacKay

7/5/2006

Making The Development Office A Fund-Raising

Tony Poderis

6/19/2006

Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words really can hurt you

Harvey Mackay

6/19/2006

75 Common Committee and Board Laments

Robert C. Harris

6/18/2006

10 Steps to a More Effective Board

Nell Edgington

6/18/2006

The Verizon Foundation Foundation's Resource Center is a Free One-Stop Training Center for Nonprofits – Use it Now!

Jacqueline Beretta

6/12/2006

12 Weeks to a Better Board!

Robert C. Harris

6/12/2006

The Name Is The Game: Memberships And Named Gift Opportunities

Tony Poderis

6/12/2006

Strategies: How to Score Major Gifts
William T. Sturtevant on Developing and Implementing Cultivation and Solicitation

Jacqueline Beretta

6/11/2006

Giving Encouragement When The Answer Is No

Greg Pope

6/11/2006

Connecting with Blinding Glimpses of the Obvious – Gen-Xers

Mary E. Rauch

6/11/2006

Plan For Success—And You Will Succeed

John Tschohl

6/6/2006

Do you know who really works for you?

Harvey Mackay

6/5/2006

The Internet has a far, far reach these days – 25 million more Amercians were using broadband at home in March 2006 as compared to March 2005 – and thats 84 million people

Jacqueline Beretta

6/5/2006

The Board Dilemma - The Six Principles of Successful Private School Boards

Jonathan D. Schick

6/4/2006

Using the Phone in Fund Raising

Paul Fulham

6/4/2006

Global Warming Risks for Texas – let’s roll up our sleeves and start to address global issues

Jacqueline Beretta

5/29/2006

Nation’s Population One-Third Minority

Census

5/29/2006

The I's Have It

Paul Fulham

5/28/2006

Growing This Great Community of Social Investors

Jacqueline Beretta

5/22/2006

Designing a Communications Plan To Enhance Your Fundraising Campaign

Tony Poderis

5/22/2006

Top 10 list of the most important things your network can do

Harvey Mackay

5/22/2006

VRM-Roundtable is Breaking the “One Size Fits All” Model

Denise Wissing

5/15/2006

An excerpt from Values-Driven Business- How to Change the World, Make Money, and Have Fun

Ben Cohen and Mal Warwick

5/15/2006

Ask for the Order!

Dennis Elam PhD CPA

5/15/2006

Rating and Evaluating Prospects: Whom Do You Ask For How Much

Tony Poderis

5/8/2006

How the Dollar’s Value Affects Your Investments

Jeff Ockwood

5/8/2006

Six new challenges in direct mail fundraising

Mal Warwick

5/1/2006

Words to the wise

Harvey Mackay

5/1/2006

AT&T Foundation Funding Culturally Specific Arts Organizations in Kennedy Center Program

Jacqueline Beretta

5/1/2006

Foundation Giving Grew at Steady, Moderate Pace in 2005

The Foundation Center

4/30/2006

The Nominating Committee File Folder

Robert C. Harris, CAE

4/30/2006

What makes a fundraising letter effective?

Mal Warwick

4/24/2006

What's important is not the years in your life, but the life in your years

Harvey Mackay

4/24/2006

Its All in the Dough – A Recipe for Success

Caryn Hasslocher

4/24/2006

North Texas Business for Culture and the Arts and Deloitte Announce 2006 Economic Impact Study

Jacqueline Beretta

4/24/2006

How do You Balance the Overwhelming?

Elaine Gantz Wright

4/24/2006

Top 10 ways to stay in touch with your network

Harvey Mackay

4/17/2006

Expressives: Craving The New

Tom Ahern

4/17/2006

Amiables: Smile And Say Howdy

Tom Ahern

4/10/2006

Houston, We Have a Comeback – Nonprofits crawling out of Enron hole

Marla E. Nobles - The Nonprofit Times

4/10/2006

The Mall is Quiet; School is Open. Now who is Minding the Kids?

Dr. Vicky Dill

4/10/2006

In Search of the Elusive Major Giver

Tony Poderis

4/3/2006

How to Reach Your Audience – The Analyticals

Tom Ahern

4/2/2006

TexasNonprofits Think Tank Invites Ronald K. Calgaard, Ph.D. to Membership

Jacqueline Beretta

3/26/2006

The Brutal Truth About Child Abuse Prevention – A New Film to Air in Houston

Dr. Keith A. Robinson

3/26/2006

Planning for Planned Giving

Mary Downey

3/26/2006

Getting Outside the Box

Harvey Mackay

3/26/2006

Teaching Boys to Appreciate Music – the Fort Bend Boys Choir

Jacqueline Beretta

3/20/2006

The Fallacy Of Financial Ratios: Why Outcome Evaluation Is The Better Gauge Of Grant Worthiness

Tony Poderis

3/20/2006

Seven Ways to Dig Yourself out of Association Overload

Robert C. Harris, CAE

3/20/2006

Responsible Economy of Texas Includes Reigning in Obesity

Jacqueline Beretta

3/13/2006

Safeguarding Organizations Against Ethical Lapses and Losses

Robert C. Harris, CAE

3/13/2006

If You Could Address A Room Full of Significant Foundations in Texas – What Would You Ask Them?

Jacqueline Beretta

3/6/2006

The Hudson Foundation Announces a Competitive Grant Opportunity for Innovative Programs in Drop-Out Prevention

Jacqueline Beretta

3/6/2006

Minute Making Tips

Robert Harris, CAE

3/6/2006

Say thanks before it's just a memory

Harvey Mackay

3/6/2006

Inviting Innovation to the 3rd Sector

Jacqueline Beretta

2/27/2006

Testing matching gifts

Dean Karlan, Asst. Professor of Economics, Yale University

2/27/2006

Are You Interesting (Especially To Donors)?

Tom Ahern

2/26/2006

Board Behavioral Difficulties

Robert C. Harris, CAE

2/26/2006

Strategic Planning: A Simple Plan for the Future

Dabney Dwyer

2/19/2006

Why People Ignore Your Newsletter - Part III (And Final)

Tom Ahern

2/19/2006

Only Your Best is Good Enough

Harvey MacKay

2/19/2006

The Tragedy That Breaks Our Hearts - Prevent Child Abuse Texas

Jacqueline Beretta

2/13/2006

A Feather in Their Cap – The University of Texas at San Antonio Completes the New $84 Million Research Facility

Marianne McBride Lewis

2/13/2006

Reinventing the Way You Go A-courtin’

Jacqueline Beretta

2/13/2006

Why People Ignore Your Newsletter - Part II

Tom Ahern

2/12/2006

10 Rules for Getting Major Gifts

Jacqueline Beretta

2/5/2006

Earned Income Provides a Little Security in an Insecure World

Nell Edgington

2/5/2006

Why People Ignore Your Newsletter

Tom Ahern

2/5/2006

Americans Living in 3rd World Conditions Need Help

Rhonda Hackett

2/5/2006

Effective Marketing Can Bring Greater Fundraising Success

Nell Edgington

1/30/2006

The Vannie E. Cook Jr. Cancer Foundation of the Rio Grande Valley

Jacqueline Beretta

1/29/2006

What I learned in class about marketing planned gifts

Tom Ahern

1/29/2006

Campaign Assessment and Review: What Was Accomplished and What Was Learned

Tony Poderis

1/29/2006

The Guru is Gone

Harvey Mackay

1/23/2006

Consulting Agreement For An Annual Fund Campaign

Tony Poderis

1/23/2006

How to Loose Your Clutter in 10 Days -- Professional Organizer Sets Challenge to Get Rid of it.

Cyndi Seidler

1/23/2006

Excuses, Excuses, Excuses…

Robert C. Harris, CAE

1/23/2006

Cynthia B. Nunn Named President of the Center for Nonprofit Management

Cynthia B. Nunn

1/17/2006

March 31, 1968 – Martin Luther King Spoke In a Very Great and Significant Pulpit - I Was There

Jacqueline Beretta

1/17/2006

Positioning Grant Writers For success

Tony Poderis

1/17/2006

What's A Good Director Of Development Worth?

Tony Poderis

1/8/2006

Negatives Make Good Photos but Bad Attitudes

Harvey Mackay

1/8/2006

Texas Public Radio Fills Need for News, Culture, and Music in San Antonio and Western Hill Country

Denise Wissing

1/8/2006

New Year Makeovers: How to Feel Good, Live Right & Give Better – A How-To For Donors

Jacqueline Beretta

1/2/2006

The Leadership and Outreach of The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center National Network

Jacqueline Beretta

1/2/2006

The Executive Director and Development Director - It can be a relationship made in heaven or hell

Tony Poderis

1/2/2006

Moving Into 2006 – A Look Back at Year End 2005

Jeffrey Ockwood

1/2/2006

According to Capital One, What do Austin, Harris County and Houston, Nueces County and Corpus Christi, and Sugar Land Have in Common?

Jacqueline Beretta

12/27/2005

And the Good News is the Texas Economy is Looking Good! So - Isn't it Time to See Improvement in Education, Health and Economic Development?

Jacqueline Beretta

12/27/2005

HO – HO - HO!! The U.S. Census Bureau on the Holiday Season

U. S. Census Bureau

12/27/2005

Tapping The Philanthropic Well

Tony Poderis

12/27/2005

Meet the TexasNonprofits Advisory Board – Marion Therese Lee

Jacqueline Beretta

12/5/2005

Help For Procrastinators

Fred Smith

12/5/2005

End-of-Year Challenges for Charities

Mary Downey

12/5/2005

Non-Profit Fund-Raising Demystified

Tony Poderis

12/5/2005

Drawing a Bead on Leadership

Harvey Mackay

11/28/2005

Know Your Organization

Tony Poderis

11/28/2005

Foundation Management: Another Twist

Jeffrey A. Ockwood

11/14/2005

Competition for Grants is Huge – So, How Do You Get Noticed?

Jacqueline Beretta

11/14/2005

Over Here!! Look At Me! Look at the Growth in the Number of Nonprofit Groups in Texas from 1996-2004

Jacqueline Beretta

11/14/2005

Taglines, the Predisposed, and Positioning

Tom Ahern

11/7/2005

Silent Witness to Domestic Violence

Marie Albino

10/17/2005

Two True Stories From the Salvation Army

Kelly Drawdy. Kelly Warner & Allison Bujnoch

10/17/2005

Leading Change in Not For Profit Organizations

Garry McDaniel, Ed. D.

10/17/2005

Investment Management by Process

Jeffrey A Ockwood

10/17/2005

The Bargain Sale

Mary Downey

10/10/2005

Me? I’d Rather Be Piglet

Jacqueline Beretta

10/10/2005

From Idea to Action: 5 Steps to Direct Mail Success

Paul Fulham

10/10/2005

Unmarried and Single Americans Week – September 2005

United States Census Bureau

10/10/2005

Starting a Nonprofit - The 21St Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute Hosted By The University Of Texas School of Law

Brown W. Crozier and D’Ann Johnson

10/10/2005

The CE Group Shares Thoughts on Successful Fundraising Events

Jacqueline Beretta

10/3/2005

Just Ask – Getting Support from your Community

Eric Bradshaw

10/3/2005

The I's Have It

Paul Fulham

10/3/2005

Do You Know Your Donors?

Paul Fulham

9/24/2005

School Calendaring Reform: Learning in All Seasons

Charles Ballinger and Carolyn Kneese (In Press – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.)

9/24/2005

Handwritten Notes Never Out of Fashion

Harvey Mackay

9/19/2005

A Compelling Story of Dedication and Volunteerism

Celeste Sauls of the Volunteer Center of North Texas

9/12/2005