"Champions of the Common Good" Meet in South Carolina May 4, 2009

Nonprofit organizations are "champions of the common good" says Tim Delaney, President and CEO of National Council of Nonprofits in his speech to members of South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations (SCANPO) at their 12th annual meeting last week in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Mr. Delaney's talk was one of several memorable sessions at this three day meeting.

For the GiftWorks team, this meeting was a great chance to connect with South Carolina nonprofits and talk with them about GiftWorks. As a preferred partner of SCANPO, GiftWorks is one of the products that SCANPO recommends to its members. 411 SCANPO members were in attendance.

 

Another highlight of the meeting was a workshop by Tom Ralser of the Capital Strategists Group. Tom preaches the "investment driven model" of fundraising which says that money given to an organization should be regarded as an "investment" for which a return is expected rather than a gift which has no expectations attached to it. He goes on to teach organizations that they need to show their donors both the outcome that their "investment" made possible as well as the ultimate value to the community of that outcome. That is the key, he says, to winning and keeping donors.

I would like to extend my thanks to the SCANPO team, particularly Beth Singletary (Director of Finance and Administration) and Mason Hardy (President), for pulling off a great meeting! For more on the South Caolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations, please visit their website.www.SCANPO.org.