Perspectives

Patricia Jackson, Vice President for Development, Brown University WG: From your perspective, what are the three major trends you see coming in the advancement field over the next five to ten years? PJ: First, the blurring distinction and increasingly permeable boundaries between the for-profit and non-profit worlds. There are new models: Google.org, for example. In addition, we are seeing more…

Interview with David McMullen, Interim Senior Director of Development; Director of Donor Relations, Catholic University of America

An interview with Julianne Puckett, President, Class of 1991, Mount Holyoke College; Chuck Culp, Form Agent, Class of 2002, St. Paul's School; Angus Christie, Class Agent, Holderness School

Q & A with Tim Cross, Senior Director of Advancement Services, Tufts University

Metrics make a positive difference in major gifts work Metrics are a blessing, or a curse, depending on your point of view. The most successful metrics programs are viewed as carrots that give honest credit for hard work, encourage the right behaviors, and get field officers out of the office as much as possible. In the last four years at Rochester Institute of Technology, we’ve built a set of…

This interview presents two perspectives on the unique challenges faced by Advancement staff at schools where alumni are young and move on to pursue college degrees, leaving their alma mater behind.