Reflections on Generosity for Capital Campaigns

Series 7: Patience in Planning (Episodes 147-149)

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Series 6: Managing Stress (Episodes 144-146)

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Series 5: Authentic Giving (Episodes 139-143)

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Series 4: Cultivating an Abundance Mindset (Episodes 136-138)

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Series 3: Neuroscience and Giving (Episodes 130-135)

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Series 2: Genuine Community Building (Episodes 123-127)

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Series 1: Navigating Uncertainty (Episodes 117-122)

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158: Leading with Integrity - Openness About Setbacks

"...whatever you do, let your aim be goodness, goodness as it is rightly understood. Hold to this in every action..." This week, I am reading a quote from Meditations by

157: Leading with Integrity - Clarity for the Giver

"...And he will refrain from giving to anybody and everybody, that he may have something to give to the right people, at the right time, and where it is noble to do so...

156: Leading with Integrity - Honesty Builds Trust

"...Admitting uncertainties or limitations, for example, saying, 'We can’t help everyone, but here’s how we are trying,' can actually boost credibility..."  I

155: Leading with Integrity - Inviting Scrutiny

"...that which is a hindrance is made a furtherance to an act; and that which is an obstacle on the road helps us on this road..." This week, I am reading a quote from M

154: Developing Discipline - Ongoing Stewardship

"...We must now consider what is the main cause of ingratitude..." This week, I am reading a quote from On Benefits by Seneca the Younger, published in 59 AD. Reflectio

153: Developing Discipline - Following Up

"...Hope is not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it

152: Developing Discipline - Planting Seeds to Raise Awareness

"...this old man was one of the most useful citizens of the world in his humble way. He has made a greater contribution to our civilization than we realize. He has left a

151: Developing Discipline - Prioritizing Tasks

"...This we must shed; this we must cast away, or else remain in misery..." In this second episode in our series on developing discipline, we are discussing the the effe

150: Developing Discipline - Inviting Donors

"..Consistent with social learning theory, individuals tend to carry beliefs about money and money skills learned in childhood into their adult lives..." This week, I’m

149: Patience in Planning - Hold Loosely to Wishes

"...Fancy is fruitful and promises fair, but, like the dog in the fable, we catch at a shadow, and when we find the disappointment, we are vexed, not with ourselves, who

148: Patience in Planning - Persuading Partners

"...The leadership of individuals or groups who can back their beliefs financially is particularly essential in the field of cultural amenities, in the fine arts, in educ

147: Patience in Planning - Envision the Future

"...Books which it would have been impossible for me to obtain elsewhere were, by his wise generosity, placed within my reach; and to him I owe a taste for literature whi

146: Managing Stress - Grieve Too

.."And then with a cry from his soul despairing,He bowed him down to the earth and wept. But a voice cried aloud from the driving rain;“Arise, old man, and plant again!”