Gaming the System
CURRENTS Article Some colleges find Razoo, an online platform that helps nonprofits and individuals raise money, a fun way (literally) to rally alumni behind giving.

Fear Factor Fundraising
CURRENTS Article Some leaders will do anything to raise money for their institutions, including rappelling off of a campus building.

Surging Ahead
CURRENTS Article A challenge gift can help an institution reach its fundraising goals by stimulating multiple aspects of it fundraising program. This article explains how to properly manage a challenge and takes a look at some of the possible pitfalls.

Rising Above
CURRENTS Article This article highlights eight of the 2010 Circle of Excellence Award winners. Each year the awards recognize the best programs and products in advancement services, alumni relations, communications, marketing, and fundraising.

Sweet Smell of Success
CURRENTS Article The 2007 CASE Circle of Excellence grand gold and gold medal winners profiled in this article have taken their advancement publications, events, and programs to a higher level. These featured winners, however, are a small sample of the 319 winners from 195 institutions.

Advance Work: Bet on It
CURRENTS Article A couple of institution presidents dared their alumni to meet annual fund targets and paid the price when alumni met those goals.

Fasten Your Seatbelts
CURRENTS Article To guarantee $10 million in state matching bonds, Oregon State University needed to raise $10 million in only four months. To accomplish this, the institution re-energized staffers, sought campus buy-in, and looked for gifts with multiple benefits. The institution's success led the legislature to make available an additional $10 million in matching bonds, and the institution secured this second match as well.

Small Office: The Power of the Challenge
CURRENTS Article King, a development officer at Keuka College, tells how the institution used a $600,000 challenge grant to draw new donors and increase giving levels, without increasing staff or budget. King listed these key steps to carrying out a challenge: 1) Identify top prospects and focus the challenge. 2) Solicit the lead donor. 3) Develop a single-message solicitation plan. 4) Make a strong final appeal.