Fundraiser Education

The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI is opening applications for its new online Professional Doctorate in Philanthropic Leadership (PhilD), the first professional, doctoral-level leadership degree in the field.

The director of development is the senior fundraising manager at a nonprofit organization. The director, who collaborates closely with the CFO, is responsible for securing nonprofit revenue from individuals, corporations, organizations, associations and foundations through a variety of means. But what does it take to get there?

Fundraisers must seek to continuously improve their craft. They must practice asking for the gift and enjoy the thrill of this adventure. Fundraisers, who exchange with prospects about a variety of subjects, must believe in their cause and expect every ask to be successful.

It’s finally here: a new handbook on direct mail called "Creative Deviations." It’s heavy, it’s filled with 286 pages, with nice large print, easy-to-read typeface and lots of “yous.”

Every professional in the nonprofit arena needs to have a strong professional network to help them achieve greater success over time, and experts agree that networking can take your career to a higher level.

bbcon 2022 Virtual, the tech conference for a better world, will take place October 17-18. The conference will be global and virtual.

The virtual Nonprofit Marketing Summit is launching into year-end with its fifth and largest summit yet.

Today, there are so many more ways to engage with your donors in all channels & media that you have more opportunities to practice.

Do you consider yourself a thought leader? Perhaps you shouldn’t, and here’s why.

As I was beginning to build my library on fundraising, I knew I had to obtain the book, “Henry Rosso’s Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising.” Can you imagine my joy and excitement when it was announced that Wiley Publishing had published the fifth edition of “Achieving Excellence in Fundraising”?