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,...
by Dawn Franks | Dec 12, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Family, Giving, Millennials, Next Generation, Nonprofits
Is someone missing from your holiday gatherings this year? It seems there is always an empty chair at the table. Someone you just lost or lost many years ago, someone who is across the country or simply at another gathering -whatever the reason, the chair is still...
