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		<title>A gift from donors to start your week</title>
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		<dc:creator>Penelope Burk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just spent a few delightful hours reading comments from donors in the 2013 Cygnus Donor Survey. With 31,000 Americans and Canadians participating this year, I could have filled up several days scanning what they had to say about philanthropy, fundraising and the not-for-profits they love. But as my colleagues in fundraising know perhaps better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve got a great idea for an event&#8230;and it won&#8217;t take any staff time (well, hardly any)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penelope Burk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have never heard this at a Board or Committee meeting, you haven&#8217;t been in fundraising very long. I started my fundraising career in an organization that earned 100% of its private sector revenue from fundraising events. The fact that I was hired as Director of Marketing and Public Relations, and not Director of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donor-Centered Cause Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penelope Burk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the checkout lineup at my local grocery store, I’m bracing myself for what is coming when I get up to the front of the line. I’m going to be asked to add $1 or $2 to my grocery bill to support a worthy cause that the store is championing. And, once again, I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Moments in Volunteer Fundraising</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penelope Burk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have a story about a great volunteer fundraising experience &#8212; one in which your Board of Directors or a member of your Board did a really great job? If so, I would love to hear it. Your stories about how board members have stepped up to the plate to make great things happen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing Young Fundraisers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penelope Burk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Sigh&#8230;another critical expose of Generation Y in the workplace. In a recent radio interview, an HR consultant was speaking dismissively about young workers’ supposed sense of entitlement, their reluctance to work overtime, and their need for constant praise. My frustration mounted as I listened to him pile on one criticism after another, but this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Build It and They Will Beat a Path to Your Door</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penelope Burk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With more than one third of the fundraising workforce turning over each year, the time and cost required to hire, train and supervise new staff takes a big bite out of your fundraising budget. Over 90% of the cost of hiring and bringing new staff up to speed is hidden, largely time diverted from more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good News Tuesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penelope Burk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fourth annual Cygnus Donor Survey is entering its final week and, already, more donors than ever before have taken part. While I and my staff wait for the survey to close, we have been perusing the thoughtful and often inspirational comments to the question we ask at the end of every research study we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No, Thanks; You&#8217;re Overqualified</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penelope Burk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a reflection of the times. Unemployment in the United States is currently double what it was five years ago, and unemployment in Canada is also on the rise. In such a tough environment, job-seekers just want to work, and they are grateful for a chance to get back into the ranks of the employed, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Profitability of Restraint</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penelope Burk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part I of a two-part blog on whether street fundraising makes a valuable contribution to fundraising or just gives donors another reason to turn away There has been a spotlight on street fundraising lately &#8212; lots of media attention, tweets and blogs, and especially an interesting series of articles by relationship fundraising expert, Ken Burnett. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Street Fundraising: Is it Worth the Effort?</title>
		<link>http://www.cygresearch.com/burksblog/?p=565</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penelope Burk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part II of a two-part blog on whether street fundraising makes a valuable contribution to fundraising or just gives donors another reason to turn away In my previous blog, I put street fundraising in the bigger context of the impact that multiple appeals and over-solicitation have on donors. With this as my overriding consideration, street [...]]]></description>
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