Online tools/resources: Google Recommendation & Favorites – Nancy Peterman Book recommendations: Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart  by Father Jacques Philippe Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too by Adele Faber Personal habit that contributes to success: “In the absence of structure, I […]

Online tool/resource: Book recommendation: Anything by Peter F. Drucker. Personal habit that contributes to success: Ask really good questions. Ice breaker for new donor prospect: Ask questions to pull the donor prospect into the conversation. _____________________________________________________________________________________ SOME “TOP TEN” QUESTIONS FOR EXPLORATORY “DISCOVERY CALLS” We often focus in making calls on the information that we want to […]

Book recommendation: The Raising of Money: Thirty-Five Essentials Every Trustee Should Know by James Gregory Lord Personal habit that contributes to success: Work ethic. “The harder you work, the luckier you get.” Ice breaker for new donor prospect: Ask about their life story in terms of the organization. “Tell me how you became involved with (organization).” Best piece of advice […]

Alexander Haas in partnership with the Association of Fundraising Professionals Atlanta Chapter present Giving USA Results 2016 David King, President and CEO of Alexander Haas Tuesday, June 22, 2016

Online tools/resources: Google Personal habit that contributes to success: Having a genuine interest in the person you are visiting with about a gift. Ice breaker for new donor prospect: Ask about the photos in their office. Best piece of advice ever received: “Use my mind and you’ll get my money.” If you could snap your fingers and appear […]

Hi, all! Just a quick Futures In Fundraising UPDATE. We will release our March episode next week – so stay tuned! Jarrad

Success quote: Pick out five to ten goals that you want to pursue and write them down. Recite them daily and soon you will do it from memory. Best piece of advice ever received: “When you find yourself enjoying something, it is more than likely something you have an aptitude for and you should follow that.” Personal habit […]

Success quote: “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand Best piece of advice ever received: “Don’t sell your time. Sell your expertise.” Personal habit that contributes to success: Really listening. Internet resource: Google and Giving USA Book recommendation: Designs for Fund-Raising: Principles, Patterns, Techniques by Harold J. Seymour Essential […]