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Why Capacity Ratings are Bunk and What You Can Do About It

by Rhode Warrior Blogger, Mark Noll I was approached once by my then Vice President of Development and asked a simple and forward question: “How confident are you in these numbers?” His question was regarding the Net Worth-to-Capacity-to-Ask Amount, the hop, skip and jump of Prospect Research, for the prospect he was going to solicit… Read More »

Where have all the donors gone?

by Rhode Warrior Blogger, Mark Noll Before I began my career in Prospect Research / Advancement Services, a field I’ve been in now for over 17 years, I spent many years working in Employment and Training. As I expanded my current professional scope to include the area of data analysis, I could not help but… Read More »

Prospect Research… In the Twighlight Zone

September 2008 will long be remembered as the time when several major financial institutions collapsed.  The subsequent economic impact had a domino effect which resulted in a significant disruption in the flow of credit to businesses and consumers.  The end result was a global recession whose impacts are felt to this day. The same sort… Read More »