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A Few of My Favourite Things (AKA Free Canadian Prospect Research Resources) – Part 2

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As I listed in my previous post (A Few of My Favourite Things (AKA Free Canadian Prospect Research Resources) – Part 1), free prospect research resources can offer a wealth of information to both prospect researchers and their fundraising team.  In that post I listed three of my favourite free resources, here are some more: Read more about A Few of My Favourite Things (AKA Free Canadian Prospect Research Resources) – Part 2[…]

My #ResearchPride

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March is International Prospect Development Pride Month.  #ResearchPride was launched by Helen Brown two years ago.  A fundraising professional since 1987 and co-author of the book Prospect Research for Fundraisers with Jen Filla, Helen is a distinguished prospect research professional.  (As the Chair of Programming for the conference I am particularly excited to say that Helen will Read more about My #ResearchPride[…]

A Few of My Favourite Things (AKA Free Canadian Prospect Research Resources) – Part 1

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I started my prospect research career in a small shop as the first prospect researcher the organization hired.  In that role I implemented the organization’s prospect research program using mainly free resources as we had a very small budget.  Having a small budget meant spending time and using creativity to find free prospect research sources Read more about A Few of My Favourite Things (AKA Free Canadian Prospect Research Resources) – Part 1[…]

Why Should Fundraisers Media Monitor?

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Media monitoring is one way for organizations with a fundraising department to learn about their constituents.  Information to be learned from media monitoring includes: Who has joined a Board Who has opened a new business Whose business is in the news Who has received an award (e.g. Order of Canada or Order of Manitoba) Who Read more about Why Should Fundraisers Media Monitor?[…]