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Jan 11
5 min

Avoid Flailing Around in 2021

If you read last week's post, you know that the most important thing to do for 2021 is simply to ask for a gift. The second most importa...

Dec 14, 2020
5 min

Is Your Organization Planning a Principal Gifts Program? Why Not?

Let's face it...this is a time when many organizations should be putting pencil to paper to organize a principal gifts program in a coord...

Nov 2, 2020
3 min

Lightning Round of Questions Answered!

Development of large gifts is a long term strategy. What is one of the biggest mistakes you can make? Success hinges on your ability to ...

Aug 10, 2020
4 min

I'm Obsessed With Major Gifts

Why wouldn't someone who works in development want to be obsessed with major gifts? There is something so special about people who have ...

Jul 6, 2020
5 min

No Room For Tokenism

I was lucky to be one of the early subscribers to Ms. Magazine in the 1970's. When I was in college most magazines assumed that all women...

Jun 1, 2020
3 min

10 Things To Do When You Are Starting A New Development Assignment

Sooner or later outstanding development professionals find themselves with a new director's position--either within the large organizatio...

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