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The Refresher Course
Content
Basic
Tricks & Techniques The lessons
in this session review some of the
basics of the Gifthorse Conspiracy including its origins, terminology,
types
and styles of grantmaking and a few of the trusty tricks that have
served to
strengthen the Conspiracy over the years. It is not exhaustive, but
then who
wants to be exhausted. Lesson # 1:
Gifthorse Conspiracy
Theories Lesson # 2:
Euphemisms
‘R’ Us Lesson # 3:
Father No’s
Best Lesson # 4:
The
Who, Where, When, How, What & Why of
Gifthorse Grantmaking Lesson # 5:
Home, Home on the Range
Lesson # 6:
The
Gifthorse Courtship Dance Lesson # 7:
The Sugar Cube Satchel
Lesson # 8:
Inside the Gifthorse Mind:
Playing our
Slots Lesson # 9: Sneers
for Peers Lesson # 10:
Disarming
Diversions
Whines,
Whispers & Wild Gifthorses This
session is the most demanding but also the most urgent
of all of our studies. Each of the ten lessons addresses one
of
the 10
Commitments that hold the Conspiracy together, that makes us who we
are. We hear what many grantseekers and fundraisers are saying
about the Commitments; what
they Whine and Whisper when we’re out of earshot. Our Course
Instructor explains how we can neighsay these naysayers.
We also learn how to spot
Wild Gifthorses, the traitors to the Conspiracy who have grown in
number to the
point that they pose a threat. The 10 Commitments
Handy Handout Lesson
# 11: Trying to Make a Long
Story Short Lesson
# 12: Trying to Make a Short
Story Long Lesson
# 13: McProjects
Lesson
# 14: Nice Niche:
We're Down But Not Out Lesson
# 15: The Pity Principle Lesson
# 16: Fatal Attraction: Keeping
our Options Closed Lesson
# 17: We Hold These Myths to be
Self-Evident Lesson
# 18: Change is as Good as a Rest Lesson
# 19: Gonna Find Out
Who’s Naughty or Nice Lesson
# 20: Alms Control Agreements
& Other Terms of
Our Good Friends
at the Trough
The ten lessons in this session introduce us to our many friends; the people and grantseekers which feed off and perpetuate the Conspiracy even though they’re on the outside grazing in. They desperately need us. It pains us to admit that we also need them, so we won’t. You'll also get a sneak preview of the Conspiracy's plan for world Donor Domination. Lesson
# 21: The Silken Solicitors Lesson # 22:
Project
Puppies & Pirates Lesson # 23:
Tender is the Fight Lesson # 24: Grave Misgivings Lesson # 25:
Passion Players Lesson # 26:
The Grim &
Determined Lesson # 27:
Grant Hoppers &
Rent-A-Brains Lesson # 28:
The Scribe Tribe Lesson # 29:
Cash Trash Lesson
# 30: Groupthink-Lip Sync - Our
future as the
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