1. NO ONE ENTITY WILL CHANGE THE WORLD It has often been said that the nonprofit sector is the most caring. We think it can be said, equally, that the nonprofit sector is the most sharing. Fundraising colleagues share techniques, ideas, trends and benchmarks with one another without hesitation. You wouldn’t see that level of sharing, voluntarily, in the airline, financial, legal or other sectors. Funders today are demanding we collaborate for the common good. Gone are the days when public and private sectors are prepared to sustain multiple organisations with the same mission. Such organisations need to collaborate, and even merge, to alleviate funding pressure and manage donor expectations.…