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		<title>Warren Buffet Shares His Philanthropic Philosophy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“When I buy businesses, it’s the same as investing in philanthropy. I’m looking for somebody who will get the job done and is in synch with my goals.”]]></description>
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		<title>Become a Fan of Robert Swaney Consulting on FB!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who have Facebook accounts, you can become a fan of RSC by typing "Robert Swaney Consulting"...]]></description>
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		<title>Your Chief Development Officer:  Finding and Keeping the Best &#8212; Part Two</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the previous article we looked at why good fundraisers are sometimes hard to find.  This article will focus on what you can do to both find and keep a good chief development officer.]]></description>
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		<title>Your Chief Development Officer:  Finding and Keeping the Best &#8212; Part One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hiring a chief development officer (CDO) is becoming more difficult than ever for arts organizations and the recent trend seems to be well beyond anything that we’ve seen as “traditional”.  Perhaps you have experienced this pain firsthand...
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		<title>Elizabeth Hurley Named as New Executive Director of the Grant Park Music Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know that many who follow this blog know and admire Elizabeth Hurley&#8217;s contribution to the fields of arts administration and fund development.  Therefore, I thought I would share the great news that she has recently been named the new Executive Director for the Grant Park Music Festival.  Click here to read more details.  Congratulations, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Feinstein Foundation Seeks Executive Vice President</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another great Indiana-based arts organization with a meaningful national impact...]]></description>
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		<title>The Fish (sometimes) Stinks at the Head &#8212; Why Leadership involvement in Arts Fundraising is Absolutely Essential – Part Two.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may think that your leadership is successfully engaged in the process because there is a development committee that reviews lists and talks about how much money is “out there”.  But if you can’t answer “yes” to these questions then don’t be so sure:]]></description>
		<link>http://rrsconsult.net/the-fish-sometimes-stinks-at-the-head-why-leadership-involvement-in-arts-fundraising-is-absolutely-essential-%e2%80%93-part-two/</link>
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		<title>The Fish (sometimes) Stinks at the Head – Why Leadership involvement in Arts Fundraising is Absolutely Essential – Part One.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve read that the freshness of a dead fish can be judged from the condition of its head. When a fish begins to rot, it first begins to “stink from the head”.  The same can sometimes be said regarding organizational leadership in fundraising.]]></description>
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		<title>Frontloading Your Annual Fund:  Helping you Jump the Shark – Part Three.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because time isn’t properly leveraged, many AF programs raise in excess of (a startling) 70+% of the goal in Q3-4 of the fiscal year...]]></description>
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