Two weeks ago, an old friend of mine returned from a trip to Africa where she served as part of a medical team, providing much needed attention and care to many families; children in particular. I showed my seven-year-old son the series of quite arresting photos she had taken and he was moved by the [...]
TCG client Rig Riggins, CEO of the YMCA in Spokane, is the star of today’s Movie Monday from 501 Videos. Rig’s team was able to turn an otherwise uninterested corporate CEO into an excited major donor. How did it do it? Click here to watch the video and hear his story. Share and Enjoy:
Community colleges are receiving new interest and attention these days starting at the federal level with President Obama’s call to add $12 billion to restart the nation’s community college system. With one eye toward enhancing academic programs to meet the needs of students and businesses during the recession and another toward improving graduation rates, community [...]
After my last post regarding my frustrations with impersonal asks from my graduate school, let me give you a couple of personal examples of really good solicitations. Last year, a representative from my sorority’s foundation contacted me. She was coming to Seattle and wanted to meet me while in she was in town to let [...]
I loved graduate school. I moved across the country to attend grad school and not only had a wonderful adventure, but a fantastic education that I truly value. I loved it so much, that a decade later I am still paying for that education and will be until my own child leaves for college a [...]
Check out Kate Roosevelt on this week’s 501 Videos’ Movie Mondays. Share and Enjoy:
Adding to the ever-increasing pool of research surrounding the Millennials, the Pew Research Center recently released the results of a study on the behaviors, values, and opinions of this unique generation. This study confirms much of what we already know – Millennials are well-educated (on track to become the most highly-educated generation in American history), politically [...]
This week’s Movie Monday video features TCG Vice President Kate Roosevelt as well as the University of Washington’s Associate VP of Individual Giving Programs, Lee Heck. Kate and Lee discuss the best ways to respond to donors who find themselves unable to fulfill a pledge. Click the link below to watch the video: http://www.501videos.com/mm2009/10/mm_2_pledges.html?awt_l=DH1HV&awt_m=1ZjoVgwZ1mSBtP Share and Enjoy:
I admit it. Like many other people I know, I’ve ignored the statements from my retirement account for nearly a year now. But even though I never opened them, my financial managers kept sending them. They even sent other things to me, which I didn’t open either. I’m not really proud of it, but I [...]
Yesterday I attended a fundraising revival of sorts, the second annual AFP Major Gifts Symposium in Seattle. Along with 300+ fundraising professionals, trustees, and CEOs, I was challenged to refresh my thinking about donor stewardship in the context of creating a philanthropic environment that supports successful major gifts fundraising. That environment, keynote speaker Karen Osborne [...]
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