There's always a temptation to take shortcuts. Organizations facing the challenge of meeting "fiscal year end" financial challenges often act in desperation and take shortcuts that can end up having a disastrous results. Jerry talks about things you can do to meet short term needs and things you should avoid.
Creating Communities
Apr 2nd, 2012 by ghtwombly
The vitality of your organization will be enhanced as you proactively go through the process of creating communities. In this abbreviated Breakfast Club session, Jerry speaks to what "community" means in the context of organizational development, how to build community, and how to sustain their strategic involvement in fulfilling your organizational mission.
Donors Vs. Investors
Mar 20th, 2012 by ghtwombly
In this important session, Jerry Twombly addresses ways in which nonprofits can engage investors as strategic players in growing their ministry.
The Mobile Wallet
Mar 12th, 2012 by ghtwombly
In this Breakfast Club session, Dana Simons shares how you can increase giving through mobile technology and explains the benefits of the new "mobile wallet."
Developing Alternative Sources of Income
Mar 5th, 2012 by ghtwombly
One of the great challenges facing nonprofits today is developing new revenue sources. In this Breakfast Club session, Jerry speaks to various things being done by others to reduce donor dependence.
Planning and Attitudes
Feb 21st, 2012 by ghtwombly
Yes, there is a connection between the two. In this fourth in a five part series titled: The Big Ten, Jerry shares two images that describe the process of planning and an attitude continuum that illustrates the point that people are in different places in their attitudes toward organizations and he explains the reasons why!
The Big Ten, Session Three
Feb 13th, 2012 by ghtwombly
In this session, the third of a five part series, Jerry Twombly talks about an important developmental procedure and how failure to follow it is the "biggest mistake in development."
The Big Ten, Session Two
Feb 9th, 2012 by ghtwombly
In this second in a series, Jerry talks about how to calculate the size of your "market" and things you can do to expand it. The session includes with another illustration of the essential steps organizations must take in cultivating relationships.
The Big Ten, Session One
Feb 9th, 2012 by ghtwombly
In this first of a five-part series on 10 diagrams that explain development, Jerry puts the development role into perspective by sharing the four characteristics of highly successful ministries. The session includes the "relational continuum" and the steps we must follow in building life-long relationships. This session as a rather long pause time (about 20 seconds) on the front end prior to the actual presentation.
Developing Momentum
Jan 23rd, 2012 by ghtwombly
Listen as BGW Forward in Faith President, Dr. Terry Bates, shares how your organization can develop and maintain momentum in any economic environment.











