TWB Fundraising Blog

July 31, 2017

Development Dilemma: Turning Art Donors Into Cash Donors

Written by Gene Brandt

In our weekly column, consultants with decades of nonprofit experience answer your questions about...

May 31, 2017

Development Dilemma: Uncovering High-Capacity Donors

Written by Gene Brandt

In our weekly column, consultants with decades of nonprofit experience answer your questions about...

March 4, 2013

The Power of the Fundraising Team

Written by Gene Brandt

We don't always agree! I'm not talking about my wife and I, or my 16 year old (we almost never...

February 11, 2013

Don’t Trust Your Feasibility Study Interviews to a Novice!

Written by Gene Brandt

I love doing feasibility study interviews. That may surprise you. As a senior member of our firm, I...

July 2, 2012

Taking Full Advantage

Written by Gene Brandt

Hopefully some of you took the time to read a recent story in the New York Times about the upcoming...

June 22, 2012

No Laughing Matter

Written by Gene Brandt

Our firm recently hosted a group of recently minted chief development officers for a one-day...

May 29, 2012

Don't Sit Under the Alumni Files

Written by Gene Brandt

North Hall at Lake Forest College is an old residence hall. My guess is that it was all men or all...

May 25, 2012

Doing Good

Written by Gene Brandt

I recently attended a memorial service for a woman with whom I worked a number of years ago. She...

May 14, 2012

Teamwork

Written by Gene Brandt

My son, Christopher, a sophomore at Oak Park River Forest High School, is in his second year on the...

May 8, 2012

Super Human Board Members

Written by Gene Brandt

I’ll admit it. I’ve been slacking! It’s been a few weeks since I last sat down to write this blog....

April 25, 2012

It's the Outcomes

Written by Gene Brandt

I have been spending the last few days in Southern California, accompanying my daughter, Cameron,...

April 18, 2012

Learning to Listen

Written by Gene Brandt

When I was a young development officer, I worked for 5 years at the University of Nevada in Reno....