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Oct 5, 2020 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
Time for a thread about the Blackbaud breach mess. The lessons here are for ALL #nonprofits, not just clients of Blackbaud.
But we'll start with this:
If I was a #charity client of Blackbaud, I'd be pissed.
2) Blackbaud had a security breach. Someone hacked into their system and spent time there from February until May. Blackbaud paid the hacker's ransom price and they had reassurances from the hacker that no personal data was lifted from the system. (Sure, if you believe a hacker.)
Sep 27, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
47 years ago tomorrow they attacked us while we fasted.
47 years ago tomorrow they killed us while we prayed for life.
47 years ago tomorrow they shot at us while we sang in synagogue.
47 years ago tomorrow they aimed their guns & Sagger missiles at us while we begged forgiveness.
47 years ago tomorrow they were determined to drive us into the sea- total annihilation- while we prayed for a peaceful year for ALL of humanity.
Aug 25, 2020 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
31 years ago today...
The woman in the wheelchair is my grandmother, Bayla Gopin, or Bubbella as we affectionately called her.
Today is the 31st anniversary of her passing. Some memories from a grandchild. 2) I never knew her when she was fully healthy. She was diagnosed with MS just after I was born. So I only saw her with a cane, a walker or confined to a wheelchair or bed.
But that never stopped her from doing ANYTHING and EVERYTHING for her children and grandchildren.
Aug 18, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
OK, take 10 seconds out of your day and have some fun:
Quote a famous movie line and add "without the expressed written consent of Major League Baseball" to it.
I'll start:
You can't handle the truth without the expressed written consent of Major League Baseball.
They may take our lives but they'll never take our freedom without the expressed written consent of Major League Baseball.
So just finished talking with a nonprofit leader. It never ceases to amaze me how pervasive the 'scarcity mindset' is within the sector and how numbing it can be to an organization.
2) It stunts growth. It prevents future planning. It hurts marketing and #fundraising efforts.
It means you're always living in the HERE AND NOW and tomorrow doesn't really exist.