Development Dilemma: Turning Art Donors Into Cash Donors
In our weekly column, consultants with decades of nonprofit experience answer your questions about...
Development Dilemma: Uncovering High-Capacity Donors
In our weekly column, consultants with decades of nonprofit experience answer your questions about...
The Power of the Fundraising Team
We don't always agree! I'm not talking about my wife and I, or my 16 year old (we almost never...
Don’t Trust Your Feasibility Study Interviews to a Novice!
I love doing feasibility study interviews. That may surprise you. As a senior member of our firm, I...
Taking Full Advantage
Hopefully some of you took the time to read a recent story in the New York Times about the upcoming...
No Laughing Matter
Our firm recently hosted a group of recently minted chief development officers for a one-day...
Don't Sit Under the Alumni Files
North Hall at Lake Forest College is an old residence hall. My guess is that it was all men or all...
Doing Good
I recently attended a memorial service for a woman with whom I worked a number of years ago. She...
Teamwork
My son, Christopher, a sophomore at Oak Park River Forest High School, is in his second year on the...
Super Human Board Members
I’ll admit it. I’ve been slacking! It’s been a few weeks since I last sat down to write this blog....
It's the Outcomes
I have been spending the last few days in Southern California, accompanying my daughter, Cameron,...
Learning to Listen
When I was a young development officer, I worked for 5 years at the University of Nevada in Reno....