Back when I worked for a particular large non-profit entity, I was across the hall from Major Donors (which wasn't the donors themselves, but rather the people who worked with them). That's quite an art, when done well. Seeing happy donors is pretty darn cool; it gave us a feeling of being entrusted with something, in our work.
At a different large non-profit entity, years before that, when an exhibit would open there would be a special party for the major donors and the people who had worked on the exhibit. (By the latter, I mean everybody: the people who sawed and hammered as well as the people who designed.) They were fascinating events where people talked with each other who otherwise might never meet.
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Date: 2013-07-17 05:33 pm (UTC)At a different large non-profit entity, years before that, when an exhibit would open there would be a special party for the major donors and the people who had worked on the exhibit. (By the latter, I mean everybody: the people who sawed and hammered as well as the people who designed.) They were fascinating events where people talked with each other who otherwise might never meet.