Get your profile ready for Georgia Gives Day 2015, and you might win a dinner out! Just complete five short tasks by Oct. 30 to make sure your GAgives.org account is set up correctly and ready for the big day.

In the private sector, success is often defined by pure competition: beating your peers and gaining a greater market share. From a business perspective, this approach is logical and desirable. Your company and employees depend on your ability to sell something better than others in the marketplace: It’s as simple as that.

A frequent challenge for nonprofit organizations is dealing with unexpected setbacks — the failed donor renewal, the sudden loss of a key department head, or the departure of a board member. But after two decades in the nonprofit sector, I’ve come to realize that there are just as many unexpected opportunities from which nonprofits can benefit.