In conversations at conferences and with clients I hear that, in fundraising, there appears to be a great divide between research officers and gift officers. And the divide itself is made up of capacity ratings. Do you run into these scenarios? If you have encountered… Read More »Are Capacity Ratings Rate-able?
This post was written for Prospect Research Pride Month in 2019. It is a celebration of what we do and how integral our work is in the success of our organizations. Let’s take a look at our work from a bird’s eye view instead of… Read More »Prospect Research Is More Than Studying Wealth
Yes, I am of the age where I want to sit around telling “In MY day…” stories. But today is still my day because I get to share this amazing profession with you. And this blog post is a rampage of appreciation over how far… Read More »We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby: A Celebration of Research Pride Month
When I talk to data vendors about what data I’d like them to resell, I always mention patents. And then I get pushback from my peer consultants on whether searching patens is worth the time. The argument in our community against searching patents are twofold:… Read More »Are Patents Worth Our Time?
In 1957, my father sat in the cold metal hut buried halfway into the ground of Shemya Island, a remote piece of land that sits near the very end of the tongue full of islands that make up the eastern edge of Alaska. It’s no… Read More »Prospect Research Pride 2016
This article was first published as “Marianne’s Mining Minute” in the APRA Upstate New York chapter’s newsletter, 2012. David Lawson once told me that someone giving $40,000 or more over a lifetime to political causes is more likely than not to be a wealthy person.… Read More »Is Political Giving a Prospecting Tool?