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Eurozone crisis seems far from over. After Greece, Italy is now threatened as a scourge for the EU. When that happens, overcoming Italy is much more complex than the smaller Greek

The fact was recognized very well by the Prime Minister of Finland Jyrki Katainen. According to the PM, Tuesday (8 / 11), italian too big to bailout and the euro zone must take decisive action and stop making empty promises.

“It’s hard to see how we in Europe will have the resources to cover the entire national debt of Italy,” said Katainen to parliament. Continue reading ‘Italy the latest threat to eurozone’ »

Many Eurozone leaders have hoped that they can rescue Greece’s imminent bankruptcy through more debt, fiscal austerity, privatization and reform and postpone the inevitable until 2013, when the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) should provide an orderly planned state insolvency.

UBS AG, which operates in more than 40 countries and considered as the world’s second largest manager of private wealth assets, with over CHF 2.2 trillion in invested assets, thinks otherwise. The company believes a default will be triggered before the end of the year. “The ‘voluntary’ debt restructuring agreed on over the summer is already likely to saddle Greece with a selective default rating,” said UBS Research Focus in October 2011, “and we would go so far as to say that the country can no longer escape a full default.” Continue reading ‘Has the Greek Tragedy Started?’ »

You may think that there is no need for your church to have church fundraising guidelines, but it never hurts to have them. With all the different groups of people interacting for a fundraising effort it is helpful to draw up some guidelines that will make clear the boundaries of fundraising, and what is expected from everyone on all sides.

Having clear church fundraising guidelines is an easy way to make sure that everyone involved in your church fundraiser knows exactly what is expected of them, which is important.

Guidelines are just a simple way to outline the church’s code of fundraising ethics, and its expectations for fundraising conduct. This can be especially helpful if you tend to have large fundraising teams or teams with kids on them, as it may result in people who aren’t aware of what they can and cannot do. Having clear church guidelines can help avoid any confusion.

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One of the most important and sometimes overlooked strategies to maximize giving at your benefit auction is to include a “Fund-A-Need” program. Charities around the world have been utilizing this method to energize their auctions and inspire their guests, increasing their revenues dramatically. This program should address a specific need of your organization and directly involve the donors in your cause, making them feel a greater commitment to your organization. If done correctly, you will never regret it.

So why should you utilize a “Fund A Need” program? Shouldn’t the auction be sufficient to draw in the donations that will be available? One of the reasons is that there will always be “losing” bidders at your auction. These guests came and attempted to give their money to your organization but the potential donation is still in their pocket. Occasionally, there will also be guests who are not fond of the competition of an auction or are not interested in the items for sale. They are also there to give, but need another means to do it. The direct appeal for a specific need allows every type of giver to become involved. It does not limit participation to those at certain levels of giving. Surprisingly, more money is often raised during the “Fund-A-Need” program than throughout the auction itself. Just as important, it inspires the guests at your event and makes them more aware of your organization’s needs.

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Grant writing is not creative writing. It is a form of technical writing in which you respond to prompts as you write to a rubric. Aligning your proposal with the questions in the grant application is a key to smart grant writing – although, surprisingly, many grant writers don’t do this.

A section called “Scoring Criteria” or “Selection Criteria” appears in almost every RFP (request for proposal, which is what a grant application is often called). This section contains the list of questions you must answer in your grant narrative to score points. Organize your entire proposal after the organization of these questions. Answering questions in the order they are asked makes it easier for a reader to score your grant. You don’t want to make it hard for the reader to figure out where in your proposal you answer each question!

Here are a few more grant writing tips along this line:

1. Turn the questions in the scoring criteria into statements to use as headings in your grant narrative.
2. Answer each question separately instead of weaving several questions together – as much as space limitations allow.
3. Use words and phrases from the questions in the scoring criteria when expressing your answers to further clarify which question you are answering.
Continue reading ‘Smart Grant Writing Tip – Align Your Proposal With the Questions in the Grant Application’ »

If you are involved in the PTA at your school, you may have come across the sad reality that funding is not what it used to be for most schools. This means that being a part of the school PTA will probably involve you having to organize a PTA fundraising effort at some point. If you want to make sure that your school has everything it needs financially, setting up some school fundraisers can really help the school out with its goals.

When you start your PTA fundraising effort, you’ll want to gather everyone for a meeting to discuss the details. Figure out exactly how much money is needed, and what exactly the money will be going for. If you can figure out exactly how much effort you’ll have to make with your school fundraising, that can help make things easier. Continue reading ‘Organizing Your School PTA Fundraising Effort’ »

Band is a popular extracurricular activity, but with the rising costs of participating, a lot of bands are really feeling the financial pinch. Bands fundraisers are becoming more and more of a fact of life for bands where the school simply cannot provide the funds required to keep things running.

If you are in charge of organizing the band fundraiser, this is a great opportunity for you to make sure that the much-needed cash finally starts coming in, but of course you want to choose a fundraising idea that will be the most effective. Continue reading ‘How to Choose a Good Fundraiser For Bands’ »

Generating money for a school’s fundraiser requires innovative and creative ideas in order to make it a huge success. Aside from sending solicitation letters from prospective donors, you can also try selling postcards. These prints can be printed in bulk with online postcard printing services. Online printing companies provide postcard print templates in their website that are very useful in designing your prints. You can browse through their print templates if you are looking for a postcard design for your school’s fundraiser. Creating your postcards is easy with these photo postcard ideas:

• Sports Team: Die-hard fans will definitely buy your postcards as memorabilia. Use photos of the team while competing against their rivals, so fans can relive the excitement of the game. You can also take candid photos of the athletes while hanging out at the gym, training, or walking around the campus. Ask the athletes to sign the postcards to make them more marketable. Price the autographed postcards higher than the other ones to earn more funds for your school’s charitable deeds. Continue reading ‘Photo Postcard Ideas For Your School’s Fundraiser’ »