Posts by Barry Spencer
Give This Blessing to Your Donors
Give This Blessing to Your Donors Start the New Year by… Thanking donors for their generosity in 2020 and helping them find their own reasons to give again, and give…
Read MoreGrand Opening
Grand Opening There is a unique role nonprofits play in our economy, and that is to provide hope when it can seem that hope is fading. Now that the first…
Read MoreDeal Season
Deal Season I love getting a deal at this time of the year, don’t you? You’re shopping for gifts anyway, so being able to get the thing you want at…
Read MoreTis the Season
Give Your Donors Something Else to Talk About The recurring stories in the media are mostly negative about the economy, virus, election, politics, north vs. south, republican vs. democrat, and…
Read MoreThanksLIVING
An Extended Thanksgiving The Thanksgiving holiday kicked off this last weekend with my wife’s parents coming to town. We started with a three-generation golf outing, where my son figured out…
Read MoreWait for It
Wait for It The Christmas lights at the entrance of my neighborhood ushered in the Christmas season the day after Halloween. This also means the season of delayed gratification has…
Read MoreDo the Quality Thing
Do the Quality Thing It was a great weekend! After a date night with my wife on Friday night, the good times kept rolling on Saturday morning with a day-date…
Read MoreListen
Try This Right Now It’s Election Day. Most likely you’ve already voted. My wife, Lori, and I voted over a week ago, and its been encouraging to see how many…
Read MoreGive and Get
What you give is what you receive in return. It is the parable of the seed and harvest in the Bible. If you plant wheat seeds, you will get a…
Read MoreHope
Needed now more than ever is hope. Hope in a better life, better community, better relationships, better caring for one another, and more. Hope. One industry that has more influence…
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