Visit Our Friends

yoav@negevdirect.com 08/31/2009

Our amazing web designer just added a new feature to the negevdirect.com website that I’m excited to share with our blog readers. We now have a new button we call “Visit Our Friends” that…

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The Power of the Cirlce

yoav@negevdirect.com 08/26/2009

by Tamar Snyder Staff Writer: Jewish Week of New York The Power Of The Circle: the Next Phase in Jewish Philanthropy Rochelle Kleter never pictured herself as a philanthropist. The first-generation American, born to…

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Cutting Donor Acquisition? Read This First.

yoav@negevdirect.com 08/26/2009

When times are tough, budgets get cut. But, while cutting acquisition may look sensible now, the pain will come in two to three years. Why? Because that’s when acquisition-acquired donors move from break-even to…

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The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits

yoav@negevdirect.com 08/26/2009

Earlier in the month I wrote a post called “Shattering the Myths of Nonprofit Management”. Today I would like to go beyond the myth’s and delve into what makes a nonprofit successful. “…greatness has…

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American In Israel

yoav@negevdirect.com 08/23/2009

Kudos to our good friend Judge Neal Hendel and his wife Marcie on Neal’s appointment to Israel’s Supreme Court. A lengthy late-night talk some years ago with Neal and Marcie convinced us to live…

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Jobs in Jewish Philanthropy – 8.23.2009

yoav@negevdirect.com 08/23/2009

Source: www.philanthropy.com Israel and Jewish Peoplehood Commission: Program Officer Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties(California) 8/11/2009 Development Director Seattle Jewish Community School(Washington) 7/27/2009 Major Gifts Officer Barnes-Jewish Hospital…

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Treat Everyone Like a Goldfish

yoav@negevdirect.com 08/18/2009

Gary V. the internet marketing guru and host of Wine Library TV on why you should treat your donors and customers like goldfish. Sounds fishy? Watch and learn from this 3 minute video to…

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Mission Vs. Everything Else

yoav@negevdirect.com 08/18/2009

I was talking with a co-worker the other day about how Hadassah has been in the news lately… and it hasn’t all been good news. A former Hadassah CFO claimed that she was sleeping…

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