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Category Archives: Trust
The demise of social currency
In the late 90s, when moving back from Madrid to the U.S., my wife and I took time in the weeks prior to our departure to say goodbye to our friends at the pastry shop, the butcher, the cheese vendor … Continue reading
Things that work
Here’s post #3 in a connected series of events. First, I wrote a post about trust which, from what I saw and heard (traffic, comments, feedback) was well-received. Then, connected to that post, I received a totally unexpected gift from … Continue reading
Trust
Glenn Urban at MIT teaches us about the importance of the power of trust. Glenn observes, as have many others, that we have shifted from a mass-media, high promotion world (that effectively ended at the start of this decade) to … Continue reading
What’s in it for me?
There are a lot of ‘what’s in it for me’ strategies out there, and they are usually run by ‘what’s in it for me’ people. Right now AIG feels a lot like this, as do seven- and eight-figure bonuses at … Continue reading
What does the financial meltdown have to do with raising money?
What have I found most surprising about raising money for a nonprofit? It’s that, when seen on the spectrum of “objective decisions” v. “relationships and trust,” most philanthropic decisions are made based on relationships and trust. This shouldn’t be too … Continue reading
