Meet Our Award Winners: Jessica Harrington

Get upper-management buy-in. A project can easily become derailed when the ED or CEO or board president doesn’t agree with the concept, usually because they haven’t been brought in at the planning stages.

Fundraising success is a team effort — from the person who sets the strategy and the person who writes the letter copy to the person who prints the piece or codes the e-mail. Everyone plays a part in the overall success, and everyone should celebrate that success.