By: David Shufflebarger, Senior Partner Well done, the work of college and university governing boards is hard work. And today that work is more frequently done under public scrutiny based on such things as federal scorecards, financial aid stress tests, bond ratings, state mandates for improved graduation rates, and, sadly, leaders behaving badly. Not surprisingly, […]

By: Heather Thornton, Project Manager Have you ever been in a meeting that seemed to drag on and on, with no end in sight?  Or perhaps you may have participated in a call that was not so much long as it was unproductive?  I was recently involved in a volunteer effort which required weekly conference […]

By: Elizabeth Smith, Project Coordinator Have you ever Googled your organization? Where do you fall in the ranks of listings? What if you run a broad search for your organization, e.g., private school Atlanta or museum Columbia, SC, would your organization still be ranked as high? Luckily there are easy ways to improve the health […]

By: Nancy E. Peterman, Partner Development officers are often the delight of any social occasion.  Trained to facilitate conversations, we are masters of putting people at ease.  As skilled as most of us are in smoothing over moments of awkwardness or tension, there is the infrequent blip on the radar screen where an encounter becomes […]

By: David H. King,President & CEO By now you may or may not have heard the saga of Sweet Briar College. The cliff notes are that the college President and Board decided to close the women’s college after 114 years, because they believed it had insurmountable financial problems. The other side of the story is […]

By: Jarrad Howard, Campaign Strategy Studies Coordinator Your most important resource – whether you work for a nonprofit organization or a for-profit company – is your time. Time is the finite resource that is used to accomplish anything and everything. Also, it’s the one resource that will be used and will pass regardless of whether […]

By: W. Milton Key, Jr., Partner It’s here…the time you’ve set aside each week to make qualification (or discovery) calls to a few donors, with the goal to determine if an in-person visit is warranted, to further qualify them as bona fide major or planned gift prospects. You’ve prepared by reviewing gift histories, wealth screen […]

By: Jerry W. Henry, Partner It’s not just you. There really has been an increase in the number of meetings in which we’re asked to participate. A research report conducted during the past year explores the various meetings in which company employees are involved and the various ways in which they participate. In this particular study, […]