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[ASK AN EXPERT] What To Do When Lead Development Staff Won’t Leave Their Desk

Bloomerang

Sometimes they won’t have the support, time and resources. . Teach your staff to fish: People aren’t born knowing how to build a major donor pipeline and expertly move folks through this pipeline. It may be helpful to evaluate together how many prospects you have and how many face-to-face hours may be required.

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Ask Yourself These Questions Before Hiring a Fundraising Coach

Bloomerang

They have to figure out how to engage with donors with limited time and few resources. If that sounds like you, a coach can help save you time and make the most of your resources—as well as help you raise more funds. . Do you have a manager, supervisor, or mentor who is teaching you how to fundraise and supporting you along the way?

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How can professional development advance nonprofit performance and ensure sustainability?

ASU Lodestar Center

While conferences were once the only idea in gaining professional development skills, peer-to-peer mentoring is shown to give the highest output of learned skills. Performance evaluations are an imperative aspect of leading and growing. Evaluations should not be about power, judgment, blame or failure.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How to Engage Major Donor Prospects Who Blow Hot, then Cold

Bloomerang

Who were your heroes and mentors growing up? . What do you want to teach your children and grandchildren? . What philanthropic gifts (time or resources) have been the most meaningful to you, and why? This keys you into information about what type of impact your donor is hoping to have and how they evaluate opportunities. .

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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. It’s all about teaching digital literacy and citizenship: the knowledge and skills necessary to think critically, behave safely, and interact responsibly in a digital world. Teaching them to use creative tools responsibly?

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Nonprofit Giving Trends and Future Fundraising Strategy

Bloomerang

You must allocate human resources to strategically plan and implement development strategies. Or as my mentor and teacher Hank Rosso said years ago: “ Fundraising is the gentle art of teaching the joy of giving.”. It’s a good time to evaluate where you may have gaps in your technology. I tell nonprofits this all the time.

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Lili Wang

ASU Lodestar Center

Lili Wang Associate Professor, School of Community Resources & Development. is an Associate Professor of Nonprofit Leadership and Management in ASU's School of Community Resources and Development. My professional role includes three aspects: teaching, research, and service. Lili Wang, Ph.D.,

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