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Cover photograph by Alain Nogues (Getty Images) 5 From the Chair Martha H. Schumacher, CFRE, ACFRE, MInstF (AdvDip), chairs the international board of AFP. A social impact sector ambassador, educator, coach, mentor, and author, she serves as president of Hazen Inc. and the recently launched Hazen...
What makes me happy is being around humans who believe in making our community a better place. Although he discovered fundraising by “stumbling” into it, Chris Stibbs, CFRE, has blazed quite a track record ever since. With just seven years in the profession, Stibbs—who joined AFP as he was launching...
The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Canada released the following statement about the recent MoneySense article, The best charities in Canada to donate to for the most charitable impact 2022. AFP Canada appreciates articles that highlight the importance of giving and agrees with...
A plague struck the city. In the next three years, most people were infected, and 25% of the population died. The highly contagious epidemic spared no one, including political leaders. It was 430 BC, and the Plague of Athens would signal the beginning of the decline and fall of classical Greece...
Forecasting the future can be complicated, even for genius visionaries like Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos. Fortunately, the same skills that you use for successful fundraising can help you design a compelling vision and lead your organization to fulfill the next opportunities in philanthropy. Back in...
In this interview, AFP talks with emerging leader Andre Dowell, MAE, development and alumni relations engagement officer in the Office of Development at The University of Georgia, about his start in fundraising, current challenges he’s facing, accomplishments and much more. How did you start your...
Can computer games take on the world’s problems? You will be kept busy counting the ways in this new book, Power Play: How Video Games Can Save the World (St. Martin’s Press). None other than retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor provides the book’s most powerful squib, having...
July 25-26, 2019 Location: AFP Learning Center, 4300 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 300, Arlington, Virginia 22203 Timing: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM both days Click to register: http://www.cvent.com/d/6bqxjh/1Q Registration deadline: November 15, 2018 AFP's address is 4300 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 300, Arlington...
FRANÇAIS Phyllis Webstad—Indigenous author, activist, and founder of Orange Shirt Day—shares the change that’s possible with a powerful story At age 6, like most Indigenous Canadians of her generation (and several others), Phyllis Webstad left her home—she lived with her grandmother in the Secwepemc...
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