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By David Allen, Development for Conservation So – are we headed for another recession? Plenty of folks think so. Mazarine Treyz of Wildwoman Fundraising points to the slowing housing markets on the east and west coasts, state government belt-tightening, and gun-shy foundation granting as signs that a downturn...
By David Allen, Development for Conservation As I teased last week, one of my three checklist items each year in January is to get my Board Campaign organized. The hot link there is a downloadable paper about how to organize a Board Campaign mechanically. I won’t...
By David Allen, Development for Conservation Start again. January of another year. 2018 is over. History. Fa, sol, la, ti, Done. And January brings us ‘round again “to Do.” 2019 yawns before us. It could be anything. What will it be for you? January is a good time for reflection....
By David Allen, Development for Conservation Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance. - Theodore Roosevelt I sincerely hope that this New Year’s message finds you warm and comfortable, surrounded by family and...
By David Allen, Development for Conservation Yesterday was December 17th. I marked the day, because there are exactly 14 days left in the charitable giving year. So this post will serve as a reminder that these two weeks are NOT weeks you should be taking off. Just as...
By David Allen, Development for Conservation As you probably know, Alaska residents receive a check in the mail from the State of Alaska representing a distribution of oil royalties earned during the year. It’s called the Permanent Fund Dividend and has rangedfrom $300 to more than $2,000...
By David Allen, Development for Conservation From my In-Box this week: I still get a lot of one-page letters with graphics and donation tear off sections at the bottom. In fact, I donate to these groups and lean towards this letter because it is short, concise and...
By David Allen, Development for Conservation Among the notable passings in 2018 was one Jerold (Jerry) Panas. Jerry’s was one of the most recognizable names in fundraising. Author of twenty books on fundraising, Panas was also a regular contributor to blogs and magazines about the topic....
By David Allen, Development for Conservation Last year at Thanksgiving, I wrote about the differences between gratitude and gratefulness. (See Gratitude and Gratefulness) The word grateful is not necessarily focused on a source. We are grateful for stuff – health, material gifts, sunshine, rest – that is...
By David Allen, Development for Conservation I have spent quite a bit of time recently pounding on the We-Need-To-Be-More-Scientific-In-Our-Fundraising drum. That was a primary message in the Rally workshop on Fundraising Metrics, and I’ve written about it often on this blog. Here’s a concrete example related to...