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More About This Title Women, Wealth & Giving: The Virtuous Legacy of the Boom Generation
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Discover gender-specific tools and strategies Boom-Generation women can use to make philanthropic and charitable decisions
Answering women's questions of how and why to give from the heart, Women, Wealth & Giving helps you understand the models that work best for charitable giving and how these models fit into your legacy mission, whether you've earned, inherited or married into your wealth.
Women, Wealth & Giving will help you understand what models work best for charitable giving, and how to fit those models into your plans, mission, and intended legacy-whether you earned, inherited or married into wealth. This useful planning guide also
With over 43 million Boom-Generation Women at or nearing the age of retirement, the American population is reaching what has been described as the great wealth transfer, and with women outliving men, or choosing to live alone, the role of women in decisions concerning philanthropic dollars will be critical to the economic, political and moral fabric of our society. Get Women, Wealth & Giving and discover the transformative power of women's philanthropy.
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Niki Nicastro Mccuistion, CSP, is a development strategist, consultant, and executive advisor with a successful twenty-five year track record in both business and as a nonprofit executive. A powerful, dynamic speaker and storyteller, she has worked with hundreds of organizations, nationally and internationally, from the World Affairs Council, Avance, the American Bankers Association, to CAS-Argentina. Her passion: to help organizations and individuals develop and implement strategies for successful change and achieve their missions. Niki pioneered "Selling is Helping" and has coauthored several business books on relationship selling, inspired leadership, and performance coaching.
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Foreword xiii
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xxi
Chapter 1 A Generation in the Right Place at the Right Time 1
The Big Picture 4
Why Women Are So Crucial 10
The Right Moment—for Many Reasons 11
Women’s New Contributions 13
A Recent Trigger for Change 14
Reading the New Thinking 15
Chapter 2 Kitchen Table Values from Childhood 25
Values as a Bond of Commonality 26
Values as Our Roots 29
Values as Teachers 32
How Values Form 36
Source of the Three Ps 40
Values Pyramid 42
The Muse Speaks 43
Chapter 3 Affluence, Influence, and Altruism 51
Consumption to Collaboration 53
Scarcity 53
Abundance 56
Influence 58
Altruism 59
Characteristics of Virtuous Philanthropists 62
Chapter 4 Women Philanthropists . . . Dispelling the Myths 71
Exposing the Myths 72
Education of the Abundant Heart 74
What Is a Philanthropist? 77
Giving Influenced by Husband’s Wealth and Interest 83
Giving Time Instead of Money 83
The Wealthier the Woman, the Greater the Voluntary Commitment 84
Chapter 5 Empowerment 93
Give Yourself Power 93
Principle One: Every Woman Has a Legacy 96
Principle Two: Every Woman Is a Philanthropist 103
Principle Three: Every Woman
Makes a Difference 105
Empowerment Cycle™ 106
Chapter 6 Trust, Leverage, Capital: A Woman’s Way 117
Leverage 123
Community Foundations 126
E-Philanthropy 127
Giving and Donor Circles 128
Mentoring and Modeling 128
Venture Philanthropy 130
Social Capital 131
Chapter 7 Plan Elements: Making the Match 141
Plan Overview 143
Choosing a Partner 145
Evaluation Tools 147
Making Your Decision 150
Philanthropic Personality 152
Financial Acumen 153
Common Gifting Techniques 156
How to Volunteer Time and Talent 159
Chapter 8 A Lasting Footprint for a Better World 167
A Model for Future Generations 170
Roots 174
Viable Platform 175
Reach Back to Go Forward 177
Imprint for the Future 178
Epilogue: Our Hope for the Future . . . Destiny Calls a Generation 181
Notes 183
Resources 195
Bibliography 207
About the Authors 215
Index 219
