Does Personalization Work?
“This year, we are asking the board to personalize our appeal letters (beyond the major donor) and, in connection with discussion about the extra staff time, logistics, etc., a new board member asked if we knew what the difference was in response rate. I remember you...
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A Metric System for Development Directors
This month I have been posting about hiring Development Directors. On 3 January, I made the case that hiring passion/talent and training skills was a more effective approach in general that hiring skills/experience and hoping that the successful candidate falls in love with your...
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How to Hire Development Staff Part 2
Men and women with five or more years of experience raising money for non-profit organizations are regularly claiming $60,000 salaries and greater depending on where in the country they work and how much money they are responsible for raising. In fact the median salary for a...
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I am a non-profit organizational development consultant. I work with organization boards to help their members learn how to be better leaders and advocates.
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Development for Conservation helps conservation organizations raise more money from individual members and donors by improving renewal, upgrade, cultivation, and major gift development systems.