What It Takes to be aGreat Fundraising DBAPRESENTED BY BILL CONNORS, CFRE, bCRE-Pro

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Agenda

• Who we’re talking about when we say,

“Fundraising/Development/Advancement DBA”

• Introduction

• Objectives

• Educated

• Motivated

• Professional Development for the Fundraising DBA

• What, Why and How to be a great DBA—9 areas

• Attitude

• Soft Skills

• Hard Skills

Attitude

Responsibility

Leadership

Soft Skills

Training

Training Resources

• Dale Carnegie

• Other professional training and speaking organizations

• Your colleagues

Documentation

Documentation Resources

• YouTube, search “Bill Connors documentation”

• http://forums.blackbaud.com/forums/210.aspx

• http://www.billconnors.com/pages/about/speaking.php,

4th bullet

• Chapter 8 and Appendix C of my book (more info on

last slide)

Relationships

Relationships

Hard Skills

Raiser’s Edge Resources

• Blackbaud website: KB, User Guides, Forums, Emails

• BlackbaudKnowHow.com

• http://www.billconnors.com/pages/resources.php

• Blackbus.org

• LinkedIn groups (“Blackbaud,” “Raiser’s Edge,” other

industry groups)

• Facebook (“Raiser’s Edge”)

• bbcon, of course!

Technology

Technology Resources

• Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN)

• TechSoup

• Community colleges

Fundraising

Fundraising Resources

• The Chronicle of Philanthropy

• Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)

• Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)

• Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP)

• Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (APRA)

• Donor Bill of Rights

• http://www.afpnet.org/files/ContentDocuments/Donor_Bill_of_Rights.pdf

• AFP Code of Ethics

• http://www.afpnet.org/Ethics/content.cfm?ItemNumber=3093

• Wiley and Jossey Bass (http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-

350161.html)

AdvancementServices

Advancement Services Resources

• CASE (case.org)

• Association of Advancement Services Professionals (advserv.org)

• SupportingAdvancement.com

• FundSvcs.org

• Your national taxation authority

• Australia: https://www.ato.gov.au/Non-profit/

• Canada: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/chrts-gvng/menu-eng.html

• UK: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities-donors/index.htm

• USA: http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations

Conclusion

• Anyone notice how all the slides were of people?

• Renee: a good DBA is

• Well-rounded

• Donor oriented

• Thinks

• There are so many things a good DBA should be, that we have

to get in one person

• Where do you go from here?

Q&A and Contact Info

Bill Connors, CFRE

Independent Consultant on

The Raiser’s Edge

San Francisco, CA

415.861.5454

bill@billconnors.com

www.billconnors.com