Report Examines Millennial Donors' Giving, Engagement Habits - 4/10/10

Check out new report from Achieve and Johnson Grossnickle Associates 

Although members of the Millennial generation are often associated with texting, Facebook, and other new communications  technologies and platforms, donors in that age group put a high  value on face-to-face communication when it comes to requests  for their time or money, a new report from Achieve and Johnson Grossnickle  Associates finds.

Based on a survey of more than 2,200 Americans between the ages  of 20 and 40, the report, Millennial Donors: A Study of Millennial Giving and Engagement Habits, found

Sign up now - the last 2010 workshop on Board Ambassadorship will be in Albion, MI

Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to best engage your board in fund development.

Atlanta held its worskhop.  Sign up now for the September 27 workshop to be held in Albion, Michigan!  This is the last workshop for 2010.  

RDS has teamed up with the Alliance’s Executive Consultant Select Group (ECSG) to present a special On The Road Workshop four times in the next several months in four different locations.

Board Ambassadors: Carrying the Mission to the Community (Engaging the Board in Development without Trespassing or Fear)

"Our Board Chair attended the "Board Ambassador" workshop at the Alliance conference in Houston.  He was so impressed with Bob and Betsy's workshop, he asked them to present it to our Board at our annual strategic planning session in January. The result is that our board is not only enthusiastic and engaged, but also has the tools and skills to be effective ambassadors for our agency. Thank you, Bob and Betsy!" Oren Dreeben, President/CEO, The Children's Shelter

2010 RDS Teleconferences

The RDS Advisory Committee  three free teleconference calls ischeduled for 2010:

  • Social Media as an Opportunity, Not a Solution;  
  • Facebook: Seizing the Opportunities, Avoiding the Pitfalls; and
  • Proposal Writing.

Check this website regularly for the dates and more details on these conferences.  Also look for information in the Alliance E-News.  If you have any questions about RDS teleconferences or want to register contact Susan Skibba, development associate.

Facebook: Seizing the Opportunities, Avoiding the Pitfalls will be held August 10, 1:00 p.m. Central Time - Register now!

 

Development Basics to Survive Tough Times

Prioritize stewardship, invest in capacity, energize operating appeals

Published in Issue 4 – 2009 of the Alliance for Children & Families Magazine

View or print column as a PDF

These are daunting times for most child and family service providers. My agency, like many others, has had significant revenue reductions that may result in program or staff retrenchments.

It is too easy to allow ourselves and our agencies to be defined by these cuts, shortfalls, and the sense of resource depletion. Yet, hope and positive energy remain the lifeblood of our agencies and are critical to ultimate success.

Managing the mood, mitigating the fear, and providing a positive vision of tomorrow is essential to sustain and nurture the morale of the staff and volunteers who make mission a reality.

TCC Group

Strategies to Achieve Social Impact

The TCC Group announced the results of an analysis of the factors that predict sustainability for approximately 700 nonprofit organizations that were surveyed using its Core Capacity Assessment Tool (CCAT). The CCAT is an online survey taken by an organization’s senior staff and board members to assess an organization’s leadership, management, adaptive, and technical capacities, strengths, and challenges. The Sustainability Formula a new paper by TCC Group Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Peter York, highlights the factors that predict a nonprofit’s sustainability. “Sustainability is not just about fundraising,” says York, “but strong, motivational, and vision-centered leadership combined with financial adaptability, effective learning practices, and good sense.” York discusses The Sustainability Formula in his recent podcast produced by The Foundation Center. 

Welcome to the Resource Development Services Website of the Alliance for Children and Families!

The Alliance’s RDS program has been in existence for more than a decade. Begun in 1998 with a planning grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the RDI program (or “Resource Development Initiative,” as it was called at the time) was organized by a volunteer committee of agency CEOs and fundraising staff plus professionals from the development field who recognized and understood the need for nonprofit child- and family-serving agencies to become more sophisticated in their fund development efforts.

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