Using AI for Prospect Research: An Experiment
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This is the second time someone referred me to Christopher Haight and it is the second time that I was blown away by what a natural teacher he is and how easy it is to talk to him. It turns out that Chris created, trained, and managed a Discovery Team at Cornell...Jon Garrow on A.I. Tools for the Modern Prospect Development Office
Jon Garrow has been in the weeds of capacity ratings and all things data for a long time now. That’s why I wanted to ask him about the impact of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) on capacity ratings. And I’m not disappointed that I asked. Top takeaways from my interview...Taking Action on DEI in Prospect Development with Sharise Harrison
Sharise Harrison began her research career at Howard University, an historically black university, and she attributes this environment – where everyone in all the roles around her, looked like her – to grounding her with confidence and openness in applying DEI to her...International Fundraising with Robert Osborne
Robert “Bob” Osborne was born into a family of fundraisers. Find out how he embraced fundraising as a career and how he bridged from being a U.S.-focused fundraising consultant to a global fundraising consultant. Bob explains that the fundraising theory – cultivating...