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Managing Editor

Get What You Give

By Joe Boland

About Joe

Joe loves the 5 F's: food, fun, friends, football and fundraising

Joe has been with FundRaising Success since 2008, first as the magazine's copy editor, then senior editor and now managing editor. Prior to joining the magazine, he was a sportswriter for Montgomery Newspapers, covering high school and community sports in suburban Philadelphia. He is a graduate of Penn State University in University Park, Pa. Contact him via e-mail at jboland@napco.com or on Twitter at @JoeBolandFRS.

 

Hump Day Hullabaloo

Jo Sullivan
Hump Day Hullaballoo: Sometimes It's Hell in the Hallway
May 22, 2013

This week, as I transition into my new position as interim executive director at Save the Chimps, we're talking about...



Bedrocks & Beacons

Jeff Jowdy
Leave the Story Better Than You Found It
May 22, 2013

Effective fundraisers are storytellers, no matter what the platform. And fundraisers should "leave the story better than you found it."...



Navigating Off the Napkin

Angie Moore
The Intricacies of a Successful Sandbox
May 21, 2013

I've been around the block a few times, and I've been on both sides of the block. I've run programs...



Outside Counsel

Willis Turner
So ... Is Social Media BS or Not?
May 20, 2013

Maybe the question is not whether social media is BS, but whether it is fundraising....



Pay It Forward

F. Duke Haddad
What Flavor Is Your Ice Cream?
May 17, 2013

Fundraisers should not look at prospects as single flavors. Instead they need to aim for the Neapolitan approach....



Fundraising Matters

Pamela Barden
Engaged in Lifelong Learning: What I Learned, Why I Keep Learning and Why You Should Too
May 16, 2013

Why keep learning? Because things are changing, and we need to change along with them. There are great opportunities to...



ProSpeak

Who's Up Next?
Why Mobile Giving Works
Apr 16, 2013

If you make it easy for donors to show they care by asking for small donations and you do so...



Outrageous Hope

Margaret Battistelli
'The Tears That Come From Our Eyes Actually Come From Our Hearts'
Mar 29, 2013

I also love fundraisers, and this video made me think of y'all and the glorious work you do, and it...



Max L. Hart Recipient Exemplifies Importance of Donor Data

 
One of the key themes at both Nonprofit Mobile Day and the Washington Nonprofit Conference last week was the importance of data and database management in fundraising. It's easy to see why.

As donors become more and more sophisticated in the way they interact with nonprofits — and as their expectations of the charities they support evolve — it's crucial to meet them where they are, when they're there, with the messaging they want and expect. That's where data comes into play. It can do so much of that work for fundraisers, helping them deliver the type of communications donors crave to strengthen the relationship and build loyalty.

Tapping your database, of course, has always been crucial in the fundraising sector. But with so many channels to juggle and more popping up every day, database management only grows in importance. Which is why it was the right time for the DMA Nonprofit Federation to honor Chuck Longfield with the 2012 Max L. Hart Nonprofit Award last Friday in Washington, D.C.

Longfield is senior vice president and chief scientist at nonprofit technology firm Blackbaud with a long background in data analytics. He founded Target Software Inc. and Target Analysis Group Inc. and has more than 30 years of experience in building and implementing donor databases. He created the Blackbaud Index, and continues his work helping fundraisers get the most out of their data today.

Congratulations to Chuck, who serves as both a worthy recipient of the Max Hart Award and an excellent example of someone furthering the sector through data.

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