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Keep Your Options Open?

Keep Your Options Open?

No way. Close them down, aggressively, if you can. You'll be surprised what happens next.

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Brad Smith
Jul 10, 2024
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In life (and in fundraising), it's seductive to believe that having more options means having more opportunities.

More prospective donors. More career opportunities. More event ideas. More More More! Ooo, don’t you love having options!! It’s like going into one of those enormous, comically overstocked candy stores (you…

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