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		<title>Five Board DevelopmentTo-Dos</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is key to developing your board&#8217;s effectiveness? Please take a look at this brief video about five factors that are essential, and that you can begin to put in place right now! This was an interview with the Foundation Center San Francisco: http://www.grantspace.org/Multimedia/Video/Lisa-Hoffman-on-Board-Development-2013-03-20 &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Approaching Board Accountability with Grace</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Explore how to boards and accountability in an effective, clear way that values relationships and emphasizes open, kind communication.]]></description>
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		<title>The Fundraising Power of Membership</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Membership organizations are in a powerful fundraising position because there is a core of passionate and committed constituents. This panel discussion will explore how small, medium and large organizations effectively integrate membership and fund development to raise more money.  Panelists are:  Kellie Brownell, Donor Relations Coordinator, Electronic Frontier Foundation; Stacy Rackusin, Membership Manager, Asian Art [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can This Meeting Be Saved?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lisahoffman.net/?p=534</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Learn how to plan and lead effective]]></description>
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		<title>Engage Your Board in Year End Fundraising</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Develop the tools and know-how to work with the board you have effectively on year-end fundraising. Thursday, September 13, 10 AM at the Foundation Center, Sutter St, SF]]></description>
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		<title>Tackling a Tough Board Issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 02:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Changing a nonprofit boards culture is incredibly challenging, and I wrote the following article, about a board that has accomplished this, for the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Golden Gate Chapter. I very much appreciate their invitation to share the story of a board that has transformed its communication practices]]></description>
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		<title>When You Hear What You Dread Most</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 02:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A colleague who took my Mindful Communication workshop earlier this year told me that she was in a meeting in which the other participants told her what she most dreaded to hear. But she remembered how important it is to really listen and accept others&#8217; position, even if you disagree violently. She did this, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part of the Solution</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lisahoffman.net/?p=252</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So often I work with executive directors and development directors who are frustrated with their boards but don&#8217;t articulate the issues and therefore don&#8217;t involve their board in the solution.  I&#8217;m working with two nonprofits whose board members largely don&#8217;t return phone calls or respond to e-mails &#8212; even from their board chair. Leadership was frustrated, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Give Your Fundraising Plan a Tuneup!</title>
		<link>http://www.lisahoffman.net/boards/give-fundraising-plan-tuneup/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lisahoffman.net/boards/give-fundraising-plan-tuneup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 22:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lisahoffman.net/?p=420</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Freshen and strengthen your fundraising plan in this strategy and tactic rich interactive workshop on Thursday, May 17, 2012, 10 AM at the Foundation Center...]]></description>
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		<title>What Is a 21st-Century Board?</title>
		<link>http://www.lisahoffman.net/boards/21stcentury-board-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lisahoffman.net/boards/21stcentury-board-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lisahoffman.net/?p=404</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[            &#8220;Actionable nuggets of wisdom,&#8221; was my favorite expectation of those expressed by a 50+ audience for a Foundation Center program I facilitated on Thursday, September 22, called “What is a 21st Century Board?”  The following panel of seasoned board members and nonprofit professionals offered just that: Norma Fogelberg, Board Development Chair, San Francisco Zen [...]]]></description>
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