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LATEST ARTICLES ( 69 )

• Constituent Engagement: Free Webinar to Offer Insights on New Program

  

  Engaging constituents: a critical role for any nonprofit executive, fundraiser, or volunteer.RPR Fundraising is pleased to offer a FREE webinar on emerging... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2013 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• RPR Fundraising is Pleased to Offer a FREE Webinar on Eme...

  RPR Fundraising is pleased to offer a FREE webinar on emerging methods of constituent engagement. Learn from one of our new associates about a compelling... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2013 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• A Friend in Need…

  

  Shay’s smile masks an amazing array of health and learning challenges.I’d never heard of Turner Syndrome until my friend Lori told me about it last week. Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2013 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• The Name on the Front of the Jersey

  

  Future Hall of Famers Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, Yankees throughout their careers…quite a rarity these days.Gehrig. Feller. Williams. Musial. Banks.... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2013 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Library Foundation Stewarding Donors, Advancing Mission at Same Time

  

  I can read about Frank Sinatra’s life while sipping his family’s wine…an excellent pairing if ever there was one.Last spring I attended the annual “Authors on... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• Walking in the Footsteps

  

  The small dirt road on the left leads to what is still a working farm: Balnagarrow, just outside Kirriemuir, Scotland.It’s a pretty intense feeling, walking in... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “It’s Important to Give Back What I’ve Been Given”

  

  I had the pleasure of speaking recently with Omar Viramontes, the 2013 recipient of the Tom Tucker Leadership Scholarship, the single largest scholarship awarde... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 CHARITY, HEALTH, SOCIETY

• Another Lanning Hits the Big Leagues

  

  Spencer Lanning, Cleveland Browns As I wrote about last year, three Lannings have played Major League Baseball (the last retired in 1947), and I’ve had a fun... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Reporting on a Client’s Progress

  It was a pleasure to appear before the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education last month to report on the tremendous progress and... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2013 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• Dave Parker: The Cobra’s On-field Impact Too Easily Forgotten

  

  Dave Parker was the star of the stars for the late-’70s Pirates.Today’s sad news that former All-Star Dave Parker is battling Parkinson’s Disease stirred a... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• It’s Always Fun to Deliver Good News…

  

  I just had the great pleasure of calling a UCSD student to inform him that he will be receiving the 2013-14 Tom Tucker Leadership Scholarship, the single larges... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• Superman, Meet Green Arrow

  

  The latest version of Superman on the silver screen sets up a much greater superhero universe.Between the “Man of Steel” prequel comic introducing Supergirl, th... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Puig: Astounding to Date, but Not a Hall of Famer Just Yet

  

  Two future major leaguers, Eric Young and Mike Piazza, as Albuquerque Dukes in 1993.Twenty years ago I had the good fortune of working in the front office of th... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Artists Truly for the Arts

  

  Jackson Browne helped launch the annual Artists for The Arts concert in Santa Monica 10 years ago, and a decade later he’s still volunteering his time to suppor... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• Big Gifts Can – and Must – Happen at the K-12 Level Too

  

  The California Consortium of Education Foundations convened at Stanford University on March 19.I was honored to serve as a keynote speaker at the California... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• The Rules of the Road…an Endangered Species on California’s Highways?

  

  I see these up and down the highway, but more and more drivers ignoring them.At the risk of sounding like an old fuddy-duddy, as my mom used to say, I have to... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• A Legacy of Philanthropy: The Lannings of Hastings, Nebraska

  

  Reblogged from Above The Field: As a lifelong collector and longtime genealogy lover, one of my favorite hobbies since the advent of eBay has been to... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• A Legacy of Philanthropy: The Lannings of Hastings, Nebraska

  

  As a lifelong collector and longtime genealogy lover, one of my favorite hobbies since the advent of eBay has been to find trinkets up for auction that might... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY

• The Random Musings of An Insomniac

  

  Last night was one of THOSE nights. A splitting pain in the right side of my head…Excedrin did nothing for it. A few hours later, more Excedrin. I know, I... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Asian-American Philanthropy on The Rise

  

  The New York Times recently ran an interesting piece on the growth in philanthropic giving among Asian-Americans in the United States. Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2013 CHARITY, SOCIETY