IT’S NOT THE MOST GLAMOROUS PART OF THE JOB. But very necessary. We cannot get to first base with anyone until we get the meeting, either for ourselves or for the principal or key volunteer in our organization. So part of what we have to do is “sell” the meeting to the friend or constituent. [...]
Category Archives: Executive Memo
The toughest question
November 3, 2009 – 9:30 pm
HERE IS ONE OF THE MOST significant and most difficult questions of philanthropy. Why? Three letters and a bit of punctuation within which is captured an inquiry that could easily set us scrambling for information. In our rush we may articulate a reverse justification that begins at that thing we wish to fund. Or so [...]
Promise
September 23, 2009 – 9:38 pm
AUTHOR, MONTANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY pioneer, history professor K. Ross Toole would taunt his students saying go ahead. Leave Montana. See what the rest of the world has to offer. You’ll be back. He used to get to say that to a lot of young people, myself included. His Montana and the West course was offered in [...]
What we do
September 10, 2009 – 7:14 pm
Photo W O’Leary | Sunrise over the Bridgers IF YOUR ORGANIZATION is interested in having us consult with you here is a brief description of how we do things. We don’t have an off-the-shelf, one-size-fits-all, program for you. We start working on a proposal after we’ve had a chance to talk with you a few [...]
Bumps in the road
July 11, 2009 – 10:58 am
Patrick Sheehy of MajorGiftsMT writes about the Executive Director’s role in times of crisis — especially in times of cash crunch.