Appreciation for the Professional Director of Development For a very long time, I wanted to write something which championed the cause of overworked, underpaid, and underappreciated staff development professionals. But while I was still working as a member of that glorious “clan,” I felt that I was not in the best position to make the …
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“There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.” -– Mark Twain Here are some statistics about the CFC – Combined Federal Campaign, and some common sense observations as to why you should almost always not base your actions on numbers that reflect the entire non-profit sector. It would be like getting a weather report for the …
From an email: I am scheduled to interview with a staffing company who is helping a non-profit organization fill the position of Director of Programs and Grant Development for a Chicago nonprofit. I’ve never held this position before, but I have over 10 years of IT experience and over 8 years of Sales experience. What …
Because words are so important in federal grant proposals, your proposal narrative should avoid clichés – words/phrases that have been worn out and have lost their meaning and effectiveness … especially the latter. Clichés distract reviewers from the core of your proposal. They also waste the reviewer’s time, which can be very frustrating. Eliminating clichés, …
The Summer Is A Great Time To Make New Things Start To Happen !! It would be a good time for a Development Program Analysis/Assessment/Audit to take a look at your current fundraising activities/programs to determine: • What you’re not doing that you could do; and, • What you’re doing that you could do more …
Using Moves Management To Secure Foundation Gifts Moves Management, initially developed by G.T. “Buck” Smith and David Dunlop at Cornell University, is a process of managing relationships with individual donors and moving them towards major giving. As cited in the white paper, Moves Management: The Science of Fundraising, according to David Dunlop, “the moves concept …
This posting is based on an email exchange asking about the relationship between bequests and Naming Opportunities (NOs). I have expanded on my responses in that exchange: With regrets, I do not have a set of generic naming policies that I can share. I would, however, be happy to suggest how you might structure such …
