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Dear GCPGC Members,

It was truly the event of a lifetime - on January 20, 2009, my husband, myself and 2 million men women and children on a cold, sunny day in Washington, D. C., watching, cheering this historic event.  The sense of joy and awe we all experienced together as Barak Obama became the 44^th President of the United States is a memory that will stay in my heart and mind forever.

In 2008 GCPGC's 37 members raised $1,885!  Our sincere thanks for your generosity! We hope this year you will consider making a tax-deductible gift to our Every Member Campaign. 

This piece is called the Colleague Connection. We hope it will help GCPGC members get to know one other better. We are asking the following 9 questions to various GCPGC members and profiling a member each newsletter.

 2008 Conversations and Coffee Committee

~ Year In Review ~

 Conversations & Coffee 2008-2009 Sponsors

Attached is GCPGC's 2008 Annual Report.

Please help us in welcoming our newest members to the Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council:

The Partnership for Philanthropic Planning (formerly known as the NCPG or the National Committee on Planned Giving) underwent

March 30, 2009

Dear Colleagues,

Gift Planners face special challenges in these difficult and confusing economic times.  Meeting these challenges means being creative and staying energized.  GCPGC is your gateway to success for your organizations and your donors.

Terrence McNally. This entertaining and educational workshop, sponsored by the Fifth Third Foundation, will be held on April 21, 2009 from 8:00 - 12:00 at the Mayerson Jewish Community Center.

Don't miss these exciting future Conversations and Coffee speakers and topics!

This piece is called the Colleague Connection. We hope it will help GCPGC members get to know one other better.

LEAVE A LEGACY is the public awareness campaign of the Partnership for Philanthropic Planning, designed to benefit non-profit organizations by educating the general public about the benefits of leaving bequests to charity. 

Planned Giving on the Run is a comprehensive, yet straightforward, educational opportunity for non-profit professionals in the greater Cincinnati community.

Please help us in welcoming our newest members to the Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council:

This piece is called the Colleague Connection. We hope it will help GCPGC members get to know one other better.

 FAMILY WEALTH - Keeping it in the Family by James E. Hughes, Jr. or How Family Members and Their Advisers Preserve Human, Intellectual, and Financial Assets for Generations

Regardless of the size of your organization, development staffs are expected to be leaner and more efficient these days.

The Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council Every Member Campaign is in full swing! Twenty three members have already donated $1,205 this year. 

Instead of reciting our recent topics the Conversation and Coffee committee decided to put together a Top Ten list of great things about Conversation and Coffee!

Dear Colleagues,

Attending the Partnership for Philanthropic Planning (PPP) Leadership Assembly is always a meaningful experience.

Please help us in welcoming our newest members to the Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council:

This piece is called the Colleague Connection. We hope it will help GCPGC members get to know one other better.

GCPGC's Every Member Campaign is in full swing! 27 members donated $1,375 this year. 

September's program was an engaging performance of three dramatic vignettes on a single theme; not of asking for a gift, but on moving toward the gift. 

Do you remember learning about the forgetting curve (Hermann Ebbinghaus 1885)? In my daughter's high school psych textbook, I was reminded of Ebbinghaus' research that found that humans forget 50% of newly learned knowledge within an hour.

National Philanthropy Day® acknowledges the entire spectrum of services provided by the nonprofit community and recognizes the profound impact that philanthropy has on the fabric of society. 

Frank Lloyd Wright said, "I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen."