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Advancing Philanthropy May / June 2012

Ideas & Strategies from the Association of Fundraising Professionals

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16  (AD)VANTAGE POINT 
How to change your organization by changing your perspective
By Paul Lagasse

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Features

22  OUTSIDE THE COMFORT ZONE
How to thrive without losing the passion that inspired your organization’s founding
By Paul Lagasse

28  CAN YOU SEE ME NOW? [Download the PDF of this Article]
How to bring your organization’s stories to life
By Mary Ellen Collins

34  INTERACT, INNOVATE, INSPIRE [Download the PDF of this Article] [Download the Library Case Statement for this Article]
How necessity can be the mother of innovation—and invention
By Mary Ellen Collins

41  FUNDRAISING TECHNOLOGY
Tech Talk, Trends, Tips … and More

Columns

4  WELCOME TO THE DIGITAL ADVANCING PHILANTHROPY

Departments

6  WORTH A LOOK
Some of the latest stories and updates affecting nonprofit professionals

49  MANAGEMENT TRENDS [Download the PDF of this Article]
Creating a Culture of ‘Futuring’

56  YOUR CAREERWrite On!
By Mary Ellen Collins

60  BEST BETS
Stories of ‘Successful Failures’
By Paul Lagasse

62  PROSPECT DEVELOPMENT 
Making the Best Use of Research

65  PHILANTHROPIC PLANNING
Capacity for Care: Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow
By John J. Havens and Paul G. Schervish

68  WHAT’S WORKING
People Like Us

70  INCLUSIVENESS
Fostering Innovation Through Diversity

72  AP RESOURCES
Your Fundraising Resource Marketplace

73  AFP CENTRAL
Goings-on at AFP

75  THE LAST WORD [Download the PDF of this Article]
I Remember When …
By Larry Hostetler, CFRE

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