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		<title>It’s the little things</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Recently, a client of mine had a successful cultivation experience that resulted in a successful donation… without a solicitation. At this organization, there are a handful of donors who had not given in three years. Judging by the database notes, they also have not been cultivated or stewarded for three years. No big surprise [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reneeherrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8400339&amp;post=912&amp;subd=reneeherrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The next Bill and Melinda?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John and Laura Arnold, age 37, are Gen X active philanthropists. John, a former Enron employee who walked away with an $8 million bonus, started a hedge fun that manages an estimated $5 billion. The couple started their giving with a gift of $30,000 in 2044 to KIPP, a charter school that has a successful [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reneeherrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8400339&amp;post=903&amp;subd=reneeherrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Work and Play</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last class I taught, one of my students asked me: &#160; How do you balance the friendship/professional relationship if the majority of your Board members are people you befriended before asking them to be on your Board? &#160; &#160; &#160; Michael Scott understands your plight. &#160; This is a tricky question with (hopefully) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reneeherrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8400339&amp;post=896&amp;subd=reneeherrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Mentor</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the Women Give San Diego quarterly member meeting, we started the evening discussing two topics: How mentors have influenced your life. Something you still want to accomplish in your life. It was interesting to hear women discuss how many of them felt supported by their parents who believed that they could do anything, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reneeherrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8400339&amp;post=875&amp;subd=reneeherrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Want to learn how to develop a strategic plan for your organization?</title>
		<link>http://reneeherrell.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/want-to-learn-how-to-develop-a-strategic-plan-for-your-organization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Nonprofit Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am teaching Strategic Planning in October for the University of San Diego Business of Arts Certificate Program. Even if you are not in the &#8220;arts and culture&#8221; sector, I would still encourage you to take the class. I will teach you how to develop a strategic plan for your organization and be provided all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reneeherrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8400339&amp;post=885&amp;subd=reneeherrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Clothes Make the Fundraiser</title>
		<link>http://reneeherrell.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/the-clothes-make-the-fundraiser/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[In the development office]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; In this month’s San Diego Magazine, Tim Gunn (Fashion Guru and host of Project Runway) was quoted: &#160; I always say, “I’d much rather be overdressed [than underdressed]. Better to be overdressed and showing respect for whatever the occasion!” &#160; In the fundraising world, it pays to be and look professional.  Your job as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reneeherrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8400339&amp;post=870&amp;subd=reneeherrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Social Network</title>
		<link>http://reneeherrell.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/the-social-network/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2006, I was asked to be an advisor for a group of 10 college students who were planning to do a service project in Brazil during their spring break. We had weekly meetings to discuss trip planning, fundraising and logistics. Between each meeting, I tried to communicate via email with the students, but received [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reneeherrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8400339&amp;post=865&amp;subd=reneeherrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Board Development Seminar 9/21/11 8-10 AM: Free Admission for the first 5 to respond!</title>
		<link>http://reneeherrell.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/board-development-seminar-free-admission-for-the-first-5-to-respond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am thrilled to be giving a talk on Board Governance &#8212; focusing on identifying, recruiting and maintaining Board members &#8212; at Cavignac &#38; Associates Insurance in downtown San Diego. I have 5 free tickets to give away to the first 5 people who comment on this blog post!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reneeherrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8400339&amp;post=851&amp;subd=reneeherrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Storytelling</title>
		<link>http://reneeherrell.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/storytelling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I was working at my new client’s office and was on a phone call with Miss Jenny Magic of Better Way to Say It. We were discussing “heart string” stories and gathering pictures and stories from the people that Alzheimer’s Association has served to use in direct mail appeals, on the website and other [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reneeherrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8400339&amp;post=859&amp;subd=reneeherrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Evaluating Donor Prospects</title>
		<link>http://reneeherrell.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/evaluating-donor-prospects/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Donor Research]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this great blog from The Compass Group about donor prospects: http://www.therightdirection.com/lz/evaluating-new-donor-prospects.aspx<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reneeherrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8400339&amp;post=841&amp;subd=reneeherrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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