3 Questions To Ask Before Visiting A Donor

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What do I know about this donor? What do I want to learn about this donor? What is the preferred outcome from this visit? The first and second questions should be focused on what we know and want to learn about the donor based on their their professional life, their personal life, our institution’s priority…

Hope and Indifference

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Two socially transmitted doctrines. In one, we invite an authentic, joyful, heartening belief to overtake us:  “Tomorrow will be better than today.” In the other, we give in to a cynical, misanthropic, resigning frame of mind and heart: “I’m not concerned about tomorrow.” There is no question that advancing our institutions is done best when…