Practical Tips for Succeeding With a Visual or Auditory Impairment

August 5, 2022Learning Edge Blog, News#CareerCurious, disabilities, disabilityGayla Scrivener

Disabilities can impact an individual’s work performance and daily life in many ways. The significance of the impact depends on the person’s unique level of disability and ability, but most of the time, simple accommodations can be made in the workplace and at home to help the individual thrive. If you’re looking for creative alternatives to conventional workplace practices and processes to accommodate your visual or auditory impairment (or your employees’), consider these ideas:

Fundraising with an Abundance Mindset with Gauri Manglik at Instrumentl

August 2, 2022Learning Edge Blog, NewsBrandy

Gauri has found a niche within a niche – corporate and foundation fundraising within the nonprofit sector – and applied an abundance mindset to continuously listen to customers and develop software support that works. How many years have we had CRM databases? DECADES. Some sources suggest that the CRM debuted in the 1980s. (So many… Read More »

Jeff Jowdy on prospect research and teaching the joy of giving in major gifts

July 5, 2022Learning Edge Blog, NewsBrandy

If you’ve been in the world of philanthropy and fundraising for any length of time you are bound to hear the phrase “the art and science of fundraising.” With the professionalism of fundraising comes method and best practice – the science – but always there is the art of relationship building with human beings. In… Read More »

Digital Marketing Data for Fundraising with Joe Stabb

June 7, 2022Learning Edge Blog, NewsBrandy

If anyone would recognize the gems hidden inside marketing data, it would be Joe Stabb! Currently, he is Assistant Professor of Practice at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, but his LinkedIn profile is testament to the many career paths that he has sampled over the years. Many of those career paths have involved marketing and communications,… Read More »

Go Ask Jen: Factoring rental properties into gift capacity/wealth ratings

May 9, 2022Learning Edge Blog, NewsBrandy

A post on the Apra forum recently asked about rental properties. The poster said that they were researching their prospect and discovered that the prospect owned a variety of single-family home and retail storefronts, all located in the town where they lived. The screening capacity rating was all based on the real estate value, but… Read More »

Linda Smith and the Confessions of a Sin City Fundraiser

May 3, 2022Learning Edge Blog, NewsBrandy

Whatever you do, don’t say “No” to Linda Smith! She is the kind of woman who gets energized whenever she is told “no,” or that something can’t be done – or that her newborn baby can’t be a U.S. citizen because he was born with a disability. Sometimes not knowing, or not accepting that something… Read More »

Job Relocation? How to Find an Accessible Home for Barrier-Free Living

May 2, 2022Learning Edge Blog, News#CareerCurious, disabilities, disability, job relocation, Patrick YoungBrandy

Pursuing a career in prospect research can sometimes mean relocating to a new geographic area with new opportunities. Relocating is challenging for everyone! In this guest post, Patrick Young examines the unique challenges faced by those with disabilities, providing tips to help your relocation go a little bit smoother. By Patrick Young Your home can… Read More »

Research Pride Meet Fundraising Celebrities

April 11, 2022NewsBrandy

This year in celebration of Research Pride Month, the Institute reached out to partner with Apra Florida Chapter and Staupell Analytics to celebrate all month-long by promoting and advocating in social media and crafting educational and fun events. For those of you familiar with the Institute, we are guided by three tenets when creating our… Read More »

#CareerCurious with Miguel Angel Hernández at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico

April 5, 2022#CareerCurious, Learning Edge Blog, News#CareerCurious, prospect researchBrandy

If you’ve ever been curious about prospect research in Mexico, Miguel Angel Hernández at Tecnológico de Monterrey is bursting with the best ideas for prospecting and researching, as well as insights on how the profession is developing there. Like many in the prospect research profession, Miguel began his career elsewhere, in information technology. But when… Read More »

Dr. Russell James reveals the secret behind major gift growth – psychology!

March 1, 2022Newschatbytes, fundraising researchBrandy

Dr. Russell James has been studying charitable financial planning for more than 15 years, and that followed 11 years living in the fundraising space as Director of Planned Giving and later President of Central Christian College of the Bible. His love for charitable financial planning research is evident in his prolific research, presentations, and papers… Read More »