by Dawn Franks | Jun 5, 2019 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Nonprofits
A recent five-hour drive to my dad’s home was more than enough time for thoughts to drift in and out about work over the last several weeks. First, there was a phone conversation with a couple exploring a list of nonprofits and navigating how to make large...
by Dawn Franks | May 14, 2019 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Next Generation, Nonprofits
What if today is the beginning of the last one-third of your life? How will you define success for that last one-third? Generosity or zeroes in the bank? I recently read an article about giving in the last one-third of a lifetime. The writer, Bruce Deboskey, a...
by Dawn Franks | Apr 29, 2019 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Nonprofits
Frankly, I’m stumped. A friend asked how to get nonprofit organizations to stop sending information, invites and fundraising letters. What makes this a complicated question, and what I explained to my friend, is that nonprofits learn a relationship with a donor takes...
by Dawn Franks | Mar 20, 2019 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Nonprofits
Paul Harvey might have left us ten years ago, but the rest of the story has never gone away. Growing up on AM radio meant that I listened to Paul Harvey talk about the news of the day and heard his fascinating The Rest of the Story segments almost daily. I learned...
by Dawn Franks | Mar 5, 2019 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Nonprofits
Walking to the front of the room I knew I had one job to accomplish. I needed to thank officers, welcome new board members and especially turn the reins over to the new board chair. But as I turned to face the audience, it separated into the faces of spouses,...
by Dawn Franks | Feb 6, 2019 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Nonprofits
Is time your friend or foe? One moment it crawls at a snail’s pace and the next minute rushes by like a rabbit in a race with a dog. In my experience, the rabbit always wins the race and my snail-paced moments are rare. As I write today the year is one-twelfth over,...