by Jennifer Filla | Nov 3, 2025 | Learning Edge Blog, Major Gifts
“If it’s not in the system, it didn’t happen.” Karen Cochran has repeated this mantra throughout her 30+ year career in fundraising, and it’s advice that prospect research professionals need to hear—especially when pursuing...
by Jennifer Filla | Oct 6, 2025 | Learning Edge Blog, Major Gifts
If you ask Jeff Schreifels, Principal at Veritus Group, the answer is clear: It’s not about wealth ratings or capacity scores alone. It’s about finding the donors who actually want a deeper relationship with your organization. In this episode of ChatBytes, Jeff shares...
by Jennifer Filla | Sep 1, 2025 | Learning Edge Blog, Major Gifts
What does it take to triple the impact of a campaign? Barbara Shelton, Senior Consultant at M. Gale, says it starts with curiosity, strategy, and slowing down. In this episode of ChatBytes, Barbara shares her journey from social work to fundraising leadership, and how...
by Jennifer Filla | Jun 22, 2016 | Learning Edge Blog, Major Gifts, Rhode Warrior Blog
by Rhode Warrior, Mark Noll I heard you on the landline back in ‘93 Imparting all the big news at the university Did you think that this was how it’d always be? Oh-wah, oh! Fast forward to 2016… The carnage that was the crash of 2010 has long since settled in the...
