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April 5, 2018
Building a Gift Officer Portfolio from Scratch
We talked with Anna Schlia, director of advancement for the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music about building a portfolio from scratch. Anna’s been at Eastman for three years and now carries 150 active prospects, but she started with none. How’d she get to full capacity? Anna dug…
My First Three Months as a Gift Officer
We think EverTrue makes it easier to find prospects, book meetings, fill an empty portfolio, and travel light. But you don’t have to just take our word for it. We chatted with John Blackburn, Jr., Assistant Director of Development at the University of Virginia’s College of Arts and Sciences. John…
March 29, 2018
TrueStories: Six-figure Donors Hiding in Plain Sight
Last week, I chatted with Lydia Kokolskyj-West, Deputy Executive Director for Development at Santa Clara University. She’s fantastic and her team is seeing some amazing results using EverTrue. We talked about how Lydia has quickly built out her portfolio, securing two six-figure gifts in rapid succession from donors who only…
March 19, 2018
EverTrue Product Update – March 2018
It’s been a busy first quarter of 2018 here at EverTrue. We’re unveiling new goodies including enhanced calendar integrations for gift officers using Relationship Management, tools for admins of Volunteer Management, Single Sign-on for the EverTrue platform on desktop and mobile, and extra giving information and improved searchability for all.…
LIVE from CASE DI: Boston University
We're coming off an amazing few days at the annual CASE DI conference. This is always a special meet up for the EverCrew as we're able to connect with inspiring advancement professionals in our own backyard of Boston. In case you missed it, here are the highlights from our fascinating…
March 16, 2018
The Next Generation of Alumni Giving (Whitepaper)
Funding for higher education isn’t what it used to be. State funding has yet to recover from the 2008 recession and alumni giving has been declining for 20 years. But there’s hope for alumni relations and advancement professionals trying to transform graduates into lifelong supporters. Our partner, Eventbrite, discusses these…
March 13, 2018
Five SIX Ways to Use Social Media to Shake Up the Pyramid
How often do you get a digital marketer and a researcher together to talk about how online engagement leads to better prospect discovery? Yesterday, we did just that when our Founder and CEO Brent Grinna sat down with Joseph DiDomizio, Director of Digital at the University at Buffalo’s Office of…
March 7, 2018
Building the Bear; An Epilogue
In the summer of 2017, I set out to do something I never dreamed possible; I wrote a book. After reading Jeremy Allen Darlow’s “Brands Win Championships,” I was inspired to say the least. It got me thinking about the realities that face athletic organizations at all levels. I wanted…
March 2, 2018
LIVE from CASE VII: A new model of “pre-exit philanthropy”
What a week! We’re closing out our whirlwind conference tour at CASE DVII in San Francisco. In addition to thrilling sessions with our partners Pomona College and Weber State University, we had the chance to catch up with our friend Dee Dee Mendoza from Dartmouth College about a new model of giving called pre-exit…
