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Interviewing Fundraising Candidates – Getting it Right

By Larry Raff In _CRI Blog Post, Career & Recruitment, Insights Posted April 10, 2017 4 Comments

We all know the challenge of finding the right candidate to fill our important fundraising vacancies, including the pitfalls of the interview process. The April 9, 2017 NY Times article, “The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews,” supports beliefs I have had, for many years as a fundraising employer and recruiter, about this process. The research […]

50 Shades of Self-Interest

By Larry Raff In _CRI Blog Post, Insights, Leadership & Management Posted February 5, 2017 4 Comments

The Long-Term Trend That Is Going Unnoticed – UPDATED

By Larry Raff In _CRI Blog Post, Emerging Ideas, Insights Posted January 12, 2017 1 Comment

My original post dated August 3, 2014 entitled “The Long-Term Trend That Is Going Unnoticed” argued a number of reasons why the overall national donor pool is shrinking. The pillars of the argument addressed the Giving USA analysis showing total giving rose 3.0 percent in 2013 over the 2012 estimate, adjusted for inflation. There was no […]

Why 2017 will be Wicked Awesome

By Larry Raff In _CRI Blog Post, Emerging Ideas, Insights Posted December 26, 2016 3 Comments

“Wicked awesome” is a uniquely Boston expression. When the Red Sox won the World Series…wicked awesome. When Whitey Bulger was captured…wicked awesome. Before I get into why 2017 will be a wicked awesome year for many nonprofit stakeholder organizations, I want to review some studies that address how people feel and behave after they are […]

Certainty in the Trumped-Up Era

By Larry Raff In _CRI Blog Post, Insights Posted November 14, 2016 6 Comments

You may have noticed during the presidential primaries and candidates’ debates that President-elect Trump rarely mentioned Congress. He seemed to be operating under the premise that the presidency reigns supreme over all of government and that there would be few impediments to getting what he wanted. During the financial crises of 2008, 2009 and as […]

We are All in Human Services

By Larry Raff In _CRI Blog Post, Emerging Ideas, Insights Posted November 5, 2016 0 Comments

Stakeholder organizations are often divided into different categories to help others navigate the nonprofit sector. The categories typically include: Education, Basic Needs, Arts & Culture, Health, Religion, Youth/Family Services, Environment & Conservation, Animal Welfare, International Affairs, Policy and many others. To be sure, each of these categories addresses content with which advancement officers need to […]

Raising the Barr

By Larry Raff In _CRI Blog Post, Insights, Leadership & Management Posted September 25, 2016 0 Comments

I had the good fortune to attend a luncheon presentation at The Friday Forum* in Boston, by Jim Canales on September 23, 2016. Jim was appointed as president and trustee of the Barr Foundation in Boston in 2014 after spending two decades in a variety of roles at The James Irvine Foundation in California. The […]

Be Smart About Capital Expansion

By Larry Raff In _CRI Blog Post, Insights, Leadership & Management Posted September 15, 2016 0 Comments

The recent article in The New York Times, “How the Rich Are Hurting the Museums They Fund” by Ben Davis on July 22, 2016 struck a chord with me because it addresses a common question I ask potential clients about their plans for capital expansion. The question is, once you build it, will you be […]

It is Time for Large Funders to be Leaders

By Larry Raff In _CRI Blog Post, Insights, Leadership & Management Posted September 15, 2016 0 Comments

A recent article in the Boston Globe “Does Boston have too many nonprofits?” by Sacha Pfeiffer, addresses an often heard lament that there are too many nonprofits (stakeholder corporations) doing overlapping work. As the article points out, there are 40+ organizations dedicated to help disadvantaged students in the Boston Public School get into and graduate […]

Headwinds for Public Charities

By Larry Raff In _CRI Blog Post, Emerging Ideas, Insights, Planning & Strategy Posted June 12, 2016 0 Comments

Is the job market for advancement professionals contracting? And if so, why? It would appear from most of the available data, the number of 501(c)3 “public charities”* in the US is indeed declining. (*StakeholderCorporations) According to the Independent Sector and Urban Institute’s research: More than 275,000 public charities lost their tax-exempt status in 2011 because of […]

It’s About Confidence…Personal and Professional

By Larry Raff In _CRI Blog Post, Insights, Training Posted April 18, 2016 0 Comments

I just spent a four-day weekend with 35 highly motivated and talented advancement officers who are working to become Master Gift Officers. As I both trained and observed them, I came to the simple realization that the key to their success, and that of most people for any endeavor, is the necessity to have and […]

We Need to Change the Conversation

By Larry Raff In _CRI Blog Post, Insights, Major Gifts Posted April 3, 2016 0 Comments

Words are powerful and have a way of evoking an immediate emotional response to the reader or listener. When you hear the references “nonprofit” organization or “for-profit” corporation which one gives you a: · Stronger sense of competency? · Stronger sense of viability? · Feeling of strength? · Sense of longevity? · Sense of management prowess? […]

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