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Nonprofit Strategy: Three Things to Cleverly Finagle

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Apparently, there is more than one definition. transitive ) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts. Sam sent me this: I always thought it was someone who could manipulate circumstances to achieve some goal. Many of you kindly supported my initial use of the word “finagle.”

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Nonprofit Strategy: Three Things to Cleverly Finagle

Clairification

Apparently, there is more than one definition of finagle. Sam sent me this: I always thought it was someone who could manipulate circumstances to achieve a goal. After one reader told me the word “finagle” means “to obtain something by devious or dishonest means,” I sent an apologetic “Ruh Roh” email.

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