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		<title>Overcoming the 9 Fundraising NOs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Rosen, CFRE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m a huge, long-time fan of Bernard Ross, author and Director of The Management Centre. I first met him years ago when we were both speaking at the Institute of Fundraising Conference in the United Kingdom. His presentation was thoroughly entertaining and packed with valuable insights from his years as a nonprofit consultant with some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaelrosensays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18830824&amp;post=904&amp;subd=michaelrosensays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Special Report: Damage Control&#8211;How to Counter Bad Press!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Rosen, CFRE</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://michaelrosensays.wordpress.com/?p=897</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[Publisher's Note: “Special Reports” are posted from time-to-time as a benefit for subscribers and frequent visitors to this blog. “Special Reports” are not widely promoted. To be notified of all new posts, including "Special Reports," please take a moment to subscribe in the right-hand column.] A number of nonprofit organizations have been in the news [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaelrosensays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18830824&amp;post=897&amp;subd=michaelrosensays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti: A Young Professional’s Compelling Lessons for All Nonprofits</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Rosen, CFRE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been just over two years since a catastrophic, magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti. Today, the people of that small island nation continue to suffer. What lessons should the nonprofit community have learned by now in order to better help Haiti? What lessons can all foreign aid organizations learn from Haiti that can be applied anywhere? What [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaelrosensays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18830824&amp;post=876&amp;subd=michaelrosensays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking News: Brain Scan Study Gives Fresh Insight into Charitable Giving Behavior</title>
		<link>http://michaelrosensays.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/breaking-news-brain-scan-study-gives-fresh-insight-into-charitable-giving-behavior/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Rosen, CFRE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An exciting new study from researchers at Texas Tech University used brain scans to garner fresh insight into charitable giving behavior. Specifically, the study looked at what motivates individuals to make a charitable bequest commitment as well as what de-motivates them. This is the first time that Magnetic Resonance Imaging has been used to examine charitable bequest decision [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaelrosensays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18830824&amp;post=851&amp;subd=michaelrosensays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does Komen Have a Communications or Integrity Problem?</title>
		<link>http://michaelrosensays.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/does-komen-have-a-communications-or-integrity-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Rosen, CFRE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh no! It’s another week and two more major nonprofit organizations are in the news, for less than an ideal reason. The big news is the result of a controversial decision by one of the organizations. On January 31, 2012, the Associated Press broke the news that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaelrosensays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18830824&amp;post=836&amp;subd=michaelrosensays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can a Nonprofit Return a Donor’s Gift?</title>
		<link>http://michaelrosensays.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/can-a-nonprofit-return-a-donors-gift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Rosen, CFRE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two relatively recent news events have raised the issue of nonprofit organizations returning gifts to donors:   The mainstream media wanted to know if Penn State University should return donations to donors who ask for a refund or should Penn State stick to its longstanding policy of not returning gifts. Following the Jerry Sandusky child [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaelrosensays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18830824&amp;post=826&amp;subd=michaelrosensays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Special Report: Winner of Free Book Contest Announced</title>
		<link>http://michaelrosensays.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/special-report-winner-of-free-book-contest-announced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Rosen, CFRE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Publisher's Note: “Special Reports” are posted from time-to-time as a benefit for subscribers and frequent visitors to this blog. “Special Reports” are not widely promoted. To be notified of all new posts, including "Special Reports," please take a moment to subscribe in the right-hand column.] We have winner! On January 13, 2012, I published the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaelrosensays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18830824&amp;post=820&amp;subd=michaelrosensays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Special Report: Former Penn State Coach Joe Paterno Dies</title>
		<link>http://michaelrosensays.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/special-report-former-penn-state-coach-joe-paterno-dies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Rosen, CFRE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Publisher's Note: “Special Reports” are posted from time-to-time as a benefit for subscribers and frequent visitors to this blog. “Special Reports” are not widely promoted. To be notified of all new posts, including "Special Reports," please take a moment to subscribe in the right-hand column.] Happy Valley Pennsylvania, home of Penn State University, is not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaelrosensays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18830824&amp;post=812&amp;subd=michaelrosensays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Garth Brooks Sues Hospital for Return of $500,000 Gift</title>
		<link>http://michaelrosensays.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/garth-brooks-sues-hospital-for-return-of-500000-gift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Rosen, CFRE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news about country-music superstar Garth Brooks this week was not about his latest appearance on stage. Instead, the big story was about his appearance in a courtroom as jury selection began in his civil lawsuit against Integris Canadian Valley Regional Hospital, Yukon, OK. Brooks is seeking the return of his $500,000 contribution since the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaelrosensays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18830824&amp;post=803&amp;subd=michaelrosensays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Special Report: Blackbaud Acquires Convio</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Publisher's Note: “Special Reports” are posted from time-to-time as a benefit for subscribers and frequent visitors to this blog. “Special Reports” are not widely promoted. To be notified of all new posts, including "Special Reports," please take a moment to subscribe in the right-hand column.] Blackbaud announced this week that it has acquired rival Convio for $312 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaelrosensays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18830824&amp;post=799&amp;subd=michaelrosensays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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