Back on the farm, dear old Granddad wasn’t easily impressed. He had high expectations for us kids, and often acknowledged our achievements with indifference…to “keep us humble,” he would say. (After he passed, we found the scrapbook where he kept notes, newspaper...
This is a continuation of a previous post. Be sure to read part one of No? What do you mean no? When we left off last time, I was telling about being stunned by rejection. The campaign chair and I had just asked a long-time friend of the organization to invest in our...
“No. I can’t do that.” The words stung. I was sure we would get this gift. After all, Mr. Prospect had served as board chair a decade earlier, during a critical point in the life of our organization. He had given a nice gift to the last capital campaign. In addition,...
