February 16th, 2009 Gayle Gifford Recent Posts See you in November 2023! Reinventing governance: what’s fixed, what is changeable? Ten norms for fundraising teams Play attention to your lapsed donor Looking back and ahead Categories 100 Things We've Learned About the Butterfly Effect Better Boards Big ideas Communicating Effectiveness Fundraising Good reads Great quotes Helpful sites Little ideas Nonprofit Highlights Profiles of passion and courage Public engagement Research Strategic Thinking Tidbits Uncategorized Upcoming Events, Speaking and Training World News For Presidents’ day February 16th, 2009 Gayle Gifford “The probability that we may fall in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just; it shall not deter me.” – Abraham Lincoln Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, page 79 Follow