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President’s Corner: Why Proactive Collaboration is More Strategic than Reactive Mergers

Firm president, Patton McDowell has extensive experience in navigating the waters of mergers and collaborations between organizations. With twenty years of background in development and strategic planning, Patton has wisdom ...

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[Innovation Series] Collaboration and Collective Impact

In late 2011, authors and nonprofit strategists John Kania and Mark Kramer published an article in the Stanford Innovation Review that has had a tremendous impact on how policy leaders, ...

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Strategic Planning: Setting Expectations

The term “strategic planning” gets tossed around quite a bit in the nonprofit field.  To help demystify the process, our consultants will weigh in as a part of an on-going ...

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The Mooresville Soup Kitchen Welcomes Vickie Traynum

Patton McDowell & Associates, LLC is pleased to announce that the Mooresville ...
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[Innovation Series] May Topic is Collaboration

Everywhere you go these days in the nonprofit sector, it seems “collaboration” ...
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About Town with Patton McDowell & Associates: May Edition

Will those April showers bring May flowers? Spring is definitely in the ...
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Charlotte Nonprofit Buzz: The Mooresville Soup Kitchen Begins Feeding the Veterans Program

Over the past few months, Patton McDowell & Associates has enjoyed working ...
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President’s Corner – Creating Your Personal Board

Firm president, Patton McDowell, is known for his strong coaching and facilitation ...
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[Innovation Series] Keep the Talent You Have

As April comes to a close and the fiscal year end is ...

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Remembering the Experience – Notes from the 2013 NC/SC Planned Giving Conference


As part of our ongoing education, PMA attends different conferences and presentations throughout the year. Last week President Patton McDowell and Managing Director Josh Jacobson made the trek to the Kanuga Conference Center in Hendersonville for the 2013 Annual Planned Giving Conference (April 30 – May 1), presented by the North Carolina and South Carolina […]

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Strategic Planning: Getting Started


The term “strategic planning” gets tossed around quite a bit in the nonprofit field.  To help demystify the process, our consultants will weigh in as a part of an on-going series on subjects related to strategic planning in the nonprofit sector – process, trends, fresh perspectives and tales from the field. It is the most […]

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Up Your Game with Talent Acquisition & Retention


Patton McDowell & Associates has been focusing on Talent Acquisition & Retention in our Innovation Series this month. Whether you are an Executive Director looking for ways to enrich your staff or you are a possible candidate in the job market, PMA can offer advice, experience and tips on helping you during times of transition. […]

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