by Marcus Haile | May 4, 2017 | Development Team, Fundraising Readiness |
When setting up a new development shop or restructuring an existing one, the last thing you should be worrying about is—well—development! The modern development department succeeds not because an organization has had an epiphany about the need to raise money, but...
by Marcus Haile | Sep 6, 2016 | Campaign Organization & Management, Campaign Planning, Development Team |
How and what development professionals are held accountable for are two of the most important questions nonprofit organizations and their fundraisers face. Accountability is a necessary tool for managing staff and fundraising efforts, but it is only as good as the...
by Tony Poderis | Dec 18, 2012 | Development Team |
The core of the question, in any of those settings, is a search for an “ideal” or industry standard. Such an animal doesn’t exist. There are just too many variables for an across-the-board approach to organizing a development office, especially in...
by Joyce Braun Poderis | Nov 13, 2011 | Development Team, Fundraising Policies & Practices |
Let’s pretend you’re the person in a nonprofit organization charged with seeking grants and that your boss is going to hold you accountable to one or more of the following standards. You must get _____ proposals “out the door” every_____. You must get...
by Tony Poderis | Jul 6, 2009 | Development Team |
There comes a time when some non-profit development professionals begin thinking about saying goodbye to their organizations and hello to the world of fund-raising consulting. They want to know what it takes to be a consultant, and how to find clients. Although the...
by Tony Poderis | Sep 27, 2007 | Development Team, Fundraising Policies & Practices |
Mixing Oil and Water and Making it Work in a Non-Profit Organization The receiving and the handling of donations made to non-profit organizations are simple to do, but very often poorly done. When that happens, a vital block is taken out of the foundation we strive to...
