Healthcare Systems Merging All Across the Country

February 28, 2013

Recently Scott & White Healthcare of Temple, Texas, and Baylor Health Care System of Dallas, Texas, (some 130 miles from each other) announced their intention to merge. It’s happening all across this country. The combined assets of the merged organization approach $8 Billion. So, why?  I remarked recently on the challenge of Change in large [...]

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Things I Can’t Talk About…

February 21, 2013

I can’t talk about things like the Fiscal Cliff, an irresponsible and leaderless Congress, Senate and White House, end of life issues, gerrymandering and governance by minority, the marginalized middle, entitlement reform, and on and on. So, why can’t I talk about these critical, important and very tough topics? Because it would unleash an extreme, [...]

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It’s February and Still No Resolutions…

February 14, 2013

For many years, really decades, in January I would glibly jot down the top ten things to do (or not to do) for the next year. Did I do anything differently during those years? Well, occasionally. But most of the time I just felt guilty for not doing what I said I was going to [...]

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Why I Give At Work

February 7, 2013

Our organization is beginning the annual staff campaign, Giving Matters, to raise money for a myriad of projects. Since college, I have always worked for nonprofit organizations, academic or healthcare related. I think this annual ritual is now a part of my very DNA. For more than 25 years, I have been in leadership positions, [...]

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Connecting with Young Donors

January 3, 2013

We, in the philanthropic world, are continually in angst over access to the young donor, even with substantial literature showing us how to communicate with the younger generations. Most of our donations come from more senior individuals, foundations, corporations and planned gifts. Hence the reluctance to change our ways! Future philanthropy, however, whether in ten [...]

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Six Fundraising Myths

December 27, 2012

I like to collect interesting, brief, and pithy commentaries on all sorts of topics, including fundraising. One of my staff brought me a single sheet of paper entitled “Six Simple Truths to Address Six Fundraising Myths.” The document was attributed to June J. Bradham, President of Corporate DevelopMint. Historically, the medical profession is full to [...]

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Tis’ the season…….to gain weight, AGAIN!

December 20, 2012

Last year, I wrote about the challenges of staying healthy during this wonderful, generous, giving season. I proposed exercise, restraint, portion control, and persistence as solutions. Well, here we are again. Last season, I quoted an article that stated to fundamentally change a habit, it takes one year of concerted effort. I opined that it [...]

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Too Big to Change

December 13, 2012

We are getting bigger (and I don’t mean our waist lines). Healthcare is in a consolidation mode, out of necessity, we think. Just like banks, insurance companies, grocery stores, etc., consolidation allows lower costs in many ways as size is leveraged on services, supplies, personnel and much more. It is real and scary. Healthcare is [...]

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Charity as a Business

December 6, 2012

Dan Pallotta in the WSJ Review asks “Why Can’t We Sell Charity Like We Sell Perfume?” This rather thoughtful analysis of the origin of American philanthropy from the time of the Puritans to the present raises challenges about both the reason we give but also how and why we give to our favorite charities. And [...]

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Empowering Excellence

November 28, 2012

Completing the $100 million Vision Campaign was one of the most significant accomplishments in Scott & White’s history. Combined with the McLane transformational gift to name the Children’s hospital, we can truly say that we are making a difference in the lives and health of our communities, patients and families. This last year alone we [...]

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