TWB Fundraising Blog

August 15, 2014

Good Strategic Planning Should Precede Your Campaign

Regardless of your institution's reliance on strategic planning as a regular part of institutional...

July 22, 2014

The Role of Board Members in a Capital Campaign

Written by Clyde Watkins

Aside from their responsibilities for self-perpetuation, and the selection and oversight of...

June 9, 2014

The Odd Couple: Capital Campaigns and Planned Giving

Historically, planned giving and fundraising campaigns have had a somewhat rocky relationship....

March 3, 2014

Client Testimonial: Hephzibah Children's Association

We recently had the pleasure of working with Molly Philosophos and Liz Condon at Hephzibah...

February 28, 2014

TW&B Service Spotlight: The Annual Giving Assessment

Written by Don Souhrada

Is your organization on track to reach its annual fund goal this year?

If your organization is not...

May 17, 2013

Alumni Relations in the Age of Online Education (Part Two)

Written by Clyde Watkins

Think about it. Pretend you are a college student, registered at any given institution, taking most...

May 15, 2013

Alumni Relations in the Age of Online Education

Written by Clyde Watkins

As all of us are aware, we live in an age of rapidly changing communications systems, and this is...

March 25, 2013

Soliciting Campaign Gifts: The Vanishing Volunteer

Written by Clyde Watkins

In the forty years I have been working in development, the past two decades as a consultant, I have...

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...

February 4, 2013

Networking with a Purpose

Written by Clyde Watkins

Networking with a Purpose The Development Leadership Consortium Continuing Fellows Reception –...

February 1, 2013

Fiscal Cliff Deal Beneficial to Charitable Giving

Despite the last minute December scramble, the yearend squabbling in Congress brought good news to...