Data. Everyone is collecting it—from small, independent schools to huge, public universities. As an advancement professional, you can expect to spend at least part of your day dealing with numbers or reporting in some capacity. Here, we tackle five red flags and misunderstandings that arise over and over again. 

As we celebrate the first decade of our graduate trainee scheme in Europe, we also celebrate the fourth year of the CASE Advancement Internship Program in North America, an intensive summer program for current students and recent graduates. 

You’re a major gifts officer in the eighth year of a campaign, and weary donors are greeting you with the excitement of, well, a fundraiser who’s been calling them for eight years.

Prospective principal gift donors are not simply prospective major gift donors with greater wealth.

I'd stumbled onto something potentially big, but I couldn't see the path ahead.