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June 2024 News – What About Me? What Am I Doing for Myself and My Career?

What About Me? What Am I Doing for Myself and My Career? Self-care, self-nurturing, me time…Who has time? When was the last time you did something that was just for you? Not your kids, not your spouse/partner, or parents, or friends, or boss, just you? When I was married the…

vickyJuly 9, 2024

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April News – Next Chapter

Next Chapter Who remembers January 2020? It was three months before COVID became a household word and our way of life changed drastically. I remember that month because that’s when I launched my business, DMGroupConsulting. I never thought I would become an entrepreneur and move to the other side, the…

vickyApril 13, 2023

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October News – Ethics Awareness Month

Ethics Awareness Month October is AFP Ethics Awareness Month and Mike Geiger, President of AFP Global, wants us to “Live Ethics Out Loud!” I’m not quite sure what that means, but there’s lots of information available on the website, https://afpglobal.org/ethicsmonth. AFP Code of Ethical Standards Donor Bill of Rights Toolkit…

vickyNovember 2, 2022

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September News – Careers in Professional Fundraising

There’s More Than One Chief Development Officer Grant Writer Charitable Gift Planner Annual Fund Manager Database Specialist Prospect Researcher Donor Relations Director Director of Foundations Director of Alumni Relations Director of Grants Philanthropic Advisor Event Planner Digital Engagement Officer Grants Manager Corporate Relations Director Senior Directors Vice Presidents Associates Consultants…

vickySeptember 21, 2022

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June News – Pay Equity and More

It’s been several news cycles since this story came out, but it still resonates with me: equal pay for equal work. US Soccer will pay their professional players – women and men – the same. This was announced May 18 with little fanfare. It was so understated, I double checked…

vickyJune 20, 2022

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January News – Teams

Are you a team of One or do you supervise a department or a whole organization? When planning my monthly newsletters and weekly About Fundraising webinars for 2022, I decided to organize everything around monthly themes. The theme for January is Teams. Each Thursday at noon, CST, on About Fundraising,…

vickyJanuary 12, 2022

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