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

The chicken or the egg? The data or the story? Which comes first? Learn how (and why) to make your data accessible to a broad audience.

In North America, the beginning of the fall semester has been rife with controversy, COVID-19 outbreaks, and an increased focus on health and safety. How are advancement professionals adapting to the situation, what about their job duties has changed, and how are they balancing the short-term needs of constituents with the long-range goals of their institutions?

In development, making the ask can seem nerve-wracking. But it's not the ask itself that's the hard part, says Jim Bob Womack. The hard work is everything that happens before and after the ask. Here, Womack shares insights on the process of making the ask.