Mike's Monday Message
The weekly blog about all things AFP and fundraising, led by AFP President and CEO Mike Geiger, MBA, CPA
I’m Mike Geiger, president and CEO of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Though I’m the one posting, it’s really your thoughts and views that we'll be posting, as much as mine —it's about the AFP community and the fundraising profession. In fact, we will occasionally feature a post from one of our esteemed colleagues, so keep an eye out for these special articles.
While I do want to keep you up-to-date with what’s happening at AFP, what I really want is to hear from you. So e-mail me your comments, questions, concerns, feedback, and items you think I should be covering.
This week, executive vice president - AFP Foundations for Philanthropy, Lori Gusdorf, CAE, takes over Mike's message to share the role the AFP Foundations play in leadership development and how your investment helps with the development and implementation of high-quality programming. First, thank
Let me start by saying THANK YOU. Thank you for your commitment to ethical and effective fundraising. Thank you for your commitment to the AFP community and all who are a part of it. Thank you for your commitment to your causes and the people on whose behalf you work so tirelessly. It has been a
While celebrations are held throughout the month of November—and in some cases, during different times of the year—National Philanthropy Day®, or NPD for short, is officially recognized tomorrow on Nov. 15. The day was first acknowledged in the U.S. by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 through a
A la vez que hay festejos durante todo el mes de noviembre—y en algunos casos, a lo largo de distintas épocas del año—el Día Nacional de la Filantropía ®, o NPD por sus siglas en inglés, se reconoce oficialmente el 15 de noviembre. La fecha fue reconocida por primera vez en los Estados Unidos por el
In September 2020, AFP led our sector once again (and encouraged others to follow suit) by requiring salary ranges and accepting lived experience as the equal of institutional education on all our job postings. Here’s the link to that statement. When we implemented this requirement on our job board
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