The Rise of Technology and Fundraising Education

One school is New York University’s George H. Heyman Jr. Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising, which offers a master’s and noncredit certificate programs, and other noncredit courses. Here, Marcia Stepanek, an adjunct professor at the Heyman Center, speaks with FundRaising Success about the rise of technology and how the Heyman Center and schools like it are educating the fundraising sector.

FundRaising Success: How did you get involved with teaching at NYU?
Marcia Stepanek: I’m the center’s new media advisor, and I’m on the master’s faculty. I have developed a master’s course in social-media strategy and another in cause video, and I also teach in the noncredit program social media and cause video.