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“A person is a person through other persons” Ubuntu, an African proverb. Reflection question: Reflection on generosity: As a blessing or curse, people are more connected in a rural area. This month, we are starting a four-week series on the connectivity of small towns and its impact on capital campaigns. By connectivity, I mean the web of relationships that tie a community to...

For the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts,” Middlemarch by George Eliot Reflection questions: Reflection on quote: Can we compete? Is our campaign too small? Smaller capital campaigns have a greater impact in our small towns and rural communities. Yet, when applying for capital grants or preparing to meet with a major donor, it is easy to fall i...

For the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts,” Middlemarch by George Eliot Reflection questions: Reflection on quote: A client planned a simple solar project, then a hailstorm came through. So capital campaigns aren't just planned during strategic planning processes. In rural communities, capital campaigns happen as a result of a natural disaster m...

“But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts,” Middlemarch by George Eliot Reflection questions: Reflection on quote: Did you know that the largest capital campaign completed in 5 years was for $9.6 billion that’s billion with a b through Harvard University? That number is...