by Jennifer Filla | Jan 22, 2023 | Learning Edge Blog, News
Thank you to the 93 people who took the career survey! Are you dying to know “What Animal Best Describes a Prospect Researcher?” or were you waiting to hear “What One Word Best Describes a Gift Officer?” In eleven short minutes, you can discover those answers and more...
by Jennifer Filla | Jan 2, 2023 | Learning Edge Blog, News
The Prospect Research Institute officially came into being in 2014, but a lot of hard work started in 2013, assessing the market, deciding on the structure, and creating the first content. From the very beginning it was important to me that the professional community...
by Jennifer Filla | Dec 20, 2022 | Learning Edge Blog, News
A life-long skateboarder, how could Terry Synnott turn down the opportunity of a lifetime? Of course he would love to take a 4-year hiatus and skateboard with a Cirque du Soleil show! And when it was all over, he thought he would return to his first love – journalism....
by Jennifer Filla | Nov 1, 2022 | Learning Edge Blog, News
Doug Cogswell is a man in motion. And he has served in the fundraising field long enough, helping a large variety of organizations, to witness first-hand what propels an organization through change and into more efficient and effective fundraising with data. We hear...
by Jennifer Filla | Oct 4, 2022 | Learning Edge Blog, News
Usually, when I interview someone for this podcast, I have some idea of what the person is going to say. I do my homework, read about the topic, and arrive prepared. Not this time. When I asked Adam Bradford, Director of Prospect Development at Columbia University in...
by Jennifer Filla | Sep 1, 2022 | Learning Edge Blog, News
Cryptocurrency has been making all kinds of headlines these days. Described as the “crypto winter,” coins have been folding, freezing, and getting hijacked. Is this the end of the cryptocurrency opportunity for philanthropy? Not according to Elisa Shoenberger,...