Paper money is so 2015. Just pull out your phone and click to pay. But which one should you use? You no longer need to carry a bulky wallet filled with numerous credit cards or cash. With a mobile wallet, you simply use your smartphone to pay for your transactions. Most electronic wallets are free...
I suspect very few people actually see the comments on my blog posts – due to the style of blog.  Here is one comment worth re-posting: Paul Schervish’s response to my rather biting commentary on his work earlier this week – along with my own mea culpa!  I try to entertain, expose, and educate through...
This post is a follow-up to last week’s  discussion on the Schervish/Havens “Wealth Transfer” projections from the late 90s (and re-estimated around 2006).  Good news is that we should have a new set of projections – ones that should be real eye openers for the need to invest in planned giving! Even with updated “Wealth...
I probably owe some part of my career in planned giving to the so-called “Wealth Transfer” predictions by John Havens and Paul Schervish in the late 90’s.  They created an incredible amount of publicity with bold predictions of “Trillions” of dollars heading to nonprofits via planned giving/bequests.  Every few years, I like to revisit their...
As promised, we are continuing with our follow-up to Dr. Russell James‘ webinar “Wills That Won’t – What the Decline of Wills and Estate Plans Means for Planned Giving Marketing” (click here to see the webinar).  A special thanks to Dr. James, who shared his powerpoint slides with me, and to MarketSmart who hosted the...