Eileen McCabe, Planned Giving Officer at Deborah Heart Foundation, writes that a centralized system to capture and share donor interactions across teams, paired with clear expectations for reporting interactions, allows development professionals to guide conversations, maintain consistency, and protect the integrity of the fundraising process.
Perspectives From Executive Search Firm Another Source
Another Source CEO & Chief Talent Strategist Marcie Glenn discusses nonprofit hiring mistakes, the value of a sales background, and the need to ensure a candidate’s strengths align with their desired role.
Your Donors Are Reading This. Are You Ready?
A donor just printed an article listing eight hard questions to ask her favorite charity before naming it in her will. Yours may be on that list. In a few weeks she’s going to call, and one conversation will decide it. Most nonprofits fail this test and never learn they failed — because a bequest that quietly goes elsewhere sends no rejection letter.