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THE PHILANTREPRENEUR JOURNAL
6 SERVING ON A BOARD
Serving on the board of nonprofit can be a rewarding experience. Or….
it can make you want to turn and run as fast as you can! So how can
you be sure your board experience will be one of those good ones and
not one that makes you wonder why you ever agreed to serve on the
board?
8 RISK MANAGEMENT
Editor: Dr. Victoria Boyd
Staff Publishing & Design: Warrior Design
Column Writers
Guy Dawson
Linda Lysakowski
Publisher
The Philantrepreneur Foundation
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The Philantrepreneur Foundation
Board of Directors
Dr. Victoria Boyd
President/Founder, The Philantrepreneur Foundation
Rob Cole
Sharon Evans
Adrian M. Holley
Evelyn Ramos
Pat Landaker
Frank Hong
To start a nonprofit you must choose a name, obtain your license, your
tax status, choose initial directors, find a location, prepare a business
plan, line up donors, select volunteers, open a bank account, etc.
Once all of that is completed you are ready to hang out your shingle
and focus on making the nonprofit successful and beneficial to your
mission/cause.
14 TRAVELS WITH GUY
Charles Whitby learned the value of contributing to the lives of others
before he understood what the term “service” was. As a youth, the
owner of The Dapper Gentleman, a distinguished custom clothing
and accessory company developed a humanitarian spirit by studying
biblical principles in church.
18 THREE SIMPLE QUESTIONS
Conventional wisdom reminds us to listen more than we talk when
we’re out there cultivating donors. But are we “listening” for the right
information? Do we know what answers we want to hear? In the world
of professional fundraising, the questions we ask are as important as,
and maybe more important than, the words we are listening to.
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