NEWS

The Post-Recession Capital Campaign
The Philanthropy Journal interviewed Bob Zimmerman about launching or reinvigorating capital campaigns inthe wake of the recession. See interview.

Gender Equality Website & UN Global Compact Summit
Ann Lehman attended the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit in June. The conference was the largest-ever UN-business event on corporate social responsibility and attended by both corporate CEOs and NGOs from around the world. Check out the Leaders Summit website for highlights and resources from this exciting event. Watch Ann give a video announcing a new Gender Equality Principles Website for creating gender quality in the workplace based on human rights treaties for women and girls.

Become A Zimnotes Friend
ZimNotes, through its publisher Zimmerman Lehman, has a Facebook page. Add us as a friend and receive notices about news and article relevant to the nonprofit sector and of course information about ZimLeh activities. Become a friend!

Read "Board Members Rule" On Your iPhone (App)
When you need information quickly, say in the middle of a board meeting, you can now download Board Members Rule: How to Be a Strategic Advocate for Your Nonprofit to your iPhone (or other smartphones) and never worry about where you put that book or form again. You have the information at the touch of your fingertips and can quickly search and access information at a board meeting. Board Members Rule works as an App because its "...a concise, accessible, hands-on, mini-manual on the roles and responsibilities of a nonprofit board of trustees."- Foundation Center. Only $9.99 (1/3 the hard copy cost). Search now on your phones Apps for Board Members Rule, or visit the App link. And if you like the App, please email us.

ZIMNOTES TWEETS! ZimNotes Has Two New Twitter Feeds On Nonprofit Issues
Zimmerman Lehman partners have each started a Twitter feed on nonprofit issues. You know for a couple of boomers we do our best to keep up with young folks. If you want your ZimNotes wit and wisdom in 140 characters or less, you can follow Bob Zimmerman at twitter.com/zimm47. Here are a few recent TWEETS:

• Private giving to nonprofits in 2009--figures just in--$303.75 billion. A slight drop, but we can get by with $303 billion, right?
• Sometimes you have to give the $$ back
• Local governments want nonprofits to pay up! See NPR report
• Recent survey of our clients revealed that those who depend on individual gifts are doing fine; those who look to foundations are imperiled.
• The nonprofits that ask more people for donations are the ones that are succeeding. No whining [ZL Fundraising Rule]
• SF Museum of Modern Art raised $250 million in six months for its capital campaign. There's lots of $$ out there, so get your share!
• Is your nonprofit increasing or decreasing the size of its development office in the fiscal crisis? Don't be penny-wise pound-foolish.
  

To follow Ann Lehman, go to www.twitter.com/alehman Here are a few recent TWEETS:

• Five Worst Government Nonprofit Contracting Abuses | National Council of Nonprofits - You can add your story
• IRS started checking nonprofit's governance procedures on Form 990-take ZL's Quiz to see how you measure up
• 2009 donations to US nonprofits was $304 billion & giving to human services & health actually rose
• Article Resumes Matter: What Nonprofit Employers Want to Know About Job Seekers
• For a look at how CA Governor is proposing to eliminate the social safety net with $19 billion in cuts, CBP analysis
• Just returned from UN Global Compact Summit, where 1500 businesses & NGOs affirmed commitment to human rights principles
  

Previous News Items

Newest Article

Fundraising In The Teeth Of The Recession: Learn What Our Clients Have To Say This is the second of a two-part series on nonprofit fundraising in a recessionary period. The first article, "Mounting a Successful Capital Campaign During a Recession," described the techniques that ensured the success of one nonprofit's capital campaign. The current article is based on interviews with staff at 18 past and present client organizations and focuses on how a range of nonprofits have coped in this extraordinarily challenging time.

For previous articles

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Public Workshops

"I Snap My Fingers at Danger!" Successful Fundraising in a Recession
Thursday, October 21, 2010, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership, 555 Northgate Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. 415-479-5710 or email.

Testimonials
From a recent email following a fundraising board training …"I wanted to share with you how much I enjoyed your presentation yesterday to the *** Foundation. I have been to many such programs in the past, but thought yours was the best. I enjoyed your presentation style which in my view was just the right balance of informational and challenging. I even ordered your book, Boards That Love Fundraising off Amazon when I got home! Your content was interesting, applicable, and very appropriate for the board. There were many good take-aways that have broad application. I'm looking forward to reading your book, and felt this was a good investment of my time."

If you are interested in exploring having a workshop or webinar for your Board, please call 415.986.8330 or 800.886.8330 or email. See recent and private workshops by Zimmerman Lehman.

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