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Being True to Our Mission

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Interesting article in the Wall Street Journal the other day -  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122963299671419401.html

This article jumped off the page for me. I raised the issue in a blog post awhile back in May of 2008 - 

 see…. http://oculusdirect.com/blog/2008/05/

To see this article raise this issue means a great deal to me and should to you as well. The nonprofit sector can no longer be complacent – especially, regarding how we are measured not just by ourselves but our donors and ...

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Let’s Re-calibrate Our Priorities

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I am sure you are just as appalled as I am with regard to the Madoff scandal, Ponzi Scheme, swindle or whatever you want to call it. But no matter what you call it there seems to be change in the wind – not just on Wall Street but also in how we live our lives and what we should consider important.

How can we see so much wealth, or presumed wealth, evaporate into thin air. Where did it go? Were ...

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How should a nonprofit deal with the economic downturn?

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The million dollar question on every nonprofit leaders mind is how to deal with the ongoing economic downturn. Are we pulling out of it? Is the worst yet to come? How long will it last? And what will be the short and long-term consequences to the business and its fundraising capacity? The uncertainty of it all is incredibly unsettling. I don’t think there is a nonprofit leader that can look at the current economic conditions and say to themselves and their ...

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Five factors that will shape your business in the future

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GLOBALIZATION: The world has shrunk. It is truly a small world after all. The barriers of time, geography, language and culture are breaking down at a break-neck pace. The new European Union and the fall of Communism are only two examples. But the Internet and other electronic and digital technologies will continue to break the barriers down even further. Corporations from all nations are looking for ways to reach other countries. Many companies that just a short time ago was ...

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