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Will I See You in Vancouver?
As I write, I am preparing for the 2012 Association of Fundraising Professionals International Conference in Vancouver, Canada. I am proud to be one the AFPeeps, a group of fundraisers who are...
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The One Trick to Fundraising
Greetings from Toronto Pearson International Airport! As I write this, I’m waiting for my connecting flight to get to the AFP International Fundraising Conference in Vancouver. Since the airport has...
View ArticleSpeaking in Others’ Voices
While reading this New York Times article about ghostwriting for celebrity cookbooks last month, it made me think about how fundraisers spend their careers writing in the voice of their organizations...
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The Power of a Simple Thank You
While recently moving, my wife and I made numerous trips to our local Goodwill store and donation center. On one particular trip, I dropped the bags in the large donation bin and one of the store...
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Quick Tip: Bank of America Grants Search
While attending last month’s Fundraising Day in New York, I sat in on a session focused on understanding family foundations. During the conversation, one of the panelists reminded me of a very...
View ArticleQuick Tip: A New Approach to Board Fundraising Expectations
While attending a session on Working with Your Board at last month’s Fundraising Day in New York, one of the speakers shared how her organization frames the fundraising expectations of its board: give,...
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Conference Recap: Fundraising IS Community Organizing
Earlier this month I had the pleasure of attending the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network’s Leaders Conference and one of the amazing people I met was Renee Bracey Sherman, today’s guest blogger....
View Article3 Elements of Successful Annual Appeals
I recently contributed a piece on 3 Elements of Successful Annual Appeals to BenchmarkEmail’s Presence for Non-Profits blog series. I hope that you’ll check it out and share your thoughts here or on...
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Now That I’m A Board Member . . .
I am very proud to have been elected to the National Board of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network a few months ago. YNPN’s mission and specific focus on assuring the future of the non-profit...
View ArticleA Story of Salutations
As I am currently knee-deep in data for International House’s Fall Appeal, I thought it would be timely to share a dear friend and mentor’s story of a year-end appeal that she received from a school...
View ArticleHow long should you stay in your job?
I recently attended an event with the founder of a national search firm that manages many fundraising searches annually. One of the interesting things that he advised was to stay in a fundraising...
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Quick Tip: Telling Your Nonprofit’s Story in the 990 Report
Last week, Association of Fundraising Professionals International CEO Andrew Watt participated in the New York City Chapter’s Annual Membership Meeting and had a lot of great things to say. One of...
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How One Web Search Led to a $20,000 Gift
As International House’s Board Chairman retired last year, the Board announced that it was designating an endowed fund to benefit programming and resident scholarships named in honor of the outgoing...
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Are you making the time to be creative?
One of the many highlights of the first day of the 2013 AFP International Conference on Fundraising was to hear from Grammy Award winner John Legend about his philanthropic work in education. One...
View ArticleCheck out my recent profile on Idealist Careers!
A few months ago, I was interviewed by Allison Jones of Idealist (who is also a dear friend and has a great blog that you should check out) about varying topics including my path into fundraising, my...
View Article4 Tips for Managing a Student Giving Program
Last month, we completed the tenth annual Resident Members Gift Campaign (RMGC) at International House. As my colleague was out on maternity leave, I served as the lead advisor to the Campaign...
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I’m Quoted . . .
As you can see above (feel free to click the photo to zoom in), I was quoted in the newest book on major gifts fundraising, Rainmaking: The Fundraiser’s Guide to Landing Big Gifts by Andrew Olsen,...
View Article4 Ways Being on a Nonprofit Board Can Help Your Career
I recently wrote a post for Idealist Careers sharing four ways that serving on a nonprofit board has helped my career. I hope that you’ll check it out and share your comments here or on the Idealist...
View Article3 Steps to Take if You Want to Join a Nonprofit Board
Cross-posted from Idealist Careers Earlier this month, I shared some ways that serving on a non-profit board in the last year has helped my career. I thought that it was only fitting to move onto some...
View ArticleTop 3 Reader Favorites from 2013
In case you missed any of them and to be a bit reflective as we proceed into 2014, I wanted to share the top three posts that were written last year. They cover a few of the different areas and...
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