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About the session: Created for individuals with 0 to 4 years of fundraising experience, the AFP Fundamentals of Fundraising Course is composed of seven modules designed by experienced fundraising professionals to meet the real-world needs and challenges nonprofit organizations face every day. This...
Above: Within days of the outbreak of the fires, Mulligan was writing checks totaling $600,000. How did the Napa Valley Community Foundation get a jump on the October 2017 wildfires that raced across this garden-spot community, threatening families, homes, jobs, and the region’s economy as a whole...
Imagine graduating magna cum laude from college and sending out a flurry of cover letters and résumés, eager to kick-start your career. You receive a dozen emails, and a few of those turn into phone interviews. One phone interview goes so well that you’re invited for an in-person interview. On the...
Some of us work like dogs, inputting donor data, writing case statements/development plans/grant requests, engineering meetings between board members and major prospects, facilitating volunteer meetings, running (literally) signature galas, writing speeches for the CEO, all perhaps while raising a...
Yesterday, the United States and other countries honored and remembered the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. There are others who will speak far more eloquently than me about Dr. King and his impact, and I would recommend to you the statement from Dr. Bernice A. King with The King Center in...
In recognition of International Self-Care Day, July 24, we asked Dr. Linda Fleming McGhee to provide us a few of her tips for self-care. Dr. McGhee is going to be presenting the session, Self-Care for Those Who Lead: Healing for Leaders And Setting The Corporate Culture for Intentional Self-Care, at...
In recognition of Thanksgiving this week, we asked Pamela Perkins Dwyer, MA, CFRM to share her thoughts on showing gratitude to our donors. Pamela is going to be presenting the session, Stewardship: Why We Need to Say Thank You" So Many Times, at AFP ICON 2024 in Toronto, April 7-9. If you're...
“I’m off to see a donor,” I said to Robbie, my robot assistant, as I signed out of my digital home office. After taking my hoverboard to the corner, where the self-driving Uber would pick me up, I folded the hoverboard and put it in my briefcase. “Why am I still carrying a briefcase?” I asked myself...
Above: At age 93, legendary cellist Pablo Casals still practiced three hours a day. Embracing innovative solutions to complex challenges can lead to strong fundraising results. Innovation definitely has its place. If the nonprofit sector did not innovate, we would all still be mailing homogenous...
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