The Updated Introduction to Prospect Profiles Workbook summarizes the profile search process and search techniques that form the foundation for comprehensive learning on the subject. It’s based on the techniques I have used researching prospects for organizations for more than ten years. What’s in the Workbook The workbook is printed and contains 49 pages of content:… Read More »
Learn to perform basic prospect research and find information on your prospects – fast! The Search Tips 16-page booklet walks you through step-by-step with free and low cost sources. Description Maybe you are a director of development, a major gifts officer, or a new prospect researcher. Maybe you wear multiple hats in your organization. You… Read More »
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 »
Have you ever wanted to share your expertise, but maybe aren’t so keen on getting up in front of a group? Or maybe you do like speaking and are seeking another outlet to share your knowledge. Serving on a Review Panel might be just what you’re looking for! Courses developing now The Prospect Research Institute needs reviewers… Read More »
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 »
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 »
We Need Content Review Panelists! Do you have experience in researching public company insiders? We need your help! The Institute is seeking 3 to 5 volunteers willing to serve on a content review panel. The course under development is Prospect Research Takes Wall Street: Insider Stock and Compensation. If you are interested and want to… Read More »
We are excited to offer a new kind of program at the Prospect Research Institute – the Profile Peer Review Program! But mostly we’re thankful to have students like Lisa Blockus Brown, Director of Stewardship and Prospect Research at Camp Sea Gull & Camp Seafarer in Raleigh, NC. We’ve interviewed her here so she can… Read More »
To celebrate the opening of the Prospect Research Institute website and online classroom we challenged prospect researchers and fundraisers to take the pre-quiz for the first course with open registration: Introduction to Prospect Profiles. The first three people to get a perfect score received a copy of the book: Prospect Research Is a Verb: Fundraising… Read More »
In my phone interviews and online survey with prospect researchers, you told me you want ADVANCED training. But what does that really mean? You, the prospect research community, are so generous. Thank you! You shared with me and now I’d like to share back. As many of you know, I was inspired to create a… Read More »