Worth Twittering Over
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A few key resources shared:
- @ElizabethHRoma @jeffbrooks | 5 Smart Assumptions to Make About the Way Your Donors Read – Same goes for gift officers too. Keep this in mind when writing prospect research profiles!
- @jenfilla | Motivations:Donors Increasingly Blending Philanthropic and Political Giving
- @HerringtonEnotA @TheEconomist | How culture influences image of excessive compensation. No problem for this “issue” with the US. In Japan even top bosses earn only $1m a year on average. Why huge salaries are embarrassing.
- @iWavePro @WorkingLori | Guest post by @WorkingLori explaining “impact giving” in prospect research & fundraising.
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@jenfilla | Have you seen @iWavePRO’s new Prospect Research cheat sheet? Check it out!
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@HerringtonEnotA @businessinsider | Interesting way to look at cost of living & consider when you’re looking at a prospect’s wealth. This map shows what $100 is really worth in your state
- @James_Rygg | Fundraising explained thru “knock, knock” jokes: Adventures in Prospect Development.
- @jasonjbriggs | Asked to write up a project summary of what won our @IOFInsight award. Here it is! I just published “Philanthropy For Us – International Fundraising Insight Report“
- @SoleSearcherPR | The journalist in me brought back more QUESTIONS than answers from #APRAPD2016
- @CeciliaHogan | “Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.” > Edward R. Tufte
- @jenfilla | Private co valuation data for free? It’s coming Prospect Researcher Pro! via @deborahdrucker
- @APRA_NT | APRA North Texas Week in Review blog covers the best new resources each week
- @ameliaaldred | New Portuguese page added to the Prospect Research Internat’l glossary! Thx Amanda Moreira! Arabic vocab added courtesy of Yusra Al-Jubouri
#gogirlresearch
- @annaliisa @CeciliaHogan | Another reminder that if we overlook the women, we’re leaving money on the table: Women Hold Nearly One-Third of Global Private Wealth
- @WPIinsights | Implications of research on gender & philanthropy for intergenerational transfer of wealth in great @pndblog post
- @SHQxx | Duke is doing interesting things with their Women’s Impact Network
- @FiveThirtyEight | Why women are no longer catching up to men on pay.
- @srbernstein | Hillary Clinton’s old girl’s network
- @npquarterly | At the Olympics, the gender gap remains grossly disproportionate from the fields to board
- @jenfilla @mrjasongrad | Know thy donor motivations! 22 successful women-led companies prove there’s much more to business than profits and technology
- @jenfilla @katcrimmins | Imagine that! Research: The Gender Gap in Startup Success Disappears When Women Fund Women via @nuzzel
- @ProRInstitute @Prepared_city | This woman-led startup is doing some interesting things with analytics and social impact! Start-up senses mood through big data
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