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	<title>Non-Profit Toolbox &#187; Ami Sullivan</title>
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		<title>Should Your Non-Profit Consider Grant Funding? Things to Consider</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ami Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Non-profit organizations today are faced with a two-prong problem.  The first is an increase in service demand. With our current economic crisis, as unemployment and foreclosure rates are up, the need for social services also goes up – there are more people in need of more or greater services, more is being asked or expected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Fundraising</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ami Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creative Fundraising
By Ami Sullivan
 
As the amount of funds available for giving decreases, and the demand for charitable giving increases, non-profit organizations have been getting more creative in their fundraising plans.  The traditional letter-writing campaigns and tax deductions will still work for your most loyal of donors – your repeat and steady donor base, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Writing Winning Grant Proposals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ami Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grant Writing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[win a grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[write a grant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As grant funding becomes more competitive, your grant request proposals need to become more competitive, as well.  Here are four tips for writing winning proposals.
Non-profit organizations today are faced with a two-prong problem.  The first is an increase in service demand. With our current economic crisis, as unemployment and foreclosure rates are up, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing the right thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ami Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality Improvement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We usually try to make our blog entries more like chapters in a “How to Succeed as Non-Profit” or essays from a “How to Build your Non-Profit.”  Today, I decided to make it more informal; I wanted to share with you a recent experience and a poignant reminder–for me anyway-that doing the right thing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Non-Profit Self-Evaluation (Download)</title>
		<link>http://non-profittoolbox.com/quality-improvement/non-profit-self-evaluation-pdfdownload/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ami Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Client Satisfaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organizational Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[continuous quality improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CQI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Download]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non-Profit Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self evaluation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first step in creating effective change or growth is to understand where we are currently.  The following is a simple organizational evaluation to identify areas of your organization that are working well and areas that need further attention and development.]]></description>
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		<title>Setting up a Non-Profit for Success: Marketing Basics</title>
		<link>http://non-profittoolbox.com/starting-a-non-profit/set-up-for-success-marketing-basics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ami Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[starting a non-profit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-profit marketing basics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why marketing, image and reputation should be forethought, not an afterthought]]></description>
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		<title>Focus on Human Services: Why Include the Voice of the Client in Your Quality Improvement Process?</title>
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		<comments>http://non-profittoolbox.com/quality-improvement/voice-of-client-in-quality-improvement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 20:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ami Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quality Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voice of Client]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CQI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outcome research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VOC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voice of the Client]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many of the uninitiated believe that client surveys are too expensive in the Human Services world and they just continue doing what they are doing.  However, finding your customers (clients, constituents) voice is worth doing and usually not what you'd guess it is..]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking about Starting a Non-Profit Organization?</title>
		<link>http://non-profittoolbox.com/starting-a-non-profit/starting-a-non-profit-organization/</link>
		<comments>http://non-profittoolbox.com/starting-a-non-profit/starting-a-non-profit-organization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 20:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ami Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[starting a non-profit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incorporate a non-profit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Incorporating non-profit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[should I incorporate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[starting non-profit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations on your desire to be of service! Now that you have your vision of what you want to do, it’s time to start thinking about how you want to do it.]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing Articles of Incorporation for your Non-Profit</title>
		<link>http://non-profittoolbox.com/starting-a-non-profit/articles-of-incorporation/</link>
		<comments>http://non-profittoolbox.com/starting-a-non-profit/articles-of-incorporation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 20:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ami Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Articles of Incorporation are a foundational document for your non-profit organization.  Here is what you’ll need to know.]]></description>
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		<title>Starting a Non-Profit &#8211; Preparing the ByLaws</title>
		<link>http://non-profittoolbox.com/starting-a-non-profit/preparing-bylaws/</link>
		<comments>http://non-profittoolbox.com/starting-a-non-profit/preparing-bylaws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 20:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ami Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[starting a non-profit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-profit bylaws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-profit laws]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Your organization’s By-Laws are a “standard operating procedure” for the corporation.  Following are some of the processes you’ll need to know.]]></description>
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