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Short-Term Missions Trips
Managing Risk on Missions Trips
Work / Life Balance
Social Media and Fundraising
Think Social Media Can’t Generate Revenue?
5 Types of Tweets Guaranteed to Be ReTweeted
Inbound Marketing 101 – Or How to Attract New Donors to Your Mission
5 Ways to Take Advantage of Reaching Your Partners Through Their Phones AKA Mobile Marketing
6 Twitter User Insights to Increase Nonprofit Fundraising & Engagement
Improve Online Retention with 5 Follow Ups
Multichannel Fundraising Infographic – online vs. offline donors
Marketing Using Social Media – It Does Matter – Today’s Trends
Using Twitter Effectively by John Piper
10 Reasons Your Email Appeal is Being Ignored
Using Twitter and Facebook for Fundraising
5 Ways to Use Social Media to Engage Donors
8 Ways to Stay in Touch With Partners
Missionary Helps
The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Giving, Generosity and Discipleship
Making Disciples Through Biblical Generosity
Video: 4 Keys to Generosity in the Local Church
Generosity: What’s in It for You?
Generous: 21 Days of Real Faith
Generosity That Helps Others to Give
Integrating Kingdom Understanding + Personal Vision + Church Purpose
The High Cost (Money) of Missions
Missionary Care
Video: Seminar from MC2 “Caring for The Missionary”
30+ Book Resource List for Missionary Care
Welcoming Returning Missionaries
International Therapist Directory
Church-based Care – Elmbrook Church, Milwaukee, WI
Appealing to Various Generations and Types of Givers
Infographic: Approaching Different Donor Types
5 Things Charities Do That Turn Off Young Donors Like Me
Two Critical Reasons to Approach Millennials with Fundraising Opportunities
The Demographics of Donor Potential
Employee Matching Gift Programs
Matching Gift Companies by City
Companies with Matching Gift Programs
On Entrepreneurship
Living Abroad Boosts Creativity
5 Lessons on Effort and Perspective to Learn From a Starbucks Barista
Expat Life
You Remember You Are a Repat When
Missiology
Ted Esler - Musings from Ted’s Untidy Brain
T.J. Addington - Leading from the Sandbox
Support Raising
A Fresh Perspective on Support Raising and Stewardship
Funding Your Ministry Dreams: God’s Job or Your Job?
Getting Creative with Your Fundraising Ideas
Our Perspective on the Outcome
Our Understanding of Ownership
10 Top Lessons Learned From 30 Years of Fundraising
The Power of Community in Raising Support
Four Firm Foundations in Fundraising
Communication/Presentation
Don’t Ever Apologize For Asking For Money
What to Think About Before Emailing Your Supporters
6 Tips For Using Email For Effective Donor Communication
Creating Effective Subject Lines for Emails and Does Your Email Stand Out?
35 Mistakes to Avoid in Writing Newsletters and Appeals
Integrating Online Giving with Written Mail Appeals
Storytelling
Are You Re-writing Your Story?
Rest and Sabbatical
Rest and The Work of Missions: Living The Way of Jesus
Personal Growth and Assessment
Using The Psalms In Your Missionary Journey
Five Essentials for An Annual Spiritual Growth Plan
Cerny Smith Assessment Tool – “How are you doing?”
Women in Mission
Confessions of A Woman Called to Church Planting
Women of the Harvest December 2011 Issue
Women of the Harvest retreat schedule
Saying Thank You
21 Creative Ways to Say Thank You
Thanking Online Donors With Snail Mail
Statistics On Spending, Giving and Wealth
Missionary/Third Culture Kids
Outreach Idea to MK’s in College
StrengthsFinder
On Change
Change: Ready or Not, Here It Comes!
Culture Shock & Reverse Culture Shock
Reverse Culture Shock Makes Repatriating Stressful
Expat Advice on Managing Culture Shock
Psychological and Physical Symptoms of Culture Shock
Home Assignment
7 Tips for Expats Taking a Short Home Leave
Unreached People Groups
635 groups as catalogued by Finishing the Task
General Missions
Prayer
Operation World – pray over nation profiles
10 Ways to Pray for Missionaries
Retirement
