Winning is honesty (Winners)

Call, Michael D.

SRS Enterprises

If you are a Latter-day Saint, you likely want to raise your family in the best community for you, based on your own priorities and the standards you seek to uphold. You could look for an area in the U.S. that has high ratios of positive establishments (like parks, libraries, and museums) to negative establishments (such as bars, tobacco stores, and casinos). You might look at areas with the most favorable economic conditions for LDS families: affordable four-bedroom homes, lowest tax on food, the lowest gasoline tax, and other data. And how about the areas that have the highest ratio of children living with their two married biological parents, offer the best opportunities for missionary experiences, have the shortest commute times, or are closest to temples? The answers to all these questions and more are found in "Best Places to Raise an LDS Family." This is the first and only book to evaluate, rate, and rank communities in seven broad categories from a Latter-day Saint perspective: LDS Culture (including ratio of positive to negative establishments, commute times, proximity to LDS temples, proximity to major LDS historical sites, ratio of stay-at-home moms, etc.), Education (graduation rates, educational attainment, school environment), Crime (property crime and violent crime), Health (smoking rates, alcohol consumption, teen and adult smoking and drinking rates, teen sexual activity, exercise, obesity, teen and adult STD rates, drug use, etc.), Economic Environment (unemployment, tax rates, family income, poverty, etc.), Household Characteristics (families with children, unmarried partners, number of children, etc.), and Housing (ratio of renters to owners, median home value, median home price and age, price of four-bedroom homes, etc.). This first-of-its-kind volume is an invaluable resource for all Latter-day Saints as they consider where to raise their families.

Best Places to Raise an LDS Family: 361 Communities Evaluated from a Latter-day Saint Perspective

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Civicus Consulting Group

Do you want to raise more money with less asking? Do you want to know how to ask for a $200,000 donation, only to get $1 million instead? Or, rather than convincing 150 people to give your organization $1,000 each, wouldn't you rather ask one person to give $150,000-and hear him say "yes"? So what makes this approach unique? The More Money, Less Asking(c) approach * Is founded on donor decision-making behavior; * Builds upon the donor's unique interests, abilities, gifts, and skills; * Presents a tried-and-true donor prioritization process so you don't waste valuable time, energy, and money on potential donors who won't help you achieve your objectives; and * Introduces a powerful planning matrix, based upon human relationships and behavior. The More Money, Less Asking Model(c) has, as its foundational theory, the Donor Decision-Making Process(c). This foundation explains the process through which every donor passes before the decision to make a gift is made. Next, we'll present a powerful way to identify and prioritize donors, because fundraising professional spend too much of their precious time, energy, and resources on donors who won't end up contributing what we had hoped for. Finally, we'll finish up with DonorPlan(c), the apex of the More Money, Less Asking Model(c). This process will help you systematically plan and implement strategies and tactics to help you achieve your fundraising targets, while improving your overall organizational performance at the same time. Once you've read and implemented these techniques, you'll wonder why you didn't learn about this in fundraising school.

More Money, Less Asking: A Strategic, Disciplined Approach for Effective Fundraising

Business & Money

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Volume 2 of a two-volume community assessment of Utah County, Utah. Conducted by Civicus Consulting Group, this community assessment looks through the lens of education, income, and health in order to capture a snapshot of life in Utah County. Volume 2 contains the appendix only.

Utah County Community Assessment 2011, Volume 2

Volume 1 of a ground-breaking community assessment conducted in 2011 on behalf of United Way of Utah County and a number of other funders. This assessment views Utah County, just south of Salt Lake City, through the lens of education, income, and health, and makes projections regarding the makeup of Utah County in the year 2040. Volume 1 of a two-volume set.

Utah County Community Assessment 2011