Excitement Builds at North Georgia College and State University
A meeting like this is a lot of fun for me. What you see here is an idea we’ve had in behalf of our client now coming to life on their campus, for their university president. This image signifies an electrifying moment for our client, too. It’s a time when planning comes to an end; when it is replaced by the reality that there soon will be an actual “destination” for honoring philanthropy on campus, right here. Continue reading »
You’ve never seen this before!
Interactive story-telling, lifetime and planned giving programs!
“HOT!” This just in from Memphis.
Experiential Stewardship: The “Must Know” Guidelines for Top Tier Donors
Robin Good recently posted a series of questions on the ADRP Listserv, basically asking this: what are you doing for your top tier donors, and have you standardized those activities in any way? In further conversation with her, I was impressed with her application of a seldom-used term, experiential stewardship, to the work involved in donor relations. In a nutshell, she used it to refer to the all-important act of providing meaningful experiences for your donors, ones that go beyond the routine checklist of stewardship activities. Continue reading »
Filed under Best Practices for Donor Recognition, Donor Communications, Stewardship, Think Before You Thank | Tags: ADRP, Best Practices for Donor Recognition, Communications, Development, Donor Recognition, Fundraising, Naming Opportunities, online giving, Stewardship, Think Before You Thank, Trends in Fundraising | Comments OffSoutheast Donor Relations Conference Was Excellent, Yet Again!
Last week Robin and I had to divide and conquer. I went to the Southeast Donor Relations Conference in Charlotte sponsored by the Association of Donor Relations Professionals while she attended the Georgia Association of Development Professionals annual meeting in St. Simons. She got the beach . . . but I got the brains (which is all right by me)! This group is smart and fun-loving. As is the case every year, they are raising the bar for what donor relations means as a distinct and necessary part of their organizations. Continue reading »
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This year’s Association for Healthcare Philanthropy Southeast Regional Conference began yesterday in Atlanta. Focus is split between new strategies and proven best practices. The concentration on the sad state of the economy is finally coming to an end. People I talked with are busier than ever, finally coming out of the shock of the economic crisis. There is a pervasive return to the optimistic “we can get it done!” attitude that first drew me to the philanthropic arena. Continue reading »
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