Best Practices for Your Development Program
by Gerry Ebbers, Consultant for Stewardship and Development ◊ What are the key elements of a successful development program? Consider the following, and check to see if...
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Hitting Your Development Goals
Do you have a development program for your school? Development encompasses all the activities of your school which share your vision and mission, build relationships,...
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Fundraising Ethics
by Gerald Ebbers, SCSBC Consultant for Stewardship and Development ◊ Occasionally I am asked by a board or committee member if the school can reimburse their...
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Funding Learning Outside the Classroom
by Gerry Ebbers, SCSBC Consultant for Stewardship and Development ◊ Students learn both in and out of the classroom. Learning outside the classroom can be incredibly...
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Defining Your Ask
The more you ask, the less you get. This is a basic tenet in fund-raising, so we need to understand what constitutes an “ask”. In the mind of the asker, it...
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Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan
by Gerry Ebbers, SCSBC Consultant for Stewardship and Development ◊ Imagine operating your school without a budget or a business manager. Instead, you charged...
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Communicating Your Key Messages
by Gerry Ebbers • SCSBC Consultant for Stewardship and Development ◊ We need to constantly repeat our key messages for them to soak in to the hearts and minds of our...
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Communication Basics
by Gerry Ebbers, SCSBC Consultant for Stewardship and Development, and Ron St. Hilaire, Media Specialist and Director of Development (rtd.) Assumptions can be...
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Making the Most of Your Human Resources
by Gerry Ebbers, SCSBC Consultant for Stewardship and Development ◊ The involvement of parents and others in our schools is one of our strengths. When people take...
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