(Team) Building Blocks
- Attention to detail.
- High energy.
- Experience with marketing tools.
- Ability to process a variety of tasks at the same time.
- Enjoyment of working with volunteers.
- Knowledge of website and online tools, texting, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, etc.
- Ability to interact with corporate CEOs and staff.
- Multitasking ability with speaking, writing and engagement expertise.
- Ability to promote philanthropy as a team sport internally and externally and the role annual gifts play in the big picture.
- Understanding of how to promote the organization’s brand and mission.
Major/planned gifts
Major gifts/planned gifts involve more complex fundraising for larger gifts over time for more specific purposes or legacy-type gifts. Employees in this area need specific abilities, many of which are transformational and may take several years to generate optimal results. They include:
Duke Haddad, Ed.D., CFRE, is currently associate director of development, director of capital campaigns and director of corporate development for The Salvation Army Indiana Division in Indianapolis. He also serves as president of Duke Haddad and Associates LLC and is a freelance instructor for Nonprofit Web Advisor.
He has been a contributing author to NonProfit PRO since 2008.
He received his doctorate degree from West Virginia University with an emphasis on education administration plus a dissertation on donor characteristics. He received a master’s degree from Marshall University with an emphasis on public administration plus a thesis on annual fund analysis. He secured a bachelor’s degree (cum laude) with an emphasis on marketing/management. He has done post graduate work at the University of Louisville.
Duke has received the Fundraising Executive of the Year Award, from the Association of Fundraising Professionals Indiana Chapter. He also was given the Outstanding West Virginian Award, Kentucky Colonel Award and Sagamore of the Wabash Award from the governors of West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana, respectively, for his many career contributions in the field of philanthropy. He has maintained a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) designation for three decades.
