By: Katie MacKenzie, Project Coordinator I’ve recently begun working with a client whose campaign reporting figures are…well….how to put it nicely….never accurate. And, I don’t mean a mistake here or there, every campaign update report we receive has multiple errors and each time I receive the report, it takes me quite a bit of time […]

By: W. Milton Key, Jr., Partner I recently attended a luncheon that featured two generations of a remarkable, humble family that has earned the reputation as a leading philanthropic family in Dallas.  The family patriarch stated in his remarks to the audience that the dictionary definition of philanthropy is antiquated, in his opinion. Based on […]

By: Jerry W. Henry, Partner “As a development director, how do I maintain a personal life in the midst of my hectic schedule?” Yet another development professional asked me the question that I believe many of us struggle to answer in a satisfactory manner. The issue of successfully building the proper work-life balance can be […]

By: Mark Belcher, Partner I’ve been thinking about doing things “right” a lot recently.  And yes, I know that can go in many, many directions.  Often there are lots of ways to do any given task, and I firmly believe that smart people find ways to complete the job at hand, but let’s look at […]

By: Meggan Arp, Marketing Coordinator In recent years, we have witnessed how Facebook, with its more than 1 billion daily users, can serve as a vehicle for social good and charitable giving. By placing solicitations in newsfeeds, the company helped raise money for emergency relief and response in the wake of disasters, e.g., when Facebook […]

By: Elizabeth Smith, Project Coordinator Maybe Adele worked in development and fundraising before becoming a star because her new song “Hello” has some great advice for those of us in the development field. “Hello, it’s me, I was wondering if after all these years you’d like to meet to go over everything.” Even cold prospects […]

By: David Shufflebarger, Senior Partner One of the joys of our work is that we get to meet and learn from some truly marvelous people. Over time, my abundant youthful ignorance about philanthropy has been lessened considerably by generous people who were willing to pass on what they had learned from many successes and some […]

By: Heather Thornton, Project Manager We search them daily, whether it is to catch up on the latest news, find an answer to a question, or check out photos on Facebook: websites.  In today’s heavily internet-reliant culture, I would suspect that your organization already has a website to promote your mission and spread the word about […]