The Canary has a heartbeat
A few months ago I was speaking at a conference and mentioned that Starbucks was the canary in the coal mine signaling the end of excessive discretionary spending. I was reminded of that yesterday when for the first time in over a year our local Bucks was filled to the brim. It was like a [...]
November 9, 2009
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Tags: Discretionary Spending, Economy, Fundraising, Future · Posted in: News of Note
The “Core Affluent” and fundraising
I read an interesting report the other day about how Swiss banks are targeting individuals with a net worth of $1 – $5 million, also known as the “Core Affluent.” The reason is simple – banks are finding that these individuals are easier to work with and more profitable than people with higher levels of wealth. [...]
October 12, 2009
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Tags: Economy, Fundraising, High Net Worth Individuals, Major Gifts, Philanthropy · Posted in: News of Note
Pardon the interruption
For the past few months we have been focused on creating new products and services for our sector, so we have limited our communications to 140 characters or less AKA Tweets (@workinglori and @lawson_david). Now that we have helped to launch DonorTrends, we are getting back to our blog.
While we enjoy the brevity [...]
October 5, 2009
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Tags: Economy, Fundraising, Future, Philanthropy, Wealth · Posted in: News of Note
Fundraisers feeling blue need to think green
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At the same time we are losing blue collar jobs we are starting to see more and more green collar jobs created. An example is NatureWorks, a company headquartered in [...]
April 20, 2009
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Tags: Corporate Giving, Economy, Employment, Fundraising, Green Collar, Jobs, Philanthropy, Wealth · Posted in: News of Note
Where’s the Money Now?
There has been a lot of focus on how much wealth has been lost over the last year and what fundraisers need to do to survive these tough times. Lori and I decided it was time to focus on where the money is rather than where it isn’t. On May 12th we are offering a [...]
April 16, 2009
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Tags: 15th & Lawson, Economy, eLearning, Fundraising, Giving, High Net Worth Individuals, Major Gifts, Philanthropy, Wealth, Webinar · Posted in: News of Note
Is merger mania poised for a return?
The merger and acquisition market is showing signs that maybe just maybe we are going to see some real M&A activity by the end of the year and into 2010. I recently highlighted the IBM/Sun deal, but before that there was a prediction that steel companies will be consolidating as stronger companies take-over the weak ones.
For [...]
April 2, 2009
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Tags: Economy, Fundraising, Major Gifts, Mergers & Acquisitions, Stock Market, Wealth · Posted in: News of Note
Postponement, suspension, delay, reorg, shifting priorities…
Or, our mission has not changed but our areas of interest MAY have. Recently I was researching federal grant programs, foundations and corporate giving programs in order to provide one of my clients some possible funding sources (aka, a funding search). It was amazing but not surprising the number of foundations that had posted on [...]
March 23, 2009
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Tags: 990, connectedness, corporate giving programs, Economy, Foundations, Funding, Fundraising, information professionals, nonprofits, Philanthropy, Wealth · Posted in: News of Note
A little Sunshine to go with your java this morning
The news this morning that IBM may buy Sun Microsystems highlights that in a down economy you often see two types of merger & acquisition activity: 1) bargain hunting as stock prices fall and 2) companies seeking to find new revenue sources as their existing businesses struggle.
For fundraisers any increase in M&A activity is good because [...]
March 18, 2009
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Tags: Economy, Major Gifts, Mergers & Acquisitions, Stock Market, Wealth · Posted in: News of Note
Which economic ledge is your prospect on?
We are all trying to figure when we will hit the true bottom of what is fast becoming known as The Great Recession. The problem with searching for “a” bottom is that the economy actually contains many of them. Think ledges and you will be closer to the truth.
These economic ledges have two primary characteristics: place [...]
March 10, 2009
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Tags: Economy, Entrepreneurs, Future, High Net Worth Individuals, Outlook, Philanthropy, Unemployment, Wealth · Posted in: News of Note
Giving from the mattress fund
We are doing research for our upcoming webinar Where’s the Money Now? and we came across an interesting chart from a Capgemini/Merrill Lynch survey showing asset allocation for High Net Worth Individual (HNWI) households in 2005, 2006, 2007, and a projection for this year. Note the decrease in real estate and alternative investments (combined 36% in [...]
March 5, 2009
· LoriAndDavid · One Comment
Tags: Annual Giving, assets, Economy, Giving, Major Gifts, Philanthropy, Planned Gifts, Wealth · Posted in: News of Note
