Fundraiser Snapshot: Robert Thompson

“A major goal will be maximizing our assets,” he adds.

Thompson offers this piece of advice for fundraisers: “Never accept no as an answer or that no means no.”

“If you’ve done your homework and go to a donor and ask for an amount and get no direct responses or affirmations, then that prospect is either at the wrong time, [or] it’s the wrong amount or the wrong person asking.