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Articles Contributed by Your CharityChannel Colleagues
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 A Grant Professional’s Challenge: How to Beat Burn-Out?
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
by Arvetta Jideonwo
Recently, my son was ill. Caring for him, while trying to maintain a balance between my family obligations and work life, left me tired, worn out, and over-worked. Striving to be a good mother, wife and grant professional, I find that I am continually challenged to maintain a balance between my personal and work lives. I know that a healthy balance between my different lives is critical to my success and happiness.
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Reviewing Governance Part 2 - The Process
 Wednesday, January 27, 2010
by Jane Garthson
Part 1 of this article was about the when and why of governance reviews in community, public and mutual benefit organizations. It mentioned some warning signs that indicate a governance review might be warranted, noted some times when such a review should be deferred, and spoke to the benefits. So let’s now help you get on with carrying out a governance review. What is the process? Who does what? What happens afterwards?
Reviewing Governance Part 1 - When and Why
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
by Jane Garthson
How do you know if your organization’s governance is good enough? If you haven’t reviewed it in the last few years, you simply do not know. More and more organizations are conducting governance reviews, and finding the reviews worthwhile even if they decide against major change. The discussions about why you lead as you do will still be worthwhile, and you are certain to find some change, however small, that really makes a difference.
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Is Your Story Worth Buying?
 Thursday, January 21, 2010
by Rebecca Shawver
Every grant professional that I know loves to read. And I’m sure that we can all agree, no one likes reading long, boring, and repetitive stories. Rather a short story or a full link novel, we want excitement in our books. And most of us are long past reading formula novels such as Nancy Drew mysteries and the Adventures of the Hardy Boy. We want our novels to be just that, novel. Interesting and exciting. Unpredictable and thrilling.
Projections Should Be Based on Facts
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
by Rebecca Shawver
From the start of my grant writing career, setting performance objectives has always been one of the most difficult challenges I faced with each new proposal writing assignment. As a grant professional, many of the staff and administrators assumed that I would know what figures to insert. But as every grant writer knows, the typical Request for Proposal does not indicate how many clients the funder would like its grantees to serve, nor does it indicate specific outcome measurements or success indicators. These are left to the discretion of applicants.
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 Why does your nonprofit organization need a gift acceptance policy?
January 6, 2010
by Norman Olshansky
Decisions related to acceptance of out of the ordinary donations and pledges can be among the most challenging issues nonprofit professionals and leaders have to address, related to fundraising....
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Show and Tell – and Ask
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
by Teri S. Blandon, CFRE
Funders stop supporting our nonprofits for a number of reasons – their endowments drop; they shift their programmatic focus; or, as often happens with government agencies, a specific grant program is no longer funded. All of these situations are out of our control. But sometimes, the reason why the donor walked away is within our control, such as when the donor doesn’t feel connected to our organization or no longer trusts it. Therefore, a stewardship strategy is an important part of a successful fundraising plan -- as important as writing the proposal.
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CharityChannel Summit 2010
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Registration is Now Open!
Special EARLY Early Bird Rate for Month of February Only
To celebrate this upcoming CharityChannel Summit 2010, we've just opened up registration — but with a twist. For the month of February only, you will receive not just an Early Bird rate, but an EARLY Early Bird rate. This is our way of saying THANK YOU for years of loyalty and support. We expect over 700 colleagues to join us this year.
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How to Submit a Proposal
CharityChannel invites you and your colleagues to join a distinguished group of experts who will be presenting at the 2010 CharityChannel Summit Conference in St. Pete Beach, Florida on November 3-6, 2010. Please complete the electronic form by February 28, 2010.
If you will be presenting with another person, you need only submit one proposal per presentation. Do note that submissions for multiple topics are welcome. Submissions will be reviewed and scored by review panels and coordinated through CharityChannel's Peer-Review Committee. References are necessary (and contacted) in order to fully evaluate your proposed presentation.
Applicants will be notified of their proposal status no later than April 30, 2010.
About CharityChannel. CharityChannel, founded in 1992, is a resource that connects you to your nonprofit colleagues around the corner and around the world. Our Purpose: To foster a place where nonprofit professionals can learn from each other, share information and work together to advance the cause of philanthropy. The CharityChannel community is comprised of nonprofit-sector professionals who volunteer their time, advice, information, tips and articles for the benefit of the community.
About the 2010 CharityChannel Summit. CharityChannel anticipates that the 2010 CharityChannel Summit will attract more than 700 attendees from across the country and internationally. The CharityChannel Summits, Established in 2003, attract the top experts in leadership and fundraising who conduct original, best-practices workshops and presentations. Conference participants enjoy workshops on a wide variety of topics presented by the most experienced and knowledgeable experts in their respective fields. Workshop presenters are experienced, in-the-trenches colleagues having demonstrable records of achievement in their field and top standing among their professional peers.
The conference has become known as one of the best ways to strengthen your skills and prepare to move to the top of your field. Attendees include nonprofit leaders and administrators, colleagues who work in all aspects of fund development, consultants, attorneys, and more. Indeed, attendees mirror the CharityChannel professional community, which, with tens of thousands of participants, is a cross-section of the third sector professional community.
Presentation Information
Attendees’ Professional Levels: While beginners are welcome and encouraged to attend the conference, CharityChannel is especially geared toward intermediate to advanced professionals, who are the majority of CharityChannel Summit attendees.
Presentation Topics: Presentation topics should be aligned with one of two categories:
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Nonprofit Fundraising
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Nonprofit Leadership
You can see representative sessions from prior CharityChannel Summits here.
Presentation Length: Options for actual in-session presentation time (exclusive of breaks and lunch) are:
1½ hours (continuous, with no scheduled break)
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3 hours (presented as two 1½ hour sessions, morning or afternoon, with ½-hour break)
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All-day 6-hour sessions (morning and afternoon, with additional breaks and 1½ hours for lunch
The average number of session attendees at each workshop at past conferences is 35.
Discounted Conference Fees: CharityChannel is not able to offer compensation to our presenters; however, we are pleased to offer a significant registration discount for those presenters who would like to attend other workshops, share in mealtime events, etc. Presenters who do not stay for any part of the conference are not required to pay a conference registration fee. Travel, hotel, and other expenses are the responsibility of the presenter unless other arrangements are made. Special presenters’ fees are:
Presenters staying for any or all of the conference receive a 30% discount on their registration rates. In order to be eligible for this discount, presenters whose proposals are accepted must submit all presentation materials and handouts by the deadline established in the presentation acceptance offer, which is, July 31, 2010.
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Presenters whose sessions are immediately before or after a meal function will be provided a complimentary meal.
Presenter Responsibilities: For accurate and timely conference program content and publication, presenters are required to abide by submission requirements below regarding text relating to bios and presentation descriptions. If available, please include presentation materials with your proposal. For 2010, ALL presentation handouts are required in electronic format for web and/or flash drive access (pdf format preferred). Handouts and all presentation materials will be required electronically by the July 31, 2010 deadline for distribution at the conference.
Marketing Opportunities for Presenters: Please note that overt marketing of services, materials, or products by presenters is not permitted during presentations. Presenters interested in marketing their services and materials should become a sponsor and/or exhibitor. Please contact CharityChannel at +1 949 589-5938 if interested.
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