How can fundraisers be leaders within their organizations? Read a transcription of a podcast produced by The Fund Raising School, narrated by Bill Stanczykiewicz, assistant dean for external relations and director of The Fund Raising School, and Dr. Amir Pasic, Eugene R. Tempel Dean of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Bill Stanczykiewicz (BS): At The Fund… Read more »
We’re sharing our top ten tips for fundraisers for 2020 based on research, practice, thought leadership, and outside expertise. 1) When putting together your fundraising team, consider empathy a necessary skill to have. Maarten Bout, M.A. ’18, and Dr. Sara Konrath studied fundraiser contact reports to determine if fundraiser empathy could be linked to… Read more »
In an era where philanthropy experts point to the power of funders and donors making bigger gifts over longer time periods to fewer causes, it’s easy to believe that small gifts don’t matter. But in cases of humanitarian aid and disaster relief, where large-scale change means responding quickly to needs across entire cities and… Read more »
Last year, I was awarded a grant through Leadership Education at Duke Divinity to support an innovative approach to leadership within my institution, Lake Institute on Faith & Giving. Lake Institute offers a variety of educational and public programs on a regular basis; however, we’ve never offered a renewal day or retreat for our constituents…. Read more »
How does one serve more kids and teens across America? Julie Teer, chief development and public affairs officer at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), sees the perfect link between empowering fundraising leaders and serving more children. So when BGCA wanted to find advanced leadership training for advanced Boys & Girls Clubs (BGC)… Read more »