Kris Putnam-Walkerly

Global philanthropy expert, advisor and strategist.

5 Reasons Your Consultant Should NOT Write Your Strategic Plan

Confident Giving Newsletter /

Every philanthropist needs a strategy. It’s a framework to guide decision making. It gives you clarity on what you want to accomplish with your charitable giving, and direction on how to best accomplish it. Unfortunately, too many strategies are never implemented because funders ask consultants to summarize plans into well-written, well-designed and lengthy documents. This […]

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Are You a Narcissist or a Philanthropist?

Confident Giving Newsletter, Philanthropy 411 Blog /

Three examples of the damage narcissism can cause to philanthropic efforts. Narcissists are extremely self-centered people who have an exaggerated sense of their own importance, and are more concerned with their own desires and interests over the needs of others. Sound like any people you know? Perhaps the last person you dated or an elected

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One Guaranteed Way to Scare Your Grantees!

Confident Giving Newsletter, Philanthropy 411 Blog /

Nothing creates heart pounding ghoulish fear in the minds of a grantee like hearing from their funder: “We’re about to start strategic planning.” A funder undergoing strategic planning can put the nail in the coffin for grantees…at least temporarily. Philanthropic strategy development seems to last forever. During this time, and often behind closed doors, the

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