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Coffee Talk: Cybersecurity-Staying Safe Online
During Cybersecurity Awareness month, we discussed how to protect sensitive data and maintain security protocols in a quickly changing environment. We hope you will join this discussion and share what your organization is doing to prevent security threats.
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All things Trust Based Philanthropy Discussion
Big thank you to all of those that joined me and @RikkaHoliday for our Coffee Talk this morning about Trust-Based Philanthropy. Bringing the conversation here to hopefully keep things going! Below are the resources shared on our talk. Feel free to use this thread or start a new thread with any of your lingering questions…
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FAFSA Challenges - What did you do?! Coffee Talk
We had a great live Coffee Talk about FAFSA at the Foundant Summit Conference. Here are some comments from the participants, grouped by theme. Please add thoughts & ideas of your own - We can revisit this next year when we do it all again! FAFSA CHAOS: WHAT DID YOU DO?! We bailed on the whole FAFSA thing and instead went…
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Corporate/Employee Scholarships
Our team is working with a donor to establish a scholarship program for his employees. This is new to our foundation, and we want to ensure we set it up correctly. Is anyone willing to share their agreement language, criteria, scholarship committee makeup, process for working with HR to make sure you are meeting the…
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Telling the Story
@JoshuaBernard and I really enjoyed facilitating the conversation at our Coffee Talk today, "Telling the Story". So I've created this post to continue the discussion! What kind of stories are you telling? Who is your audience? What is your goal in telling your story? Do you use data, narratives, or visuals? What are the…
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How have professional advisors impacted your development strategy? [Coffee Talk]
Use this discussion to share experiences and best practices to supplement the Coffee Talk, Working with Professional Advisors. Other topics of discussion include: - What role do professional advisors play in your organizations? - What are some ways foundations can help professional advisors and their clients? - What…
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Award Displacement Language
I was on a coffee talk yesterday Re: WORKING WITH COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, and someone mentioned that they use Award Displacement Language in their check letters. I would really appreciate if someone could share that verbiage. Thanks😊
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Do you have a collaborative giving group (i.e. Giving Circle or Funder Forum) at your organization?
We would love to hear more about what your organization is doing! Join us for this week's Coffee Talk! Register Here
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How do you stay connected with your Board of Directors and committees?
What strategies do you use to keep your Board connected and engaged with your important philanthropic work? Some questions from today's Coffee Talk to think about: What are your policies and procedures for your Board of Directors and Committees? How do you recruit and bring on new members? How do you structure committees…
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How are you fostering relationships with your scholarship donors?
In today's Coffee Talk we discussed how Scholarship Managers are connecting with their donors to communicate the impact of their generosity. How are you using social media to connect with your students?
