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Think Rich! Entrepreneurial Thinking For Nonprofit Executives

Topic: Business Coach and Business CoachingFeaturing Sherri GarrityPublished March 4, 2008

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Are you a nonprofit executive searching for a breakthrough formula to advance your organization?nDo you want to raise more money, attract more volunteers and supporters, and recruit and keep top-notch staff and board members?nHave you devoted a lot of time and resources to new initiatives that never took off or were embraced by your organization?nnJoin Make It Count’s upcoming free teleseminar on Think Rich: The Entrepreneurial Mindset for Nonprofit Executives.nAs a nonprofit executive, you face many of the same challenges as those in the private sector. You have the added responsibility of doing so within a board and volunteer driven structure, and all that brings with it. There are a million ways to spend your time and money, and it can be a struggle to determine which direction will get you where you want to go.nThis session will borrow many lessons learned from the private sector and apply the best of them to the nonprofit setting. You’ll benefit from host Sherri Garrity’s experience in fundraising, internal communications, marketing, business development, strategic planning and issues management to come away with concepts you can apply immediately. Sherri’s background in a variety of sectors, and her focus on improving results for nonprofit organizations, will give you new ways of looking at your organization’s strengths and weaknesses, but more importantly, how to work with them.nnOn this free 45 minute call, you’ll learn:nn• The universal principles that make or break your success, regardless of your organization’s size or budgetnn• The two most common obstacles all organizations facenn• The three elements you can control, and what you can’tnn• The areas that offer the most potential and return on investmentnn• And how to begin to apply these to your organization, right now.nnThis fresh and realistic approach is guaranteed to inspire you. Sign up and receive this added value:nn• The 80-20 Challenge – daily tips to focus you and your organization on the activities that deliver you the highest return, starting the day you registernn• Free subscription to the Make It Count e- newsletter

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Sherri Garrity is a consultant and coach who specializes in helping organizations achieve greater results through better communications from the inside out. She is the president of Make It Count Communications and author of the Ready, Aim, Inspire! blog for nonprofit organizations.nwww.makeitcountcommunications.com/blognnn

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