Volunteering for an organization you believe in can be fun and rewarding. Occasionally, you may find yourself in a situation as a volunteer where it’s appropriate to ask a potential donor for a gift, which is no easy task. Here are seven tips for the budding volunteer fundraiser: […]
Break out the antacid; we’re on the cusp of the year-end special events season – black tie, big dinners, heavy hor d’oeuvres, set and live auctions – the works! And they cost a fortune, don’t they! For every dollar raised, it costs fifty cents to put on the big do [...]
The AFP Connecticut chapter had a very good panel discussion last week featuring top professionals from very different organizations presenting their approaches to year-end giving programs. Year-end giving! Yikes, it’s already October! Yes, it’s October, which in the northern hemisphere is a time to reap, so now’s the time to [...]
A recent article in the New Yorker reminded me of the training program I conducted with Wayne Robbins of Bloomerang on August 2 at the Hartford Public Library, The article spoke of how much we’ve changed our outlook and understanding of how the brain works, in part because of advances [...]