By Robert A. Burdenski
Annual giving expert Robert A. Burdenski—author of the 2003 best-seller Innovations in Annual Giving—has once again collected the best and brightest ideas to share with annual giving directors everywhere. Burdenski not only tells the story of ten educational institutions that came up with a better way, he explains how they did it.

By Ronald J. Schiller
Belief and Confidence is written for philanthropically minded individuals and families and for all current and emerging nonprofit leaders who want to experience the joy and satisfaction of engaging with philanthropists and supporting their work.

Highly effective fundraisers share striking similarities – in their attitude, in the way they approach their work, and in the strategies they use to inspire and motivate donors to give stretch gifts.

Changes in institutional leadership (deans, provosts or presidents) pose challenges for fundraising.  Indeed, it’s not uncommon for prospect activity that had been pacing smoothly to come to a screeching halt.

Edited by John H. Taylor
(CASE 2016)
Formats available: Softcover; EPUB, Mobi e-books

Each year, Target Analytics, a Blackbaud company, compiles fundraising data from private and public institutions to evaluate annual fund trends such as acquisition, retention, reactivation, patterns in donor migration and much more.