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		<title>Grading Charities</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris wignall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MoneySense magazine recently published The Charity 100, a series of ratings of Canadian charities based on several factors with the intent &#8220;to be a tool for potential donors researching which charities to give money to&#8221;. In the nonprofit world this is the kind of thing that fires up the blogosphere and even earns a twitter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stronger Together 2010 Grants</title>
		<link>http://www.catalystfoundation.ca/stronger-together-2010-grants.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris wignall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning the results of the Stronger Together 2010 collaborative granting project were released (Complete list of grantees here.) Having invested a significant part of the past ten months in the process it is a satisfying thing to be able to notify the successful applicants (selected from a total field of 131) and anticipate the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Probably Shouldn&#8217;t Bother With Social Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris wignall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we go again with another of my commentaries on how charities use blogs, facebook, twitter, youtube and the like. (Previous thoughts here, here, here, and here).
The Stronger Together 2010 funding process revealed clearly that many Canadian charities are wondering what to do with this new media. And, unfortunately, in my opinion some of them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations IDE!</title>
		<link>http://www.catalystfoundation.ca/congratulations-ide.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris wignall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are excited at the news that our partners at International Development Enterprises have just been named the first ever winners of the Nestle prize in Creating Shared Value for work they are doing with small scale farmers in Cambodia.
By taking an innovative and market based approach to agricultural sustainability IDE has demonstrated that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Styles</title>
		<link>http://www.catalystfoundation.ca/leadership-styles.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris wignall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great insight today from Breakfast With Fred on our tendency to try to typecast leaders according to various models or systems. I&#8217;m just going to quote the whole thing it&#8217;s so good:


Too many believe in limited leaderships styles.  It is easy to draw up a grid and put people neatly into boxes.  But, true leadership [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What should you do with Social Media?</title>
		<link>http://www.catalystfoundation.ca/what-should-you-do-with-social-media.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris wignall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am seeing and hearing a lot of charities talking and requesting funding to establish a social media plan and presence. I don&#8217;t claim to be an expert in the field but here are my current thoughts for what it&#8217;s worth.
The driving aspect of social media is media. At root these are just additional vehicles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiscal and Frenetic</title>
		<link>http://www.catalystfoundation.ca/fiscal-and-frenetic.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.catalystfoundation.ca/fiscal-and-frenetic.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris wignall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the time of year when the majority of charities are scrambling to get last minute donations from donors before the end of the calendar year. While most North Americans are trying to enjoy a little extra time off, many Executive Directors, Development Officers, and CEOs are spending hours trying to access and accomodate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Context is King</title>
		<link>http://www.catalystfoundation.ca/context-is-king.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris wignall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I work with students in our high school leadership program one of the things we talk about at some length is the challenge of figuring out the context in which each of us can be at our best; and how to respond when reality doesn&#8217;t match our ideal. The thing that truly excellent mentors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This isn&#8217;t Santa&#8217;s Parade</title>
		<link>http://www.catalystfoundation.ca/this-isnt-santas-parade.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.catalystfoundation.ca/this-isnt-santas-parade.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris wignall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.catalystfoundation.ca/?p=796</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have a hard time getting our minds around relative poverty and wealth. Here&#8217;s one helpful idea. Dutch economist Jan Pen imagined a parade in which all of humanity walks past in order of wealth, from least wealthy to most. The parade lasts one hour and people&#8217;s heights are also determined by their wealth. (I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Findraising</title>
		<link>http://www.catalystfoundation.ca/findraising.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.catalystfoundation.ca/findraising.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris wignall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Catalyst]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.catalystfoundation.ca/?p=787</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It may be the economic issues, poor strategy, or just circumstance; but there are a lot of charities struggling to overcome revenue gaps these days. Over and over again I hear people describing the current fundraising climate as unprecedented. What none of us seem certain on is whether we&#8217;re in a period of chaos that [...]]]></description>
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