Using a tuning fork as a memory aid, I told last week's Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) conference about the three words needed to refocus philanthropy (and they aren't 'annual, capital and planned [gifts]').
They are: Generosity ... which resonates with Gratitude ... the core of which is GENROZT (the memory of a gracious act that creates a joyful ache in each of us). Which is the philosophy of my book.
The 300 luncheon attendees were welcoming (hey, no rolls tossed my way), and my warm thanks go to those who brought me there (Grant and Morgan), and those who later stopped to affirm my focus... folks like Lynnea and Don, Joanne and Paul, Soudary and Shawn.
Crazy final idea I proposed: let's change the organization's name from AFP to AG3P (Association of Gratitude & Generosity Growing Professionals)!
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