WHO SHOULD YOU HIRE TO HELP YOUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION RAISE FUNDS?

by: Michael Chatman (@MichaelChatman) - http://www.michaelchatman.com

1. Jon Duschinsky - www.bethechange.fr/node/35

2. Penelope Burk - www.cygresearch.com

3. Adrian Sargeant - www.studyfundraising.com

4. Howard Stevenson - www.gettingtogiving-fundraising.com

5. Jerold Panas - www.jeroldpanas.com

6. Tom Ahern - www.aherncomm.com

7. Diane Remin - www.majordonors.com

8. Nell Edgington - www.socialvelocity.net

9. Gail Perry - www.gailperry.com

10. Leslie Crutchfield - www.fsg.org

11. Karla A. Williams - http://bit.ly/yrcL2T

12. Simone Joyaux - www.simonejoyaux.com

13. Gordon Jay Frost - www.fundraisinginfo.com

14. Larry C. Johnson, CFRE - www.megraceassociates.com

15. Kris Putnam-Walkerly - www.putnamcic.com

16. Peter Drury - www.dzostrategists.com

17. Penelope Cagney - www.thecagneycompany.com

18. Sandy Rees - www.getfullyfunded.com

19. Lori Jacobwith - www.lorijacobwith.com

20. Tony Martignetti - www.mpgadv.com

21. Ian Adair - www.re-fundraising.com

22. Tammy Zonker - www.tammyzonker.com

23. Ted Hart - www.P2Fundraising.org

24. Tania Little - www.ideatephilanthropy.com

25. Pamela Grow - www.pamelagrow.com

26. Michael Rosen - www.mlinnovations.com

27. Amy Eisenstein - www.tripointfundraising.com

28. Marc Pitman - www.fundraisingcoach.com

29. Andrea Kihlstedt - www.askingmatters.com

30. Val Porter - http://atlantablog.foundationcenter.org/

Feb 1st – NextGen Leaders Dinner (Boston) – speaker: Barry Libert – tix $37.00 (includes dinner & drinks) – http://NLCfeb2012.eventbrite.com

Boston Entrepreneurs & Executives: @NextGenCouncil Dinner, Feb 1st – tix $37.00 (great food, people, venue & speaker) – http://ow.ly/8Govg

Here are 10 Bold but very possible predictions for 2012…please feel free to add some comments or your own predictions.  In April, I’ll reevaluate and possibly make a few changes or add some new predictions.

1. Microsoft buys Twitter

2. Apple buys Spotify

3. Facebook (post IPO) buys Yahoo

4. Ebay buys Airbnb

5. Google buys Square

6. HP buys Dropbox

7. Samsung buys Blackberry

8. Comcast buys Netflix

9. Salesforce buys Hubspot

10. EMC buys Box.net

Survey shows that Coworking is beloved by users who report having better business networks & productivity – http://jonahlupton.me/vyZsOn

DotCom bubble relapse, these 13 startups raised $2.5 billion but all failed, OUCH – http://alltopstartups.com/2011/08/02/dot-com-bubble-revisited-these-13-startups-raised-over-2-5-billion-but-they-failed/#

Sat. night, Inspired Futures “Costumes for a Cause” Fundraiser at Red Sky, hope you can join us – http://halloweenfundraiser.eventbrite.com