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Cultivating Donor Relationships In The Nonprofit Community

Nonprofit professionals continuously search for potential donors who believe in the organization's mission and are willing to donate money to support it. All too often, however, the organization lacks an organized system to cultivate meaningful relationships with these individuals. This article provides some tips on developing, implementing, and monitoring an effective donor program. 1. If you do not currently possess some type of donor software, research different software programs and select the program that best fits the needs of your organization.

Primary topic: Executive Coach and Executive Coaching

Executive Coach and Executive Coaching

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Five Tips for Fighting Fairly

Let's face it, everyone engages in an altercation or fight at some point in their life. It can be with a spouse, partner, parent, sibling, friend, or coworker. The important thing to remember is that no one wins in a fight. If people are yelling at each other, they are not listening to each other. Here are some tips to prevent a fight or ensure that once one starts, it doesn't escalate into a full-blown screaming match.

Primary topic: Executive Coach and Executive Coaching

Executive Coach and Executive Coaching

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If Happiness Is A Choice, How Can You Create It?

Abraham Lincoln once said that "People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.” This statement is extremely powerful, as it makes each of us responsible for creating our own happiness. We can not obtain happiness from other people or from material objects; it has to start within us. The following provides some steps as to how you can create happiness in your life. 1. First, acknowledge that happiness is a choice, that you do have options as to how you live your life, and that you can be happy if you choose to. Don’t think about yesterday or the past.

Primary topic: Executive Coach and Executive Coaching

Executive Coach and Executive Coaching

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Taking Control of Your Life

Virginia Woolf once said that “To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.” Empowerment is the process of developing our personal power so that we control our own life, leading to personal freedom. To become empowered, I found the following six steps to be helpful: 1. Understand that you have control over your life and that no one can control you. This first step is absolutely critical. Although others may have controlled your life in the past or may still attempt to do so, you are the one who ultimately controls your life.

Primary topic: Executive Coach and Executive Coaching

Executive Coach and Executive Coaching

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Six Tips For Loving The Fabulous Person You Are

Throughout my life, I've encountered scores of people who don't appear to love themselves. They say negative things about their appearance, their lack of success at work, not being a good parent or child, or not making the right choices in life. While it is true that we all grapple with issues related to any of these items, we should spend more time on itemizing and being grateful for our positive attributes and successes, and less time on what we feel is wrong with us, negative experiences, or perceived failures.

Primary topic: Executive Coach and Executive Coaching

Executive Coach and Executive Coaching

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Think Big, Start Small! – Take Your First Step Towards Achieving Your Goals Today

2009 is a new year, a new beginning! As you enter 2009, what changes do you want to make this year? What are your priorities? Do you want to eat healthier, lose weight, manage your time more efficiently, decrease your stress level, increase your productivity, secure a new job/change careers, become a better person/friend/parent, develop healthier relationships or create a healthy balance between your personal and professional life? If you answered yes to any of these questions or have another goal in mind, your next step is to actually make the change. This is where people get stuck.

Primary topic: Executive Coach and Executive Coaching

Executive Coach and Executive Coaching

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Developing a Social Media Presence on Facebook - Is It for Your Nonprofit Organization?

Today, there is quite a bit of buzz about social media, what it is, and whether or not you should develop a social media presence. And, you have probably heard about a variety of social media sites, such as MySpace, Linked In, Twitter, and Facebook. Because the number of social media sites can be overwhelming, this article’s focus is on using Facebook, as a tool in your social media campaign.

Primary topic: Executive Coach and Executive Coaching

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Making the Most Out of Your Busy Day

My mother once said that the older we get, the faster time flies. How true that is! In today’s fast paced world, we work, raise families, manage household chores, run errands, volunteer, help our neighbors and the community, etc. There never seems to be enough time in a day. Despite this, there are a few things you can do to better manage your day and still take care of yourself. 1. Realize that you do have control over managing your time and make a conscious choice to do so.

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