24 November 2020 By David Allen, Development for Conservation Magazine editor Larry Smith has been collecting people’s six-word stories about their lives since 2006. Reportedly, the idea was born at a Thanksgiving dinner with friends and family and was based on an anecdote attributed to Ernest Hemingway:...
27 October 2020 By David Allen, Development for Conservation Last week, I ended my post with the words: We are the ones we have been waiting for. They weren’t original. They are from a poem that had been passed to me through enough hands that I needed further research...
6 October 2020 By David Allen, Development for Conservation Q: What wine should I pair with dystopian outlook? A: All of them. There’s still a full calendar quarter to go, and I can’t wait for 2021. The future is as uncertain as it has ever been. And I’m talking...
21 July 2020 By David Allen, Development for Conservation It’s hard to believe, but we’re going to blink and find ourselves in August. And the blur that is the Fall each year for fundraisers will be upon us. Are you ready? How will your fundraising plan for Fall 2020...
30 June 2020 By David Allen, Development for Conservation Vitaliy Katsenelson is a philosopher-investor who writes an interesting blog on life, classical music, and the fundamentals of investing. He recently offered a metaphor for what’s going on that is based on the game of chess. (The Fischer...
2 June 2020 By David Allen, Development for Conservation I am not a gardener. We live in an urban home on just shy of an acre, and we are busily converting anything that is now grass into something else – trees, flowers, vegetables, and so on – that...
26 May 2020 By David Allen, Development for Conservation Happy Memorial Day! – Sort of. The flags were out in my neighborhood, the grills were active, and the mail didn’t come – all that was normal. But the parade was cancelled. The community pool still sits empty (and the...
19 May 2020 By David Allen, Development for Conservation Matching grants have been used forever to stimulate giving. It seems like today, they are most closely associated with public broadcasting campaigns and state giving days, but nearly every nonprofit has at least some experience with them. Thirty...
12 May 2020 By David Allen, Development for Conservation At a macro-scale, land trust mission statements and core strategies shouldn’t change much. Acquire land or rights to it. Manage land. Monitor easements. All in perpetuity. Acquire more land or rights to it. And so on. So, what changes...
By David Allen, Development for Conservation First off, I hope that you, your family, and everyone in your orbit is well and stays that way. Hunker down, wash your hands, stay six feet away from others. Stay home and stay well. Mark Cuban – featured Shark Tank...