December 23rd, 2009 Gayle Gifford Recent Posts Our great road trip adventure See you in November 2023! Reinventing governance: what’s fixed, what is changeable? Ten norms for fundraising teams Play attention to your lapsed donor 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 Our best wishes for 2010 December 23rd, 2009 Gayle Gifford The universe was a place of wonders, and only habituation, the anaesthesia of the commonplace, dulled our sight. — Salman Rushdie Follow