by Dawn Franks | Sep 4, 2024 | Blog, Donors, Giving, Nonprofits
What’s that saying, “If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.” It’s also known as the duck test. It seems so simple, a straightforward and plausible way of thinking. Yet, the duck test can...
by Dawn Franks | Aug 21, 2024 | Blog, Business, Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Uncategorized
Photo by Shashi Chaturvedula on Unsplash Let’s talk about the business of philanthropy – not improving nonprofits with business principles, but rather, the power of philanthropy mixed directly into the business world. Or maybe it happens in my kitchen every time...
by Dawn Franks | Jul 10, 2024 | Blog, Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Nonprofits
I turned the calendar page this morning and found this quote: “Starting over is not starting from scratch; it’s starting from experience.” Career changes, family interruptions and losses, moving, education decisions, devastating weather events, and on and on, starting...
by Dawn Franks | May 20, 2024 | Blog, Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Next Generation
The front page of today’s newspaper has a wonderful story about a graduating high school senior at the top of his class, already facing life’s realities and unexpected changes to his dreams. You remember the dreams when we were young and barely tarnished...
by Dawn Franks | Apr 17, 2024 | Blog, Donors, Giving
What are your aspirations for generosity? Do you dream of what might be? What you could be doing? How you might do something differently? Dreams always lead to me storytelling – the stories I tell myself. As a kid, I dreamed and devised stories on walks to and from...
by Dawn Franks | Mar 21, 2024 | Blog, Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Nonprofits
Exactly twenty-two months ago, we adopted a two-month-old corgi. On the drive home, we named her Sophie. Later, while completing her registration papers, I decided that Sophie’s name didn’t do her justice. The application provided a long string of squares...
