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		<title>Tinker Toys, String Art, Neurons and a New Tapestry</title>
		<link>http://www.thirdsectorconnector.com/blog/2010/05/26/tinker-toys-string-art-neurons-and-a-new-tapestry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 16:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Deaton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I woke up thinking about Tinker Toys this morning. Those little wheels, spokes, connectors, and green fans were &#8220;the bomb.&#8221;  Often, my sister and  I would build fully-loaded little farms complete with animals, trucks, windmills, and barns. Or sometimes we created huge cellular-looking blobs with random hubs and spokes, together sculpting a funky abstract nexus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Servant-Leadership and Sector-Leadership</title>
		<link>http://www.thirdsectorconnector.com/blog/2010/03/03/servant-leadership-sector-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Deaton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever have moments where all of the signs, arrows, and flashing lights keep pointing in the same direction no matter which way you turn? That&#8217;s what happened to me recently, and they were all pointing toward the flashing neon sign in my brain that said (blink-blink, blink-blink) &#8220;Servant Leadership.&#8221; First, I received a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dust off that crystal ball and gaze into 2010!</title>
		<link>http://www.thirdsectorconnector.com/blog/2009/11/23/dust-off-crystal-ball-gaze-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thirdsectorconnector.com/blog/2009/11/23/dust-off-crystal-ball-gaze-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Deaton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our last blog post about 21 burning questions for the Nonprofit/NGO Sector left us &#8211; and many of you who read it &#8211; wanting answers. So, we&#8217;re asking you to gaze into your crystal ball and help. What trends do you foresee or predictions can you make for the nonprofit/NGO and philanthropic sector in 2010? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>21 Burning Nonprofit/NGO Sector Questions</title>
		<link>http://www.thirdsectorconnector.com/blog/2009/11/13/21-burning-nonprofit-ngo-sector-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thirdsectorconnector.com/blog/2009/11/13/21-burning-nonprofit-ngo-sector-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Deaton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently posted a question to some colleagues on a members-only discussion group, &#8220;Does the nonprofit sector need a re-boot? If so, what questions should we be asking?&#8221; I received many thoughtful responses and thought I&#8217;d share the list of questions that came from that posting here: How can we convert meaningful conversations into actions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got Sector Blur?</title>
		<link>http://www.thirdsectorconnector.com/blog/2009/11/09/got-sector-blur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Deaton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m usually so immersed in the community benefit/nonprofit/NGO sector that it was fascinating for me to spend the entire weekend with leaders from the American South’s public/government sector. Coordinated by the Charleston-based think tank Center for a Better South, the non-partisan invite-only conference was held at Davidson College in North Carolina and included longtime Southern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The intersection of charity, community benefit, and irrationality</title>
		<link>http://www.thirdsectorconnector.com/blog/2009/11/02/intersection-charity-community-benefit-and-irrationality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thirdsectorconnector.com/blog/2009/11/02/intersection-charity-community-benefit-and-irrationality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Deaton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always find it fascinating when my online discussions, my consulting work, my teaching and my free-time all end up pointing me to a new “ah-ha” moment that reinforces my commitment to all community benefit organizations. How Donors are Swayed by the Irrational I just finished reading the book Sway by Ori and Rom Brafman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you know how to &#8220;fix&#8221; the nonprofit sector?</title>
		<link>http://www.thirdsectorconnector.com/blog/2009/10/18/do-you-know-how-to-fix-the-nonprofit-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thirdsectorconnector.com/blog/2009/10/18/do-you-know-how-to-fix-the-nonprofit-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Deaton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david hunter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t have the answer, although David E. K. Hunter thinks he does. In the past few days, I&#8217;ve had several colleagues send me the link to his recently published article, with &#8220;MUST READ&#8221; and multiple exclamation points in the subject line. After reading the article, I couldn&#8217;t figure out if my colleagues were telling [...]]]></description>
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